Economic history, as a combination of two disciplines, has had a rather varied evolution. Whereas in Britain and most other European countries economic history has been regarded as a separate discipline, such an academic distinction has not existed in...

Economics has been around since the beginning of time, but the study of economics dates back only a few hundred years. Since the beginning of human history, people have had to confront the problem of scarce resources and unlimited wants. The study of...

A study of the differences in and evolution of institutions over time. This approach takes into account property rights, the role of ideology and bargaining power. Social efficiency is sacrificed to the interests of rulers. North, D. (1990)...

Historical studies from economic...

Economic history is the study of how economic phenomena evolved in the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using historical methods and statistical methods, sometimes to test economic theories. The topic includes business history and...

New Institutional Economics (NIE) has been celebrated as a path-breaking approach to the understanding of capitalism. This article advances a conceptual critique of NIE approaches to economic history. The author suggests that NIE cannot solve the underlying tension, that its economics remains ahistorical, and...

Charlie Kindleberger was a beloved teacher and mentor to all his generations of students. There are countless tales we all can tell about the encouragement, inspiration, and support that each of us received from him. I am tempted to add to the abundant...

Michael Dell never imagined his work would end up in a museum when he was sitting in his college dorm room in 1984, dreaming of building and selling his own personal computers. Now, one of his original computers is going to the Smithsonian Institution's National...

Marine archaeologists will begin work in June to uncover the sand-buried hull of a 2,300-year-old ship thought to have been ferrying wine when it sank off the coast of Cyprus, researchers said Thursday.The ship, dating from the fourth century B.C., is one of only a...