In this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic condition

Taking a longer view than most literature on economic development, Richard A. Easterlin stresses the enormous contrast between the collective experience of the

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries, clima

This book is the first comprehensive and systematic English-language treatment of Mexico's economic history to appear in nearly forty years. Drawing on several

The central role of the housing market in the recent recession raised a series of questions about similar episodes throughout economic history. Were the underly