Economics

The debate around growing inequality is raging amongst economists, and Marxists are finding new ways to map-out the modern economy. Managerial Capitalism introduces a new way of understanding the changing structure of our economy through the emergence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780333101445Author R. B. OuthwaiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Palgrave MacmillanPublisher Palgrave MacmillanWeight(grams) 100g

In its 1981 Budget, the Thatcher government discarded Keynesian counter-cyclical policies and cut Britain's public sector deficit in the depths of the worst UK recession since the 1930s. Controversially, the government argued that fiscal contraction...

The main focus of this book, first published in 1977, is the construction and analysis of an integrated macroeconomic model. In this exercise, four main aspects are stressed that has not previously received adequate textbook attention. The 'intrinsic...

Presents the first theoretical analysis of the Asian financial crisis and draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long term effects have been likened to those of the Crash of 1929. Part I presents a factual and analytic overview of what...

This book provides an analysis of the two concepts of power and crime and posits that criminologists can learn more about these concepts by incorporating ideas from disciplines outside of criminology. Although arguably a 'rendezvous' discipline, Vincenzo...

Why do some countries succeed while others struggle? Why are some firms profitable while rivals fail? Why do some marriages thrive and others end in divorce? These questions seem unrelated, but societies, companies, and marriages have one important thing...

Networks pervade social and economic life, and they play a prominent role in explaining a huge variety of social and economic phenomena. Standard economic theory did not give much credit to the role of networks until the early 1990s, but since then the...

Over the last 25 years, evolutionary game theory has grown with theoretical contributions from the disciplines of mathematics, economics, computer science and biology. It is now ripe for applications. In this book, Daniel Friedman---an economist trained...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978638Author Israel M KirznerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 604g

In economic situations where action entails a fixed cost, inaction is the norm. Action is taken infrequently, and adjustments are large when they occur. Interest in economic models that exhibit "lumpy" behavior of this kind has exploded in recent years,...

Ever wonder how the American economy became the most powerful one in the world? Tying America's past to the economic policies of today and beyond, the popular HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, 13E answers this critical question and more. This...

What lies behind the veil of economics? Power and ideology, answers Robert Heilbroner-the power of our economic involvement in society to shape the ways we think about it; the visions and values that add unsuspected ideological color to our economic...

The notion that social protection should be a key strategy for reducing poverty in developing countries has now been mainstreamed within international development policy and practice. Promoted as an integral dimension of the post-Washington Consensus all...

This graduate textbook is a "primer" in macroeconomics. It starts with essential undergraduate macroeconomics and develops in a simple and rigorous manner the central topics of modern macroeconomic theory including rational expectations,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453846278Author David RicardoFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865977600Author Peter BoettkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 610g

Recognizing rapidly ageing population is one key concern faced by cities and the challenge it would present to healthcare system, this book looks at ageing in China's population as well as the delivery and financing of long-term care (LTC) in China. The...

In the past thirty years, China has transformed from an impoverished country where peasants comprised the largest portion of the populace to an economic power with an expanding middle class and more megacities than anywhere else on earth. This remarkable...

Ten years ago, Blueprint for a Green Economy made front-page news. Its central message, that environmental problems have their roots in economic 'failures', served to change the direction of environmental policy. The goal of sustainable development was...

In a new study, Patricia Morgan shows how tax and benefits policy has undermined family life in Britain and encouraged fraud and dishonesty. The study shows how the tax and benefits systems are particularly harsh on single-earner couples who have to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865975576Author Arthur SeldonFormat PaperbackPage Count 3000Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 4745g

With more than three decades of experience as a thought-leader and expert practitioner, PMI Fellow Dr. David Hillson shares practical insight into how upside risks can be identified, assessed, and managed as opportunities. After reviewing the benefits of...

Economic sociology is a rapidly expanding field, applying sociology's core insight--that individuals behave according to scripts that are tied to social roles--to economic behavior. It places homo economicus (that tried-and-true fictive actor who is...

When Harold Fried, et al. published The Measurement of Productive Efficiency: Techniques and Applications with OUP in 1993, the book received a great deal of professional interest for its accessible treatment of the rapidly growing field of efficiency...

The book is in three parts with a section of keywords. Part I covers individual choice , Part II examines interactive choice . The final part covers interactive choice .About the AuthorShaun Hargreaves Heap is Lecturer in Economics, Martin Hollis is...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. What are the prospects...

Alphabet City is a playful, homegrown, and alliterative approach to learning the alphabet made for curious kids, magnificent mothers, golden grannies, fantastic fathers, and everyone in between. It enriches the connection between children, parents, and...

This informative book takes the practitioner through the requirements for Part M of the Building Regulations, explaining and expanding the guidance given in the Approved Document, and comparing the advice in BS83000 and other relevant publications...

During 2013-14, the IEA ran a competition to find the best blueprint for Britain outside the EU, with the objective of securing a free and prosperous economy should it choose to leave. The IEA does not have a position on whether Britain should leave the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743225939Author Richard Evans FarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 197gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This textbook gives students an approachable, down to earth resource for the study of financial econometrics. While the subject can be intimidating, primarily due to the mathematics and modelling involved, it is rewarding for students of finance and can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156141611Author Milton FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390679171Author Prakash SheshadriFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Westland Publications LimitedPublisher Westland Publications LimitedDimensions(mm)...

Part of The Elgar Series on Central Banking and Monetary Policy, this book explores the relationship between central banking, monetary policy and income distribution. The usual central bank mandate - that of exclusively fighting inflation - is being...

This book brings together in one place the work of one of our most respected economic theorists, on a field which he has played a large part in originating: the New Institutional Economics. Transaction cost economics, which studies the governance of...

'Vic Fuchs' Who Shall Live? is the most important book ever on health economics. It has inspired us all these many years, and it is terrific to see a new edition, post-Obamacare and post-pandemic.'Sir Angus S DeatonRecipient of the Nobel Prize in...

Banks play the most vital role in the economy by acting as financial intermediaries and providing the necessary credit to fund consumption and investment, thereby effecting real economic activity. Banks have been in existence for centuries and while the...

Government interventions in market failures can encounter objections from those who doubt their efficacy. Acocella, a leading expert on economic policy, counters these unfounded criticisms, making the convincing case for the foundation, coordination and...

This volume is a collection of selected empirical studies on determinants of economic growth and development in Ethiopia.The core argument for editing this book is to provide an up-to-date picture of the state and patterns of growth and development in...