The first Excel file "Complete data" contains the original Macrohistory data from Jorda, Schularick, and Taylor (2017) as well as the capital share database by Bengtsson and Waldenström (2017). The fi
The Question “Why unemployment?” is one of the most central topics of economic theory since the great depression. Unemployment remains one of the most important problems of economic policies in indust
Recently, research on the causes of the Great Depression has shifted from a heavy emphasis on events in the United States to a broader, more comparative approach that examines the interwar experiences
Die vorliegende Datenauswahl ist ein thematischer Ausschnitt aus der umfangreichen Studie „Das Wachstum der deutschen Wirtschaft seit der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts“ (1965) von Walter G. Hoffmann. Das
This paper provides an outline of the historical development of Keynesian macroeconomics. It first argues that the business-cycle model of J.M. Keynes's General Theory featured analytical ingredients
