Economic history Economic history An Agrarian society is one that is based on agriculture as its prime means for support and sustenance. The society acknowledges other means of livelihood and work habits but stresses on agriculture and farming. This has been or can be implemented successfully only in countries that have good farming lands. This was the belief of Pol Pot, autonomous leader of Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agrarian society"
Arbitristas was the Spanish word for those who proposed introducing new arbitrios ( sales taxes) to save the economy of Spain, that had been ruined by the price revolution and the wars that the Spanish Empire was carrying in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arbitrista"
The Argentine Currency Board pegged the Argentine peso to the US Dollar between 1991 and 2002 in an attempt to eliminate hyperinflation and stimulate economic growth. While it initially met with considerable success, the board's actions ultimately failed because of significant flaws in policy implementation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Argentine Currency Board"
The Asian financial crisis was a financial crisis that started in July 1997 in Thailand and affected currencies, stock markets, and other asset prices in several Asian countries, many considered East Asian Tigers. It is also commonly referred to as the Asian currency crisis or locally as the IMF crisis although the latter is somewhat controversial. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asian financial crisis"
Auxology is a meta-term covering the study of all aspects of human physical growth; though it is also a fundamental of biology generally. Auxology is a highly multi-disciplinary science involving health sciences / medicine ( pediatrics, general practice, endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, physiology, epidemiology, and to a lesser degree other fields), nutrition, genetics, anthropology, anthropometry, ergonomics, history, economic history, economics, socioeconomics, sociology, public health, and psychology, among others. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auxology"
Baltic Tiger is a term used to refer to any of the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – during their periods of economic boom, which started after the year 2000 and continues up to the present moment. The term is modelled on East Asian Tiger and Celtic Tiger, which were used to describe the economic boom periods in parts of East Asia and the Republic of Ireland, respectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baltic Tiger"
In British politics and economics, Black Wednesday (or 'White Wednesday' in Euro-sceptic parlance) refers to September 16 1992 when the government was forced to withdraw the Pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) by currency speculators—most notably George Soros who earned over USD$1 billion in doing so. In 1997 the UK Treasury estimated the cost at £3.3 billion. "The trading losses in August and September were estimated at £800m, but the main loss to taxpayers arose because the devaluation could have made them a profit. The papers show that if the government had maintained $24bn foreign currency reserves and the pound had fallen by the same amount, the UK would have made a £2.4bn profit on sterling's devaluation." - ( Financial Times February 10 2005). ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Wednesday"
The Bretton Woods system of international monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states. The Bretton Woods system was the first example in world history of a fully negotiated monetary order intended to govern monetary relations among independent nation-states. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bretton Woods system"
President Andrew Jackson's hostility to the Bank of the United States was perhaps the central issue of the election campaign of 1832. The following year, the Bank of the United States ceased to receive public funds. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitalism in the nineteenth century"
Capitalism in the twentieth century ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitalism in the twentieth century"
"The Celtic Tiger" is a nickname for the Republic of Ireland during its period of rapid economic growth between the 1990s and 2001 or 2002. Strictly speaking, the term is used for both the period of time (as in Celtic Tiger years) and the country during that period. Most recently, the term Celtic Tiger 2 is used of the years since 2004, when the country enjoyed a 5% growth in GDP despite downturn in the rest of Europe, becoming the second highest GDP per capita earner in the European Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Celtic Tiger"
Cliometrics refers to the systematic use of economic theory and econometrics techniques to study economic history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cliometrics"
The Commercial Revolution was a period of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism which lasted from approximately 1520 until 1650. Voyages of discovery in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries allowed European powers to build vast networks of international trade, which in turn generating a great deal of wealth for them. This growing global economy was based on silver, which allowed the purchase of goods (like Chinese spices) which Europeans desired but had nothing of similar interest for which to exchange it. Until this time there had been no economic theory; the stresses of the new global order, however, brought about two opposing theories of how a nation accumulates wealth: mercantilistic and free-trade policies. Mercantilism inflamed the growing hostilities between the increasingly-centralized European powers, leading to such famous conflicts as the American Declaration of Independence. Another important outcome of Europe's "commercial revolution" was a foundation of wealth needed for the industrial revolution. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commercial Revolution"
The Corn Laws, in force between 1815 and 1846, were import tariffs ostensibly designed to "protect" British farmers and landowners against competition from cheap foreign grain imports. (In British usage the term ...more on Wikipedia about "Corn Laws"
The Early 2000s recession was felt in mostly Western countries, affecting the European Union mostly during 2000 and 2001 and the United States mostly in 2002 and 2003. Canada avoided the recession for the most part, while Russia, a nation that did not experience prosperity during the 1990s, began to recover. Japan's 1990s recession continued. The Early 2000s recession had been predicted by economists for years, since the boom of the 1990s, which was accompanied by both low inflation and low unemployment, had already ceased in East Asia during that region's 1997 economic crisis. The Early 2000s recession was not as bad as many predicted it would be, nor was it as bad as either of the two previous world-wide recessions. See also 2001 recession ...more on Wikipedia about "Early 2000s recession"
The East Asian Tigers, also known as Asia's Four Little Dragons ( Simplified Chinese: 亚洲四小龙, Traditional Chinese: 亞洲四小龍; Pinyin: Yǎ Zhōu Sì Xiǎo Lóng) ("dragon" being a reference to China in Chinese culture), refers to the economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. These territories and nations were noted for maintaining high growth rates and rapid industrialization between the early 1960s and 1990s. ...more on Wikipedia about "East Asian Tigers"
Economic history is the application of economic theories to historical study. Cliometrics is the use of econometric techniques to study economic history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economic history"
It is today believed that humanity originated in Africa and as soon as human societies formed so did economic activity. Earliest humans were hunter gatherers living in small family groupings. Even then there was considerable trade, that could cover long distances. Archeologists have found that trade in luxury items like precious metals and shells crossed the entirety of the continent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Economic history of Africa"
The notion that capitalism can be divided into early, middle, and late periods is itself extremely controversial. Some scholars have found capitalism, or elements thereof, in very early times. Some philosophers consider capitalism not a time-bound practice or a historical era at all, but the recognition of some timeless elements of the human condition. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emergence of early capitalism"
Feudalism refers to a general set of reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility of Europe during the Middle Ages, revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals, and fiefs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Feudalism"
A guild is an association of people of the same trade or pursuits (with a similar skill or craft), formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards of morality or conduct. Historically they were formed to benefit societies or small business associations, also referred to as a trade union of sorts, since each crafter was a self-employed individual artisan or part of a small craft shop or co-operative. They exist in modern and medieval incarnations, both of which are discussed in this article. One's view of guilds tends to be heavily colored by one's view of political economy, since the whole history of trade, technology, intellectual property, regulated professions, social security, and professional ethics are entwined with the history of the guilds in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guild"
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The Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive (usually shortened to "HCI") was an economic development plan enacted in the 1970s under the regime of South Korean dictator Park Chung Hee. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heavy-Chemical Industry Drive"
Capitalism originated from Western Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of capitalism"
The history of international trade chronicles the way that the flow of trade over long distances has shaped, and been shaped by history. This article deals with the " economic history" of international trade and the history of theoretical economics in the field of international trade. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of international trade"
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