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"It is really worth a read…" -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save America Now in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban and a new Preface by the author, White Working Cla……続きを見る

What is blockchain? What is Bitcoin? How can central banks be instrumental in guiding a nation's economy? What are the underlying causes of trade deficits? Do trade wars actually help the domestic e……続きを見る

Economics is changing. In the last few years it has generated a number of new approaches. One of the most promising - complexity economics - was pioneered in the 1980s and 1990s by a small team at t……続きを見る

The New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Robots shows what happens as AI takes over our lives If you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. AI is impossible to avoid online. And ……続きを見る

As long as there have been financial markets, there have been bubblesーthose moments in which asset prices inflate far beyond their intrinsic value, often with ruinous results. Yet economists are sl……続きを見る

This book looks at how Ireland as a small open economy can prosper in the medium term. It contains recommendations from Irelands top economic and policy commentators for boosting and sustaining the ……続きを見る

In the aftermath of the Financial Crisis, many commonly held beliefs have emerged to explain its cause. Conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using low down payments, ……続きを見る

You may not believe it right now, but it is true. The recession is over! Sure, there will be a few more monetary 'wobbles and worries' to slow initial recovery, but nevertheless, recovery is on its ……続きを見る

This thought-provoking volume presents essays on the foundations of non-equilibrium economics, i.e. the principle of circular cumulative causation (CCC). This work presents empirical research on how……続きを見る

Read Jeff Gordinier's posts on the Penguin Blog In this simultaneously hilarious and incisive "manifesto for a generation that's never had much use for manifestos," Gordinier suggests that for the f……続きを見る

How has the recession affected the conduct of human resource management? How have HR departments and managers fared? Have leading firms taken measures to sustain and revive their businesses through ……続きを見る

It’s not an exaggeration to say that middle-class Americans are an endangered species and that the American Dream of a secure, comfortable standard of living has become as outdated as an Edsel with ……続きを見る

A unique Chinese perspective on the superpower's fast-growing influence in world affiars In Prosperity in China, China’s leading scholars weigh in on the nation's remarkable achievements, its obliga……続きを見る

The global crisis of 2008-09 has brought to the forefront a plethora of economic and political policy issues. There is a re-opening of discussion on basic economic concepts, appropriate framework fo……続きを見る

First published in 1973, this volume concentrates upon contemporary issues of a theoretical and methodological nature in the study of organizations. The contributors are concerned with contemporary ……続きを見る

Few events have posed as many challenges for retirement and retirement policy as the crisis of the late 2000s. At the end of the last decade, the United States experienced the Great Recessionーa com……続きを見る

"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man." -- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946) Every day economic claims are used by the media or in conversation to sup……続きを見る

First published in 1961, The Soviet Economy is a well informed work which seeks to acquaint students with the structure and problems of the economy of the USSR. In a balanced and perceptive analysis……続きを見る

The concept of employability has provided a foundation for much current labour market policy. It has also provided a useful framework for analyzing national and urban labour markets and related poli……続きを見る

Private enterprises have contributed significantly to China's recent economic growth and will play a key role in achieving China's goal of building a comprehensively well-society. But how can privat……続きを見る

First published in 1922, Hobson’s study of the depression and resulting unemployment in the aftermath of the First World War is a far-sighted analysis which looks beyond the consequences of the war ……続きを見る

The book tells the tale of Malaysia's political economy, on how politics is deeply intertwined with the economy. The author backs his thesis that corruption, cronyism and abuse of power is cripplin……続きを見る

Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It's Still Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of the most recent events in the wave of revolt and revolution sweeping t……続きを見る

Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives examines the repercussions of economic globalization on several manufacturing-dependent rural communities in Canada. Foregrounding a distinct interest in the 'grassr……続きを見る

First published in 1986, this text brings together a selection of papers written by the great Alec Nove on development economics, Marxist economies, the Soviet economy, and law and politics in the S……続きを見る

I wrote this book out of exasperation of hearing for so long that there are too many people and not enough resources. THAT IS A BLATANT LIE!! The oil companies, drug companies, war machine makers an……続きを見る

Globalization is the first volume which systematically encompasses the debates and the results of research of political scientists on all core aspects of the interrelation between politics and econo……続きを見る

Latin American economies enjoyed substantial growth in the early years of the twenty-first century, but the financial crisis beginning in 2008 called into question the sustainability of that progres……続きを見る

A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our timeーglobalizationーand how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going gl……続きを見る

A review of the factors which will cause stock and property markets to fall once again and what to do about it. The first edition of this book was published in 2006 and corredtly called the sharp fa……続きを見る