Cheng-chung Lai is Emeritus Professor at National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan), with three decades of experience in teaching economic history and history of economics thought. His books in English include: Adam Smith across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Oxford University Press (2000); Braudel’s Historiography Reconsidered (2004). He was educated in Taiwan (BA) and Belgium (MA), received his doctorate from École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.Tai-kuang Ho is Professor of Economics at National Taiwan University, educated in Taiwan (BS and MA) and at the University of Bonn, Germany (Ph.D.). Specializing in International Money/Finance as well as its historical aspect, he has been published widely in many learned journals, including Journal of Money, Banking, and Credit, Oxford Economic Papers, Economica, and Explorations in Economic History.