"A century ago, John Maynard Keynes entered the Treasury to serve his country during the First World War, but as is well known, appalled by the terms of the end-of-war Treaty of Versailles, he abandoned the British delegation, outlining the predictable adverse results in the Economic...

1. Portraits of Keynes as a young man -- 2. 'Liberal imperialist', 1902-05 -- 3. Keynes, Marshall and Cambridge economics in 1905 -- 4. From apprentice to lecturer -- 5. Lecturing and electioneering -- 6. India -- 7. Epilogue.

Including contributions from such figures as Douglas Irwin, James Foreman-Peck, Kevin O'Rourke and Max-Stefan-Schulze, this key book summarizes the recent empirical research carried out on the issue of the classical period of trade protectionism. It provides a basis for revising widely held...

Including contributions from such figures as Douglas Irwin, James Foreman-Peck, Kevin O'Rourke and Max-Stefan-Schulze, this key book summarizes the recent empirical research carried out on the issue of the classical period of trade protectionism. It provides a basis for revising widely held...

Introduction -- Privatization and transition in Russia in the early 1990s: perspectives -- The mass privatization programme: the ideas, their evolution and their embodiment in law -- Reforming the communist inheritance: 'the goals and limits of privatization' -- Implementation of privatization,...

"'Big data' is now readily available to economic historians, thanks to the digitisation of primary sources, collaborative research linking different data sets, and the publication of databases on the internet. Key economic indicators, such as the consumer price index, can be tracked over long...