Income inequality is rising. A quarter of a century ago, the average disposable income of the richest 10% in OECD countries was around seven times higher than that of the poorest 10%; today, it's around 91/2 btimes higher. Why does this matter? Many fear this widening gap is hurting individuals,...

Introduction: The intimate fiscal state -- Before the income tax: Jewish, Ottoman, and early mandatory taxation -- The introduction of income taxation in mandatory Palestine -- Taxation without law : The Jewish voluntary tax system -- Law and social norms in early Israeli taxation -- The rise of...

"Technological change is about more than inventions. This concise history of the Industrial Revolution places the eighteenth-century British Industrial Revolution in global context, locating its causes in government protection, global competition, and colonialism. Inventions from spinning...

David Ricardo on Public Debt provides a comprehensive view of the topic of public debt from the Ricardian standpoint. It shows how and why Ricardo's analysis of public debt connects to other themes and issues in Ricardian economics. With extensive reference to Ricardo's own words Churchman...

"This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural interactions between servants of the English East India Company and the Asian communities and states they came into contact...