Pushing beyond linear accounts of economic history, this book reveals how the past continually circulates through and shapes the present in unexpected ways.

An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.

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Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge-find managers have emerged as the stars of twenty-first century capitalism. Based on unprecedented access to