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Why are some countries better than others at science and technology (S&T)? Written in an approachable style, The Politics of Innovation provides readers from all backgrounds and levels of expertise a comprehensive introduction to the debates over national S&T competitiveness. It synthesizes over fifty...

'Forget the label “free trade agreement”. The TPPA, under negotiation between New Zealand, the USA and ten other countries, is a direct assault on our right to decide our own future. In this hard-hitting BWB Text, Professor Jane Kelsey picks apart the current negotiations surrounding the...

Leitura essencial para entender a política econômica brasileira dos últimos 15 anos. Observador privilegiado da realidade política e econômica brasileira, Pedro Malan participou da elaboração, lançamento e implementação do Plano Real e atuou como ministro da Fazenda durante o governo Fernando...

What happens when the cultural shapers don’t care how their actions are changing America? What are the consequences when the adornments of power and money become predominant, leaving behind the invisible line drawn by Judeo-Christian values? Culture Leads, Leaders Follow is part memoir, part cultural critique and captures the potential for a new countervailing force.

Provides a roadmap for mature industrialized countries to contribute to and benefit from global trade on new terms. • Explains the reasons behind current populist trends around the world • Identifies the challenges and failures of globalization • Profiles countries that...

Originally published in 1978, the essays in this text discuss issues surrounding inflation, governmental roles in economic matters and varying economic systems and theories with a particular lean towards discussing capitalism evaluating how all of these factors affect the economic state of America....

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) place a significant and unsustainable strain on the economies of Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. They absorb large amounts of scarce capital on which they provide very low returns. This study reveals the core levers of SOE reform and the rapid progress that can be made in implementing...

More than any other area of regulation, antitrust economics shapes law and policy in the United States, the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In a number of different areas of antitrust, advances in theory and empirical work have caused a fundamental reevaluation and shift of some of the assumptions behind...

This informative book discusses the effects of the rise of Chinese capitalism on both China itself, and on its neighbours. Incorporating empirical data collated from interviews in several Asian societies and from historical Chinese sources, this renowned author analyzes, discusses and applies an...

Using a combination of theoretical analysis and case studies, this book analyses the theoretical issues — concept and type of independent innovation, and the practical issues — construction of institutional system which is in favor of independent innovation. It is written for researchers who are...

Few would dispute that many Western industrial democracies undertook extensive deregulation in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet this narrative, in its most familiar form, depends upon several historiographical assumptions that bely the complexities and pitfalls of studying the recent past. Across thirteen...

Open Dissent is an analysis of the financial crisis from the point of view of someone on the inside. With 35 years’ experience in banking internationally and, latterly, in Ireland, Mike Soden was one of those at helm, shaping and changing modern banking.  This book is about the...

Zonder de jarenlange investeringen van de Amerikaanse overheid waren Apple en Microsoft nooit zo groot geworden. De alom gewaardeerde econoom Mariana Mazzucato laat in De ondernemende staat zien hoe belangrijk een investerende en innoverende overheid is; onontbeerlijk voor slimme en duurzame groei....

Thirty under reported news stories concerning the economy, jobs, Obama-Care, racism and laws with pithy comments by attorney James Jackson.Ever wonder in what way a California food cart law by Assemblyman Bill Monning is similar to a Seattle, Washington state fine for a suspended license?Answer:...