An Economist's Guide to Economic History

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Blum, Matthias (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Colvin, Christopher L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History,
• Subjects: Economics.; Learning.; Instruction.; Economic history.; Economic policy.; Economic theory.; Popular Science in Economics.; Learning & Instruction.; Economic History.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Political Economy/Economic Systems.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

Without economic history, economics runs the risk of being too abstract or parochial, of failing to notice precedents, trends and cycles, of overlooking the long-run and thus misunderstanding 'how we got here'. Recent financial and economic crises illustrate spectacularly how the economics...