This paper reviews the history of human economic activity from the time Homo sapiens appeared to the present. The first aim is to provide a coherent narrative of the economic history of this period. The second aim is to quantify economic activities where time series data is available and to use economic theory to explain the trends and turning points. It examines the history of three central time series – the aggregate human population, output per capita and human-induced species extinctions. It concludes with some brief observations on the contribution of Big Economic History to Big Human History.

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大经济史

本文回顾了从智人出现到现在人类经济活动的历史。第一个目的是为这一时期的经济史提供一个连贯的叙述。第二个目标是量化有时间序列数据的经济活动，并用经济理论来解释趋势和转折点。它考察了三个中心时间序列的历史——总人口、人均产出和人类引起的物种灭绝。它以对大经济史对大人类史的贡献的一些简要观察结束。