ABSTRACT
The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. The chapters endeavour to explain what went on and why during the most significant economic epochs of the nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and how where we are today fits in this historical timeline. Its short chapters reflect the most up-to-date research and are written by well-known economists who are authorities on their subjects.
The Handbook of Major Events in Economic History was written with the intent of presenting the professional consensus in explaining the economics driving these historical events.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|102 pages
World War I and the pre-World War I era
part II|98 pages
The interwar era and World War II
part III|163 pages
Post-World War II era
part IV|78 pages
The contemporary era