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The Other Canon of Economics, Volume 1: Essays in the Theory and History of Uneven Economic Development by Erik Reinert 9781839982972
RRP: $168.00$160.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839982972Author Erik ReinertFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Bread, Politics and Political Economy in the Reign of Louis XV by Steven L. Kaplan 9781785275425
RRP: $73.50$70.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785275425Author Steven L. KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 816Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society by Richard T. Lindholm 9781785271267
RRP: $52.50$49.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785271267Author Richard T. LindholmFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society by Richard T. Lindholm 9781783086368
RRP: $147.00$140.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783086368Author Richard T. LindholmFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Thorstein Veblen: Economics for an Age of Crises by Erik S. Reinert 9781783083206
RRP: $52.50$50.78After his death Thorstein Veblen was hailed as 'America's Darwin and Marx' and is normally portrayed as the perennial iconoclast. He severely criticised traditional economics and attempted to create an alternative approach based on a much more complex... -
The New Olive Branch (1820) and Selected Essays by Matthew Carey 9781783081554
RRP: $147.00$140.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783081554Author Matthew CareyFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Black Workers White Supervisors: The Emergence Of The Labor Structure In South Africa by Morley Nkosi 9781569025123
RRP: $73.40$47.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569025123Author Morley NkosiFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S. -
Federal Interventions in Response to the Financial Crisis: A Retrospective of Costs by Alyssa G. Harrington 9781634853477
RRP: $165.88$134.69In August 2007, asset-backed securities (ABS), particularly those backed by subprime mortgages, suddenly became illiquid and fell sharply in value as an unprecedented housing boom turned into a housing bust. Losses on the many ABS held by financial firms... -
U.S. Financial Crisis: Global Dimension & U.S. Policy Implications by John C. Sauter 9781607413547
RRP: $363.28$238.98The world appears to be beginning to recover from the global recession that is causing widespread business contraction, increases in unemployment, and shrinking government revenues. Although the industrialised economies have stopped contracting, for... -
Special Examination of Fannie Mae by Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 9781604569674
RRP: $83.98$57.44Fannie Mae senior management promoted an image of the Enterprise as one of the lowest-risk financial institutions in the world and as "best in class" in terms of risk management, financial reporting, internal control, and corporate governance... -
Outsiders? The Changing Patterns of Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean, Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (OLACAR) by Gustavo Marquez 9781597820592
RRP: $56.60$44.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597820592Author Gustavo MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Inter-American Development BankPublisher Inter-American Development... -
Liberty, Virtue & Happiness: The Story of Economic Freedom in America by Edward W. Ryan 9781590330401
RRP: $65.08$53.09Liberty, Virtue & Happiness - The Story of Economic Freedom in AmericaBook InformationISBN 9781590330401Author Edward W. RyanFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Nova BiomedicalPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 575g -
A History of Capitalism: 1500-2000 by Michel Beaud 9781583670415
RRP: $39.80$32.82The conquest of the Americas inaugurated the slow accumulation of resources and the imperceptible structural transformations that culminated in the Industrial Revolution. From that moment on, capitalism grew and expanded with a dynamism and adaptability... -
A History of Capitalism: 1500-2000 by Michel Beaud 9781583670408
RRP: $105.00$86.00The conquest of the Americas inaugurated the slow accumulation of resources and the imperceptible structural transformations that culminated in the Industrial Revolution. From that moment on, capitalism grew and expanded with a dynamism and adaptability... -
Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo 9781573921091
RRP: $27.28$20.71David Ricardo (1772-1823), the founder of the classical school of economics, applied the deductive logic of the philosopher James Mill to the analysis of monetary principles. His chief work, Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, first published... -
The Economic History of Colonialism by Leigh Gardner 9781529207637
RRP: $167.98$127.81Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections... -
Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of the Fed by Jack Rasmus 9781498582865
RRP: $77.70$68.59The US in 1913 was one of the last major economies to establish an institution of a central bank. The book examines, however, the history and evolution of central banking in the US from the perspective of central banking functions-i.e. aggregator of... -
The Children of Eve: Population and Well–being in History by Louis P. Cain 9781444336900
$126.19The Children of Eve is the first book to bring together general material about population and well-being in a single volume. It presents a world history of demographic and economic change that ranges broadly over time and space and which emphasizes the... -
Economics and its Stories Amal Sanyal 9781032652801
RRP: $83.98$74.47The book explains the basic ideas of economics along with their historical context. It includes the events and traditions of the era of mentors-Smith, Ricardo, Marx, Walras, Keynes-with the economics they developed and controversies around them.Book... -
Spectres of Capitalism: A Critique of Current Intellectual Fashions by Samir Amin 9780853459330
RRP: $31.40$26.38Samir Amin, one of the most influential economists today, has produced another groundbreaking work. Spectres of Capitalism cuts through the current intellectual fashions that assume a global capitalist triumph, taking the occasion of the 150th... -
The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution by Richard Grassby 9780847696321
$226.07Invented in post-industrial 19th century Europe, the idea of capitalism originally sought to describe and explain the distinctive characteristics of an emerging modern world. Since then, capitalism has served to identify an economic system, a particular... -
Contingent Countryside: Settlement, Economy, and Land Use in the Southern Argolid Since 1700 by Susan Buck Sutton 9780804733151
RRP: $182.70$160.71The essays in this volume are united by their attention to the many ways in which residents of Greece's southern Argolid peninsula have attempted to shelter, feed, and advance the economic situation of their families over the last three centuries. This... -
Crucible of Resistance: Greece, the Eurozone and the World Economic Crisis by Christos Laskos 9780745333816
RRP: $178.50$137.26Syriza's victory in the recent Greek general election shook the foundations of the Western political establishment and gave hope to the millions suffering the austerity measures imposed by the European Troika. Millions asked, how did this happen and what... -
Grounds for Agreement: The Political Economy of the Coffee Commodity Chain by John M. Talbot 9780742526280
RRP: $235.20$205.28As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend-globalization, which has greatly affected growers and distributors. This book analyzes changes in the structure of the coffee commodity chain since... -
Bubbles and Bonanzas: British Investors and Investments in Mexico, 1824-1860 by Michael P. Costeloe 9780739151198
RRP: $214.20$187.19It is a little known fact of British history that between 1824 and 1825, British people invested approximately 10 million pounds in Mexico. This enormous sum of money did not come from the British government, the Bank of England, or, for the most part,... -
The POSCO Strategy: A Blueprint for World Steel's Future by William T. Hogan 9780739103012
RRP: $184.80$161.89The POSCO Strategy brings to life one of the world's great industrial success stories. Expertly told by William T. Hogan, an accomplished commentator on the global steel industry, the work traces the meteoric rise of South Korea's Pohang Iron and Steel... -
The Academic Scribblers: Third Edition by William Breit 9780691634487
RRP: $228.90$178.10The Academic Scribblers offers a thoughtful and highly literate summary of modern economic thought. It presents the story of economics through the lives of twelve major modern economists, beginning with Alfred Marshall and concluding with Paul Samuelson... -
Economic History of Spain by Jaime Vicens Vives 9780691622156
RRP: $220.50$173.80This comprehensive account of the economic development of Spain, available for the first time in English, is generally regarded as a major achievement in Spanish historiography. It covers the entire history of Spain's economic and social evolution from... -
Joseph Alois Schumpeter: The Public Life of a Private Man by Wolfgang F. Stolper 9780691607665
RRP: $147.00$114.03In this major scholarly study of the life of Joseph A. Schumpeter, one of the great intellectual figures of the twentieth century, the distinguished economist Wolfgang Stolper delves into the mind of his former teacher, exploring the development of his... -
Manufacturing Miracles: Paths of Industrialization in Latin America and East Asia by Gary Gereffi 9780691606743
RRP: $136.50$106.91Few observers of Mexico and Brazil in the 1930s, or South Korea and Taiwan in the mid-1950s, would have predicted that these nations would become economic "miracles" several decades later. These newly industrializing countries (NICs) challenge... -
The Academic Scribblers: Third Edition by William Breit 9780691605517
RRP: $94.50$74.17The Academic Scribblers offers a thoughtful and highly literate summary of modern economic thought. It presents the story of economics through the lives of twelve major modern economists, beginning with Alfred Marshall and concluding with Paul Samuelson... -
Sovereignty and an Empty Purse: Banks and Politics in the Civil War by Bray Hammond 9780691604688
RRP: $121.80$94.88A sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War, this book by Bray Hammond focuses on how Washington struggled financially to settle the Civil War and how its measures spurred the growth of... -
Essays on the Intellectual History of Economics by Jacob Viner 9780691600833
RRP: $115.50$90.95Ranking among the most distinguished economists and scholars of his generation, Jacob Viner is best remembered for his work in international economics and in the history of economic thought. Mark Blaug, in his Great Economists Since Keynes (Cambridge,... -
Tocqueville's Political Economy by Richard Swedberg 9780691178011
RRP: $63.00$48.91Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) has long been recognized as a major political and social thinker as well as historian, but his writings also contain a wealth of little-known insights into economic life and its connection to the rest of society. In... -
The Little Big Number: How GDP Came to Rule the World and What to Do about It by Dirk Philipsen 9780691175935
RRP: $39.88$33.87In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP only... -
Kindred Strangers: The Uneasy Relationship between Politics and Business in America by David Vogel 9780691171012
RRP: $73.50$59.09Notwithstanding the myriad forms of government assistance to American business, the relationship of business to politics in the United States remains a highly antagonistic one, characterized by substantial mutual distrust. This adversarial relationship... -
Eating People Is Wrong, and Other Essays on Famine, Its Past, and Its Future by Cormac O Grada 9780691165356
RRP: $79.80$63.02Famines are becoming smaller and rarer, but optimism about the possibility of a famine-free future must be tempered by the threat of global warming. That is just one of the arguments that Cormac O Grada, one of the world's leading authorities on the... -
On Hollywood: The Place, The Industry by Allen J. Scott 9780691162102
RRP: $42.00$33.37Why is the U.S. motion picture industry concentrated in Hollywood and why does it remain there in the age of globalization? Allen Scott uses the tools of economic geography to explore these questions and to provide a number of highly original answers... -
Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization: Essays in Economic History and Development by Avner Greif 9780691157344
RRP: $105.00$82.99This book brings together a group of leading economic historians to examine how institutions, innovation, and industrialization have determined the development of nations. Presented in honor of Joel Mokyr--arguably the preeminent economic historian of... -
Lending to the Borrower from Hell: Debt, Taxes, and Default in the Age of Philip II by Mauricio Drelichman 9780691151496
RRP: $88.20$70.22Why do lenders time and again loan money to sovereign borrowers who promptly go bankrupt? When can this type of lending work? As the United States and many European nations struggle with mountains of debt, historical precedents can offer valuable...