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The Work Ahead: Machines, Skills, and U.S. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century by Edward Alden 9780876097441
$33.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876097441Author Edward AldenFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Council on Foreign Relations PressPublisher Council on Foreign Relations... -
Ten Things You Don't Know About Rhode Island by Tom Sgouros 9780982470701
$24.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982470701Author Tom SgourosFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Light PublicationsPublisher Light PublicationsWeight(grams) 241g -
The Political Animal: Economic Justice and the Sovereignty of the Human Person by Michael D Greaney 9780944997062
$15.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944997062Author Michael D GreaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Economic Justice MediaPublisher Economic Justice MediaWeight(grams) 140g -
The Euro Crisis by P. Arestis 9780230367500
RRP: $175.48$175.25A detailed and informed analysis of the current crisis facing the eurozone, examining the root causes and exploring the possible outcomes and uncertain future of the European Union and its currency. Chapters include case studies of Portugal, Ireland,... -
The Isolated State in Relation to Agriculture and Political Economy: Part III: Principles for the Determination of Rent, the Most Advantageous Rotation Period and the Value of Stands of Varying Age in Pinewoods by Johann von Thunen 9780230222519
RRP: $87.73$87.69This volume is the first ever English translation of Part III of von Thunen`s famous 'Isolated State'. It deals with the optimum rotation period of woods - a central problem of capital theory which has been studied by many famous economists. Thunen's... -
The Grand Convergence: Economic and Political Aspects of Human Progress by James A. Yunker 9780230103757
RRP: $87.73$87.69This book describes, evaluates, and advocates for, sweeping changes in our global economic and political structure to ensure the prospects of global human civilization as we confront an uncertain future. It argues both for the Marshall Plan and for a... -
Silver and Gold: The Political Economy of International Monetary Conferences, 1867-1892 by Steven P. Reti 9780313304095
$162.32For many observers of international politics, the classical gold standard is the premier example of successful international monetary cooperation. Curiously, most studies portray this 19th century system as a spontaneous development. Reti, after a... -
Ukraine's Economic Reform: Obstacles, Errors, Lessons by Raphael Shen 9780275952402
$162.32Political and economic independence has been a novel experience for the 51 million people of Ukraine since the collapse of the former Soviet Union. This most tightly controlled and regulated republic of the former USSR has had difficulty in making the... -
Leninism: Political Economy as Pseudoscience by Folke Dovring 9780275954642
$127.78Leninism provides an in-depth analysis of the economic and political doctrines of Lenin, creator of the Communist Party that came into power in Russia in 1917. Based upon the author's comprehensive reading of Lenin's Collected Works (some 10 million... -
The Genesis and Ethos of the Market by Luigino Bruni 9780230348455
RRP: $175.48$175.25A discussion of the anthropological roots of the market, tracing its development using the history of ideas and cultures as well as simple game theory. In his analysis of market ethics Bruni calls for a reconsideration of some of the central tenets of... -
Rethinking the Post Soviet Experience: Markets, Moral Economies and Cultural Contradictions of Post Socialist Russia by Jeffrey K. Hass 9780230284661
RRP: $175.48$175.25In this unique contribution to economic sociology, Jeffrey Hass examines the impact of culture, norms and political authority on Russia's post-socialist transition. The interactions and contradictions of moral economies and market relations are examined,... -
Democracy and Welfare Economics by Hans van den Doel 9780521436373
RRP: $60.43$46.41This is a fully revised and updated version of Hans van der Doel's Democracy and Welfare Economics. It presents the economic theory of political decision-making (otherwise knownn as new political economy, or public choice), providing students with an... -
Draining Development?: Controlling Flows of Illicit Funds from Developing Countries by World Bank 9780821388693
$77.24The book provides the first collection of analytic contributions, as opposed to advocacy essays and black box estimates, on illicit financial flows (IFFs). Some of the chapter presents new empirical findings; others, new conceptual insights. All of them... -
The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography by Richard A. Easterlin 9780521829748
RRP: $185.25$112.46Where is rapid economic growth taking us? Why has its spread throughout the world been so limited? What are the causes of the great twentieth century advance in life expectancy? Of the revolution in childbearing that is bringing fertility worldwide to... -
The Politics of Economic Policy: France 1974-1982 by Volkmar Lauber 9780275915797
$59.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275915797Author Volkmar LauberFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
Progress for the Poor by Lane Kenworthy 9780199591527
RRP: $181.35$136.42One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off. This book aims to enhance our understanding of how to do that, drawing on the experiences of twenty affluent countries since the... -
Critical Essays on the Privatisation Experience by M. Sawyer 9780230222526
RRP: $175.48$175.25This volume in the International Papers in Political Economy series explores the latest developments in political economy, here focusing on experiences of privatization and of private finance initiatives. Topics covered include public-private... -
Euro Crash: The Implications of Monetary Failure in Europe by Brendan Brown 9780230229105
RRP: $87.73$87.69This sequel to the author's earlier well-received Euro On Trial, shows how European Monetary Union became a main engine of the global credit bubble and puts forward a set of remedies which would reduce the danger of further economic debacle emanating... -
Basic Income Guarantee and Politics: International Experiences and Perspectives on the Viability of Income Guarantee by Richard K. Caputo 9780230116917
RRP: $175.48$175.25This exciting and timely collection brings together international and national scholars and advocates to provide historical overviews of efforts to pass basic income guarantee legislation in their respective countries and/or across regions of the globe... -
Inequality: The Political Economy of Income Distribution by Folke Dovring 9780275939632
$127.78A worsening economic crisis due to the shift in wealth over the past decade is the central concern of this carefully documented study. It profiles the current status of income inequality in the United States and discerns disturbing trends for the future... -
Competition Policies in Emerging Economies: Lessons and Challenges from Central America and Mexico by Claudia Schatan 9780387784328
RRP: $175.48$175.25As countries large and small, rich and poor are drawn inexorably into the global economy, protectionist policies are proving increasingly inefficient and ineffective for driving growth. The countries of Latin America, which have long pursued agendas of... -
Economic Policy in Eastern Europe: Were Currency Boards a Solution? by Iliana Zloch-Christy 9780275968588
$162.32In 1989 the post-Communist countries of Eastern Europe opened their economies by establishing more open exchange rate policies and exchange controls and eliminating prohibitive tariffs and quotas. Now trying to join the integrated world economy, they are... -
Evolution of United States Budgeting, 2nd Edition by Annette Meyer 9780275968618
$162.32As a fiscal document recording the spending, taxing, and borrowing policies for the coming year, the U.S. budget continues to be a model for other nations. This book focuses on the various phases of budget making, its historical background in fiscal and... -
Public Sector Privatization: Alternative Approaches to Service Delivery by Lawrence K. Finley 9780899303307
$127.78When government services are turned over to profit-making corporations will a gentler, kinder America result? Significantly, when the issue of privatization of government arises, this question usually takes a back seat to the more narrowly focused one... -
Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe by William Bartlett 9780230355637
RRP: $87.73$87.69Decentralisation is changing the face of South East Europe. This book provides practical analysis of the devolutionary measures reshaping post-Communist economies. Using case studies from Croatia, the former Yugoslavia, Albania and more, this collection... -
Demographic Change and Fiscal Policy by Alan J. Auerbach 9780521088275
RRP: $81.88$63.73As public expenditures on health, education and transfer programmes increase, demographic change has a growing impact on public expenditures, and the incentives for behaviour created by public transfer programs increase as well. The essays in this volume... -
Consumer Sovereignty and Human Interests by G. Peter Penz 9780521070911
RRP: $60.43$46.41This book, published in 1986, addresses questions concerned with a central normative principle in contemporary assessments of economic policies and systems. What does 'consumer sovereignty' mean? Is consumer sovereignty an appropriate principle for the... -
Social Security Policies in Industrial Countries: A Comparative Analysis by Margaret S. Gordon 9780521106719
RRP: $72.13$56.12After 25 years of expansion and liberalisation in the post-war period, social security policies in industrial countries have been encountering stresses and strains in the 1970s and 1980s in an environment of slower economic growth, concern over inflation... -
Economic Policy and Development: New Perspectives by Ryuzo Sato 9780865691209
$163.10Distinguished economists from seven countries provide authoritative perspectives within four topical areas: general trade issues; issues in economic development; the Japanese economy; and trial policy and technological change.Book InformationISBN... -
Challenges for Economic Policy Coordination within European Monetary Union by Andrew J. Hughes Hallett 9780792373278
RRP: $175.48$175.25The launch of European Monetary Union (EMU) marked the beginning of a new era, and its establishment has proved an impressive success at the technical, legal, and procedural level. After all, EMU has accelerated economic and political integration in the... -
The Egyptian Economy: A Modeling Approach by Mahmoud A. T. Elkhafif 9780275955564
$163.10Egypt experienced an economic shift from a managed economic strategy to one of market-oriented resource allocation starting in the 1970s, and in 1987 signed a stabilization program agreement with the International Monetary Fund. This is an overview of... -
Globalization and the BRICs: Why the BRICs Will Not Rule the World For Long by Francesca Beausang 9780230243149
RRP: $175.48$175.25As 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... -
Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform by Laura Castellucci 9780230392397
RRP: $87.73$87.69A review of the literature on environmental taxes, focusing on European experiences, and analysing how such taxes can contribute to green causes as well as reducing the tax burden from "ordinary" taxation. The authors examine the potential... -
Changing Attitudes Toward Economic Reform During the Yeltsin Era by Terry D. Clark 9780275978846
$162.32On December 31, 1999, Boris Yeltsin stepped down as president of the Russian Federation, marking the end of an era. While scholars and observers alike continue to debate the degree to which Russia succeeded in establishing democracy or a free market... -
Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Distribution of Income by Anthony Barnes Atkinson 9780521438827
RRP: $81.88$63.73Who gains and who loses from economic transformation in Eastern Europe is a key question, but one which is too rarely discussed. This book, first published in 1992, examines the evidence about distribution of income under Communism in Eastern Europe... -
Social Security Reform: Financial and Political Issues in International Perspective by Robin Brooks 9780521141864
RRP: $72.13$55.34As population aging has become increasingly acute in many countries, the debate over how to reform often creaking public pension systems has gathered momentum. In many cases, this debate has become politicized and the focus on some of the underlying... -
An Economist among Mandarins: A Biography of Robert Hall, 1901-1988 by Kit Jones 9780521471558
RRP: $195.00$133.05Robert Hall was the highly respected and influential Economic Adviser to the government between 1947 and 1961. He came to England from Australia as a Rhodes Scholar, became an Oxford don and a wartime civil servant. Within two years of returning to... -
Fiscal Aspects of Evolving Federations by David A. Wildasin 9780521563826
RRP: $195.00$140.73This collection of essays on the economics of fiscal federalism contains original research by leading experts in North America and Europe. Reform of fiscal relations between central and subnational governments is an urgent priority in many countries... -
Truth in Lending: Theory, History, and a Way Forward by Thomas A. Durkin 9780195172959
RRP: $204.75$156.62This book is a guide to the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses of disclosures as consumer protections in financial transactions such as loans, deposits, and consumer leases. It focuses on the federal Truth in Lending Act but also covers a variety of... -
Market and Socialism: In the Light of the Experiences of China and Vietnam by Janos Kornai 9780230553545
RRP: $175.48$175.25Although both China and Vietnam are making a decisive transition to the market economy, they have also insisted on the official ideology of socialism. This book studies fundamental issues concerning the relationship between market, property rights, and...