Douglass Cecil North was an American economist known for his work in economic history. Along with Robert Fogel, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993. In the words of the Nobel Committee, North and Fogel "renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change."
Douglass North in 1997
North in 1967
North in 1979
North and Heister in 1963
Economic history is the study of history using methodological tools from economics or with a special attention to economic phenomena. Research is conducted using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and the application of economic theory to historical situations and institutions. The field can encompass a wide variety of topics, including equality, finance, technology, labour, and business. It emphasizes historicizing the economy itself, analyzing it as a dynamic entity and attempting to provide insights into the way it is structured and conceived.
Economic history department, London School of Economics (1971)
Thomas Piketty, economist and author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Karl Marx, Capital: A Critique of Political Economy (1867)
Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013)