Comparative Economics category: 246 books

Originally published in 1990, this anthology of articles from the German financial and industrial press, translated into English for this volume, discusses the socio/politico/economic background that was a catalyst for the development of replacement cost accounting ideas in Europe and Anglo-American...

Capitalism and the corporate form it creates is over-rated and neither are understood. Capitalism and that corporate form restrain your choice. They both present us with either an absence of choice or meaningless ones. Democratic Socialism doesn’t do either. Democratic Socialism means more real...

The global financial crisis has provided an important opportunity to revisit debates about post-socialist transition and the relative success of different reform paths. Post-communist Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs) in particular show resilience in the wake of the international crisis with a diverse...

Originally published in 1940, this book remains an illuminating and forceful survey of the economic development of modern Germany. It reveals for the first time the basic trends of German business enterprise towards central control. This survey makes three important factors clear. Firstly, the continuity...

Examining the innovations of economic policy in the UK, France and Germany in the 1960s, this book originally published in 1968, assesses the degree of success of these policies and draws conclusion for the oreintation of future policy. The book contrasts the long history of national planning in France...

This valuable work presents Ibn Taimiyah's thoughts on the concept of Islamic economics, the state in the economy, on public finance, money, interest, prices, partnership, and profit-sharing, and offers a comparison of his ideas with those of some medieval scholars in Europe, along with a study of his influence on Islamic thinkers in later periods.

It is well-known that the Swedish experiment in practical economic control was inspired by a simultaneous development of economic thought in Sweden. Despite Swedish economics being known globally, until this book was originally published in 1939 there was little except second-hand descriptions of...

Kazakhstan has become a successful market reformer under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. But what type of a market economy has emerged in the country since 1991? This book focuses on Kazakhstan’s transition path, examines the role of the state in steering economic processes, and...

Nach dem Scheitern des Verordnungsentwurfes zur Societas Privata Europaea hat die Europäische Kommission mit dem Richtlinienentwurf zur Societas Unius Personae (SUP) einen erneuten Anlauf genommen, um die Tätigkeit europäischer Unternehmen im gemeinsamen Binnenmarkt zu vereinfachen. Es handelt...

The transformation of women's lives over the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching of social and economic phenomena, affecting not only women but also their partners, children, and indeed nearly every person on the planet. In developed and developing countries alike, women are...

This stimulating collection of essays by distinguished British, American, Australian and German scholars, originally published in 1985, offers a picture of the upsurge of New Unionism and the growth of old unions, and looks at the severe setbacks which occurred in the labour movements of Britain and...

Adam Smiths original path-breaking work on decision making, uncertainty, and public policies to minimize the impact of uncertainty in the economy has been overlooked for well over two hundred years. One need only peruse the badly analyzed work of Smith in this area, as presented by Henry D. MacLeod...

Misère de la philosophie - Karl Marx   Karl Heinrich Marx (1818 - 1883) est un historien, journaliste, philosophe, économiste, sociologue, essayiste et théoricien révolutionnaire socialiste et communiste allemand.   Misère de la philosophie est une œuvre...

Aus Anlass des 65. Geburtstages von Reinhard Neck im Mai 2016 folgen wir der akademischen Tradition der Veröffentlichung einer Festschrift zu Ehren des Jubilars. Der berufliche Werdegang von Reinhard Neck beginnt mit einer Stelle als Universitätsassistent am Institut für Volkswirtschaftstheorie...