Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
by Michael Beenstock
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
First published in 1984, Michael Beenstock develops in The World Economy in Transition an original, stimulating and accessible analysis of the world economy in its many aspects, and this second edition includes a chapter on the International Banking Crisis in line with the author’s Transition Theory....
Latin America's Emerging Middle Classes
Economic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Politicians, business leaders and citizens look with hope to the Latin American middle class for political stability and purchasing power, but the economic position of the middle class remains vulnerable. The contributors document the remarkable emergence of this middle group in Latin America, whose measurement turns out not to be an easy task.
The Economics of Urban Property Markets
An Institutional Economics Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014
This book examines the relationship between the property market and urban economy. The stimulus for this work was provided by the seemingly ever-accelerating process of urban economic change and the noticeable failure of existing studies to adequately explore the pivotal role that the property market...
Shortchanged
Life and Debt in the Fringe Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Drive through just about any low-income neighborhood and you're sure to see streets lined with pawnshops, check cashers, rent-to-own stores, payday and tax refund lenders, auto title pawns, and buy-here-pay-here used car lots. We're awash in "alternative financial services" directed at the...
Linear Theory of Fixed Capital and China’s Economy
Marx, Sraffa and Okishio
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
This book discusses both linear economic theory and its application to China's recent economy from, 1987-2000, with an emphasis on fixed capital. It starts with the development of Marx-Sraffa linear economic models with fixed capital. The author then addresses various topics, including formal explanations...
Unemployment in Asia
Organizational and Institutional Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2005
The rate of economic change in East Asia over the past two decades has been astounding. High levels of growth have been experienced by a number of the region’s developing economies, centralized systems have developed large market sectors, Japan has suffered a prolonged downturn and the 1997 crisis...
From Partisan Banking to Open Access
The Emergence of Free Banking in Early Nineteenth Century Massachusetts
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
How did banking in early nineteenth-century Massachusetts evolve? Lu provides a compelling narrative about the connection between inclusive political systems and open access economies, hypothesizing that entry into banking was firstly made upon partisan grounds before later becoming open access/free...
The Political Economy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
From Theories to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This book offers a general theoretical framework for approaching innovation and entrepreneurship, using practical and up-to-date examples to demonstrate three different levels of innovation and entrepreneurship: the macro-level, which concerns the impact of innovation activity on economic growth and...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Political instability can harm economic performance and is likely to shorten policymakers’ horizons, leading to sub-optimal short-term macroeconomic policies. This instability can also lead to a more frequent switch of policies, creating volatility and negatively affecting macroeconomic performance....
The Currency of Confidence
How Economic Beliefs Shape the IMF's Relationship with Its Borrowers
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
The IMF is a purposive actor in world politics, primarily driven by a set of homogenous economic ideas, Stephen C. Nelson suggests, and its professional staff emerged from an insular set of American-trained economists. The IMF treats countries differently depending on whether that staff trusts the...
Global Economic Cooperation
Views from G20 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
This book discusses issues such as global financial crisis and global governance, food security, energy sustainability, the global financial system, trade and protectionism, and growth and employment. Since the outbreak of the financial as well as national debt crises in the Euro zone, the focus of...
Beyond Market-Driven Development
Drawing on the Experience of Asia and Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2007
Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems ‘repressed’ and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East Asia challenged the Washington consensus, offering an alternative development paradigm. However, in the 1990’s, Asian capitalism was disrupted following...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Immigration policy is one of the most contentious public policy issues in the United States today. High-skilled immigrants represent an increasing share of the U.S. workforce, particularly in science and engineering fields. These immigrants affect economic growth, patterns of trade, education choices,...
Growing Beyond the Low-Cost Advantage
How the People's Republic of China can Avoid the Middle-Income Trap
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The economic success of the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the last three decades has brought with it new challenges. With a per capita gross national income of $4,930 in 2011, the PRC has just passed the threshold of upper-middle-income status and it still has a long way to go before becoming...