Economic Conditions category: 2830 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
The second half of the twentieth century saw the emergence of international economic law as a major force in the international legal system. This force has been severely tested by the economic crisis of 2008. Unable to prevent the crisis, the existing legal mechanisms have struggled to react against...
Economic Dynamics and Sustainable Development Resources, Factors, Structures and Policies
Proceedings ESPERA 2015 Part 1 and Part 2
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
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Economic Ideas in Political Time
The Rise and Fall of Economic Orders from the Progressive Era to the Global Financial Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Over the past century, the rise and fall of economic policy orders has been shaped by a paradox, as intellectual and institutional stability have repeatedly caused market instability and crisis. To highlight such dynamics, this volume offers a theory of economic ideas in political time. The author...
The General Theory of Unemployment
The fatal legacy of Adam Smith and the rehabilitation of John Maynard Keynes
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
After studying economics, Vernon Routley spent most of his working life within the bureaucracy. Although initially appointed because of his economic qualifications, he spent most of his early career engaged in the administrative minutiae which characterises all large organisations. Ultimately rising...
Modern Economic Development in Japan and China
Developmentalism, Capitalism, and the World Economic System
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
The contributors provide a comparative analysis of the modern economic development of Japan and China that are often explained in frameworks of East Asian developmentalism, varies of capitalism or world economic system, and explore their broader significances for the rise and global expansion of modern economy.
U.S.-Russia Economic Relations
Myths and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This study offers a detailed analysis of U.S.-Russia economic relations, viewed in a broader geopolitical context. It assesses the limits of bilateral cooperation through the economic and political trajectories of both countries, particularly considering the structural constraints in Russia’s economic...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
An innovative new anthology exploring how science fiction can motivate new approaches to economics.
From the libertarian economics of Ayn Rand to Aldous Huxley's consumerist dystopias, economics and science fiction have often orbited each other. In Economic Science Fictions, editor William...
Power, Culture, and Economic Change in Russia
To the undiscovered country of post-socialism, 1988-2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
Utilising cutting-edge theory and unique data, this book examines the role of power, culture, and practice in Russia’s story of post-socialist economic change, and provides a framework for addressing general economic change.
No other book places power and culture as centrally as this, and...
Playing the Market
A Political Strategy for Uniting Europe, 1985–2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the 1980s and 1990s, Nicolas Jabko suggests, the character of European integration altered radically, from slow growth to what he terms a "quiet revolution." In this book he traces the political strategy that underlay the move from the Single Market of 1986 through the official creation of the...
by Guanghua Yu
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
This book examines China’s economic development from the end of 1970s, integrating perspectives from law, economics and political science. Particular attention is given to the role of formal law and political changes in China’s development, presenting the argument that formal law has made a useful...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
In the postwar period, Korea’s economic and social-political metamorphosis is a rare example of a successful transition from one of the world’s poorest developing countries to a highly sophisticated industrial society—an experience which many developing countries are keen to emulate. The change...
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa
Gender Perspectives and Survival Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa examines the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the region before and after the Arab uprisings. Many MENA countries tried to pursue neoliberal policies to boost economic growth. However, the outcome was associated...
by Grahame Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
What happened to economic policy during the first five years of Mrs Thatcher’s government? Most commentators have emphasised the radical changes wrought in economic theory and policy over the period from 1979. The left saw this as heralding the introduction of the social market economy and authoritarian...
by Khafra K Om-Ra-Seti
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Want to understand what causes financial crises so you can protect your nest egg? Learn more about the global economy to prepare yourself for what's coming. Does the crash of 2008 still give you nightmares? Want to stay ahead of future collapses? Rogue economist Khafra K. Om-Ra-Seti can help you do...