Original sentence: Geneva 12 February 1999) was a post-war economic historian who specialized in global economic history.He published or co-authored more than two dozen books and 120 scholarly articles.Paul Bairoch sought through quantitative, empirical research of historical trends to question and challenge many beliefs which are nowadays generally accepted in economics (see in particular his work Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes)
Edited sentence: A prolific author, he published or co-authored more than two dozen books and 120 scholarly articles.Geneva 12 February 1999) was one of the great post-war economic historians, a pioneer of global economic history.Paul Bairoch sought through careful quantitative, empirical research of historical trends to question and challenge many beliefs which are nowadays generally accepted in economics (see in particular his work Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes)