This dimension sorts economic events by their basic category, a crisis, a policy change or a market crash. Wikipedia notes that economic history "can encompass a wide variety of topics, including equality, finance, technology, labour, and business," topics that map onto several distinct categories of event. Browsing by category keeps events of the same kind grouped together.
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1. Bank run (Wikipedia)
WikipediaBank run, 16th century sectionQuote, Bank run, 16th century section
From the 16th century onwards, English goldsmiths issuing promissory notes suffered severe failures due to bad harvests, plummeting parts of the country into famine and unrest.
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