Economic Histories of American Cities

• Economic History of San Jose
• Economic History of Boston
• Economic History of Pittsburgh
• Economic History of Philadelphia
• Economic History of Detroit
• Economic History of Chicago
• Economic History of St. Louis
• Economic History of Seattle

Economic History of the Colonial Period

• Economic History of Plymouth Plantation
• The Origin of Thanksgiving
• Adam Smith on the British North American Colonies
• Early Economic History of Maryland
• Economic History of the Middle Colonies
• The Early Days of the New England Colonies
• The Early Days of the Virginia Colony
• The Colonial Tobacco Industry
• Colonial Tax Burdens
• Colonial Economies in 1720
• Labor in the Colonies c. 1770
• Colonial Economies in 1763
• The Invention of the Cotton Gin

Economic History of the U.S.
in Revolutionary Times and
the Early 19th Century

• The U.S. Economy in 1790
• The Depression of 1807
• The Bank of the United States
• Land Speculation in the U.S. in the 1830's
• Andrew Jackson's Species Circular of 1837
• The Depression of 1837

The Economics of Slavery and the
Economic History of the Civil War in the U.S.

• The Cost of the Civil War
• Fogel and Engerman on the Economics of Slavery
• The Diary of a Louisiana Slave Owner
• Bennet H. Barrow's Rules for Plantation Slave Management
• Economic History of Liberia
• African Resettlement Schemes for Freed Slaves

Economic History of Depressions in the U.S.

• The Depression of 1807
• The Depression of 1837
• The Depression of 1873
• The Depression of 1893
• The Depression of 1929-1939
• The Money Supply During
  the Period 1927 to 1942
• The Causes of the Depression of the 1930s

Economic History of Recessions in the U.S.

• The Recession of 1974-75
• The Recession of 1980-82
• The Recession of 2001
• The Recession of 2008

Episodes of Financial Crisis

• The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Associations
• The Money Supply and Banking System Before and During the Great Depression
• Portfolio Insurance and the Stock Market Collapse of October 1987
• The Origin and Nature of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis
• The Financial Crisis of September 2008

Episodes of High Inflation

• Inflation in the 1970's and Early 1980's

Employment

• The Employment Recession of 2008-2009

Regions

• The Tennessee Valley Authority
• The Tennessee Tombigbee Water Project
• The Old River Control Structure
• The Columbia River Valley
• The Missouri-Ohio-Mississippi Rivers

Policies

• Regional Development Policies
• Politics and Global Warming

Healthcare

• Medical Costs and the Medical Cartel
• Meaningful Healthcare Reform Would Start with Training Twice as Many Physicians
• The Social Costs of the Medical Cartel
• The AMA and Price Discrimination
• The AMA and Prepaid Medical Plans
• The Effects of Group Payment versus Individual
  Payment on Demand and Price for Competitive and Monopolistic Markets
• Michael Shadid and Cooperative Medical Care

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