This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment
and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors …

The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and
cryptocurrency"[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." …

At first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-
held view that the leading world power's currency—the British pound, the US dollar, and …

A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the
ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as …

This paper surveys the literature on sovereign debt from the perspective of understanding
how sovereign debt differs from privately issue debt, and why sovereign debt is deemed safe …

I am pleased to sign the instrument of ratification for the Montreal protocol [governing]
substances that deplete the ozone layer. The protocol marks an important milestone for the …

What might happen if a third-party entity had the power to implement fiscal reforms and/or
punish sovereign debt defaulters? In contrast to recent history, extreme sanctions such as …

This article reassesses the importance of colonial status to investors before 1914 by means
of multivariable regression analysis of the data available to contemporaries. We show that …

How does sovereign debt emerge? In the early nineteenth century, intermediaries' market
power and prestige served to overcome information asymmetries. Relying on insights from …

Blame the Midwest. Tender academic minds often need peace and quiet to get down to
business. We first met in the delightful town of La Crosse, Wisconsin (also known as “Mud …