Study Resources

THROUGH THE PAST

The following is a list of links to resources in economic history (economic events, institutions, and processes) and the history of economics (ideas and famous economists).

Economic History

Eh.Net
The standard site for economic history topics. Includes access to the Eh.Net family of email lists, How Much Is That?, an encyclopedia of economic history, and links to many other sites

Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency
Currency use, crises, and policy in colonial America

The Bubble Project
Interdisciplinary examination of the South Sea Bubble

Money-Past, Present and Future
The history of money and monetary policies, as well as prospects for the future.

Evolutionary Theories in the Social Sciences
Interdisciplinary in scope, but often focused on evolution in economic processes

Social, Economic and Political Change
Examines various aspects of the question: how does society change?

FX Micheloud Monetary History
Discussion of key incidents in the history of money, including bimetallism, money and The Wizard of Oz, and the use of playing cards in New France

WWW Virtual Library of Business and Economic History
Portal for resources related to business history

WWW Virtual Library of Labor History
Portal for resources related to the history of labour

History of Economics

Great Economists and Their Times
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Brief information on leading economists

History of Economic Thought Website
Encyclopedic coverage of economists and schools of economic thought

Eh.Net History of Economics
Standard portal for the history of economics. Includes access to the archives of the HES email list and links to other history of economics sites

The Library of Economics and Liberty
Liberty Fund's site for online books, short articles, annotated bibliographies and more

Links for Economists and Historians of Economic Thought
Portal with links arranged alphabetically by economist

Marx-Engels Library
Comprehensive online library of the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought
Large collection of electronic versions of classic economics texts

Nobel E-Museum
Bank of Sweden Memorial Prize in Economic Science
Includes short biographies of each Nobel laureate, plus an introduction to their work

The Secret History of the Dismal Science
Six-part story of anti-racism in economics, from the Carlyle-Mill debate to the Chicago School

Picture Gallerys

Portraits of Well-known Economists (Duke University)

Portraits of Famous Economists (LSU)

The Econometrics Hall of Fame (Portraits)

Famous Economists' Grave Sites