In the fourteenth century the Old World witnessed a series of profound and abrupt changes
in the trajectory of long-established historical trends. Transcontinental networks of exchange …

Between 1492 and 1914, Europeans conquered 84 percent of the globe. But why did
Europe establish global dominance, when for centuries the Chinese, Japanese, Ottomans …

In some respects this is intended to be a revolutionary book, but in other respects it is very
traditional indeed. It is revolutionary in that we have developed a comprehensive analytical …

The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India
began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and …

When the first volume of Morton Horwitz's monumental history of American law appeared in
1977, it was universally acclaimed as one of the most significant works ever published in …

Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial
Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth …

With recourse to archival, printed primary, and secondary sources, this paper reconstructs
global real interest rates on an annual basis going back to the 14th century, covering 78% of …

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In discussions on European pre-modern economic growth, the role of individual freedom
and of the state has loomed large. This book examines whether different kinds …

States of Credit provides the first comprehensive look at the joint development of
representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early …