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Credit Networks in The Preindustrial World
This open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to coordinate the work of different scholars working on credit networks and aims to explore the possibilities offered by social network analysis for the study of past fi nancial m…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-67117-3
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
- Call Number
- XIV, 403
Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government
In this book some of the world's leading economists and experts on Serra explore the enduring appeal of his 1613 Breve trattato.
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-53996-0
- Collation
- IX, 374
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
- Call Number
- 330 ANT a
Alessandro Torlonia: The Pope’s Banker
This book provides a vivid biography of a towering Italian banker, pioneer and entrepreneur. It weaves the entrepreneurial ventures of Alessandro Torlonia (1800-1886) through the narratives of business and politics in the Nineteenth century, the growth of European financial markets and the decline of Papal power during the Italian Risorgimento. The discussion is founded in rigorous historical r…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-41998-5
- Collation
- XV, 269
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
- Call Number
- 332.4 FEL a
Money and Finance in Central Europe during the Later Middle Ages
The wealth of the Central European archives, particularly in urban records, has not been fully realised by Western European historians. However, the records are not always straightforward to use and many studies tackle the methodological problems inherent in gathering and analysing medieval sources. This book presents an original review of past and present research of national historiographies …
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-46022-6
- Collation
- XVIII, 269
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
- Call Number
- -
A Theory of Accumulation and Secular Stagnation
Thomas Malthus identified a crucial tension at the heart of a market economy: While an accumulation of wealth is necessary to provide the capital investment needed to generate growth, too much accumulation will cause planned saving to exceed profitable investment, which will result in secular stagnation, a condition of low growth and underemployment of resources. Keynes drew inspiration from Ma…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-56221-0
- Collation
- VIII, 136
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 332 ARO t
A History of Digital Currency in the United States: New Technology in an Unre…
This book presents detailed case studies of the first commercial internet digital currency systems developed between 1996 and 2004. Transactions completed with the new technology circumvented all US financial regulations, an opening that transnational criminals exploited. Mullan explains how an entire industry of companies, agents, and participants turned a blind eye to crimes being committed i…
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- Ed. 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-56870-0
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- Palgrave Advances in the Economics of Innovation and Technology
- Call Number
- 330 MUL h
Mutual Insurance 1550-2015
In the modern Western world, we tend to be insured by the state or for-profit insurers. We have privileged this system over mutual or micro-insurance, whose long and rich history we tend to forget. Yet, mutual and micro-insurance is becoming increasingly important, both in the Western and in the non-Western world and bears re-examination. This book traces the track record of mutual insurance…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-53109-4
- Collation
- XIII, 321
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
- Call Number
- -
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