Abstract For a half-century, the historiography on Spanish Habsburg rule suggested that crown envisioned Indies society as best divided into two segregated sociolegal groups: republic of Spaniards and Indians. This model was popularized by eminent mid twentieth century Swedish historian Magnus Mörner has since become foundational concept in field. However, using extensive archival evidence, thi...

On April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., a chain reaction occurred in the Chernobyl reactor, creating explosions that blew off the reactor’s heavy steel and concrete lid. From Chernobyl in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (now in the Ukraine), radiation spread across Europe in perhaps the most catastrophic industrial event in the planet’s history. Radioactive particles remained suspended ...

The existing disappointment with the performance of transition economies is unjustified as far as the contraction of their industries, real wages and capital formation in the 1990s is concerned. The initial under-performance of transition economies that had inherited more severe shortages, as in former Soviet Republics, is to be expected also. We establish these results by estimating what align...

Introduction Just occasionally we find ourselves watching on the sidelines as an order comes crashing down. Organisations or systems which we had always taken for granted -the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Continental Illinois -are swallowed up. Commissars, moguls and captains of industry disappear from view. These dangerous moments offer more than political promise. For when the hidd...

This paper examines Moldova’s performance in the area of Macroeconomic stabilisation since independence. Analysis of key indicators such as prices, the budget, monetary growth and output reveal that after initial problems progress has been relatively satisfactory more recently. Furthermore, political developments have not impeded reforms to a great extent as they have in other post Soviet repub...