Contents

• INTRODUCTION

• PART 1—  ECONOMIC HISTORY OR HISTORICAL ECONOMICS?
  • 1—  Historical Economics a Bridge between Liberal Arts and Business Studies?*
  • 2—  Economic History*
• PART 2—  EUROPE
  • 3—  Spenders and Hoarders the World Distribution of Spanish American Silver, 1550–1750*
  • 4—  Introduction to England's Treasure by Forraign Trade, or The Ballance of Our Forraign Trade Is the Rule of Our Treasure by Thomas Mun*
  • 5—  The Historical Background: Adam Smith and the Industrial Revolution*
  • 6—  Commercial Policy between the Wars*
  • 7—  The Postwar Resurgence of the French Economy*
• PART 3—  THE UNITED STATES
  • 8—  US Foreign Economic Policy, 1776–1976*
  • 9—  The Aging Economy*
  • 10—  America in Decline? Possible Parallels and Consequences*
• PART 4—  FINANCE
  • 11—  Financial Deregulation and Economic Performance:  An Attempt to Relate European Financial History to Current LDC Issues*
  • 12—  Write-Off or Work-Out? A Historical Analysis of Creditor Options*
  • 13—  Exchange-Rate Changes and Ratchet Effects: A Historical Perspective*
  • 14—  The Panic of 1873*
  • 15—  Capital Flight: A Historical Perspective*
• PART 5—  CONCLUSION
  • 16—  Conclusion

• Notes
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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