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Sessions of the Second Latin American Economic History Congress

Manuel Bautista wrote 2 months ago: Here is the list of preapproved sessions  of the Second Latin American Economic History Congress (CL … more →

Tags: Announcement, Economic History, Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, 1700s, 1800's, 1900's, 2000s, atlantic

On Lehman Brothers1 comment

Manuel Bautista wrote 2 months ago: Those were happy times... After the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve denied to rescue Lehman Brot … more →

Tags: america, Interview, united states, World, 2000s, Crisis, USA

Stabel P. and Haemers J. (2006) Financial revolution: the supply side story (… almost)

Ben wrote 2 months ago: Stabel, Peter and Jelle Haemers (2006) “From Bruges to Antwerp. International commercial firms and g … more →

Tags: Economic History, 1400s, 1500s, Antwerp, bankers, Belgium, Bruges, Bruxelles, Budget

Delivering the insufficient?

Webmaster wrote 2 months ago: G20 finance ministers issue another bland statement Bretton Woods Project, 10 September 2009 Despite … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), International Monetary Fund, Investment, The World Bank, Trends and Analysis, G20

Frehen R., Goetzmann W. and Rouwenhorst G. (2009) Why invest in the bubbles?3 comments

Ben wrote 3 months ago: Frehen, Rik, William Goetzmann and Geert Rouwenhorst (2009) “New Evidence on the First Financial Bub … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, Reading Notes, 1700s, Amsterdam, Bank of England, bubble, crash

Flandreau M. et al. (2009) The question was not how to develop finance

Ben wrote 3 months ago: Flandreau, Marc, Christophe Galimard, Clemens Jobst and Pilar Nogués-Marco (2009) “The bell-ja … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, Reading Notes, 1600's, 1700s, Amsterdam, bankers, Banking

Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story'

Webmaster wrote 3 months ago: ‘CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY‘ – In Theaters October 2nd “It’s a crime sto … more →

Tags: Investment, Trends and Analysis, Video, Corporations, capitalism, Michael Moore

North D. and Weingast B. (1989) The economic impact of institutions1 comment

Ben wrote 3 months ago: North, Douglass C. and Barry Weingast (1989) “Constitution and Commitment: The Evolution of Institut … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, Reading Notes, 1600's, 1688, 1700s, Douglass North, Economics

Interest rates in premodern Amsterdam

Ben wrote 3 months ago: Ok it has nothing to do with the theme of the week (the Glorious Revolution), but I’m sure you … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, 1500s, 1600's, Amsterdam, bank, Finance, FInancial Revolution

Gympie Vendor Finance House 1 comment

shell1977 wrote 4 months ago: Gympie Vendor Finance House This deal was done in 2008 and is in Gympie.  The people who moved in di … more →

Tags: vendor finance, rick otton, Massive Passive

Civil society wants substance, not procedural delays at UN conf on crisis

Webmaster wrote 6 months ago: A statement calling upon governments not to take procedural arguments as an excuse to further delayi … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Investment, Debt, Corporations, Statement and Declaration, global financial crisis

Temin P. and Voth H.-J. (2008) A case for deregulation… in 18th-century Britain

Ben wrote 7 months ago: Temin, Peter and Voth, Hans-Joachim (2008) “Private borrowing during the financial revolution: Hoare … more →

Tags: Early Modern, Economic History, Europe, Reading Notes, 1600's, 1700s, bank, Borrowing, deregulation

Capitalism’s Crisis and our Response1 comment

Webmaster wrote 7 months ago: By Walden Bello* Speech delivered at the Conference on the Global Crisis sponsored by Die Linke Part … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Globalization, Investment, Trends and Analysis, Corporations, Speech, global financial crisis

Too Big to Save: The End of Financial Capitalism

Webmaster wrote 8 months ago: The financial logic of neo-liberal capitalism has devoured the world and exhausted itself in the pro … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Globalization, Investment, Trends and Analysis, Corporations

Hoffman P., Postel-Vinay G. and Rosenthal J.-L. (1992) Private credit market in Paris2 comments

Ben wrote 8 months ago: Hoffman, Philip T., Postel-Vinay, Gilles, and Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent (1992) “Private Credit Markets … more →

Tags: Economic History, Early Modern, Europe, Reading Notes, France, 1600's, 1700s, Paris, Loans

US is shifting the crisis into the rest of the world

Webmaster wrote 8 months ago: The Real News, March 16, 2009 Pepe Escobar: And how the US is shifting the crisis into the rest of t … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Globalization, Investment, Trends and Analysis, Video, Corporations, global financial crisis

Their crisis, our challenge

Webmaster wrote 8 months ago: In a far reaching interview with Red Pepper David Harvey argues that the current financial crisis co … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Globalization, Investment, Reclaiming the Commons, Trends and Analysis

Put People First

Webmaster wrote 8 months ago: Bretton Woods Project, March 13, 2009 Ensuring a response to the economic crisis that delivers democ … more →

Tags: International Financial Institutions (IFIs), Globalization, climate change, Investment, Trends and Analysis, The World Bank, Corporations

Govt report which terms Phulbari deal illegal goes missing

Webmaster wrote 8 months ago: Staff Correspondent, NewAge, March 10, 2009 The energy division has ‘lost’ the report of a governmen … more →

Tags: Investment, Mining/Phulbari, Corporations, Energy


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