The Economic Horror is an impassioned book addressed to the dominant political and economic elites in our society. Those in power, Forrester tells us, continue to present employment as the norm -- and by doing so make the unemployed feel worthless.
The texts in this collection demonstrate both the diversity and continuity in British theories of democratic socialism. The selection encompasses the Ricardian socialists, the Christian socialists, and the Fabian socialists.
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity: Fall 2016
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.
Economic and Social Rights After the Global Financial Crisis
by Aoife Nolan
This book assesses major schools of thought in macroeconomic theory between the Great Depression and the Long Recession, focusing on their analysis of cycles, crises and macro-policy. It explores the road from the dominance of Keynesian ideas to those of New Classical Macroeconomics (NCM) toward the end of the millennium. The book covers the early influential work of Knut Wicksell; the economic debates of the 1930s, with core contributions from John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek; the r...
Former U.S. congressman Steve Gunderson grew up in a tightly knit middle-class family in a community where people cherished values, civic duty, and the American Dream. But these communities all across America have moved from an age of progress to an era of survival as they seek to navigate new economic challenges. Today, many fear the disappearance of the middle class, and wonder whether they will provide a better life for their kids and grandkids. In The New Middle Class , Gunderson explores th...
Insights into Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wellbeing in India
by Arup Mitra
What changes are occurring at the macro and the sectoral levels, how the labour market changes are taking place and what impact is felt on the low income households are some of the questions that the present volume focuses on. It begins by examining the sectoral composition of growth, revisiting the issues related to industry-services balance, and also brings out the spatial dimension of growth. On the one hand the industry does not seem to have played a major role in the context of employment g...
Competition Among Financial Centres in Asia-Pacific
Many cities in the Asia-Pacific region serve as financial centres in their respective national jurisdictions or local areas. Noting that most were engaged in efforts to become premier international financial centres (IFCs) in competition with one another, the Korea National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (KOPEC) convened an international conference in Seoul, Korea in October 2007 to examine the prospects for success for seven such financial centres (Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Singap...
Calming the Storms (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)
by Charles Read
This book exposes, for the first time in modern scholarship, the role that the rise of the Carry Trade played in crises between 1825 and 1866, how in reaction the Bank of England improved its management of monetary policy after 1866 and how those lessons have been forgotten since the 1970s. Britain is one of the few major capitalist economies in the world to have avoided severe systemic financial crises for more than 100 years of its history—between 1866 and 1973. Beforehand, it suffered a serie...
Austerity has been at the center of political controversy following the 2008 financial crisis, invoked by politicians and academics across the political spectrum as the answer to, or cause of, our post-crash economic malaise. However, despite being the cause of debate for more than three centuries, austerity remains a poorly understood concept. In this book, Suzanne J. Konzelmann aims to demystify austerity as an economic policy, a political idea, and a social phenomenon. Beginning with an anal...
Venture Capital
Venture Capital. A Euro-System Approach covers a wide spectrum of topics. These include: how venture capital really works, the relations between venture capital, corporate banking and stock exchanges, market trends in Europe and the US, legal issues related to the creation of venture capital firms and closed end funds, and finally regulatory and economic policy issues. The book is based on a strong link between a rigorous methodological approach and real world best practices of venture capitalis...
The US Economy and Neoliberalism (Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics)
In recent times, policy makers, scientists, academics and commentators have become increasingly nervous about the US economic downturn. Discussions have centred around the range and magnitude of the country's socio-economic problems, its vexing production decline and its unsatisfactory macroeconomic performance, which give rise to the following questions: what are the sources of this recent downfall? And can this situation be reversed by pursuing the same orthodox and neoliberal policies? This...
Die Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Der Beiden Staaten in Deutschland
by Karl C Thalheim
Vorwort zur 3. Auflage Die im Jahre 1981 erschienene zweite Auflage dieser Schrift hat in der Offentlichkeit - ebenso wie die erste Auflage aus dem Jahre 1978 - eine sehr positive Aufnahme gefunden. Infolgedessen ist sie bereits seit lange rem vergriffen, und eine Neuauflage ware schon wesentlich frO her notwen dig gewesen, um der anhaltenden Nachfrage genOgen zu konnen. Wenn sie erst jetzt fertiggestellt werden konnte, so vor allem deshalb, weil der Jahrgang 1987 des Statistischen Jahrbuchs der...
"The federal government is about to go bankrupt. This is THE hot button issue in America from now through the next presidential election in 2012"--Provided by publisher.
Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development: A Partial Review of the Evidence
by Jeremy Grace and World Bank The
La Ayuda Para El Comercio En Santesis 2017
by World Tourism Organization
Aid for Trade at a Glance focuses on trade connectivity, which is critical for economic growth, inclusiveness and sustainable development. Physical connectivity enables the movement of goods and services to local, regional and global markets. It is closely intertwined with digital connectivity which is vital in today's trade environment. Yet, the Internet remains inaccessible for 3.9 billion people globally, many of whom live in the least developed countries. The report builds on the analysis o...
This book allows the reader to have an overview of the relations between religion and economics throughout history. It starts with the beginnings of early modern humans, when dreams (of dead ancestors), animism, synchronous movements and a propensity to exchange, led to the emergence of religion, which then contributed to the coordination and pooling of labor and to the definition of groups. This book surveys the various roles played by religion in economic life through the ages, which include t...
Dollars, Deficits and Trade
The essays in this volume are timelyand provocative. They address the key issues of the changing world economy and consider the implications ofthe erosion ofthe rule oflaw that has occurred both domestically and internationally to an increasing degree over the past halfcentury. The debates over the role of the dollar in the international econ- omy, the future shape ofthe international monetary system and the exchange rate regime, the significance ofthe U. S. twin deficits, and the rise of nontar...
Sustainable Development
To maintain a healthy ecosystem for contemporary society, and for future generations, policies must be implemented to protect the environment. This can be achieved by consistent evaluation of new initiatives and strategies. Sustainable Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a comprehensive source of scholarly information on the latest research for sustainability concerns across a multidisciplinary perspective. Highlighting a broad range of innovative topics such as re...
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
by International Monetary Fund Afri Dept
Governance for Sustainable Development: Five Oecd Case Studies