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This fascinating, in-depth look at China’s new and rapidly changing role in the world focuses on the critical choices China must make to ensure sustainable economic growth. All signs show that China……続きを見る

When John Kenneth Galbraith passed away on April 29, 2006, the economics profession lost one of its true giants. And this is not just because Galbraith was an imposing figure at 6 feet, 9 inches tal……続きを見る

This informative book discusses the effects of the rise of Chinese capitalism on both China itself, and on its neighbours. Incorporating empirical data collated from interviews in several Asian soci……続きを見る

First published in 1969, John Fielden was a businessman, Radical, humanitarian and Parliamentarian, often bored haughty politicians and shocked respectable middle-class opinion. This is a reprint of……続きを見る

Bertram Schefold is recognized internationally as an outstanding economist. He has made major contributions to the development of economic theory and particularly to economic thought. His contributi……続きを見る

Published in the year 1989, Marx and Engels and the English Workers is a valuable contribution to the field of Economics. 続きを見る

Financing Medicine brings together a collection of essays dealing with the financing of medical care in Britain since the mid-eighteenth century, with a view to addressing two major issues: Why did……続きを見る

The decline of Venice remains one of the classic episodes in the economic development of modern Europe. Its contrasts are familiar enough: the wealthiest commercial power in fifteenth-century Europe……続きを見る

In the late 1960s Australian unionism was on the flood tide: growing in strength, industrially confident and capable of shaping the overall political climate of the nation. Forty years on, union mem……続きを見る

If you’ve wondered about how America can break links between oil consumption, terrorism, and the war in Iraq, A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National ……続きを見る

The early twenty-first century has seen a conspicuous absence of formal international law concerning money and finance. This book argues that this lack of formal international regulation was a signi……続きを見る

We are bombarded with images of poverty, terrorism, war and collapsing states. Do we ever question what the root cause of these problems might be? Noreena Hertz, one of the world's leading experts o……続きを見る

From the author of Day of Reckoning, the acclaimed critique of Ronald Reagan’s economic policy (“Every citizen should read it,” said The New York Times): a persuasive, wide-ranging argument that eco……続きを見る

Come sta evolvendo l'economia cinese e che opportunità offre al resto del mondo? Dopo aver analizzato le riforme che l'hanno portata ad avere un maggior ruolo nel mercato internazionale e le implica……続きを見る

Trade and commerce are among the oldest, most pervasive, and most important of human activities, serving as engines for change in many other human endeavors. This far-reaching study examines the key……続きを見る

The Economic mind of America examines: * the concept of 'American' economic thought * reassessment of pioneering American policy analysts such as Irving Fisher, Wesley Mitchell, Harold Moulton and L……続きを見る

The complex and often turbulent history of Russia over the course of 2,000 years is brought to life in a series of 176 maps by one of the most prolific and successful historian authors today. This f……続きを見る

Why Americans aren't thrifty and the rest of the world is If the financial crisis has taught us anything, it is that Americans save too little, spend too much, and borrow excessively. What can we le……続きを見る

First Published in 2005. The book has two principal aims. First, to provide a description of the major international monetary developments in the industrial world in the post-war years. Second, to e……続きを見る

Utilizing unspent funds remaining in banks during the pendency of their use for state, civic or private projects, sums often in the billions, banks have systematically rigged the interest rate betwe……続きを見る

First published in 1985, this title includes contributions from leading economists and addresses many seminal aspects of Keynes' work and methods. This revival will be of particular interest to lect……続きを見る

Credit rating agencies have been criticized for their role in the financial crisis by understating credit risk. The US subprime mortgage crisis highlighted the systemic relevance of the rating agenc……続きを見る

In this book W. O. Henderson has brought together in English translation the journals of four foreign visitors who travelled in England and Scotland in the years immediately following the Napoleonic……続きを見る

The Rise of Professional Society lays out a stimulating and controversial framework for the study of British society, challenging accepted paradigms based on class analysis. Perkins argues that the ……続きを見る

Attitudes and methods derived from the hard sciences have become increasingly commonplace in the human and social sciences. Whilst this 'scientifization' process has undoubtedly fostered the growth ……続きを見る

First Published in 2005. The author’s intention was to write a history of the greatest economic boom in European history, of that unique, ugly and triumphant experience of the 1950s and 1960s which ……続きを見る

The world-renowned economist offers "dourly irreverent analyses of financial debacle from the tulip craze of the seventeenth century to the recent plague of junk bonds." ーThe Atlantic. With incompa……続きを見る

In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had risen to almost half of the total national income, and contributed to the rise of Thatcher. Martin Daunton continues the story begu……続きを見る

After the end of the Second World War businessmen and economists throughout the world feared that the American postwar inflationary boom would end in a serious slump. The slump took a long time to c……続きを見る

First Published in 2005. The purpose of this title is to outline the facts and to interpret the spirit of the economic history of Britain one hundred and fifty years prior to original publication. T……続きを見る