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Freakonomics lived on the New York Times bestseller list for an astonishing two years. Now authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insights and observations in S……続きを見る

Stephen Krasner has been one of the most influential theorists within international relations and international political economy over the past few decades. Power, the State, and Sovereignty is a co……続きを見る

The Philippines makes an interesting case for examining direct and collective acts of contention against the neoliberal project of economic globalization. Crippled by foreign debt, indiscriminate li……続きを見る

New Mexico and Arizona joined the Union in 1912, despite the opposition from some of their residents. The Fiscal Case against Statehood examines the concerns of the people who lost the battle over s……続きを見る

This volume examines Colombia’s political economy at the outset of the twenty-first century. A group of leading experts explores various issues, such as drug trafficking, organized crime, economic p……続きを見る

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2016 Today, nations increasingly carry out geopolitical combat through economic means. Policies governing everything from trade and investment to energy and exchange r……続きを見る

This book presents a clear exposition of what constitutes asymmetry in economics. It provides an empirical application of these ideas in the case of the EU. In particular, it shows how important asy……続きを見る

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Coming November 2020 as a major motion picture from Netflix starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close ‘The political book of the year’ Sunday Times ‘A frank, unsentimental, har……続きを見る

A timely, counterintuitive defense of Wall Street and the big banks as the invisibleーalbeit flawedーengines that power our ideas, and should be made to work better for all of us Maybe you think the……続きを見る

Today’s economic crisis is capitalism’s worst since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, homes and healthcare while those who work watch their pensions, benefits and job security dec……続きを見る

The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the el……続きを見る

Unlike Japan, which awoke quickly to the new industrialism of the West, China was content to glide peacefully along, ignoring the rest of the world, pursuing the wisdom of her philosophers and artis……続きを見る

Come è nata la crisi economica? Come ne usciremo? In questa guida rapida scopriamo che è stata proposta una pluralità di risposte. Sebbene ormai solo le posizioni neoliberali ottengano l'attenzione ……続きを見る

Often described as the culmination of the French Enlightenment, the Encyclopédie was collected not only to serve as a comprehensive reference work, but to “change the way men think” about every aspe……続きを見る

Women In Europe is the author's journalistic experience while he was working as a reporter in Europe in the 1980s. Thus the book is born out of his interviews he had with women in Europe, hoping tha……続きを見る

In recent decades, Tokyo, London, and New York have been the sites of credit bubbles of historically unprecedented magnitude. Central bankers have enjoyed almost unparalleled power and autonomy. The……続きを見る

This book addresses the U.S. economic impact of possible restrictions that might be placed on the sale of specific combat equipment to selected countries in the Middle East. It focuses on prospectiv……続きを見る

More than a decade since the global financial crisis, economics does not exhibit signs of significant change. Mainstream economists act on an idealized image of science, which includes the convergen……続きを見る

Over the past 20 years, social scientists, government officials, and investors have expressed mounting interest in the BRICS countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. T……続きを見る

We've all been tourists at some point in our lives. How is it we look so condescendingly at people taking selfies in front of the Tower of Pisa? Is there really much to distinguish the package holid……続きを見る

Engineering Expansion examines the U.S. Army's role in U.S. economic development from the nation's founding to the eve of the Civil War. William D. Adler starts with a simple question: if the federa……続きを見る

Negative Capitalism: Cynicism in the Neoliberal Era offers a new conceptual framework for understanding the current economic crisis. Through a ranging series of analyses and perspectives, it argues ……続きを見る

Oil makes the world go round. Follow the fascinating story-from the fields of Kuwait to the streets of Venezuela and beyond... An analysis of the role that oil plays in the U.S. and how it has affec……続きを見る

This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of the first volume of Karl Marx's Capital, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and d……続きを見る

Este apasionante ensayo se centra en la explicación y análisis de La Riqueza de las Naciones, de Adam Smith, una de las obras más influyentes de la historia y cuya comprensión, por su complejidad y ……続きを見る

Dieser spannende Aufsatz konzentriert sich auf die Erklärung und Analyse des dritten Bandes des "Kapital" von Karl Marx, einem der einflussreichsten Werke der Geschichte, dessen Verständnis aufgrund……続きを見る

Cet essai passionnant se concentre sur l'explication et l'analyse de Le Capital - Livre 3, de Karl Marx, l'une des œuvres les plus influentes de l'histoire et dont la compréhension, en raison de sa ……続きを見る

This controversial analysis of economic nationalism will interest economists and those concerned with nationalism and the competitive position of Canadian manufacturing. It is the first attempt to t……続きを見る

Developments across the millennia suggest that, even though democracies and free market economies are continuously challenged by crises and disturbances, such as natural disasters, wars, or technolo……続きを見る

What does The Dark Knight have to do with political economy or Lord of the Flies with capitalism? A great deal, argues Ronnie D. Lipschutz in this entertaining and enlightening guide to basic concep……続きを見る