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Generally regarded as the most influential social science treatise of the 20th century, this work by legendary economist John Maynard Keynes is relevant reading even today for anyone who wants to understand international economics and foreign affairs. First published in 1919, The Economic Consequences of the Peace created an intense and immediate controversy for its brazen criticism of world leaders and the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War...
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Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind...
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An instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from one of the world’s leading economists, offering a grand narrative of the century that made us richer than ever, but left us unsatisfied
“A magisterial history.”—Paul Krugman
Named a Best Book of 2022 by Financial Times * Economist * Fast Company
Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty,...
“A magisterial history.”—Paul Krugman
Named a Best Book of 2022 by Financial Times * Economist * Fast Company
Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty,...
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The entire reports from 1995 on may be downloaded and viewed. The statistical tables from Appendix B can be accessed as spreadsheet files from 1997 forward. The reports may also be searched by keyword or phrase from 1996 forward. Individual sections that contain those words or phrases can then be downloaded in PDF or ASCII text format.
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Represents the annual report of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Appendix B contains historical tables (from 1959 or earlier) on aspects of income (national, personal, and corporate), production, prices, employment, investment, taxes and transfers, and money and finance.