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Background imageEconomics Collection: First World War: France, drawn postcard showing an alpine hunter for the promotion of a national

First World War: France, drawn postcard showing an alpine hunter for the promotion of a national loan, 1918
LUX4735058 First World War: France, drawn postcard showing an alpine hunter for the promotion of a national loan, 1918; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1)

Background imageEconomics Collection: The stone: from the quarry to the mason, c.1900-1910 (chromo)

The stone: from the quarry to the mason, c.1900-1910 (chromo)
1790230 The stone: from the quarry to the mason, c.1900-1910 (chromo); (add.info.: the stone trade in France, from the quarry to the mason, early 20th century); Photo © CCI

Background imageEconomics Collection: The diamond: from the mine to the diamond-cutters and the jewels, early 20th century (chromo)

The diamond: from the mine to the diamond-cutters and the jewels, early 20th century (chromo)
1790149 The diamond: from the mine to the diamond-cutters and the jewels, early 20th century (chromo); (add.info.: the diamond in France : from the mine to the diamond-cutters and the jewels)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Paper, from the ragpicker to the press and newspaper, c. 1900 (chromo)

Paper, from the ragpicker to the press and newspaper, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790136 Paper, from the ragpicker to the press and newspaper, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: the paper in France, from the rag-and-bone collect woman to the press and newspaper)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Vegetable Food Products, Rice, Millets, Sago and Buckwheat (colour litho)

Vegetable Food Products, Rice, Millets, Sago and Buckwheat (colour litho)
8644985 Vegetable Food Products, Rice, Millets, Sago and Buckwheat (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vegetable Food Products, Rice, Millets)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Vegetable Food Products, Sugar, Wine, Raisins, Currants and Hops (colour litho)

Vegetable Food Products, Sugar, Wine, Raisins, Currants and Hops (colour litho)
8644984 Vegetable Food Products, Sugar, Wine, Raisins, Currants and Hops (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vegetable Food Products, Sugar, Wine)

Background imageEconomics Collection: The World, Bourses, Financial Exchanges, Fairs and Exhibitions (colour litho)

The World, Bourses, Financial Exchanges, Fairs and Exhibitions (colour litho)
8644977 The World, Bourses, Financial Exchanges, Fairs and Exhibitions (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The World, Bourses, Financial Exchanges)

Background imageEconomics Collection: The Long, Long Flight (litho)

The Long, Long Flight (litho)
8663528 The Long, Long Flight (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Long, Long Flight)

Background imageEconomics Collection: What are 'The Middle Classes?' (litho)

What are "The Middle Classes?" (litho)
8663498 What are "The Middle Classes?" (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: What are "The Middle Classes)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Quarterly Misery - the World and Imperial Laocoon (engraving)

Quarterly Misery - the World and Imperial Laocoon (engraving)
8673256 Quarterly Misery - the World and Imperial Laocoon (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quarterly Misery - the World and Imperial Laocoon)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Cover of the Communist Party Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first edition

Cover of the Communist Party Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first edition, London 1848 (30 pages)
PCT4264268 Cover of the Communist Party Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, first edition, London 1848 (30 pages)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Book 1) by Karl Marx title page of the first 1872

Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Book 1) by Karl Marx title page of the first 1872 Russian language
5669001 Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Oekonomie (Book 1) by Karl Marx title page of the first 1872 Russian language edition of published in 1867; (add.info)

Background imageEconomics Collection: View of the Bankruptcy of the rue Quincampoix caused by the system of John Law

View of the Bankruptcy of the rue Quincampoix caused by the system of John Law, 19th century (engraving)
ELD4849543 View of the Bankruptcy of the rue Quincampoix caused by the system of John Law, 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Bankruptcy caused by the system of John Law, end of the 19th century (chromolithograph)

Bankruptcy caused by the system of John Law, end of the 19th century (chromolithograph)
ELD4848838 Bankruptcy caused by the system of John Law, end of the 19th century (chromolithograph); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bankruptcy caused by the system of John Law, Scottish economist)

Background imageEconomics Collection: 'Ammunition!', 1918 (colour litho)

"Ammunition!", 1918 (colour litho)
699002 "Ammunition!", 1918 (colour litho) by Lynel, Vincent (20th century); 76x51 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: And remember - bonds buy bullets!); © Galerie Bilderwelt

Background imageEconomics Collection: the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop, early 20th century

the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop, early 20th century
1790195 the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop, early 20th century; (add.info.: the cotton trade, from the american plantations to the cloth shop)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Pump Priming Deficits, 1933 (colour litho)

Pump Priming Deficits, 1933 (colour litho)
PNP253853 Pump Priming Deficits, 1933 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: What we need is another pump, Cartoon depicting Franklin D)

Background imageEconomics Collection: Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Creator: Jacob Smies

Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Creator: Jacob Smies
Cartoon on the Tiercering of 1810, 1810-1812. Two men in wigs throw bags of money into a well marked La France, flanked by soldiers and a hussaar on a rocking horse

Background imageEconomics Collection: The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, 1938. Creator: Unknown

The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, 1938. Creator: Unknown
The Sun Rises in the West, Los Angeles, 1938. "The Sun Rises in the West"...written & produced by the Southwest Theatre Unit...Mayan Theatre'

Background imageEconomics Collection: Life and Death of an American, New York, 1939. Creator: Unknown

Life and Death of an American, New York, 1939. Creator: Unknown
Life and Death of an American, New York, 1939. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S. Works Progress Administration in 1935

Background imageEconomics Collection: A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795. Creator: Unknown

A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795. Creator: Unknown
A Modern Hercules, published November 17, 1795....Or, a Finishing Blow for Poor John Bull'. British prime minister William Pitt, brandishing a club inscribed Convention Bill

Background imageEconomics Collection: W. R. Pettiford; A business-like Minister in Alabama, 1921. Creator: Unknown

W. R. Pettiford; A business-like Minister in Alabama, 1921. Creator: Unknown
W. R. Pettiford; A business-like Minister in Alabama, 1921

Background imageEconomics Collection: Theron Akin, Rep. from New York; with Full Dinner Pail Placard, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Theron Akin, Rep. from New York; with Full Dinner Pail Placard, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Theron Akin, Rep
Theron Akin, Rep. from New York; with Full Dinner Pail Placard, 1913. [US politician: Representative 1911-1913. Served as Mayor of Amsterdam, New York]

Background imageEconomics Collection: Theron Akin, Rep. from New York; with Full Dinner Pail Placard, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Theron Akin, Rep. from New York; with Full Dinner Pail Placard, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Theron Akin, Rep
Theron Akin, Rep. from New York; with Full Dinner Pail Placard, 1913. [US politician: Representative 1911-1913. Served as Mayor of Amsterdam, New York]

Background imageEconomics Collection: Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique, c1665. Creator: Ecole Francaise

Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique, c1665. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique, c1665

Background imageEconomics Collection: Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique, c1665. Creator: Ecole Francaise

Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique, c1665. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Portrait de Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), homme politique, c1665

Background imageEconomics Collection: Portrait du docteur François Quesnay (1694-1774), médecin et économiste, after 1743

Portrait du docteur François Quesnay (1694-1774), médecin et économiste, after 1743. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Portrait du docteur Francois Quesnay (1694-1774), medecin et economiste, After 1743

Background imageEconomics Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Farm woman, Tenant Purchase applicant, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farm woman, Tenant Purchase applicant, Stockton, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm woman. Stockton, California. Tenant Purchase applicant

Background imageEconomics Collection: Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation... Southeast Missouri Farms, 1938

Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation... Southeast Missouri Farms, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Horse and wagon is still a common means of transportation. Family coming from town on a Saturday afternoon. Southeast Missouri Farms

Background imageEconomics Collection: Large-scale pea fields, near San Juan Bautista, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Large-scale pea fields, near San Juan Bautista, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near San Juan Bautista, California. Large-scale pea fields

Background imageEconomics Collection: Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Itinerant worker on U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On U.S. 101 near San Luis Obispo, California. Itinerant worker. Not the old "Bindle-Stiff" type

Background imageEconomics Collection: Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cotton pickers emptying sacks, Kern County, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. Cotton pickers emptying sacks at eleven a.m. Stopped from further work for the day by rain

Background imageEconomics Collection: Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, California, 1938

Warehouse used as distributing office for FSA relief grants, Bakersfield, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Warehouse used as distributing office for Farm Security Administration (FSA) relief grants of commodities to destitute farm labor families. Bakersfield, California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Wife of Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938

Wife of Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client, Tulare County, California, 1938
Wife of Farm Security Administration rural rehabilitation client. Tulare County, California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Main street storefront, Chickasaw, Oklahoma. This is a region from which hundreds of farm families have fled to the west. ['Loans - We Buy & Sell Clothing Luggage Guns etc - Used Clothing']

Background imageEconomics Collection: Well, Center County, Oklahoma, belonging to tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Well, Center County, Oklahoma, belonging to tenant farmer, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Well, Center County, Oklahoma, belonging to tenant farmer

Background imageEconomics Collection: Corn, Washington County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Corn, Washington County, Mississippi, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Corn. Washington County, Mississippi

Background imageEconomics Collection: Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait...Oklahoma, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farmers sack mixed grasshopper bait for use on their farms to control the pest. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Background imageEconomics Collection: Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937

Home of a dust bowl refugee in California, Imperial County, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Home of a dust bowl refugee in California. Imperial County

Background imageEconomics Collection: Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937

Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch, desert agriculture, Imperial Valley, CA, 1937
Desert agriculture. Brushed chili field. Replanting chili plants on a Japanese-owned ranch. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Capped cantaloupe, Imperial Valley, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Capped cantaloupe. Imperial Valley, California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Family between Dallas and Austin, Texas. The people have left their home and connections in South Texas, and hope to reach the Arkansas Delta for work in the cotton fields. Penniless people

Background imageEconomics Collection: Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cradling wheat near Sperryville, Virginia. A hand binder follows the mower. These men had never heard of a combine harvester. "Sure would like to see that." Their father used a reap hook

Background imageEconomics Collection: Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cherry pickers near Millville, New Jersey. The cherry crop is harvested by local families, men, women and children

Background imageEconomics Collection: Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936

Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast, California, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Once a Missouri farmer, now a migratory farm laborer on the Pacific Coast. California

Background imageEconomics Collection: Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Filipinos cutting lettuce, near Westmorland, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Westmorland. Filipinos cutting lettuce. California




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"Economics: Unraveling the Threads of Global Prosperity" The London School of Economics, nestled in the vibrant city of London, England, stands as a beacon for economic knowledge and innovation. With its rich history dating back to 1895, this prestigious institution has been at the forefront of shaping economic theories that have shaped nations and transformed societies. Burning the candle at both ends C014 / 1258 - an apt metaphor for economists tirelessly dissecting complex financial systems to uncover hidden patterns and trends. Like Heath Robinson's intricate contraptions they can seem convoluted at times; yet it is through this labyrinthine web that we gain insights into how economies function. Just as light-houses guide ships through treacherous waters, economics illuminates our path towards prosperity. The Fastnet Rock serves as a symbol of resilience amidst economic storms, reminding us that even in turbulent times, there is hope for stability and growth. A French poster boldly declares "The Future Lies in Socialism, " reflecting the ideological debates surrounding economic systems. From Euro banknotes to Das Kapital by Karl Marx himself – these tangible symbols remind us that economics transcends borders and influences every aspect of our lives. In Malheur County, Oregon during 1939's Great Depression era captured by Dorothea Lange's lens lies a tale of struggle against adversity. Mrs. Cleaver raising five sons on her new farm while George Cleaver endeavors to develop raw land epitomizes the indomitable spirit required to navigate economic challenges. As seen in a French poster advocating for the Socialist Party (SFIO), different perspectives shape economic ideologies. Yet amidst diverse opinions lie common goals – ensuring equitable distribution of resources and fostering societal progress. Economics unveils not only numbers but also narratives woven within them – stories like those depicted by Dorothea Lange capturing human experiences amid changing landscapes. It reminds us that behind every statistic lies a person, a family, and a community affected by economic forces.