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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.
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A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
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Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.
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A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
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A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
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Online collection of historical documents and memorabilia about annuities, together with a history of annuities and their role in the development of financial markets and retirement planning.
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A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
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Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brasil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
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Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.
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Covers the history of various areas of business including accounting, capitalism, and finance.
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The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
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Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."
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Microsite listing the activities of the department.
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Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
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Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
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An online directory of archives and other repositories of historical corporate records. Includes directory of professional associations for corporate and industrial archivists.
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Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
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Founded in 1940 to encourage and promote teaching, research and publication on every phase of economic history, and to encourage and assist in the preservation and administration of research materials in the field.
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Site contains data on mining, prices, wages, agriculture, commerce and government that may be dowloaded. Also colonial treasury accounts known as caja accounts. Extensive economic history bibliography.
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A weblog about economic history of the world, together with some history of technology and related entries.
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Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
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A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
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Explore the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's American Currency Exhibit online and watch history come alive as you step back in time to our nation's beginning. Learn how our country's rich history is closely tied with our currency.
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H-Net discussion list and newsletter for the Business History Conference. Features subject overview, archives, reviews, links to related lists, and subscription details.
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Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
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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.
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Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
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Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
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Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.
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Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
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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.
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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.
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A research project about the international history of taxation since 1750, based at the University of Cambridge, UK.
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A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
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Seven decades of Littlewoods catalogues for home shopping in Britain. The social history of Littlewoods mail order business from the early 1930s up to the present day.
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Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
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A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
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Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
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A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
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This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
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More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
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An essay on the Socio-Economic Development of Singapore.
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An economic history of the 20th Century.
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History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
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Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
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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.
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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.
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Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
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A timeline of significant events in business during the 20th century from TheStreet.com.
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Collaborative project on the South Sea Bubble Crisis (the stock market crash of 1720), which impacted lives in England, and the American Colonies.
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The society publishes a periodical and works to promote the study of economic and social history.
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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.
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Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.
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Specializing in information about the paper money of the American colonies.
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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.
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MA thesis by Alan Crisp on the growth of housing in the United Kingdom including the economic, political and social history surrounding its development in the 1930s.
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Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
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Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy.
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Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
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Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
