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Book cover for Roger E. Backhouse: The Ordinary Business of Life

The Ordinary Business of Life : A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century

Roger E. Backhouse
Paperback - $52.95

"Roger Backhouse's new history of economics is just what is needed: a short but still comprehensive history of economic thought which can be read with profit not only by economists but also by a variety of noneconomists, such as historians, philosoph ...

Book cover for Edwin M. Bacon: The Manual of Ship Subsidies (Dodo Press)

The Manual of Ship Subsidies (Dodo Press)

Edwin M. Bacon
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Large Format for easy reading. Subtitled, An Historical Summary of the Systems of all Nations, Bacon's intent in this work was to furnish in compact form the history of the development of the ship subsidies systems of the maritime nations of the worl ...

Book cover for Walter Bagehot: Lombard Street- A Description of the Money Market (1882)

Lombard Street- A Description of the Money Market (1882)

Walter Bagehot
Paperback - $64.95

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the ori ...

Book cover for Walter Bagehot: Lombard Street. a Description of the Money Market

Lombard Street. a Description of the Money Market

Walter Bagehot
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Book cover for Paul Bairoch: Economics and World History

Economics and World History : Myths and Paradoxes

Paul Bairoch
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Paul Bairoch deflates twenty commonly held myths about economic history. Among these myths are that free trade and population growth have historically led to periods of economic growth, and that colonial powers in the nineteenth and early twentieth c ...

Book cover for Mark Baldassare: When Government Fails

When Government Fails : Orange County Bankruptcy

Mark Baldassare
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When Orange County, California, filed for Chapter 9 protection on December 6, 1994, it became the largest municipality in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy. In a comprehensive analysis of this fiscal crisis, the author uncovers the many twists and t ...

Book cover for M. a. Balkrishna: Industrial Decline in India

Industrial Decline in India

M. a. Balkrishna
Paperback - $68.95

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the ori ...

Book cover for M. a. Balkrishna: Industrial Decline in India

Industrial Decline in India

M. a. Balkrishna
Paperback - $67.95

Originally published in 1917. Author: Balkrishna, M.A. Language: English Keywords: Social Sciences / Economic History Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expens ...

Book cover for Alan M. Ball: Russia's Last Capitalists

Russia's Last Capitalists : The Nepmen, 1921-1929

Alan M. Ball
Paperback - $59.95

In 1921 Lenin surprised foreign observers and many in his own Party, by calling for the legalization of private trade and manufacturing. Within a matter of months, this New Economic Policy (NEP) spawned many thousands of private entrepreneurs, dubbed ...

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