economic conditions

Offers arguments for and against topics related to poverty and wealth, including ethics and morality, social and economic issues, and international development.

On t.p.: An inquiry into the causes, course, and consequences of the worldwide depression of the nineteenthirties, as seen by contemporaries and in the light of history.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide data on the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues in over 250 countries and territories, each with an introductory profile and map.

Covers world events including Bonaparte's Empire, industrial Britain, liberation for Latin America, and the opening of China and Southern Africa in the 19th century.

Traces how the works of Charles Dickens and Henry Mayhew reflected the poor majority in mid-nineteenth-century London, citing the achievements of such influential figures as John Maynard Keyes, Paul Samuelson, and Amartya Sen.

Argues that the stock market crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression occurred as a result of poor decisions on the part of four central bankers who jointly attempted to reconstruct international finance by reinstating the gold standard.

This work puts the history of economic ideas securely in the life of their times, and it tells especially of those ideas that have survived to influence our present beliefs and actions.

Chronicles the global financial crisis of 2008, detailing causes, major events, key persons, and the aftermath. Includes photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and further reading sources.