The Agrarian Origins of Capitalism

The Agrarian Origins of Mau Mau: A Structural Account

Proto-Industrial Origins of Japanese Capitalism

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The Domestic Political Origins of Global Financial Standards: The Agrarian Roots of American Securities Regulations

America’s securities markets constitute a central distinguishing feature of its brand of capitalism. What are their political origins? In contrast to arguments which point to business owners as determining the institutional foundations of America’s political economy, this paper argues that farmers played a leading role. Indeed, the rules and regulations governing U.S. securities markets were cr...

The Origins of Capitalism in Japan , China and the West : the Work Of

The reasons for the emergence of capitalism have long intrigued scholars and engaged the attention of many of the most eminent of social thinkers, from Adam Smith through to Ernest Gellner. The lengthiest attempt by any historian to chart and explain the development of capitalism lies in the massive five-volume work of Fernand Braudel. Yet there is something curious about Braudel's attempt to s...

On the Non-institutional Origins of the Institutional Foundations of Capitalism