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This book explores the transformation of market spaces in Portuguese cities during the intensification of trade driven by increasing profits from overseas exchanges, and how architectural structures and urban planning were directly impacted by these changes to accommodate the new economic dynamics. The terminology and architectural elements of com...

One of the most interesting facts about economic history is that income levels remained flat for most of recorded human history and then began to increase in a sustained fashion during the 17th century, providing citizens of industrialized countries with standards of living that would have been unimaginable for most of human history (see Figure 1).

Over a professional career that spanned seven decades in the twentieth century, William H. Hutt addressed theoretical and policy issues covering economic history, race relations, labor markets and union power, Keynesian economics, and Say's Law of markets, and the role of the economist in public policy. His unique quality in all these subjects was...

Economic history has paid very little attention to the activities of ship and customs agents or freight forwarders, a group of companies of decisive importance for the movement of ships, people and goods. Grupo Davila, initially Joaquín Davila y compañía, is one of the most important and oldest companies in the sector in Spain, with an important in...

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor size and structure within China’s hospitality and tourism industry using a difference-in-difference (DID) approach. Analyzing data from Chinese A-share non-financial listed companies from 2009 to 2022, it identifies a significant decline in labor size in the hospitality and touris...

Las competencias digitales son esenciales para la transformación digital de las organizaciones. Este estudio examina las competencias digitales requeridas por los empleados del sector bancario y financiero de Ghana para impulsar su agenda de transformación digital. La metodología de investigación cualitativa empleada para este estudio contó con la...

This review aims to present and analyze the content of the eight volumes published thus far in the series Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research. Primarily focused on the economic history of Bulgaria, Southeast Europe, and the Balkans, the publication offers a comprehensive examination of key topics. A quantitative, and in some cas...

This paper offers a comprehensive exploration of the illustrious shawl and carpet industry in the Kashmir region, with a particular emphasis on its transformation from the pre-partition to the post-partition era. Kashmir, celebrated for its opulent cultural heritage and artistic traditions, is renowned globally for its textile craftsmanship, especi...

O livro de Angelita Matos Souza é uma versão um pouco modificada da sua tese de livre docência em História Econômica do Brasil, defendida na UNESP. Ele pode ser caracterizado de modo geral como uma excelente pesquisa sobre a problemática da dependência, tanto em termos teóricos quanto analíticos. A autora traz à tona no primeiro capítulo uma import...

Nigeria is located in West Africa, has a rich economic history dating back centuries. The history of the country has featured many waves of human travel from across the Sahara Desert which has never been a complete hurdle between the lands to the north and south of the Desert. This study seeks to examine the nature of indigenous economic activities...

Purpose: The aim of the paper is to examine the representation of forced labor in the accounting system and to analyze, interpret, and evaluate the accounting regulations of the company Osti (SS Ostindustrie GmbH).Methodology/approach: The historical method is used, which comprises researching archival sources. The research employed Mbembe’s social...

The objective of this reflection article is to establish a conceptual discussion on the widespread belief of a domination and antagonism between orthodox and heterodox economic thought, which are an integral part of the history of economic science and economic history, within the framework of understanding of economic thought as a mechanism for int...

Getulio Vargas was one of the main Brazilian presidents to be labeled as populist, even in literature, with a greater emphasis on politics than on the economy. The hypothesis adopted, confirmed by research, is that the economic policy practiced by the Vargas government during the Estado Novo did not exhibit the behavior predicted by economic populi...

Günter Huhndorf: Wurzeln des Wohlstands. Bilder und Dokumente südwestdeutscher Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart 1984. 256 Seiten mit 400 Abbildungen, davon 16 farbig. Pappband DM 19,80

Willi A. Boelcke: Wirtschaftsgeschichte Baden-Württembergs von den Römern bis heute. Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart 1987. 805 Seiten mit 169 Abbildungen auf 80 Tafeln. Efalin DM 89,-

O presente texto oferece uma leitura crítica da obra A economia em Machado de Assis: o olhar oblíquo do acionista, de Gustavo Franco. Inicialmente, a referida obra será contextualizada no campo da História Intelectual, entendida aqui como uma das abordagens da História do Pensamento Econômico. A obra de Franco será apresentada bem como os temas cen...

The costs, benefits, and ethical considerations regarding animal welfare are a central element in modern capitalist agriculture, yet systematic quantitative historical insights are lacking. To overcome this, we seek to understand animal welfare in the Danish dairy sector from 1750 to 1900, a period marked by significant agricultural development and...

The present system, the whole and differentiated form of globalization is not the same as what is often-on purpose, but often without any purpose-being called the globalization of economy. A collection of examples from common language, where the "interpretation" of globalization: "economy becoming international" is being fit to the idea of globaliz...

El trabajo reconstruye los orígenes del seguro agrícola en Mendoza, Argentina, entre finales de las décadas de 1910 y 1930. Se detectaron dos trayectos diferentes: un seguro agrícola estatal con dificultades en su implementación y, luego, la inserción del sector privado con aseguradoras de capitales extraregionales (que aportaban capital y expertis...

Differences between models of industrialization are increasingly recognized as an important element of global economic history, and the quality of jobs is receiving new interest as a better indicator of living standards than income alone. This paper considers the implications of historical development models for job quality using the spinning secti...

The decade following the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923 witnessed a proliferation of writings by officials, academics, businessmen, and journalists on the economic consequences of the disaster. This abundance of contemporary analysis stands in strong contrast to the relative scarcity of subsequent scholarly studies of many aspects of the disaster's...

Whether there are imminent physical limits to economic growth has been the focus of a long-standing debate, often (but not exclusively) pitting natural scientists against economists. One side of the debate posits that finite resources constrain human economic growth, the other that productivity improvements and substitution can relax those resource...

This paper presents and frames the results of the recent book The creative response: knowledge and innovation by Antonelli and Colombelli (2023). The book combines the advances of the economics of knowledge and innovation, implementing the Schumpeterian notion of creative response to understand the determinants and the effects of the rate and direc...

This book offers a critical assessment of some of the most contentious topics in the Marxian critique of political economy in the light of the recent publications of the complete manuscripts and editions of Capital in MEGA. Covering issues like the incompleteness of Marx’s critique of political economy, the long-term trajectories of capitalism, the...

The transition from foraging to plant cultivation represents the most important shift in the economic history of early Holocene societies. This process unfolded independently in different regions of the globe, resulting in varied plant assemblages, cultivation strategies, dietary practices, and landscape modifications. To investigate the drivers of...

Property relations are not merely the economic foundation, but also a fundamental social, political, and ideological problem of societies and states. They also shape cultural frameworks. Changes in property ownership serve both as catalysts and indicators of political and social transformation. This is particularly evident in Eastern Europe during...

The study is devoted to determining the factors affecting the volume of agricultural production, the ability to meet the food needs of populations, as well as the environmental efficiency of production, defined as the ratio of the number of kilocalories produced by the agricultural sector to the amount of greenhouse gasses it emits. Central Asian c...

Este artículo analiza, desde la historia económica y social, escrituras notariales y publicaciones periódicas relacionadas con el Banco Agrícola Hipotecario y los servicios financieros que ofreció en el municipio de Salgar, Antioquia, entre 1925 y 1950. El objetivo es mostrar que, en dicho período, la entidad financiera tuvo un impacto tanto en la...

Los Pidiregas supusieron un retorno de la inversión privada en generación de electricidad, sentando el camino a la apertura de un sector considerado estratégico para el desarrollo nacional. Estos fueron creados como una vía para solucionar el estancamiento en financiamiento en el que se encontraba el sector energético en México frente a una poblaci...

The failure of the conventional economic system has been clear in world economic history. The occurrence of global crises is the result of the application of the interest system as a result of capitalism and the collapse of the Soviet Union as a tangible form of the failure of the socialist economic system led to the awareness of economists to revi...

Del Colonialismo al Neoliberalismo: Trayectoria y secuelas en la periferia global La historia económica y política mundial de los últimos cinco siglos puede entenderse, en gran medida, como el paso de una etapa de colonialismo a otra de reconfiguración imperialista y, finalmente, al proceso de globalización neoliberal que se consolidó tras la Guerr...

Cultural Specificities in Indian Models of Economy, Business and Management Abstract: Indian economy ranks fifth in the world in 2024. In the next five years, India is likely to move up to the third place. The authors seek to establish through available economic data and cultural markers that the economic leadership which India enjoyed for nearly t...

Claiming that the future is merely an extension of the past can be considered a simplistic, if not fundamentally flawed, perspective. It is essential to recognize that while past events provide invaluable insights, we must exercise caution to ensure that our understanding of the future does not disregard the wealth of knowledge embedded in historic...

The Walloon Region adopted its own AI strategy in 2019, called DigitalWallonia.4ai. This paper analyses it and explores the coproduction (Jasanoff, 2004) of AI adoption and of Wallonia’s future by means of Jasanoff and Kim’s (2009) concept of sociotechnical imaginary. Given its industrial history, the Walloon Region is an interesting case to analys...

Objective: This study analyzes the specialization of agricultural production and the degree of land concentration in Paraná using primary data from the 1920 Census. Theoretical Framework: The theoretical framework encompasses the agrarian structure and the colonization of the state, considering factors such as the sesmaria land system, the Land Law...

It is not incorrect to assert that the sociologist Fernando Henrique Cardoso was largely responsible for implementing neoliberal hegemony in Brazil, based on his globally recognized thesis on dependency theory. By advocating for development aligned with the Global North, Brazil submitted to the Washington Consensus and promoted market-opening polic...

The paper examines fiscal consolidation in Ghana, comparing redistributionist (demand-side) and growthist (supply-side) approaches. Drawing on the Laffer Curve and U.S. economic history, it argues that growthist policies, emphasizing tax cuts, deregulation, and privatization, are more effective for sustainable economic growth. Ghana's past growt...

"Money Capital" bietet eine bestechende und einleuchtende neue Theorie des Geldes. Sie zieht eine Parallele zwischen dem Eigenkapital von Unternehmen und den Währungen von Staaten und zeigt die Unzulänglichkeiten bestehender Theorien auf. Der Ansatz stellt einen Mittelweg zwischen Monetarismus und der sogenannten Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) dar un...

La planificación, construcción y financiación de la red viaria estatal fue la primera gran infraestructura cuya responsabilidad asumió en su totalidad el Estado español durante el siglo xix. La construcción de estas carreteras del Estado respondía a los principios básicos de configuración y desarrollo del Estado liberal durante ese momento debido a...

El concepto de racionalidad por detrás de los modelos económicos es crucial para el tipo de resultados macroeconómicos que pueden generar. Para los historiadores económicos, el tema es de gran relevancia. El tipo de microfundamentos adoptado define en gran medida la utilidad del modelo para entender procesos históricos y el espacio de conversación...

En primer lugar, quiero agradecer la invitación para dirigirme al congreso hoy. Representa un gran honor para mí. Además, es una enorme alegría constatar que lo que se inició hace 17 años, con el primer congreso aquí en Montevideo, ya tiene un largo recorrido circulando por varios países de la región. Seguramente este proceso seguirá y se profundiz...

The publication of Roots of Underdevelopment, edited by Felipe Valencia-Caicedo (2023), coincides with a significant moment in economic history, marked by two recent Nobel Prizes awarded for contributions to this field. In 2023, Claudia Goldin received the Prize for her contributions to the historical causes of the gender gap and its change during...

Crises are becoming the new normal in the twenty-first century. This impression arises when one looks at the last decades’ political, economic, social, or ecological developments. Companies operating in this heterodox and dynamic environment are required to act quickly and in an adapted manner. The more closely companies are integrated into the mac...

El VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Historia Económica (CLADHE VIII ) tuvo lugar en Montevideo del 3 al 5 de diciembre de 2024, organizado por la Asociación Uruguaya de Historia Económica (AUDHE) y por las Asociaciones Latinoamericanas. El evento contó con la participación de 350 investigadores e investigadoras de América Latina y de otras regiones...

La historia económica requiere de series temporales que reúnan variables sobre el desempeño económico para poder analizar la evolución de la economía a través del tiempo. Para el período colonial se dispone de pocas series; una fuente de datos para su construcción son los documentos de las Cajas Reales. Este artículo presenta el proceso de construc...

The development of transhumant livestock farming in the Iberian Peninsula from the Late Middle Ages onward is one of the most thoroughly studied aspects of economic history, as it laid the foundation for the prosperity of the Kingdom of Castile throughout the Early Modern period. In contrast, there is very little information about livestock activit...

The objective of this article is to explain the characteristics of the agri-food exporting boom experienced by the Latin American countries between 1994 and 2019 and its determining factors. In so doing, we analyse the evolution of exports, their composition by product, the principal origins and destinations, the importance of regional trade agreem...

Con motivo de los 450 y 250 años, respectivamente, de las dos fundaciones de la Casa de Moneda de Potosí (1572 y 1773), esta investigación examina su doble legado: como centro de poder económico mundial y como pilar en la gestación de una identidad regional distintiva. La primera fundación, realizada según las ordenanzas del virrey Francisco de Tol...

El artículo muestra la utilidad de la implementación y evaluación de una actividad didáctica basada en el Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos (ABP). Para ello, presentamos una experiencia didáctica aplicada al uso de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) dentro del marco del curso de “Historia Económica de España” de la Universidad Pública de Navarr...

La historia económica ocupa un lugar cada vez más marginal en los planes de estudios de los grados de humanidades. A pesar de que estos incluyan asignaturas de historia de Europa o de España de épocas específicas (antigua, medieval, moderna, contemporánea) en cuyas guías docentes se especifica la necesidad de enseñar cómo eran las economías de ento...

Douglass Cecil North (1920-2015), erster Wirtschaftshistoriker, der 1993 der Nobelpreis für Wirtschaft der schwedischen Nationalbank erhalten hat, Vertreter der Neuen Institutionen-ökonomie (oder –ökonomik) (geteilter Nobel-Gedächnis-Preis mit Robert William Fogel). Studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der University of Berkeley. Promotion 1952...

Purpose: Recent theoretical advances focus on the configuration and crises of the International Monetary System (IMS) and International Financial System (IFS) rather than their regime switchings. We argue that viewing the evolution of the IMS and IFS in the past several hundred years through the lens of the Copernican heliocentric system developed...

Birger P. Priddat (geb. 1950), ist ein deutscher Philosoph und Ökonom von regionaler Bedeutung. Verließ 1969 das Gymnasium ohne Abschluss und ging nach Paris. Brach ein Kunststudium ab und arbeitete in Hamburg auf Werften. Holte 1974 sein Abitur nach und studierte Philosophie und Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Hamburg. Lehrstuhl für VWL u...

If we treat what we traditionally call languages as simple and decontextualized objects, we can advance in understanding some of their more mechanical aspects, but we can completely ignore their conditions of existence, functionality, maintenance, variation, change or disappearance. One of the first tasks we have is to realize the difficulty of bei...

The work proposes some stylised lines in economic policy, supported by a Keynesian approach to economics. The authors point out the problems that austerity policies have generated, and the mechanisms that led to increases in inequality and in the unemployment rate, as well as in deficits in large macroeconomic aggregates. The work identifies public...

Is there a connection between the Industrial Revolution and the eighteenth century Enlightenment? The Enlightenment was a very broad cultural movement with many moving parts, but the one most relevant to economic history is what is known as the Industrial Enlightenment, a movement that directly advocated institutions that supported and promoted the...

Este es un estudio sobre economía política, historia económica e instituciones y economía aplicada. Aborda el problema de los ciclos económicos como periodos sucesivos de auge y recesión que sufren las economías modernas. Se pretende aclarar sus causas y efectos a través de la revisión de la teoría austriaca del ciclo económico, bajo la línea de tr...

The article presents the issue of the use of time series in historical research. It presents the specifics of this type of data, its use in economic history research and the impact of historical policy actions on historical knowledge acquisition practices (internet searches). Part of the article is a presentation of the results of research, which u...

This article examines the causes and geographical trajectories of the globalisation of vermouth, one of the most famous Made in Italy products in the world. Of all the fortified wines, vermouth stands out for its unique history. Originally a product of Piedmont consumed mainly by the aristocracy and the emerging bourgeoisie, vermouth became the sub...

To ensure their security in a world dominated by competing Great Powers, states have the choice between an alliance or a neutral position. If we consider the world as governed by brute force, neutrality (the choice not to participate in a conflict between two or more other polities) would merely be a factual condition, dependent on the big players’...

This paper examines Enrique Dussel’s concept of modernity by offering an intellectual reconstruction of the evolution of his thought and argues that his conception of modernity is not a reductionist idea of Eurocentrism and colonialism. It emphasizes his transdisciplinary approach, spanning from history, economic history, metaphysics, and ethics, p...

Cet article s’intéresse à une diaspora commerçante érigée au rang de catégorie analytique par l’anthropologue Abner Cohen à la fin des années 1960. On doit cependant à l’historien Philip D. Curtin, par le biais de son désormais classique Cross-Cultural Trade in The World History publié en 1984, la bonne fortune que connaît l’étude des diasporas com...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum is widely celebrated as a classic children’s story, but beneath its whimsical narrative lies a compelling allegory of economic power and manipulation. Written during a period of intense economic struggle and political upheaval in the late 19th century, the novel reflects the anxieties surrounding the U.S....

This study examines the impact of renewable energy and other related variables on economic performance in Zambia, focusing on data from 2000 to 2022. The primary objective is to assess how various aspects of renewable energy, including consumption and access, affect GDP and its growth. Using the Jamovi software, a descriptive statistical analysis,...

Dollarization is visible in developing countries that are prone to high inflation and local currency devaluation against hard currencies. Market makers demand hard currencies as store of value and distance themselves from local currency. Over the years, worn out due to continuous devaluations and high inflation, countries convert their local curren...

Dollarization is visible in developing countries that are prone to high inflation and local currency devaluation against hard currencies. Market makers demand hard currencies as store of value and distance themselves from local currency. Over the years, worn out due to continuous devaluations and high inflation, countries convert their local curren...

لعبت الشركات الأجنبية دوراً في نشأت قطاعي الأشغال العامة والنفط في العراق العثماني منذ عام 1850 وحتى الحرب العالمية الأولى، واستمر هذا الدور في العراق المحتل من قبل القوات البريطانية بعد عام 1914 ولغاية عام 1925 حيث اسست تلك الشركات لأرضية نشأت القطاع العام في العراق في ميداني (الأشغال العامة والنفط)، ولكن دور تلك الشركات في نشأت القطاع العام في ال...

at.25.7937 RESUMO O projeto Archiv-Ave "Memória digital-Património documental da bacia do Ave" nasce da necessidade de recuperar e reabilitar o importante acervo histórico da Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA), numa colaboração entre a Universidade do Minho, a APA e a Casa de Sarmento. Com este trabalho, pretendemos analisar as fontes históricas...

Las carreteras juegan un papel muy importante en la economía peruana, pues son las arterias que transportan los flujos de bienes y personas por todo el territorio nacional. Si bien hoy el país cuenta con una importante red de carreteras, constituirla no ha sido tarea fácil. Estas dificultades han sido causadas tanto por factores inherentes, como la...

Las Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito (Coopac) en Perú desempeñaron un papel crucial en la inclusión financiera durante su auge a partir de 1960, ofreciendo servicios esenciales a comunidades desatendidas por la banca tradicional. Sin embargo, la década de 1980 marcó un período de desafíos significativos para estas instituciones, las cuales enfrenta...

Raúl Prebisch (1901-1986) fue un economista destacado en la historia económica nacional e internacional y sus aportes a la escuela estructuralista del pensamiento económico mantienen vigencia en la actualidad. El presente trabajo procura abordar sus principales ideas en torno a la crisis capitalista desatada desde los setenta en sus últimos trabajo...

The present text utilizes a cross-disciplinary approach (economic history, institutional history, political theories) and aims at providing a complex and long-term approach to the interpretation of the sources. The European socialist and workers' movement ran into problems when the stagflationary crisis of the 1970s began calling the positive natur...

El presente artículo de opinión recoge el cuestionamiento interno y externo de la permanencia de las asignaturas de historia y pensamiento económico. Hay estudiantes de pregrado de economía que cuestionan la permanencia de estos cursos en particular, y sugieren su sustitución por cursos vinculados a métodos cuantitativos y/o ampliación de los curso...

The evolution of the economy has always been dependent on technological progress. Successive inventions have made it possible to keep socio-economic progress moving forward, achieved, as can now be seen, at the expense of damage to the environment and growing external costs. The concept of the circular (bio)economy has the potential to become the n...

This paper focuses on the Zhuzhi Ci and related literature in the western regions of the Qing Dynasty to explore the development of the coal industry in Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty. For a long time, academic circles have paid limited attention to the study of Xinjiang coal history, and the existing achievements are mostly scattered in the research...

INTRODUCCIÓN. Este artículo presenta una experiencia de Enseñanza Práctica Docente (EPD) de Aprendizaje Basado en Proyectos (ABP) como estrategia efectiva para promover la aplicación del conocimiento y desarrollar competencias prácticas en los estudiantes. MÉTODO. La implementación de una EPD basada en proyectos en la asignatura de Historia Mundial...

Resumen: Esta segunda parte del dosier tiene como objetivo el estudio de la difusión de libros, moda y alimentos entre Europa y América durante la Edad Moderna. Así, el estudio de la oferta, circulación y consumo de estos objetos culturales muestra su relación con los cambios en la historia económica, social, cultural y política en ambos lados del...

Recent literature highlights the integration of Al chatbots like ChatGPT in university settings as complementary learning tools. Although ChatGPT can generate errors, this research proposes leveraging this feature as an innovative pedagogical strategy. It is suggested that Economic History educators design learning materials with ChatGPT, introduci...

O livro destaca-se por sua densidade teórica e histórica, estabelecendo um diálogo significativo com a bibliografia internacional e uma cuidadosa recuperação de clássicos brasileiros. Essa articulação fornece uma base sólida para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa empírica, que se distingue pela sistematização abrangente de dados e pelo criterioso traba...

La tarea de editar una obra colectiva, en particular cuando se trata de temas de actualidad con perspectiva histórica y múltiples abordajes, es enorme. En este caso, Juan Manuel Matés-Barco y María Vázquez-Fariñas abordaron el desafío, y en doce capítulos con más de una decena de participantes presentan una obra amplia y articulada sobre el problem...

In 2023–2024, the journal Problems of Economics initiated a discussion on the content of economic education in Russia. Articles by prominent Russian economists — including A. A. Auzan (with co-authors A. A. Maltsev and A. A. Kurdin), A. V. Buzgalin, A. I. Kolganov, A. E. Shastitko, L. M. Grigorieva, V. L. Tambovtsev, and L. S. Grebnev — were publis...

El texto que presenta John Komlos es una muy pertinente actualización de su libro Foundations of Real-World Economics (Fundamentos de una ciencia económica del mundo real). Una edición con tres nuevos capítulos que abordan temas y problemática actuales, los cuales alcanzan hasta la pandemia del covid-19 y sus efectos y añaden frescura a un texto ex...

Resumo: O Paraguai possui um desenvolvimento econômico único em relação aos seus parceiros do Mercosul. Enquanto a maioria dos membros do bloco adotaram o modelo de substituição de importação para fomentar a indústria, o Paraguai optou pelo que é chamado de "regime de reexportação", ou triangulação comercial, que se firmou como um dos pilares de su...

This article tries to study the urban pattern in the region of Punjab throughout the Sultanate era. In this article there are brief descriptions of the various towns and cities established by Sultans of Delhi in the region under study all over their period of rule. Apart from this an attempt has been made to study how the Sultans embraced the fine...

La historia económica hispanoamericana ha llamado la atención de los académicos por sus particularidades. La región es conocida por su abundancia de recursos naturales, pero desde la independencia no ha podido transformar esta riqueza en crecimiento económico moderno. Algunos investigadores afirman que “aún estamos muy lejos de entender las causas...

The history of culture in Catalonia during the Romanesque period (9th–12th centuries) has often been written from a strongly positivist mentality, which is a reductionistic approach. Economic history has distorted this period’s intellectual and cultural history. This article presents a compelling analysis of a series of manuscripts from the monaste...

The rare coin was discovered during an inventory of the collection of the Historical Museum in the town of Provadia by the author of the present study. The purpose of the article is to publish the rare coin of Sultan Murad IV, struck in the Provadian Mint, is published. At the moment, no more than 10–15 pieces of these issues have been registered,...

Like most African societies, there is ample evidence that the Akan in West Africa developed sophisticated methods in the visual and musical arts (or expressive arts) for recording and storing historical experience, to express religious worldview and philosophy, and created societies with unique social values. The historicized texts of ivory trumpet...

This historiographic analysis challenges the Eurocentric narrative that has traditionally dominated the historiography of the modern world economy, which typically emphasizes Europe's central role while marginalizing the contributions of other regions. Drawing on the seminal works of scholars such as Immanuel Wallerstein and Janet L. Abu-Lughod, th...

O eurocentrismo em história constitui um empecilho para vislumbrar o passado, portanto o futuro, de muitas regiões do mundo. Grandes intelectuais e militantes marxistas propuseram uma leitura original da história de seus países, como Caio Prado Jr no Brasil e Ji Chaoding na China. Sua obra-mor Áreas Econômicas-chave na História Chinesa tais como Ap...

Através da crítica da economia política e da abordagem das controvérsias do pensamento econômico, o objetivo geral é subsidiar, nos cursos de ciências econômicas do Brasil, a discussão sobre a funcionalidade da escravidão moderna para o capitalismo. O objetivo específico é analisar a importância do comércio triangular, da colonização e de alguns de...

As an examination of the origins of US foreign assistance, this paper focuses on the Marshall Plan, widely regarded as its starting point. The unique circumstances that steered the US away from multilateral channels for the provision of aid, led it to opt for a bilateral program instead, effectively making foreign aid a political tool. Through a con...

Monetary policy has long been a critical tool for governments and central banks aiming to control inflation and maintain economic stability. This article delves into the historical evolution of monetary policy, examining key milestones and shifts in strategies used to combat inflation. Beginning with the classical gold standard era, it traces the t...

Review of Mauro Carboni and Pietro Delcorno, eds, Mobilizing Money for the Common Good. The Social Dimension of Credit (14th-19th Century), Bologna: il Mulino, 2024, reviewed by Sama Mammadova