An Economist's guide to economic history / edited by Matthias Blum, Christopher L. Colvin.
Blum, Matthias. editor.; Colvin, Christopher L. editor.
2018
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Title An Economist's guide to economic history / edited by Matthias Blum, Christopher L. Colvin.
ISBN 9783319965680 (electronic book)
3319965689 (electronic book)
3319965670
9783319965673
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 479 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0 doi
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Summary 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 profession has not learnt from its past. This important and unique book addresses this problem by demonstrating the power of historical thinking in economic research. Concise chapters guide economics lecturers and their students through the field of economic history, demonstrating the use of historical thinking in economic research, and advising them on how they can actively engage with economic history in their teaching and learning. Blum and Colvin bring together important voices in the field to show readers how they can use their existing economics training to explore different facets of economic history. Each chapter introduces a question or topic, historical context or research method and explores how they can be used in economics scholarship and pedagogy. In a century characterised to date by economic uncertainty, bubbles and crashes, An Economist's Guide to Economic History is essential reading. Matthias Blum and Christopher L. Colvin are economic historians based at Queen's University Belfast, UK. Blum has research interests in measurement, health and wellbeing, and economic development in the long-run. Colvin works on historical banking crises, corporate governance and the economics of religion. Besides teaching and supervising students in economic history, they always make a point of incorporating historical thinking into the other field courses they teach, including econometrics, development economics, industrial organisation and managerial economics.
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Colvin, Christopher L. editor.
Series Palgrave studies in economic history.
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Introduction, or Why We Started This Project
Economics Versus History
Economics, Economic History and Historical Data
Economic Theory and Economic History
Economic History and the Policymaker
Economic History, the History of Economic Thought and Economic Policy
Teaching Economics with Economic History
Money and Central Banking
Globalisation and Trade
Immigration and Labour Markets
Financial Institutions and Markets
Financial Crises and Bubbles
Sovereign Debt and State Financing
Health and Development
Education and Human Capital
Famine and Disease
Women and Children
Slavery and Discrimination
Crime and Violence
Business Ownership and Organisation
Competition and Collusion
Human Resources and Incentive Contracts
Global Divergence and Economic Change
Industrial Revolution and British Exceptionalism Innovation and Technical Change
Culture and Religion
Agriculture and Rural Development
Environment and Natural Resources
Economic Prehistory
The World Wards
Western Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Australasia
North America
Latin America
Impact and Communication
Publishing Economic History
Archival Evidence
Case Studies
Analytic Narrative
Measurement and Metrics
Econometric Identification
Historical National Accounting
Productivity, Innovation and Social Savings
Frontier Analysis
Geospatial Information Systems
Network Analysis.

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