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The IMF stands at a crossroad. Derided as increasingly irrelevant in the first decade of the new millennium, the Fund has had its power and prestige restored by the fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis. But will the resurgent IMF assert a more just and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-11-27
Collection :
What's Wrong?
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This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes—historical, relational, and transnational. The book argues that: first, taxation should be understood as a relational concept...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-22
Collection :
Latin American Political Economy
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This book explores economic developments across Europe in relation to its apparent segmentation, as disparities widen between core and periphery countries. In contrast to previous literature, the scope of analysis is extended to Europe as a continent rather than...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-11
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Although economic inequality provokes widespread disquiet, its supposed necessity is rarely questioned. At best, a basic level of inequality is seen as a necessary evil. At worst, it is seen as insufficient to encourage aspiration, hard work and investment – a refrain...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-11-10
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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The economies of the eurozone countries are plagued by multiple crises, which cast major doubts over the future of the euro. In this engaging new book, leading economist Malcolm Sawyer argues that the entire policy framework of the eurozone was fundamentally flawed from...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-11-10
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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This book, based on economics and game theory, analyzes the changes that Japan is now facing as a reflection of changes in Japanese families and society. The author presents a simple framework for the structural relationship among markets, communities including...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-06
Collection :
Advances in Japanese Business and Economics
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This book pinpoints continuities and changes in U.S. foreign economic policy from the fixed exchange rate system of the 1960s through to the period between the two oil crises of the 1970s. Chapters pay close attention to the interconnectedness between the long lasting...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-31
Collection :
Palgrave Studies in Economic History
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This book discusses John Stuart Mill’s intellectual activity from about 1827 to 1848, namely between his recovery from his so-called ‘Mental Crisis’ and the publication of Principles of Political Economy. During this period, along with deepening his understanding of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-30
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This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space travel itself. Twelve...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-11
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This book offers an extensive review of market-oriented economic reforms since 1970, and considers the question of whether more liberal economic policy yields greater social welfare. The author demonstrates that, despite the widespread uniformity of economic policy...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-09
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This book investigates the basic theoretical framework and conducts a logical analysis of China’s new supply-side economics, while also providing a strategic path to remedy the plight of China’s economic development. From the perspective of connotation, theory and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-08-16
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This book analyses the effects of technological development, innovation, entrepreneurship and governance in middle income countries, such as Turkey, in detail. How to best practise innovation and entrepreneurship, which many researchers and policy makers believe to...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-08-05
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This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-07-18
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GDP is much more than a simple statistic. It has become the overarching benchmark of success and a powerful ordering principle at the heart of the global economy. But the convergence of major economic, social and environmental crises has exposed the flaws of our...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-06-30
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This book describes and analyzes the new problems and challenges faced by China's non-governmental enterprises. In the post-WTO era, which has been particularly affected by the international financial crisis, there will be many problems and challenges that need to be...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-05-18
Collection :
Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path
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This book examines the many ways in which the Communist Party in China is still revolutionary by focusing on how, in recent years, it has attempted to mobilize Party members to become ethical subjects. In the context of the Party’s history of the military revolution,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-05-11
Collection :
Politics and Development of Contemporary China
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The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2017-05-09
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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This book investigates key developments in China’s manufacturing industry from the perspectives of general evaluation, regional analysis, industrial analysis and enterprise analysis. Based on data for 1978 to 2013, it details the characteristics of the different stages,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-04-09
Collection :
Current Chinese Economic Report Series
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Stefan Klaßmüller beschäftigt sich in diesem Buch mit der Wettbewerbsintensität im deutschen Bankensektor und dem Einfluss des Wettbewerbs auf die Bankenstabilität. Der Autor führt eine empirische Analyse durch, die bestätigt, dass starke regionale Unterschiede in...
Editeur :
Springer Gabler
Parution :
2017-03-23
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This book reviews the key policy debates during the post-crash era, describing the issues that policymakers grappled with, the decisions that they took and the details of the policy instruments that were created. Focusing specifically on issues in monetary and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-03-16
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