Economics

Financial Crime and Corruption

Samuel Vaknin

The book is a nonfiction survey of financial crime, concentrating on the hidden world of slush funds and…

Socialism: A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles

John Spargo

The work is a revised survey of socialist doctrine authored by John Spargo and issued in 1908.

The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage

Norman Angell

Norman Angell’s The Great Illusion is a scholarly treatise that examines why military strength no longer…

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Smith, Adam; Garnier, M.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace

John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes’s The Economic Consequences of the Peace is a first‑hand analysis of the Versailles…

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.

P. L. Simmonds

Peter Lund Simmonds’s work is a sprawling reference manual that sets out to catalogue every commercial…

Die Entwicklung des Berliner Flaschenbiergeschäfts

Gustav Stresemann

Dieses Werk ist eine wirtschaftshistorische Studie, die sich mit der Entwicklung des Berliner…

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 2: Turgot

John Morley

The work is an essay by John Morley, the second in the “Critical Miscellanies” series, focusing on the French…

The Problem of the Rupee, Its Origin and Its Solution

B. R. Ambedkar

The work is a scholarly treatise on the Indian rupee, written by B. R.

Successful Stock Speculation

John James Butler

Successful Stock Speculation is a concise manual that treats the purchase and sale of securities as a…

Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce

E. R. Billings

The work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly survey of tobacco, written by E. R.

On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation

David Ricardo

David Ricardo’s On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation is a systematic treatise that seeks to…

Industrial and commercial South America

Annie S. Peck

Annie S. Peck’s Industrial and Commercial South America is a comprehensive reference work that surveys the…

A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

Karl Marx

Karl Marx’s A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy is a scholarly work that revisits and expands…

The heart of the railroad problem The history of railway discrimination in the United States, the chief efforts at control and the remedies proposed, with hints from other countries

Frank Parsons

Frank Parsons’ “The Heart of the Railroad Problem” is a scholarly investigation into the long‑standing…

The Harvest of the Sea A contribution to the natural and economic history of the British food fishes

James Glass Bertram

James Glass Bertram’s work is a comprehensive survey of Britain’s food‑fishing industry, written in 1865 as a…

The Evolution of Modern Capitalism: A Study of Machine Production

J. A. Hobson

The work is a scholarly treatise on the transformation of capitalism through the spread of machine…

A Tract on Monetary Reform

John Maynard Keynes

A Tract on Monetary Reform is a scholarly economic treatise by John Maynard Keynes, first published in…

English Economic History: Select Documents

This volume is a curated anthology of primary documents intended for use in courses on English economic…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Jevons, Stanley" to "Joint" Volume 15, Slice 4

Various

This volume is a segment of the eleventh‑edition Encyclopaedia Britannica, specifically slice 4 of volume 15,…

The Value of Money

Benjamin M. Anderson

The work is a scholarly treatise on monetary economics, opening with a forceful declaration that “dynamic…

Beer, its history and its economic value as a national beverage

F. W. Salem

The work is a scholarly treatise that frames beer as a temperance‑friendly alternative to distilled spirits.

Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy is a series of lectures that treat…

The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896

William Arthur Shaw

The work is a scholarly survey of European metallic money from the medieval period through the nineteenth…