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The globalization of inequality
Why national and international equality matter and what we can do to ensure a fairer worldIn The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker François Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard...
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The infinite desire for growth
Why society’s expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth—and the hope of better things to come—is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the United States, eighty percent of the populati...
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The last shall be the first
This book deals with the financial crisis in Eastern Europe that erupted in the fall of 2008 and abated in the spring of 2010. It concentrates on the ten new eastern members of the European Union. The causes of the crisis posed no mysteries. This was a typical credit-driven boom-and-bust cycle th...
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The long depression
A significant new analysis of the current economic crisis by leading Marxist economist, Michael Roberts
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The magic money tree and other economic tales
A lively analysis of how mistakes in economic policy-making are increasingly made for political reasons and typically in the run up to a crisis when the constraints on the economy are ignored.
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The measure of progress
Why do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today’s economy?The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were entirely different from those of today. In The Measure of Progress, Diane Coyle argues that the f...
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The natural dividend
How might we best negotiate the world’s scarce pool of natural resources? This book advocates a management regime that is both politically, as well as environmentally, sustainable, and shows how such management might work to protect our common heritage and secure the benefits we can expect from s...
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The natural economic science
Economics is widely regarded as a social science. In this ground-breaking new study, Paul Fudulu crosses the divide between natural and social science to introduce a new theory of natural economic science, based on one of the most important causal laws of physics: the entropic degradation of the ...
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The political economy of housing financialization
Greg Fuller explores the growing role of mortgage markets in the macroeconomy and provides a comparative analysis of housing finance and its growth across a number of European economies and the United States. The book offers an insightful and timely discussion of the key political-economic conseq...
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The political economy of the asian financial crisis
The Asian crisis has sparked a thoroughgoing reappraisal of current international financial norms, the policy prescriptions of the International Monetary Fund, and the adequacy of the existing financial architecture. To draw proper policy conclusions from the crisis, it is necessary to understand...
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The rise of precarious employment in europe
This book examines precarious employment in Europe through the economic crisis. It draws on two main sources: theories of how the financial and debt crisis coupled with labour market reforms to exacerbate precarity in the workforce; and data from the European Labour Force Survey from 2005-12, cap...
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The spirit of green
From a Nobel Prize–winning pioneer in environmental economics, an innovative account of how and why “green thinking” could cure many of the world’s most serious problems—from global warming to pandemicsSolving the world’s biggest problems—from climate catastrophe and pandemics to wildfires and co...
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Too little, too late
The current approach to resolving sovereign debt crises does not work: sovereign debt restructurings come too late and do too little. Providing guidance for those who intend to take up reform, this book assesses the relative merits of various debt-restructuring proposals, especially in relation t...
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Toward a just society
This collection of essays reflects on how modern economics has been shaped by Joseph Stiglitz. High-profile authors spanning microeconomics, macroeconomics, inequality, development, law and economics, and public policy take up the central debates and discoveries of the field and provide insights ...
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Transforming the european economy
Europe grew rapidly for many years, but now, faced with greater challenges, several of the large economies in Europe have either failed to generate enough jobs or have failed to achieve the highest levels of productivity or both. This study explores why Europe's growth slowed, what contribution i...
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Understanding the multi-dimensional nature of poverty
The authors of this edited collection take a holistic approach to poverty, recognizing interconnected factors on a global scale. This timely collection aids in developing more effective strategies for combating poverty and fostering a fairer, more prosperous future.
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United states in a world in crisis
Building on the pioneering work of radical dependency theory, Valencia unpacks how super-exploitation functions under highly financialized, 21st-century capitalism.
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Using economic indicators in analysing financial markets
Using Economic Indicators in Analysing Financial Markets is an invaluable resource for investors, strategists, policymakers, students, and private investors worldwide who want to understand the true meaning of the latest economic trends to make the best decisions for future profits on financial m...
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Wall streeters
Many of Wall Street's contemporary trends can be traced back to the work of fourteen critical figures who wrote, and occasionally broke, the rules of American finance. Edward Morris details Wall Street's transformation from a clubby enclave of financiers to a symbol of vast economic power.
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What really counts
What Really Counts is an essential, firsthand story of the promise and challenges of accounting for social, economic, and environmental benefits. Ronald Colman recounts two decades of working with three governments to adopt measures capable of quantifying factors that GDP overlooks.
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What role for currency boards?
To help overcome its financial crisis, Russia is being urged to create a currency board, which has met with success in other countries such as Argentina, Estonia, and Hong Kong. This study explains what a currency board is and how it differs from a central bank, and examines the advantages and di...
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Who will govern the new world—the present and future of the g20
How can the G20 fulfill their role most efficiently in the post-crisis era, and what role do the emerging economies play in the new global economic order? This timely volume provides an overview of the most important challenges ahead for the G20, especially China.
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