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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...
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Jun 4, 20202 min read

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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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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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...
Erasmus Forum
Feb 19, 202013 min read
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