Cliometrics
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Cliometrics, sometimes called 'new economic history' or 'econometric history', is the systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the
Clio by Pierre Mignard, oil on canvas, 1689
Economic history
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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, s
Cliometrics
…systematic application of economic theory, econometric techniques, and other formal or mathematical methods to the study of history (especially social and economic history). It is a quantitative approach to economic history (as opposed to qualitative or ethnographic). There has been a revival in 'new economic history…
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)