Economic Policy category: 3057 books
FDI from Emerging Economies
The case Mahindra Forgings Europe AG and its acquisition of Schöneweiss & Co. AG
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: A bzw. 1.0, BI Norwegian Business School, course: The Political Economy of Regulation, language: English, abstract: FDI from emerging economies has become more and more important in the recent years, it increased...
Supply Chain Management can Mitigate Poverty
Evidence from Madagascar
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,0, San Diego State University (College of Business Administration), course: Global Supply Chain Management, language: English, abstract: Are global supply chains a threat or an opportunity for developing...
The Production of Money
How to Break the Power of Bankers
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
What is money, where does it come from, and who controls it?
In this accessible, brilliantly argued book, leading political economist Ann Pettifor explains in straightforward terms history’s most misunderstood invention: the money system. Pettifor argues that democracies can, and indeed must,...
Citizen Wealth
Winning the Campaign to Save Working Families
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2009
America’s safety net is torn and tattered. Income inequality continues to grow—the gap between rich and poor has expanded fivefold in the last 25 years. For millions of working families achieving basic middle class comforts has begun to seem as distant a dream as winning the lottery. What is needed,...
by Andrew G. Biggs, Mark J. Browne, Barry K. Goodwin
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
As America debates the merits of government-provided health insurance, it is important to note that the U.S. government is already the largest insurance provider in the world. For decades, it has used taxpayer funds to support the world's largest health care insurance programs (Medicare and Medicaid)...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
While recent catastrophic events in New Orleans and Haiti may have magnified issues of social inequity, leaders have debated over poverty and discrimination for decades. Are the poor disadvantaged by the institutions of society or by the choices they make? Through two insightful volumes, the author...
The Economists’ Voice 2.0
The Financial Crisis, Health Care Reform, and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems featured a core collection of accessible, timely essays on the challenges facing today's global markets and financial institutions. The Economists' Voice 2.0: The Financial Crisis, Health Care Reform, and More is the next installment in...
Political Capitalism
How Political Influence Is Made and Maintained
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. Political Capitalism explains that what people often view as the result of corruption and unethical behavior are symptoms of a distinct system of political...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond document new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flows in mining activities in Ghana, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mobilizing Resources in Latin America
The Political Economy of Tax Reform in Chile and Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2011
This book seeks to expand analytically on standard institutionalist accounts of taxation by bringing into the explanatory framework the importance of institutional strength (not just design) as well as informal institutions (in addition to formal ones) for policy reform.
by J. Mills
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
This book calls for a radical reappraisal of economic policy in the UK. It argues that a much lower exchange rate is needed to re-establish sufficient manufacturing capacity to enable Britain to pay its way in the world. Mills makes the case for the removal of balance of payments constraints to achieve growth and avoid endless austerity.
The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II
Popular Capitalism, 1987-97
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation, covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997.
Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations, including those of airports,...
by G. Kolodko
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It employs a holistic approach to answer fundamental questions about the course of the future.
Shopping for Water
How the Market Can Mitigate Water Shortages in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
The American West has a long tradition of conflict over water. But after fifteen years of drought across the region, it is no longer simply conflict: it is crisis. In the face of unprecedented declines in reservoir storage and groundwater reserves throughout the West, Shopping for Water focuses on...