Two Hundred Years of British Business in Latin America
Shortly since Latin American gained its independence from Spain in the early nineteenth century, British investors showed interest in the region and kept arriving attracted by the
The History of Bank Deregulation
Few issues generate more heated debate than the regulation (or deregulation) of the financial sector. This became an increasingly important issue particularly after the 2008 cris
The Financial Revolution
What is the role of finance in explaining why some countries are more powerful than others? How can we trace this influence back in history? Richard Sylla (from New York University
The Evolution of the International Financial Centers
When it comes to the idea of “international financial centers,” places like London, New York, or Frankfurt come to mind. How did these cities become the centers of wo
The cultural origins of the concept of the self-made entrepreneur
Few things as American as the celebration of the “self-made entrepreneur.” Thousands of books and articles have been written about this and there’s a constant cal
The Business History of Communisum
communism Few concepts are considered as contradictory to the idea of “business” as “communism.” Communist regimes, however, needed to develop methods to ma
Management Practices and Slavery in the United States
Traditional Marxist historians considered slavery the anti-thesis of capitalism. Recent research, however, has shown that both systems co-existed with each other and had strong t
Gender and Business History
Since the 1990s, historians started paying particular attention to the implications of including a gender-informed perspective in their research. Business history was not exclude
Fraud in American History
Every few years corporate America is flooded with huge corporate scandals. Edward Balleisen (Duke University) has written a ground breaking work on the subject on his book Fraud
A Historian’s Approach to Fraud
How can historians study shady business? What are the challenges of studying fraud? What are the benefits? Edward Balleisen (Duke University) author of Fraud explains this in the f