Introduction to Economic History for Graduate Students

Econ 210a: Memo Question for March 30

Econ 210a: Memo Question for March 30:

What were the "rules of the gold standard game?" To what extent were they obeyed or, to the contrary, violated? If they were violated, how then did the gold-standard system survive?

Econ 210a: March 16, 2011: Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street in Contemporary Perspective?

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Econ 210a: Memo Question for March 16

Econ 210a: Memo Question for March 16: Read Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street. Think about the recent financial crisis and economic downturn. To what extent did policymakers in the recent financial crisis follow the model of crisis management set out by Bagehot, and to what extent did they deviate from it?

Econ 210a: Memo Question for March 9

Sanford Jacoby, Susan Carter-Elizabeth Savoca and John James provide three different pictures of labor markets in the United States toward the end of the 19th century. How and why do they differ? Can their views be reconciled?