- Biz/ed Chronologies - http://bized.ac.uk/dataserv/chron/
Chronologies prepared by Barclays Bank Economics Department covering national (UK) and international events of significance to the economy from the last quarter of 1997 through to the present. There are also pages providing the key facts from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
- BusinessPhilosophy.com - http://businessphilosophy.com
Studying the classics and great books in the context of the history of business.
- American Currency Exhibit - http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's online exhibit of historical American Currency
- Mercantilism - http://mars.acnet.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/mercantilism.html
Brief history of merchantilism.
- Tax History Project - http://www.taxhistory.org/
Provides scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation. The project pursues its mission through a program of web-based documentary publication and original historical research.
- History of Economics - http://www.eh.net/
Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
- The History of the Dow Jones Averages - http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/FINANCE/DowJonesAvgsHist.html
Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.
- Dutch National Accounts, 1800-1913 - http://nationalaccounts.niwi.knaw.nl
Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
- History of the Eighties - Lessons for the Future - http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/contents.html
A study prepared by the FDIC's Division of Research and Statistics presents a detailed analysis of the complex combination of causes that led to the extraordinary number of bank failures in the 1980s and early 1990s.
- History of Economic Thought - http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/
A repository of links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day, designed for those interested in learning about economics from a historical perspective.
- Money Museum - http://www.moneymuseum.com/index_english.html
A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
- Current Value of Old Money - http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
- Singapore. Socio-economic development . - http://www.cranendonk.com/singapore.htm
Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development
- WIDER Home Page - http://www.wider.unu.edu/
The United Nations University website. Provides links to download the World Income Inequality database.
- Management-History Discussion List - http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/management-history/
Supports critical and scholarly discussion, reflection and research in the area of management and administrative history.
- Business History Bibliography - http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/MCK/GUIDES/business_history.html
A categorized and annotated list of selected cross discipline information sources for doing research on the history of business. Prepared by the University of Maryland Libraries.
- Costs and Wages in Great Britain - http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/7503/greatbritainmoney.html
Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
- Treasure and Prices in Spain 1505-1650 - http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/spgold.htm
Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy.
- Value of a Shilling in 1860 - http://www.regiments.org/wombats/classics/CKSHILLG.TXT
Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
- The Bubble Project - http://is.dal.ca/~dmcneil/bubble.html
A collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiative on the subject of the South Sea Bubble, the first great stock-market crash of 1720.
- Transatlantic Cable Communications - http://collections.ic.gc.ca/cable/
History of the first transatlantic cables linking Britain and North America, the socio-economic impacts, famous messages such as the messages from the Titanic, photos, sound and video files, glossary.
- Technological Innovation in New Zealand - http://www.techhistory.co.nz/
The site tells stories about the technologies important to the New Zealand economy in the 20th Century. Most of these technologies were identified by the end of the First World War.
- Economics, Coins and Taxes - http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm
Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
- The Sodfather: A Friend of Agriculture in North Carolina - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/exhibits/sodfather/
Exhibition celebrating the career of North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, Jim Graham served in that office from 1964 to 2000. Documents Graham's career and reveals the positive societal impact of an inspired public official.
- Business History - http://www.businesshistory.net/
Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."
- Spindletop - http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html
History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
- Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now) - http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_91.html
Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brasil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
- How Much is That Worth Today? - http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php
Interactive tool to compare the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from any year to any other year from the 1600s to today.
- An Analysis of the Communist Manifesto - http://www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/index.shtml
A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
- The 19th Century Stock Price Project - http://hometown.aol.com/thkalinke/homepage/19CSPP.html
Source of stock market data from North American stock exchanges of the nineteenth century.
- Journal of Markets & Morality - http://www.marketsandmorality.com/
A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
- SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports - http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippincott/
This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 1987 Stock Market Crash Page - http://www.lope.ca/markets/1987.html
A look back at the 1987 stock market crash. Provides a description of the event, charts, and an account of the causes they may have led to the 23% decline.
- The History Mechanics - http://www.geocities.com/historymech/
New classification of an economic crisis: stagflation and overproduction. Virrual money. Flaws of the comparative advantage theory. Laws for evolution of economic and political systems.
- History of the Banking Industry - http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/
Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
- Sears Archives - http://www.searsarchives.com
More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
- Paperback Books - http://paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/Paperbacks/index.htm
A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
- Business History On-Line - http://www.h-net.org/~business/
H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.
- Wall Street Museum - http://www.wallstreetmuseum.org
Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
- A History of Taxation - http://www.taxworld.org/History/TaxHistory.htm
A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
- Ancient Economies - http://sondmor.tripod.com/index-html
A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
- The Revival of Commerce and Towns - http://www.ku.edu/kansas/medieval/108/lectures/towns.html
Lectures in Medieval History, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
- The US Misery Index - http://www.miseryindex.us
The misery index was initiated by Chicago Economist Robert Barro in the 1970's. It is simply the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country.
- Stock Market Crash! - http://www.stock-market-crash.net
Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
- Eh.Net History of Economics Site - http://www.eh.net/HE/
Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
- Economy Professor - http://www.economyprofessor.com/
A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
- Did You Know? - http://www.didyouknow.cd/firstfax.htm
Briefly traces the development of products that took 100 years to get from the idea stage to the marketplace.
- BizHisto - http://www.bizhisto.com
Covers the history of various areas of business including accounting, capitalism, and finance.
- International exchanges of ideas about taxation since 1750 - http://www-histecon.kings.cam.ac.uk/research/taxation_ideas.htm
The webpage offers information about a research project about the international history of taxation since 1750. The project is based at the University of Cambridge, UK.
- Littlewoods Catalogue History - http://www.thecatalogshop.co.uk
Seven decades of Littlewoods Catalogues Home Shopping and Mail Order history in the UK.
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