Economic Conditions

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544947283Author Thomas PikettyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin

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In the late eighteenth century, the political economist Adam Smith predicted an eventual equalization of power between the West and the territories it had conquered. In this magisterial new work, Giovanni Arrighi shows how China's extraordinary rise...

Full text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781605906638Author Federal GovernmentFormat PaperbackPage Count 436Imprint Government Institutes Inc.,U.S.Publisher Government Institutes Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 1388g

In July 1997, the promise of the "Asian economic miracle" and the "Pacific century" devolved into economic chaos and the onset of what has become known as the Asian financial crisis. One by one, many of the region's great economic...

Regulation, The Constitution, and the Economy demonstrates the constitutionally degraded and inherently dictatorial character of regulation, its ineffectiveness in curing social ills, and its use as a tool of special interests seeking personal gain in...

The debate over Universal Basic Income (UBI) has spanned political ideologies and policy issues. What arguments for and against UBI are important to different progressive political ideologies? This book answers this question from an interdisciplinary...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781953035080Author David BollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009-better known as the Stimulus Act-leaves no business, no American untouched. Signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was...

As health care concerns grow in the U.S., medical anthropologist Linda M. Whiteford and social psychologist Larry G. Branch present their findings on a health care anomaly, from an unlikely source. Primary Health Care in Cuba examines the highly...

Until now, Andean peasants have primarily been thought of by scholars as isolated subsistence farmers, "resistant" to money and to different markets in the region. Ethnicity, Markets, and Migration in the Andes overturns this widely held...

China's rise as an economic powerhouse raises a number of questions that are the subject of lively debate. How did the country do it? How applicable are the lessons of China's economic reform of the past thirty years to the challenges it faces in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682772676Author Kate RiggsFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Creative PaperbacksPublisher Creative PaperbacksWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802066619Author Ian M. DrummondFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto PressWeight(grams) 785g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802061607Author R.Louis GentilcoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press

Taking French participation in the Seven Years War as a case study, this book examines the effects of war on the economy and on government finance, finding that the economic toll has usually been exaggerated and the financial toll seriously...

A singular voice of reason in an era defined by bitter politics and economic uncertainty, Joseph E. Stiglitz has time and again diagnosed America's greatest economic challenges, from the Great Recession and its feeble recovery to the yawning gap between...

The Arab Spring constitutes perhaps the most far-reaching political and economic transition since the end of communism in Europe. For too long, the economic aspirations of the people in the region, especially young people, have been ignored by leaders in...

The analysis of rural markets and the behaviour of those involved in them should be at the centre of the study of the economies of poor countries. This book is about such markets and its main purpose is to examine and develop theories relating to them in...

This volume offers a multi-author survey and analysis of economic developments in the Russian Federation since the collapse of Communism and the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1989--91. It covers the period 1991--98 and in some areas extends to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869844Author Ernest MandelFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance BooksWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

What happens when a leading conservative economist goes mano a mano with today's most influential exponent of left-liberal economics, over free markets versus government interventionism? Here are highlights of that showdown between Stephen Moore of the...

In this major bestseller, Paul Krugman warns that, like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression have made a comeback. He lays bare the 2008 financial crisis-the greatest since the...

This book reveals how South Korea was transformed from one of the poorest and most agrarian countries in the world in the 1950's to one of the richest and most industrialized states by the late 1980's. The author argues that South Korea's economic,...

In 1900 the newly appointed Austrian prime minister, Ernest von Koerber, initiated a novel program of economic development designed to solve the political and economic problems of the Habsburg Monarchy. Ambitious and ingenious as the plan was, it proved...

De-industrialization, accelerated by the financial crisis, is a long term process. The comparative advantage of emerging economies shifted towards more advanced goods and their growing populations commanded an increasing share in global demand. This...

American society is angrier, more fragmented, and more polarized than at any time since the Civil War. We harbor deep insecurities about our economic future, our place in the world, our response to terrorism, and our deeply dysfunctional government. Over...

The politics of the past must be rethought. They were designed for a world where the U.S. manufactured at home, and where portions of U.S. - based labor had traded social stability for high wages. In this thought-provoking work, David Ranney shows how...

This book gives an account of the political economy of Tanzania, tracing the historical processes by which the country developed from pre-colonial trade in slaves and ivory, through German and then British colonial rule, to take its place in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802061591Author Fernand GrenierFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint University of Toronto PressPublisher University of Toronto Press

Lynn was a 'new' port of the late eleventh century, founded on the estates of the Bishop of Norwich. This volume includes transcripts or summaries of most of the documents available in original charters, cartularies, rentals, bede-rolls and the...

The collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and the resulting 'Great Recession' merely accelerated an already worrisome trend: the shift away from an employer-based social welfare system in the United States. Since the end of World War II, a...

Given the powerfully negative and ongoing impact of the Great Recession on western economies, the question of whether historically wealthy nations-the US, Western European countries, Japan-can stay wealthy has become an overriding concern for virtually...

Landowners, Capitalists, and Entrepreneurs explores a number of important themes in modern social and economic history. Its wide range of original studies by distinguished historians throws fresh light on the developing connections between landed and...

The Mediterranean sea is set to achieve the highest volume of shipping trade in the world in the 21st century. This anticipated expansion will be due in part to the growth of the AsiaEurope trade corridor, complemented by the proposed Suez Canal...

In August 1999 a forty-six-year-old sheep farmer name Jose Bove was arrested for dismantling the construction site of a new McDonald's restaurant in the south of France. A few months later Bove built on his fame by smuggling huge chunks of Roquefort...

The Information Age offers a critical examination of the challenges a newly-devolved Wales faces in reinventing itself as a confident and competitive 'e-nation'. The development and exploitation of technology has long been at the core of Welsh economic...

This account of the interplay of politics and economics in Chile in three successive administrations ending with the 1973 coup suggests that social class plays a major role in determining the outcome of economic policies in Latin America. As the author...

In the Andean city of Otavalo, Ecuador, a cultural renaissance is now taking place against a backdrop of fading farming traditions, transnational migration and an influx of new consumer goods. Recently, Otavalenos have transformed their textile trade...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470643921Author Joshua HollandFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 376g