This paper surveys the small, yet growing, literature that uses game theory for economic history analysis. It elaborates on the promise and challenge of applying game theory to economic history and presents the approaches taken in conducting such an application. Most of the essay, however, is...

Chapter 1: Soviet Union : The Ambiguous Case of National -- Chapter 2: East Germany : Negotiating Conformity and Innovation -- Chapter 3:Czechoslovakia : Opening the Doors to the West -- Chapter 4: Hungary : Surfing Among Ice Floes -- Chapter 5: Poland : Economic History Debate Across the Iron...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Latin American economic history in the light of the recent economic cycles -- Chapter 3: The Making of Mexico: The Political Economy of Conquest and Independence -- Chapter 4: Checks and Balances in the Colonial Government of Peru: Evidence from Office...

Part I. The Philosophy, Politics and Ethics of Free Trade -- Chapter 1. Adam Smith’s Moral Sentiments, Society, and Free Trade (Vernon Smith ) -- Chapter 2. Reflections from the Inside Out: What Libertopia tell us about the Nature of Markets in Trade (Tim Evans) -- Chapter 3. The Foundations...

A Journey Through the History of Economics -- Stone Age, Antiquity, and Pre-Classical Period -- Classical Economics -- Neoclassical Economics and Recent History -- Present Day -- Current and Future Challenges of the Economy -- The Quintessence of Economic Thought -- The Most Urgent Issues of...