Paul Bairoch
Paul Bairoch | |
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| Born | 24 July 1930 Antwerp, Belgium |
| Died | 12 February 1999 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Free University of Brussels |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | economic history |
| Institutions | Free University of Brussels Sir George Williams University Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes University of Geneva |
| Notable works | Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes |
Paul Bairoch (24 July 1930 in Antwerp – 12 February 1999 in Geneva) was a (in 1985 naturalised) Swiss economic historian of Belgian descent who specialized in urban history and historical demography. He published or co-authored more than two dozen books and 120 scholarly articles. His most important works emphasize the agricultural preconditions necessary for industrialization and controversially claim, contrary to most scholars that colonization was not beneficial to colonial empires. He argued that tariffs and growth were positively correlated in the 19th century.