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  • The Rise of the Western World

    A New Economic History

    by Douglass C. North, Robert Paul Thomas ...
    First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700, providing a general theoretical framework for institutional change geared to the general reader. ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

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  • The History of Money

    by Jack Weatherford ...
    “If you’re interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is the book to read!”—Charles R. SchwabCultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money, from primitive man’s cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange. The History of Money explores how money and the myriad forms of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Victory of Reason

    How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

    by Rodney Stark ...
    Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West’s superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianity’s commitment to rational theology, made all these developments ... Read more

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  • Money Changes Everything

    How Finance Made Civilization Possible

    by William N. Goetzmann, William N. Goetzmann ...
    "[A] magnificent history of money and finance."—New York Times Book Review"Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."—Financial TimesIn the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern Work was Created

    by William Bernstein ...
    “Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed.” — John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group“Vital—a cogent, timely journey through the economic history of the modern world.” — Publishers WeeklyIn The Birth of Plenty, William Bernstein, the bestselling author of The Four Pillars of Investing, presents his provocative, highly acclaimed theory of why ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Power of Gold

    The History of an Obsession

    by Peter L. Bernstein ...
    "The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernstein’s story of the Power of Gold so timely. It is a compelling reminder that maintaining a fixed price for gold and fixed exchange rates were difficult even in a simpler financial environment….Peter Bernstein was reluctant to project the story of gold into the future. But to me his message was clear. Yes, gold will be with ... Read more

    $14.00 USD

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  • The Invention of Power

    Popes, Kings, and the Birth of the West

    by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita ...
    In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world?Western exceptionalism—the idea that European civilizations are freer, wealthier, and less violent—is a widespread and powerful political idea. It has been a source of peace and prosperity in some societies, and of ethnic cleansing and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Free Market

    The History of an Idea

    by Jacob Soll ...
    From a MacArthur “Genius,” an intellectual history of the free market, from ancient Rome to the twenty-first centuryAfter two government bailouts of the US economy in less than twenty years, free market ideology is due for serious reappraisal. In Free Market, Jacob Soll details how we got to this current crisis, and how we can find our way out by looking to earlier iterations of free market ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Money

    The Unauthorized Biography

    by Felix Martin ...
    From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to shadow banking and the Great Recession: a sweeping historical epic that traces the development and evolution of one of humankind’s greatest inventions.What is money, and how does it work? In this tour de force of political, cultural and economic history, Felix Martin challenges nothing less than our conventional understanding of money. ... Read more

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  • Secular Cycles

    by Peter Turchin, Sergey A. Nefedov ...
    Many historical processes exhibit recurrent patterns of change. Century-long periods of population expansion come before long periods of stagnation and decline; the dynamics of prices mirror population oscillations; and states go through strong expansionist phases followed by periods of state failure, endemic sociopolitical instability, and territorial loss. Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Balance

    The Economics of Great Powers from Ancient Rome to Modern America

    by Glenn Hubbard, Tim Kane ...
    In this groundbreaking book, two economists explain why economic imbalances cause civil collapse—and why America could be next.From the Ming Dynasty to Ottoman Turkey to Imperial Spain, the Great Powers of the world emerged as the greatest economic, political, and military forces of their time—only to collapse into rubble and memory. What is at the root of their demise—and how can America stop ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

    by Josiah Ober ...
    Series series The Princeton History of the Ancient World
    A major new history of classical Greece—how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from itLord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked ... Read more

    $15.09 USD