Economic Conditions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593190210Author Matthew YglesiasFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

China's rise is altering global power relations, reshaping economic debates, and commanding tremendous public attention. Despite extensive media and academic scrutiny, the conventional wisdom about China's economy is often wrong. Cracking the China...

The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544028050Author Enrico MorettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Harper BusinessPublisher Harper BusinessWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Why are the costs of health care and higher education rising so dramatically? How can we keep them affordable for lower- and middle-income American families? The exploding cost of health care in the United States is a source of widespread alarm...

Technological advances in computerization and robotics threaten to eliminate countless jobs from the labor market in the near future. These advances have reignited the debate about universal basic income. The essays in this collection offer unique and...

The real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780199334292Author W Brian ArthurFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 20mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957420304Author Charles RobertsonFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Renaissance CapitalPublisher Renaissance Capital

In this volume, Philip Kay examines economic change in Rome and Italy between the Second Punic War and the middle of the first century BC. He argues that increased inflows of bullion, in particular silver, combined with an expansion of the availability...

This is a major college text. It will become prescribed reading for anyone studying British history in the 18th and 19th centuries. The book examines the massive structural change, the creation of national markets, and the economic growth which...

This is a major college text. It will become prescribed reading for anyone studying British history in the 18th and 19th centuries. The book examines the massive structural change, the creation of national markets, and the economic growth which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593542316Author James RickardsFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 156mm *...

The old discussion of 'Market or State' is obsolete. There will always have to be a mix of market and state. The only relevant question is what that mix should look like. How far do we have to let the market go its own way in order to create as much...

The world is at a turning point. While globalization benefited many, it produced extremes with drastic wealth inequality, indebtedness, and political volatility among the most important. As the ground underneath globalization undergoes tectonic shifts,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345807229Author Robert B. ReichFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345807229Author Robert B. ReichFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)...

This is a study of how, and why, the British economy has changed since 1951. It covers the Golden Age of 1945-1973 when unemployment was below one million; when governments built millions of council houses and flats; when electricity, telephones, and gas...

This volume identifies the economic and social factors underlying the perpetuation of civil wars, exploring as well the economic incentives and disencentives available to international actors seeking to restore peace to war-torn societies. The authors...

No one has done more to emphasise the significance of the land in early modern England that Joan Thirsk, whose writings are both an important contribution to its history and point the way for future research. The subjects of this collection include the...

The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s...

The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s...

The role of the state in the economy has always been a controversial issue in public debate, but it has become more so in the last quarter of a century with the rise of neoliberal thinking that preaches the virtues of unregulated markets and recommends...

The dire economic situation we find ourselves in is not a result of economic forces alone, but of the policies pursued, and not pursued, by world leaders. In this collection of his recent writings on the global financial situation, George Soros presents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851243122Author John HughesFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

The Church dominated society in the Middle Ages and functioned as a quasi-government, providing public and private goods. This book is the first to examine specific institutions in the Church in the Middle Ages in economic terms. Other books have argued...

Timely, compelling, and certain to be controversial-a deeply researched study that reveals how companies and policy makers are hindering innovation-led growth Conventional wisdom holds that Western economies are on the threshold of fast-and-furious...

Today there is much talk of a 'crisis of trust'; a crisis which is almost certainly genuine, but usually misunderstood. Trust: A History offers a new perspective on the ways in which trust and distrust have functioned in past societies, providing an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541730151Author Rebecca HendersonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint PublicAffairsPublisher PublicAffairsWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm...

Most of what has been written on the economy of the middle ages is deeply influenced by abstract concepts and theories. The most powerful and popular of these guiding beliefs are derived from intellectual foundations laid down in the eighteenth and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525563204Author Randy Charles EppingFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637631850Author Harold HammFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Forefront BooksPublisher Forefront BooksWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 165mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781718917088Author Nicolas ColinFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

This collection examines the Irish economic phenomenon of the Celtic Tiger and the financial disaster that came in its wake, from a socio-cultural perspective. It focuses on how these financial developments have been reflected in writing, film and...

Economic historians have made great progress in unraveling the causes of the Great Depression, but not until Scott Sumner came along has anyone explained the multitude of twists and turns the economy took. In The Midas Paradox: Financial Markets,...

The concept of employability has provided a foundation for much current labour market policy. It has also provided a useful framework for analyzing national and urban labour markets and related policies in a variety of different circumstances both for...

An acerbic graphic takedown of capitalism. In Hyper-Capitalism, cartoonist Larry Gonick and psychologist Tim Kasser offer a vivid and an accessible new way to understand how global, privatising, market-worshipping hyper-capitalism is threatening...

An analysis of the enduring social costs of the post-2008 economic crisis 2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s...

An analysis of the enduring social costs of the post-2008 economic crisis 2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s...

An award-winning reporter chronicles the calamitous story of Washington Mutual, the single-largest bank failure in American history, in this fast-paced, compelling, and gripping saga of greed and excess.During the most dizzying days of the financial...