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Money and Government: A Study of China and Japan from a Historical Perspective by Qing-yuan Sui
RRP: $97.48$87.69This is the first book to focus comparatively on the development processes of finance in China and Japan during the prewar period. The key issue is how to evaluate the role of government in the establishing of modern financial system. Both China and... -
The Anatomy of Scottish Capital: Scottish Companies and Scottish Capital, 1900-1979 by John Scott
RRP: $204.75$166.28Originally published in 1980, this book gives a concrete description of the development of Scottish companies and Scottish capital through the 20th Century, based on empirical study. The study begins with the major companies of 1904-5 and examines their... -
The Renaissance of the Scottish Economy? by Charlotte Lythe
RRP: $204.75$177.18Originally published in 1982, written at a time when Scotland was emerging from a recession, it offered a comprehensive appraisal of the Scottish economy. The book shows that long-term regional problems had not gone away and that the presence of North... -
War, Bond Prices, and Public Opinion: How Did the Amsterdam Bond Market Perceive the Belligerents' War Effort During World War One? by Tobias A. Jopp
RRP: $192.86$191.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783161595363Author Tobias A. JoppFormat HardbackPage Count 335Imprint JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)Publisher JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) -
Agricultural Knowledge Networks in Rural Europe, 1700-1990 by Yves Segers
RRP: $156.00$149.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783277124Author Yves SegersFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint The Boydell PressPublisher Boydell & Brewer LtdWeight(grams) 156g -
Financial Deregulation and Monetary Control: Historical Perspective and Impact of the 1980 Act by Thomas F. Cargill
RRP: $31.10$27.90The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 has been the most comprehensive attempt at financial and monetary reform since the 1930s. Based on the authors' experience as visiting scholars in the Division of Banking Research... -
The Latin American Development Debate: Neostructuralism, Neomonetarism, And Adjustment Processes by Patricio Meller
RRP: $56.53$48.93In the 1980s Latin America experienced its second worst economic crisis of the century; today the average per capita income is about 10 percent less than a decade ago. Because the crisis affected all Latin American countries regardless of their economic... -
Current Economic Problems In China by Kwok-Kwan Fung
RRP: $263.25$228.70An analysis of the PRC's current economic problems and a critical evaluation of the nation's efforts to solve them, this book brings together papers and speeches by Xue Muqiao, one of China's most prominent economists and one of its key spokesmen for... -
Property, Power and the Growth of Towns: Enterprise and Urban Development,1100-1500 by Catherine Casson
RRP: $243.75$210.33Local enterprise, institutional quality and strategic location were of central importance in the growth of medieval towns. This book, comprising a study of 112 English towns, emphasises these key factors. Downstream locations on major rivers attracted... -
Economic Policy and the History of Economic Thought by Stavros Drakopoulos
RRP: $243.75$210.33This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought.Most of the current and past academic controversies in economics are, explicitly or implicitly, centred around the application and form of economic policy... -
Economic Growth and Inequality: The Economists' Dilemma by Laurent Dobuzinskis
RRP: $243.75$210.33In an era of increasing inequalities, and also of deep anxieties about the consequences of two major economic crises, economists are faced with a major question: can economic growth be achieved without inequalities? Economic Growth and Inequality... -
Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime: The Creation of Private Property in Russia, 1906-1915 by Stephen F. Williams
$29.80When the Soviet Union fell in 1991, many speculated about the value of Russia's historical experience with market-oriented reform. Liberal Reform in an Illiberal Regime tells how, in 1906, on the eve of world war and cataclysmic revolution, the Russian... -
The Warrior Worker: Challenge of the Korean Way of Working by Robert Kearney
$70.57In just three decades, despite endemic political corruption, the continuous state of hostility with its northern neighbour, and the effects of years of foreign oppression, South Korea has achieved an economic miracle. The South Korean workforce, more... -
The Economies of Latin America: New Cliometric Data by Cesar Yanez
RRP: $93.58$81.53The economic backwardness of Latin America and the Caribbean has long been discussed, but seldom been the subject of such a wide-ranging quantitative study. The twelve essays in this collection present a twenty-first-century analysis of a long-term... -
The Economic Transformation of South China: Reform and Development in the Post-Mao Era by Lyons
RRP: $210.60$182.13The emergence of the South China regional economy, comprised of the southeastern coastal provinces of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, is analyzed in this timely and important collection of essays. Chin Chung, Graham E. Johnson, Echo Heng Liang, Thomas P... -
The Conditions of Industrial Peace by J. A. Hobson
RRP: $204.75$177.18First published in 1927, Hobson's treatise on industrial conflict analyses the nature and causes of industrial disputes with the aim of finding an equitable means of settling them. Assessing the notion of a fair wage within the context of the pool of... -
Liberalization And Crisis In Colombian Agriculture by Felipe Jaramillo
RRP: $169.63$147.30Liberalization, Crisis and Change in Colombian Agriculture provides an in-depth look at the impact of economic reforms on Latin American agriculture. It focuses on the experience of Colombia, a country with a large and complex agricultural sector. The... -
Reforming Early Modern Monarchies: The Castilian Arbitristas in Comparative European Perspectives by Sina Rauschenbach
RRP: $134.55$130.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783447104852Author Sina RauschenbachFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint HarrassowitzPublisher HarrassowitzWeight(grams) 440g -
Monetary Statecraft in Brazil: 1808–2014 by Kurt Mettenheim
RRP: $77.98$68.37Brazil has one of the world’s fastest growing economies and a fascinating history underpinning its evolution. This book presents an analysis of the state’s role in monetary policy, from the latter days of Portuguese rule, to the present day. Based on a... -
Financialization and Macroeconomics: The Impact on Social Welfare in Advanced Economies by Giovanni Scarano
RRP: $70.18$61.80Financialisation has become a widely discussed and debated term leading to a plurality of perspectives, but no fixed definition or single reading. This book presents a critical exploration and review of the current literature on financialisation,... -
Trade with Communist Countries by Alec Nove
$182.52First published in 1960 Trade with Communist Countries presents an important research report for the first time covering the essential facts and drawing conclusions on East/West trading possibilities. Two authors combine to ensure an authoritative... -
China's Quest For Independence: Policy Evolution In The 1970s by Thomas Fingar
RRP: $74.08$65.09This examination of policy developments in the People's Republic of China since the Cultural Revolution addresses two central questions: how durable were foreign and domestic policies during the 1970s and what is the relationship between both of these... -
The Working Class in Glasgow: 1750-1914 by R. A. Cage
RRP: $204.75$166.28Originally published in 1987, this book examines how much industrialisation improved the standard of living of the British worker, based on the experience of one representative city: Glasgow. It analyses whether there was an increase in skilled as... -
Constructing Capitalism: The Reemergence of Civil Society and Liberal Economy in the Post-Communist World by Kazimierz Z Poznanski
RRP: $74.08$65.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780367154509Author Kazimierz Z PoznanskiFormat PaperbackImprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd -
The History of Actuarial Science Vol X by Steven Haberman
$208.67A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of the most important treatises, pamphlets, tables and writings which trace the development of the actuarial... -
The History of Actuarial Science Vol VI by Steven Haberman
$218.42A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of the most important treatises, pamphlets, tables and writings which trace the development of the actuarial... -
The History of Actuarial Science Vol IV by Steven Haberman
$154.05A book which covers the key period in the history of actuarial science from the mid-17th century to the early 19th century. There are reprints of the most important treatises, pamphlets, tables and writings which trace the development of the actuarial... -
Vicarious Consumers: Trans-National Meetings between the West and East in the Mediterranean World (1730-1808) by Manuel Perez-Garcia
RRP: $97.48$85.61The birth of a mass consumer society in western Europe has been the subject of much scholarly debate in recent years. In order to come to a further understanding of the issue, this book adopts an analytical approach, paying special attention to the... -
: The War Debt and How to Meet It (1919): With an Examination of the Proposed "Capital Levy" by J. E. Allen
RRP: $64.33$56.86First published in 1919, this book traces the growth of War Debt during the First World War, examines the real meaning of the Debt and discusses the proposals for clearing it. As the chief contemporary proposal put forward for meeting the interest and... -
Aspects of British Economic History: 1918-1925 by A. C. Pigou
RRP: $72.13$63.43Covering the period from November 1918 to the restoration of the Gold Standard in the UK in April 1925, this book, originally published in 1947, sets out and explains the economic facts of the immediate post-war period. There are sections on employment,... -
History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change by William A. Sundstrom
RRP: $154.05$134.76Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and analysis of new data sources, History Matters makes a strong case for a more historical approach to economics, both by argument and by example. Seventeen original essays, written by... -
Democracy After The War by J. A. Hobson
RRP: $35.08$31.28First published in 1917, Democracy After The War considers the challenges faced in the development of liberal democracy. Hobson emphasises the power of reactionary forces and their ability to hold back progress, reiterating his view that the crux of the... -
Intangible Flow Theory in Economics: Human Participation in Economic and Societal Production by Tiago Cardao-Pito
RRP: $263.25$229.48The dominant economic explanations of the 20th century are not comprehensive enough to describe the complexity of economy and society and their reliance on the biosphere. Intangible Flow Theory in Economics: Human Participation in Economic and Societal... -
Managing the Wealth of Nations: Political Economies of Change in Preindustrial Europe by Philipp Robinson Rössner
RRP: $165.75$127.45‘Commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government,’ wrote Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, ‘and with them, the liberty and security of individuals.’ However, Philipp Robinson Rössner shows how, when looked at in the face of... -
Inequality and Nutritional Transition in Economic History: Spain in the 19th-21st Centuries by Francisco J. Medina-Albaladejo
RRP: $243.75$210.33Food consumption and nutrition are historically among the most characteristic features of inequality in living standards driven by socioeconomic, gender, generational and geographical reasons. Nutrition directly impacts mortality, life expectancy, height... -
The Scots Abroad: Labour, Capital, Enterprise, 1750-1914 by R. A. Cage
RRP: $204.75$166.28Originally published in 1985, this book examines the extent of Scottish migration and Scottish involvement in the process of development. Although there are many books written on the Scots abroad, this volume is unique in that it has a unifying theme:... -
Money and Plan: Financial Aspects of East European Economic Reforms by Gregory Grossman
RRP: $66.30$52.59Money and Plan concerns the changing role of money and finance in the East European countries as they enact economic reforms designed to decentralize economic decisions, extend enterprise autonomy, and rationalize the management of their economies. The... -
The Economics of Karl Marx: Analysis and Application by Samuel Hollander
RRP: $245.70$221.95Presents an account and technical assessment of Marx's economic analysis in Capital, with particular reference to the transformation and the surplus-value doctrine, the reproduction schemes, the falling real-wage and profit rates, and the trade cycle... -
Ethics out of Economics by John Broome
RRP: $87.73$74.37Many economic problems are also ethical problems: should we value economic equality? how much should we care about preserving the environment? how should medical resources be divided between saving life and enhancing life? This book examines some of the... -
Efficiency, Equality and the Ownership of Property by James E. Meade
RRP: $204.75$177.18First published in 1964, this is a study of the extreme inequalities in the ownership of property, in economies across the globe. Professor Meade examines in depth the economic, demographic and social factors which lead to such inequalities. He considers...