时间：2015/09/19，9：00-11：00

地点：威廉希尔一楼院史馆

主讲人：David Pickus

主讲题目：The Rise of the German Economy: An Exercise in Economic History and Political Economy

主讲人介绍：David Pickus于1995年在芝加哥大学获得博士学位，目前被亚利桑纳州立大学聘为荣誉教授，主要研究领域为经济史。

内容简介：The German economy today is one of the largest and most advanced in the world. But how did it get that way? The following presentation will describe the rise of the German economy in the 19th-century, focusing on the transition from an agricultural to a commercial and industrial society. At the same time, I will use the example of Germany to illustrate what it means to study Western economic history and political economy.