| Biz/ed Chronologies - Chronologies prepared by Barclays Bank Economics Department covering national (UK) and international events of significance to the economy from the last quarter of 1997 through to the present. There are also pages providing the key facts from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
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| BusinessPhilosophy.com - Studying the classics and great books in the context of the history of business.
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| American Currency Exhibit - The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco's online exhibit of historical American Currency
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| The Avalon Project : Charter of the Dutch West India Company : 1621 - Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
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| The Coins and History of Asia - Information and scans of over 1100 coins
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| History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day - Money in its social, political, and economic context from the dawn of history to the end of the 20th century.
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| The Leslie Brock Center for the Study of Colonial Currency - Specializing in information about the paper moneyof the American colonies.
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| Trade Products in Early Modern History - Indigo, tulips, beaver, and Brazilwood.
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| The Basics of Business History: 100 Events That Shaped a Century - A timeline of significant events in business during the 20th century from TheStreet.com.
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| Mercantilism - Brief history of merchantilism.
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| Tax History Project - Provides scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation. The project pursues its mission through a program of web-based documentary publication and original historical research.
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| History of Economics - Resources for historians of economic thought provided by EH.Net and the History of Economics Society.
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| Museum of American Financial History - Online exhibits and resources chronicling the role of finance and capital markets in American history.
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| The History of the Dow Jones Averages - Information about how Charles Dow devised the now famous stock averages and a chronology of their activity from 1884 to 1995.
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| Center for International Business History, University of Reading - News about business history research and information about the center.
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| World Wide Web Virtual Library: Labour and Business History - Web directory of organizations, archives, libraries, museums, research institutions and resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
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| Brain Bank - The Oldest Companies - The ten oldest companies in the U.S. by Rank.
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| Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada - An online directory of archives and other repositories of historical corporate records. Includes directory of professional associations for corporate and industrial archivists.
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| Dutch National Accounts, 1800-1913 - Analysis of the development of the Dutch Economy in the period 1800-1913. Dutch GNP and its components. Historical statistics.
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| Beyond Face Value - Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency - Online exhibit focusing on slavery depicted in money notes issued and circulated in the South during the Antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction Era.
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| History of the Eighties - Lessons for the Future - A study prepared by the FDIC's Division of Research and Statistics presents a detailed analysis of the complex combination of causes that led to the extraordinary number of bank failures in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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| History of Economic Thought - A repository of links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day, designed for those interested in learning about economics from a historical perspective.
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| Labour and Business History - WWW Virtual Library - Resources around the world in the field of labour and business history.
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| Celebrating the Birth of Texas Oil - Article about the discovery of oil Texas, the development of the oil industry and its economic impact in the early 20th century.
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| BPubs.com - Economic History Publications - A collection of business articles related to Economic History.
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| Money Museum - A virtual museum about money in civilization, from antiquity to the present.
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| History Productions - A history consulting firm that helps clients use history to improve strategic planning, marketing, branding, corporate communications, anniversary planning and corporate culture.
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| Current Value of Old Money - Links to inflation statistics, price indexes, and sources of data on changes in the value of money.
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| Singapore. Socio-economic development . - Singapore An essay - recent history (1960-1980)- on the subject of the socio-economic development of the city-state Singapore - socio development
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| Tax History Foundation and Museum, Inc. - The foundation's mission is to encourage the study of accounting, commercial and economic history.
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| Merrimack Films - Features on Labor History - Merrimack Films was founded in 1983 to produce and distribute films and videos on labor relations.
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| A History of Money - A general review of the historical development of coinage.
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| WIDER Home Page - The United Nations University website. Provides links to download the World Income Inequality database.
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| Martha Matilda Harper - Business Revolutionary - Martha Matilda Harper Biography
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| Management-History Discussion List - Supports critical and scholarly discussion, reflection and research in the area of management and administrative history.
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| History of Finnish Industry - Brief history of Finnish business and industry.
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| Business History Bibliography - A categorized and annotated list of selected cross discipline information sources for doing research on the history of business. Prepared by the University of Maryland Libraries.
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| Euro-Business-History Discussion List - Devoted to scholarly discussion of business history in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
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| Costs and Wages in Great Britain - Shows what a pence, shilling, and pound was actually worth throughout the history of Great Britain.
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| Treasure and Prices in Spain 1505-1650 - Provide statistics to test the idea that the price level is related to the inflow of treasure into the Spanish economy.
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| Value of a Shilling in 1860 - Provides formula for calculating how much a shilling is worth in today's economy.
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| The Bubble Project - A collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiative on the subject of the South Sea Bubble, the first great stock-market crash of 1720.
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| Spindletop - Brief history of the first oil gusher in the continental United States in 1901.
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| Transatlantic Cable Communications - History of the first transatlantic cables linking Britain and North America, the socio-economic impacts, famous messages such as the messages from the Titanic, photos, sound and video files, glossary.
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| Technological Innovation in New Zealand - The site tells stories about the technologies important to the New Zealand economy in the 20th Century. Most of these technologies were identified by the end of the First World War.
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| Economics, Coins and Taxes - Articles on accounting, money, taxation, and other aspects of economics in antiquity.
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| The Sodfather: A Friend of Agriculture in North Carolina - Exhibition celebrating the career of North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, Jim Graham served in that office from 1964 to 2000. Documents Graham's career and reveals the positive societal impact of an inspired public official.
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| Business History - Large resource of histories and stories of American business, including audio and video archives, academic and corporate articles, and "fun facts."
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| Spindletop - History of the first oil gusher near Beaumont, Texas drilled by Anthony Lucas.
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| Banknotes of Different Countries (In Past and Now) - Images of currency of Ukraine, Austria, Brasil, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, USA, Greece, Singapore, and other countries.
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| How Much is That Worth Today? - Interactive tool to compare the purchasing power of money in the United States (or colonies) from any year to any other year from the 1600s to today.
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| Latin American Colonial Economic History - Provides essays, databases, and bibliography for those interested in economic history of Spanish & Portuguese colonial America.
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| An Analysis of the Communist Manifesto - A synopsis, analysis and a downloadable copy of the Communist Manifesto along with a short biography of Marx and Engels.
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| The 19th Century Stock Price Project - Source of stock market data from North American stock exchanges of the nineteenth century.
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| Journal of Markets & Morality - A peer reviewed journal promoting the intellectual exploration of the relationship between economics and morality from both social science and theological perspectives.
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| SCETI: Corporate Annual Reports - This site contains facsimiles of historic corporate annual reports from the Lippincott Library collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
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| Slouching Towards Utopia - Old Draft - An economic history of the 20th Century.
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| 1987 Stock Market Crash Page - A look back at the 1987 stock market crash. Provides a description of the event, charts, and an account of the causes they may have led to the 23% decline.
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| History House: Stories: Tulipomania - Article discussing the historical value of tulip bulbs.
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| The Working-Class Owner-Occupied House Of The 1930s - A brief history of the growth of housing in the United Kingdom including the economic, political and social history surrounding its development in the 1930's
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| The History Mechanics - New classification of an economic crisis: stagflation and overproduction. Virrual money. Flaws of the comparative advantage theory. Laws for evolution of economic and political systems.
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| History of the Banking Industry - Published by the FDIC, with statistical information starting in 1934, a list of failed banks, and history of deposit insurance.
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| Sears Archives - More than 100 years of stories, product and brand histories,and photographs are now available online.
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| Paperback Books - A multi-part, illustrated history of paperback publishing, with special emphasis on the United States.
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| H-Business - H-Net discussion list and newsletter for the Business History Conference. Features subject overview, archives, reviews, links to related lists, and subscription details.
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| Wall Street Museum - Presents galleries of art, architecture, and history of investing and finance, including editorial cartoons and sketches of buildings.
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| Abstracts in the History of Economics - Provides a forum for economic historians to share information about their works.
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| A History of Taxation - A history of taxation in various parts of the world.
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| Ancient Economies - A page edited by Morris Silver devoted to the consideration of unsettled or disputed aspects of ancient economies. (Note: Tripod site with popups.)
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| The Revival of Commerce and Towns - Lectures in Medieval History, by Lynn Harry Nelson, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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| The US Misery Index - The misery index was initiated by Chicago Economist Robert Barro in the 1970's. It is simply the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. It is assumed that both a higher rate of unemployment and a worsening of inflation both create economic and social costs for a country.
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| William Playfair's Decline and Fall of Wealthy and Powerful Nations - Extracts from the long forgotten classic by William Plyfair published London 1805 entitled "An Inquiry into the Permanant Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations"
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| Stock Market Crash! - Learn about historic stock market crashes and other economic calamities.
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| Eh.Net History of Economics Site - Provides access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and economic thought.
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| Economy Professor - A portal of economic principles covering past and current economic theories and theorists.
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