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Abstract for “The quest for stability: early public banking in the Mediterranean, 14th to 16th c.”
by Jocopo Sartori ________________________________________________________________________________ Early public banks have been deemed by...
Erasmus Forum
Jun 4, 20202 min read
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Confessions of a Constitutionalist
Dafydd Elis-Thomas The constitution of the United Kingdom holds no mysteries as far as I am concerned, though most of its commentators...
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Apr 14, 20208 min read
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Why Utopias Go Wrong
Harry Mount, editor of the Oldie Magazine Thomas More invented the word ‘utopia’ from the Greek ‘ou’—‘not’—and ‘topos’—‘place’; i.e....
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Apr 11, 20205 min read
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Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism
Benedikt Koehler Anyone who sells a house and makes a profit wants to know what to do with the money they make. If they live in a city...
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Apr 5, 202016 min read
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Happy Days: Britain’s Not So Great Depression
Stephen Clark For many, Britain in the 1930s is the age of the Jarrow Marchers, Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), and the darkening...
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Feb 19, 20209 min read
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Despatch from Southeast Asia:unpacking the region’s complex take on democracy
Sholto Byrnes The idea that liberal democracy is under siege around the globe has been gaining force over the last year or so. A number...
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Feb 19, 202015 min read
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Inventions of Numbers and Zero [Excerpt]
Mark Ronan The following is an excerpt from a talk given by Professor Mark Ronan, University College,London at a research seminar. An...
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Feb 19, 202013 min read
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