Economic Policy category: 3057 books
by Abbas Mirakhor, Azura Othman, Syed Othman Alhabshi
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book offers an alternative framework for macroeconomic policy in Malaysia, derived from the universal principles of social justice espoused in the objectives of the Shariah. It attempts to holistically analyze issues related to public finance, which has been criticized for lack of transparency...
by Bruce C. Rosetto
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
A corporate lawyer’s manifesto on maintaining America’s economic superpower status and protecting our country’s future.
Most Americans want the same things. We may differ in our outlook on how to best achieve the things we want for our families, our community, our nation, and ourselves . . ....
by Andrew Carl Sobel
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
The growth of global finance since 1960 constitutes one of the most important transformations in social relations during the twentieth century. Using historical, statistical, and graphical techniques, State Institutions, Private Incentives, and Global Capital examines three important aspects of this...
How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013
The Harper Majority, Budget Cuts, and the New Opposition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Continuing its tradition of current, exemplary scholarship, the 2012-13 edition of How Ottawa Spends casts a critical eye at national politics, priorities, and policies, with an emphasis on the Conservative majority's mandated austerity measures and budget-cutting strategies. Leading scholars from...
Creative destruction
How to start an economic renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
Western economies have become stuck in a protracted depression that began long before the 2008 crash. Low productivity, which started in the 1970s, has prevented durable rises in living standards. Phil Mullan shows that the only way to ensure a better future is to create one, calling for a comprehensive...
Rule-Makers or Rule-Takers?
Exploring the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an effort by the United States and the European Union to reposition themselves for a world of diffuse economic power and intensified global competition. It is a next-generation economic negotiation that breaks the mould of traditional trade...
by Paolo Dudine, Sibabrata Das, Pritha Ms. Mitra
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Low-income countries were hit especially hard by sharp increases in world food and fuel prices in 2007-08 and the global financial crisis that followed. In response, the International Monetary Fund scaled up its financial assistance to low-income countries and revamped its concessional lending facilities...
Macroeconomic Policy
Demystifying Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This book is an applications-oriented text designed for individuals who desire a hands-on approach to analyzing the effects of fiscal and monetary policies. Significantly updated to provide an understanding of the post-financial crisis economy, the third edition covers the subprime crisis in detail,...
Obama's Economy
Recovery for the Few
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012
Three years after his election, Barack Obama presides over a deep economic malaise. Radical economist Jack Rasmus shows how the Obama administration has failed to deliver economic recovery and social justice and puts forward alternative proposals which could realise these goals.
Whilst corporate...
by Lane Kenworthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
America is the one of the wealthiest nations on earth. So why do so many Americans struggle to make ends meet? Why is it so difficult for those who start at the bottom to reach the middle class? And why, if a rising economic tide lifts all boats, have middle-class incomes been growing so slowly? Social...
Five Easy Theses
Commonsense Solutions to America's Greatest Economic Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A business leader and esteemed economic thinker outlines simple solutions to America’s five most pressing public policy issues, from healthcare to education to inequality.**
America today confronts a host of urgent problems, many of them seemingly intractable,...
Understanding Everyday Governments’ Ways of Job Creation
Ideas and Governments’ Sustainable Strategy to Facilitate Success in Job Creation
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Since the 2008 international economic crisis in the Eurozone countries and North America, much of the debate about a country job creation has been confined to government spending and austerity. Some argue that government spending plays an important role in job creation and economic recovery; while...
Navigating on the Titanic
Economic Growth, Energy, and the Failure of Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Navigating on the Titanic outlines the brief history of economic growth and the private and public institutions - markets, corporations, households, and governments - which underpin that growth. Bryne Purchase examines mega-risks related to our economy's use of fossil fuels and specifically looks...
The Myth of Independence
How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2017
Born out of crisis a century ago, the Federal Reserve has become the most powerful macroeconomic policymaker and financial regulator in the world. The Myth of Independence traces the Fed’s transformation from a weak, secretive, and decentralized institution in 1913 to a remarkably transparent central...