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Citizen Capitalism
How a Universal Fund Can Provide Influence and Income to All
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Corporations have a huge influence on the life of every citizen—this book offers a visionary but practical plan to give every citizen a say in how corporations are run while also gaining some supplemental income. It lays out a clear approach that uses the mechanisms of the private market to hold...
by Jiwei Lou; Shuilin Wang
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2008
This book brings together analysis and insights from high-level Chinese policy-makers and prominent international scholars in addressing the key challenges China is facing in maintaining rapid growth and achieving the Government's stated goal of creating a harmonious society. It analyzes such key...
by International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2008
Europe is facing slower growth as a result of protracted financial turbulence and spillovers from the U.S. Meanwhile, inflation has risen sharply. Policymakers in advanced economies will have to continue to support financial markets and balance risks to real activity with the need to anchor inflation....
by Richard T. Ely
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This early work by Richard T. Ely was originally published in 1886 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Labor Movement in America' is an academic work on early American communism, co-operation in America, the economic value of labor organisations, and much more....
by International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1992
by Lorenzo Riccardi
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
This book introduces the new China (Shanghai) Free-Trade Zone one year after its launch. It examines in depth the economic, strategic and political effects of Chinese economic and financial reform. The results of the analysis are further clarified by comparing Shanghai with analogous counterparts...
European Economics and Politics in the Midst of the Crisis
From the Outbreak of the Crisis to the Fragmented European Federation
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2014
This book presents an overview of the economics and politics implemented in the European Union and especially the Eurozone during the crisis of 2008-2012. Although it focuses on these four years, the analysis starts from the establishment of the European Union and covers the period up to the outbreak...
Restoring Democracy to America
How to Free Markets and Politics from the Corporate Culture of Business and Government
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
If the current economic malaise accomplishes nothing else, it should help awaken us all to the realization that our country has been on a path of self-destructive behavior for several decades—a reversal of the progressive path that had made major gains in economic and political equality for a large...
by International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
The ongoing global turmoil represents a confluence of negative shocks for Latin America and the Caribbean: a freeze in global credit markets, weaker external demand, and lower commodity prices. But the region is expected to deal with these global shocks better than in previous crises, reflecting progress...
Forecast
What Physics, Meteorology, and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us About Economics
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Picture an early scene from The Wizard of Oz: Dorothy hurries home as a tornado gathers in what was once a clear Kansas sky. Hurriedly, she seeks shelter in the storm cellar under the house, but, finding it locked, takes cover in her bedroom. We all know how that works out for her.
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by H. van Zon, Hans van Zon
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Hans van Zon analyzes the financialization of developed capitalism, and argues that the emergence of finance as a dominant force has contributed to the relative decline of the West. He demonstrates that the neo-liberal model is inherently unstable and undermines capitalist economies, which can only...
by International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2011
In line with the weaker global outlook, growth in Asia is expected to be slightly lower in 2011-12 than forecast in April 2011, mainly as a result of weakening external demand, but the expansion should remain healthy, supported by domestic demand, which has been generally resilient. Overheating pressures...
Economic Crisis and Political Economy
Volume 2 of Essays in Honour of Tadeusz Kowalik
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Rosa Luxemburg, Oskar Lange and Micha? Kalecki made important contributions to twentieth century political economy that guided the thinking of their student Tadeusz Kowalik. The chapters of this volume examine how the ideas of Luxemburg, Lange, Kalecki and Kowalik can illuminate our understanding of the crisis in twenty-first century capitalism.
Business Challenges in the Changing Economic Landscape - Vol. 2
Proceedings of the 14th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
This book is the second of the two volumes featuring selected articles from the 14th Eurasia Business and Economics conference held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2014. Peer-reviewed articles in this second volume present latest research findings and breakthroughs in the areas of General Management,...