Economic Policy category: 3057 books
Marketcraft
How Governments Make Markets Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
Modern-day markets do not arise spontaneously or evolve naturally. Rather they are crafted by individuals, firms, and most of all, by governments. Thus "marketcraft" represents a core function of government comparable to statecraft and requires considerable artistry to govern markets effectively....
The global financial crisis and austerity
A basic introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Given the huge impact of the 2008 financial crash and post-crash austerity on so many people’s lives, there is a need for a concise, accessible guide to its causes and its longer-term significance. Written by an expert in political science and straddling finance, economics and political science,...
Why Budgets Matter
Budget Policy and American Politics; Revised and Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
When the first edition of Why Budgets Matter was published in 2003, the federal budget had fallen back into deficit. At the time, fairly modest changes in taxes and spending would have ensured that deficits and debt would remain at tolerable levels. Instead, the disconnect between taxes and spending...
The Annotated Works of Henry George
Our Land and Land Policy and Other Works
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
Henry George (1839–1897) rose to fame as a social reformer and economist amid the industrial and intellectual turbulence of the late nineteenth century. His best-selling Progress and Poverty (1879) captures the ravages of privileged monopolies and the woes of industrialization in a language of eloquent...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009
Economic development has cyclical dynamics and long-term dynamics – the latter are typically related to demographical changes, innovation and long-term insti- tional changes in open economies. Financial markets – that means mainly capital markets – and labor markets are affected in OECD countries...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Few politicians can make a speech concerning economic policy without using the term “competitiveness.” Yet, despite its frequent and casual use, there is little if any agreement on its meaning. Scholars have been slow to embrace the term, holding a healthy skepticism toward such political utterances.
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Private Communities and Urban Governance
Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
This book offers an interdisciplinary and comparative study of the complex interplay between private versus public forms of organization and governance in urban residential developments. Bringing together top experts from numerous disciplines, including law, economics, geography, political science,...
Opening America's Market
U.S. Foreign Trade Policy Since 1776
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Despite the passage of NAFTA and other recent free trade victories in the United States, former U.S. trade official Alfred Eckes warns that these developments have a dark side. Opening America's Market offers a bold critique of U.S. trade policies over the last sixty years, placing them within a historical...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
This book combines historical and policy-oriented perspectives on the relevance of the Keynesian approach for economic theory, policy, and crisis analysis. The first part focuses on historical, theoretical, and methodological issues, and puts them in context with current developments. The second part...
by World Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2009
Following the serious economic crisis in 2001-02, Argentina mobilized an unprecedented effort to provide income support to the segment of the population most in need. Now, as growth has returned and social indicators recovered to precrisis levels, there is an opening to move from emergency support programs...
Test Policy in Defense
Lessons from the Military for Education, Training, and Employment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Bernard R. Gifford and Linda C. Wing Standardized testing has become a ubiquitous feature of American life. As a major source of information for reducing uncertainty in the alJocation of merit based educational, training, and employment opportunities, testing affects the life chances of individuals....
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Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
This book examines the issue of price volatility in agricultural commodities markets and how this phenomenon has evolved in recent years. The factors underlying the price spike of 2007-08 appear to be global and macroeconomic in nature, including the rapid growth in demand by developing countries,...
The Economics of Freedom
Theory, Measurement, and Policy Implications
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
What is freedom? Can we measure it? Does it affect policy? This book develops an original measure of freedom called 'Autonomy Freedom', consistent with J. S. Mill's view of autonomy, and applies it to issues in policy and political design. The work pursues three aims. First, it extends classical liberalism...
Climate Change
IPCC, Water Crisis, and Policy Riddles with Reference to India and Her Surroundings
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Notwithstanding denials by climate-skeptics, the global scientific community considers the world environment is rapidly worsening. They argue that failure to adopt measures to reduce CO2 gas emission in the atmosphere could lead to disastrous social-economic, politico-security and environmental consequences....