The collapsing economy is a rude awakening, but its fragility hides a transformative power. The coronavirus is...
Economics
Trade routes spanned China in early Shang dynasty times, but it was from mid-Zhou times that commerce...
Discussions of economics have existed since ancient times but it was not a separate discipline until the...
Economic theory today still rests in many areas upon the foundations laid by classical economists. Introduction Classical...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Regional, inter-regional and international trade was a common feature of the Roman world....
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...
Social class was prevalent and largely property-based in the colonies. The Colonial Elite Overview In New England...
Multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions of sovereign states. By Lorenzo Marsili “There is no...
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” have too much historical baggage. In early 2019, Donald Trump warned against socialism: it “promises...
In 1758, Samuel Johnson noted that the “itch of scribbling” had seized the nation. Introduction In 1758,...
Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print...
Starting with the medieval poor/rich-topics in the Aquinian tradition of the theological economy of charity, following a...
The Socialist League was one of several early socialist groups which arose in Great Britain during the...
In the 19th century, the Grange was an agricultural brotherhood that sought to foster mutual self-reliance and...
A vivid picture of the emergence of the global market and the beginnings of global competition. Introduction...
The archaeological evidence is clear, but the mechanisms of diffusion are still not entirely understood. By Dr....
A Phoenician-Punic ship from a relief carving on a 2nd century CE sarcophagus / Photo by NMB, Wikimedia...
This painting by Roberto Bompiani captures a common 19th-century association of Roman dining and excess. A Roman Feast,...
An overview of the main phases of the history of globalization, as well as of radical structural breaks....
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Lecture by Dr. Joseph R....
A medieval baker with his apprentice (scanned from The Medieval Cookbook by Maggie Black). As both business...
Night of August 4th, abolition of feudality and fiscal privileges, by Léopold Morice / Photo by Teofilo,...
Mosaic of amphorae being unloaded from a ship, Ostia / Southampton University, Creative Commons The trade networks...
The Greeks failed miserably to see the need for the development of a discipline, economic science, devoted...
The country’s most vulnerable populations were the hardest hit. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 08.27.2018 Historian...
While it is misleading to view the stock market crash of 1929 as the sole cause of...
A One Hundred Dollar Confederate States of America banknote dated December 22, 1862. Issued during the American...
Mysia Islands off Troas, Tenedos. Circa 100-70 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 16.27 g 12). / Photo by Exekias,...
The historical emergence and use of money is an important question. By Dr. Alexander W. Salter /...
Men stand in line outside a depression soup kitchen, 1931 / Public Domain Far less has been...