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How accurate are Angus Maddisons historical GDP estimates?
Angus Maddison estimates seem to be very often used by economic historians however they seem to be very speculatory.
This source states that they were unsure when the UK was surpassed in real GDP per ...
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Which Spanish scholastic economist said that economies could not be controlled even if one could track every transaction?
Which Spanish scholastic economist said that economies could not be controlled even if one could track every transaction?
I think the context was an argument against Keynesian economics, Cartesian ...
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Did countries ever default against Federal Reserve's swap line?
Did foreign countries ever default against Fed's swap line or Foreign and International Monetary Authorities ? Or is it technically possible? I guess they will lose their collateral, and it's a big ...
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Why is the barter economy predating money taught when it never existed?
As described here, and from what I remember from economics class (this may sound anecdotal, but I think it's common knowledge, correct me if I'm wrong), a barter economy is said to predate money. But ...
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Was pre-industrial economy more likely to have overproduction or shortage problem. How large would be the gap
I read in somewhere that the per capita annual production of cast iron in the roman empire was on par with per capita annual consumption of cast iron in 15th century England. Assume this is accurate, ...
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How does one get FIM exchange rates prior to 1999?
I have long known of and used the data from: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.en.html
But it only goes back to February 1999. FIM (...
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What factors influence whether an invention is not patented?
Various inventions that have become well-known were never patented, including matches, emoticons, and the magnetic strip. Other noteworthy examples include the polio vaccine (Jonas Salk), monoclonal ...
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History of Education Economics
I am looking for an historical overview about education economics covering especially the 20th century, e.g. the randomized experiments beginning in the 1960s or the early as well as recent attempts ...
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Where does the euro/dollar rate data prior to 2002 come from?
The Euro was created in 1999 and introduced in 2002. But if you search for the euro/dollar rate data there is a rate value back to Aug 1983.
Where does this data come from?
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Who first promoted the idea that competition leads to a better economy?
Who first promoted the the idea that competition leads to a better economy?
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How do I build a synthetic measure of economic activity for linear regression?
I'm trying to estimate the effects of WW2 on the economy using historical data for cities.
The regression is pretty simple:
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Alternative to Investing.com
Do you know of any alternative to Investing.com that allows me to get historical data by editing the URL? What I mean is that in Investing.com in the historical data page I get the form data retrieved ...
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Is there any evidence that socialist systems are/ were constrained by capitalism and this is the main cause for its demise?
Following the definition of socialism by Oxford dictionary. Socialism
a set of political and economic theories based on the belief that everyone has an equal right to a share of a country’s wealth ...
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What's the highest percentage of output any country spent on its military?
I was surprised that in 1941:
American military spending accounted for 2 per cent of it's national output. Compared to Japan's 70 per cent.
70% seems incredibly high, especially given people still ...
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The Amsterdam stock exchange market
The Dutch East India Company (founded in 1602) was the first joint-stock company to get a fixed capital stock and as a result, continuous trade in company stock occurred on the Amsterdam Exchange.
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