Kevin Gallagher: 8 books

Book cover of The Dragon in the Room

The Dragon in the Room

China and the Future of Latin American Industrialization

by Kevin Gallagher, Roberto Porzecanski
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010

In the eyes of many, China's unprecedented economic rise has brought nothing but good news to the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Indeed, China's growing appetite for primary products, and the ability of Latin America to supply that demand, has played a role in restoring growth in Latin...
Book cover of Ruling Capital

Ruling Capital

Emerging Markets and the Reregulation of Cross-Border Finance

by Kevin P. Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015

In Ruling Capital, Kevin P. Gallagher demonstrates how several emerging market and developing countries (EMDs) managed to reregulate cross-border financial flows in the wake of the global financial crisis, despite the political and economic difficulty of doing so at the national level. Gallagher also...
Book cover of The China Triangle

The China Triangle

Latin America's China Boom and the Fate of the Washington Consensus

by Kevin P. Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016

Since 1980, China has evolved from a poor and mostly rural society into one of the largest economies in the world. As it grew into a major industrial power, it demanded enormous amounts of steel for new factories and cities, copper for electronic wires, petroleum for cars and manufacturing plants,...
Book cover of Nightmare Magazine, Issue 79 (April 2019)
by John Joseph Adams, Mari Ness, Adam-Troy Castro
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. Our first new original short is from Mari Ness: "The Girl and the House." It's a...
Book cover of Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology
by Lawrence A. Shapiro, Shannon Spaulding, Daniel D. Hutto
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018

The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists...
Book cover of Can We Afford the Future?

Can We Afford the Future?

The Economics of a Warming World

by Doctor Frank Ackerman, Professor Bina Agarwal, Kevin P. Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010

According to many scientists, climate change is a growing threat to life as we know it, requiring a large-scale, immediate response. According to many economists, climate change is a moderately important problem; the best policy is a slow, gradual start, to avoid spending too much. They can't both...
Book cover of The Flawed Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory

The Flawed Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory

Critical Essays on Economic Theory

by Frank Ackerman, Alejandro Nadal, Kevin P. Gallagher
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2004

This book, as the title suggests, explains how General equilibrium, the dominant conceptual framework in mainstream economics, describes a perfectly impossible world. Even with its counterfactual assumptions taken for granted, it fails on many levels. Under the impressive editorship of Ackerman and Nadal, this book will appeal to students and resea
Book cover of Does Religious Education Work?

Does Religious Education Work?

A Multi-dimensional Investigation

by Professor James C. Conroy, Mr David Lundie, Professor Robert A. Davis
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013

Society for Educational Studies Annual Book Prize winner: 2nd Prize This ground-breaking volume draws upon a rich and variegated range of methodologies to understand more fully the practices, policies and resources available in and to religious education in British schools. The descriptions,...
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