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Economic history is the study of how economic phenomena evolved in the past. This category contains links to sites offering economic and business histories.

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1987 Stock Market Crash Page

http://www.lope.ca/markets/1987crash/
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.
A History of Money and Banking in the United States

http://mises.org/books/historyofmoney.pdf
A 512 page document presented by the Mises Institute. In this volume, Murray Rothbard presents a comprehensive history of money and banking in the United States, from colonial times to World War II.
American Currency Exhibit

http://www.frbsf.org/currency/
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's online exhibit of historical US currency, with contextual information on the related status of the money system, banking, and the economy.
An Analysis of the Communist Manifesto

http://www.indepthinfo.com/communist-manifesto/
A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
Ancient Economies

http://sondmor.tripod.com/index-html
A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
Annuity Museum

http://www.immediateannuities.com/annuitymuseum/
Online collection of historical documents and memorabilia about annuities, together with a history of annuities and their role in the development of financial markets and retirement planning.
Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now)

http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm
Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
Beyond Face Value - Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency

http://exhibitions.blogs.lib.lsu.edu/?p=566
Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.
BPubs.com - Economic History Publications

http://www.bpubs.com/Economics/Economic_History/
A collection of business articles related to economic history.
Business History On-Line

http://www.h-net.org/~business/
H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference.
Center for International Business History, University of Reading

http://www.reading.ac.uk/business/Research/Centres/bus-CIBH.asp
News about business history research and information about the center.
Civil War at 150: Debt Lessons from Lincoln

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/04/12/Civil-War-at-150-Debt-Lessons-from-Lincoln
The governments of the North and the South handled war financing differently. The North had moderate debt while the South created massive debt and hyperinflation.
Crisis Watch

http://www.crisiswatch.net/
A site dedicated to monitoring economical, environmental and international crises. Containing large base of informational articles, find out everything about the recent and historical crises.
Current Value of Old Money

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada

http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm
An online directory of archives and other repositories of historical corporate records. Includes directory of professional associations for corporate and industrial archivists.
Dutch National Accounts, 1800-1913

http://nationalaccounts.niwi.knaw.nl/
Analysis of the development of the Dutch economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
Economic History Association

http://eh.net/eha/
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.
Episodes of Hyperinflation

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/hyper.htm
Examples of hyperinflation throughout history from Diocletian through Zimbabwe.
History of Banking

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ac19
Banking from Ancient Babylon in the 18th century BC to the Rothschild dynasty in the time of Napoleon.
History Of Economic Theory and Thought

http://www.economictheories.org/
Lots of economic theories from a variety of economists including Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, David Hume and many more.
History of Economics

http://eh.net/
Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
History of Economics

http://historyofeconomics.org/
Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
History of Inflation and the Consumer Price Index- 1913-Present

http://inflationdata.com/articles/inflation-consumer-price-index-decade-commentary/
History of the U.S. Consumer Price Index which was started in the high inflation days of WWI. It includes information about each decade since the CPI was created.
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day

http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/llyfr.html
Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.
History of the Banking Industry

http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/
Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
History of the Eighties - Lessons for the Future

http://www.fdic.gov/bank/historical/history/contents.html
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.
History of the Federal Reserve - Federal Reserve Education

http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/about-the-fed/history/
History of U.S. currency and banking from 1775 - 2006 and beyond. Includes information about banking crises and attempts at forming a Central bank.
How Much is That Worth Today?

http://www.measuringworth.com/
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.
Journal of Markets & Morality

http://www.marketsandmorality.com/
A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
Leghorn Merchant Networks

http://leghornmerchants.wordpress.com/
A project researching the foreign merchant community of Leghorn, Italy in history.
Littlewoods Catalogue History

http://www.thecatalogshop.co.uk/
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.
Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History

http://www.merrimack-films.com/history.html
Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
MindContagion.org

http://www.mindcontagion.org/
Deals with money, its history and the history of banking.
Money Museum

http://www.moneymuseum.com/
A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
Museum of American Finance

http://www.moaf.org/
Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
NOVA | The History of Money

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/history-money.html
From barter, cattle, and cowrie shells to modern coins and currency, see how economic exchange has evolved through time.
SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/be/1999/0325
This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
Sears Archives

http://www.searsarchives.com/
More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
Speculation During the Civil War

http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Speculation_During_the_Civil_War
Speculation, which involved driving up prices on desperately needed consumer goods, was both rampant and roundly condemned in the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
Tax History Project

http://www.taxhistory.org/
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.
Technological Innovation in New Zealand

http://www.techhistory.co.nz/
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.
The ancient Egyptian economy

http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/economy/index.html
The population, sources of wealth, taxation and the beneficiaries of the system
The Avalon Project : Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/westind.asp
Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
The Bubble Bubble: Historic Stock Market Crashes & Bubbles

http://www.thebubblebubble.com/historic-crashes/
A website featuring accounts of infamous historic stock market crashes, economic bubbles and financial crises from tulip mania to the dot-com bubble (late 1990s).
The Economic History Society

http://www.ehs.org.uk/
The society publishes a periodical and works to promote the study of economic and social history.
The US Misery Index

http://www.miseryindex.us/
An economic indicator crated by economist Arthur Okun and is 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.
Trade Products in Early Modern History

https://www.lib.umn.edu/bell/tradeproducts
The Bell Library makes history come alive through its collection of rare books, maps and manuscripts that focus on trade and cross-cultural interaction before ca. 1800.
Treasure and Prices in Spain 1505-1650

http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/spgold.htm
Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy.
Understanding Money

http://www.harley.com/money-and-economics/index.html
What is money? History of money from barter, coins, precious metals and banknotes to the modern electronic monetary system. Covers important concepts: inflation, gold standard, Great Depression, etc.

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