World History

 I appreciate the fact that the author attempts to construct logical rather than mathematical arguments, as seems to be the disease that has struck most of the economics profession at the present time. 

When the economics profession turns its attention to financial panics and crashes, the first episode mentioned is tulipmania. In fact, tulipmania has become a metaphor in the economics field. 

Pipes does make a contribution to our appreciation for private property. It cannot be denied that the book starts out on a high plain. Certainly, Pipes is correct in locating the difficulties suffered by both Russia 

In his 1997 book, Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond attributes the ascendancy and triumphs of certain societies to geographical and environmental advantages. 

Among all those goods which have been offered as examples of public goods, national defense and lighthouses have been among the most frequently cited.

During the late 1840s more than one million Irish died and many more emigrated, with the Irish population not returning to its former level for over a century. 

This volume sets out to debunk the common myths about the origins of liberal thought: that Anglo-Saxon thinkers had a privileged role in the history of liberalism;

Japan has experienced an Austrian business cycle. The initial boom was created by a central bank–induced monetary expansion. Because of repeated interventions, the economy has not recovered.

Authors, Ekelund and Price have produced an engrossing and informative study of the economic life and times of Edwin Chadwick. Scholars interested in economic policy and reform, the history of industrialization,

This paper contrasts the writings of Frank Knight and Ludwig von Mises, two economists from the first half of the twentieth century who were highly critical of Christianity, with the philosophies of the Christian