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History of Business & Economics

Sites covering historical treatments of business, economics and money, including historic financial data, tax history, and history of money.

SEE ALSO Magazines • Associations on the Net

Resources in this category:

Cost-Of-Living Calculator
http://www.aier.org/research/worksheets-and-tools/cost-of-li...
This calculator allows you to convert dollar values between any two years from 1913 to 2009, adjusting for inflation. Conversion data is based on the Consumers Price Index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Current Value of Old Money
http://www.projects.ex.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.h...
Links to resources on historic financial data.
Eh.Net History of Economics
http://historyofeconomics.org/
"The History of Economics web site provides online access to resources for teaching, scholarship and research in the history of economics and the history of economic thought."
A Guide to Finding Business Information at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/guide/guide1/sharp13.html
The Money Museum
http://www.moneymuseum.com/index_english.html
A virtual museum celebrating money throught the ages in English and German.
The Tax History Project
http://www.taxhistory.org/
"Welcome to the Tax History Project, established by Tax Analysts in 1995 to provide scholars, policymakers, students, the media, and citizens with information about the history of American taxation."

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