Economic Policy category: 3057 books
Post-Keynesian Essays from Down Under Volume I: Essays on Keynes, Harrod and Kalecki
Theory and Policy in an Historical Context
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Joseph Halevi, Geoff Harcourt, Peter Kriesler and J. W. Nevile bring together a collection of their most influential papers on post-Keynesian thought. Their work stresses the importance of the underlying institutional framework, of the economy as a historical process and, therefore, of path determinacy....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
This book serves as a sequel to two distinguished volumes on capitalism: Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism (Cambridge, 1999) and Order and Conflict in Contemporary Capitalism (1985). Both volumes took stock of major economic challenges advanced industrial democracies faced, as well...
The Sports Business in The Pacific Rim
Economics and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2014
Following consistent and rapid general economic growth, Pacific Rim countries have grown as a major force in sports. Australia, China, Japan and Korea populated the top ten medals list at the 2012 London Olympics. Pacific Rim countries are major consumers of international sports and domestic professional...
by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2012
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many...
The Political Economy of Aerospace Industries
A Key Driver of Growth and International Competitiveness?
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Aerospace is often viewed as a key high-technology industry, important for a nation’s future growth prospects and international competitiveness. This book presents an economic and political analysis of the world’s aerospace industries and their performance. Keith Hartley uses examples from most...
by Yinxing Hong
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
This book by the renowned Chinese scholar Dr. Yinxing Hong provides the reader with a perceptive analysis of what has worked in China’s development model. Over the past 30 years, China has experienced a remarkable economic rise, but it now faces the challenge of switching the drivers of this economic...
Working with the Grain
Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
The development discourse has long been dominated by best practices prescriptions for reform, but these are not a useful way of responding to the governance ambiguities of the early 21st century. Working with the Grain draws on both innovative scholarship and Brian Levy's quarter century of experience...
by Carol Yeh-Yun Lin, Leif Edvinsson, Jeffrey Chen
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the biggest event of worldwide proportion was the 2008 global financial crisis, which was caused primarily by ineffective governance, failed surveillance systems, and implementation flaws. While fiscal and monetary policies succeeded in pulling many...
Mexican Women in American Factories
Free Trade and Exploitation on the Border
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Prior to the millennium, economists and policy makers argued that free trade between the United States and Mexico would benefit both Americans and Mexicans. They believed that NAFTA would be a "win-win" proposition that would offer U.S. companies new markets for their products and Mexicans the hope of...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2017
An Agenda for the Nation
What are the biggest issues facing the country as Donald Trump and the GOP-led 115th Congress take office?
Any new administration faces a myriad of issues and problems it must take on as it ascends to power. In this volume, Brookings scholars and others offer...
Land and Loyalty
Security and the Development of Property Rights in Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Domestic and international development strategies often focus on private ownership as a crucial anchor for long-term investment; the security of property rights provides a foundation for capitalist expansion. In recent years, Thailand's policies have been hailed as a prime example of how granting...
by Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad, Jean-Marc Akakpo, Zeynep Arkan
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the...
China's Emergent Political Economy
Capitalism in the Dragon's Lair
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
This edited volume represents the first collaborative effort to explicitly view China’s rapid international ascent as associated with the same process that catapulted Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and Japan to international prominence – the emergence of a capitalist political economy....
New Routes to Social Justice
Empowering Individuals and Iinnovative Forms of Collective Action
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
The centre left is at a crossroads. Social democracy as a model for social and economic organisation was one of the most remarkable achievements of the 20th Century. Yet today, it comes short of offering attractive and credible new ideas that address the challenges of contemporary societies.
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