From an inauspicious beginning New England went on to lead the U.S. in its transformation from an agrarian to an industrial economy. In the mid-20th century, New England reinvented itself…

The Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today’s global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that…

Using new archival data from Goldsmith Banks, Temin and Voth document how government regulation and wartime financing stifled the growth of private credit markets during the Industrial Revolution. They show…