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Globalization and the BRICs
Why the BRICs Will Not Rule the World For Long
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
As the Eurozone faces an uncertain future and Obama struggles to demonstrate that America still has a superpower status, this book challenges the widespread perception that Brazil, Russia, India and China are becoming global economic and political powers, instead forecasting a decline rooted in excessive inequality and insufficient innovation.
by S. DeCanio
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
The book aims to show that the deterministic vision embodied in conventional economic modelling is neither consistent with nor supported by the state of the art in mathematics, logic, and physical science. DeCanio recognizes that economic agents are intrinsically free and somewhat unpredictable, which is essential for economic and social theory.
by David Kreps
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
This is a book about evolution from a post-Darwinian perspective. It recounts the core ideas of French philosopher Henri Bergson and his rediscovery and legacy in the poststructuralist critical philosophies of the 1960s, and explores the confluences of these ideas with those of complexity theory in environmental biology.
The Econometricians
Gauss, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Hotelling, Cowles, Frisch and Haavelmo
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2016
This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its underlying...
Who’s to Blame for Greece?
Austerity in Charge of Saving a Broken Economy
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Greece's economy symbolizes in many ways the Eurozone's economic problems and divergent interests as it amasses most of the economic disadvantages characterizing the Eurozone's economy itself. This book presents the economic and political challenges to Greece and the EU member states.
by K. Koskinen
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
This book gives an alternative observational scheme to better understand knowledge creation and learning in project-based companies. It builds upon emergent new ways of looking at projects which is important - as any discipline stays alive by reflection and re-framing ideas as they are challenged, argued and clarified.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
This volume examines current and previous environmental policies, and suggests alternative strategies for the future. Addressing resource depletion and climate change are pressing priorities for modern economies. Planning energy infrastructure projects is complicated by uncertainty, as such clear government policies have a crucial role to play.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
The first volume of IDS Companions to Development Studies focuses on pivotal writing emerging from the IDS fellowship during the last 50 years. It includes five topics: perspectives and paradigms, debunking myths, development policy, gender and international perspectives, and policy, as well as names like Seers, Singer, Lipton, Reg Green.
Towards an Integrated Paradigm in Heterodox Economics
Alternative Approaches to the Current Eco-Social Crises
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
The human imprint on the biosphere has become so pronounced in recent years that there has been talk of a new geological era, the 'Anthropocene'. Gathering contributions from some of the world's foremost heterodox economists, this book explores the new economic directions and paradigms that are required to respond to this crisis.
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Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
How often has an American or European businessman been astonished to have his Mexican or Brazilian counterpart break off discussions without explanation and refuse to return his calls? This book helps non-Latin American businessmen or MBA students address the region. If you want to study or work in Latin America this is a must read.
Luigi Einaudi: Selected Economic Essays
Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2014
Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961) was a leading liberal Italian economist, economic historian and political figure: Governor of the Bank of Italy, Minister for the Budget and President of the Italian Republic. He was a prolific writer in all fields and his writings testify to his outstanding contribution to economics during his long career.
Power and Imbalances in the Global Monetary System
A Comparative Capitalism Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The author examines the indirect macroeconomic roots of the global financial crisis and Eurozone debt crisis: the escalation of global trade imbalances between the US and China and regional trade imbalances in the Eurozone. He provides new insights into the sources and dynamics of power and instability in the contemporary global monetary system
The Eurozone Crisis and the Future of Europe
The Political Economy of Further Integration and Governance
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
The authors uncover the roots of the eurozone crisis, focusing on how this can be solved against the backdrop of a very deep financial and economic crisis and its strong social impact. Looking at the impact of the financial crisis on the eurozone, they explore the European Union's recent and future developments.
Beyond Macroeconomic Stability
Structural Transformation and Inclusive Development
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This volume goes beyond a narrow conceptualization of macroeconomic stability and explores the link between socio-economic policies, structural transformation and inclusive development. It rests on three thematic pillars: the limits of conventional macroeconomics; the long run agenda of structural transformation and the development of capabilities.