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How Much is That Worth Today? - http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/dollarq.php
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Museum of American Finance - http://www.moaf.org
Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history. |
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History of Economic Thought - http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/
A repository of links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day, designed for those interested in learning about economics from a historical perspective. |
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Business History On-Line - http://www.h-net.org/~business/
H-Business is an on-line newsletter for the Business History Conference. |
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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. |
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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. |
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History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day - http://www.ex.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. |
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Money Museum - http://www.moneymuseum.com/index_english.html
A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present. |
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American Currency Exhibit - http://www.frbsf.org/currency/index.html
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. |
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The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency - http://www.virginia.edu/~econ/brock.html
Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies. |
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Economy Professor - http://www.economyprofessor.com/
A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists. |
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Paperback Books - http://paperbarn.www1.50megs.com/Paperbacks/index.htm
A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States. |
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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. |
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Trade Products in Early Modern History - http://www.bell.lib.umn.edu/Products/Products.html
Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood. |
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Business History - http://www.businesshistory.net/
Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts." |
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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. |
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Sears Archives - http://www.searsarchives.com
More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online. |
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Costs and Wages in Great Britain - http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/7503/greatbritainmoney.html
Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft - http://econ161.berkeley.edu/TCEH/Slouch_Old.html
An economic history of the 20th Century. |
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The US Misery Index - http://www.miseryindex.us
The misery index was initiated by Chicago Economist Robert Barro in the 1970's. It is simply 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. |
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Economics, Coins and Taxes - http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/economics/index.htm
Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity. |
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History House: Stories: Tulipomania - http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/tulip/
Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs. |
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Economic History of Colonial Latin American and Western US - http://www.historydatadesk.com
Data on mining, prices, wages, agriculture, commerce and government that may be downloaded. Also colonial treasury accounts known as caja accounts. Extensive economic history bibliography. |
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SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports - http://oldsite.library.upenn.edu/etext/collections/lippincott/
This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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The History Mechanics - http://www.geocities.com/historymech/
New classification of an economic crisis: stagflation and overproduction. Virrual money. Flaws of the comparative advantage theory. Laws for evolution of economic and political systems. |
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Brain Bank - The Oldest Companies - http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/CORPORATEADMINISTRATION/OldestCos.html
The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank. |
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Wall Street Museum - http://www.wallstreetmuseum.org
Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings. |
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Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now) - http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_91.html
Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brazil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries. |
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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. |
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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. |
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The Working-Class Owner-Occupied House of the 1930s - http://www.thesis.clara.net
MA thesis by Alan Crisp on the growth of housing in the United Kingdom including the economic, political and social history surrounding its development in the 1930s. |
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Spindletop - http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html
History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas. |
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Economic History of the World - http://www.simun.info/ehlog/
A weblog about economic history of the world, together with some history of technology and related entries. |
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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. |