This online text, written by Charles P. Kindleberger, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, seeks to differentiate “between an economist who deals with historical issues and a historian who studies past economic questions” and answer the question “whether history is a necessary dimension of the compleat economist.”
Table of Contents for Historical Economics Textbook
- ECONOMIC HISTORY OR HISTORICAL ECONOMICS?
- Historical Economics a Bridge between Liberal Arts and Business Studies?
- Economic History
- EUROPE
- Spenders and Hoarders the World Distribution of Spanish American Silver, 1550–1750
- Introduction to England’s Treasure by Forraign Trade, or The Ballance of Our Forraign Trade Is the Rule of Our Treasure by Thomas Mun
- The Historical Background: Adam Smith and the Industrial Revolution
- Commercial Policy between the Wars
- The Postwar Resurgence of the French Economy
- THE UNITED STATES
- US Foreign Economic Policy, 1776–1976
- The Aging Economy
- America in Decline? Possible Parallels and Consequences
- FINANCE
- Financial Deregulation and Economic Performance: An Attempt to Relate European Financial History to Current LDC Issues
- Write-Off or Work-Out? A Historical Analysis of Creditor Options
- Exchange-Rate Changes and Ratchet Effects: A Historical Perspective
- The Panic of 1873
- Capital Flight: A Historical Perspective
- CONCLUSION
- Notes
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX
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Historical Economics: Art of Science?
