Economic Policy category: 3057 books
World Economic Outlook, April 2018
Cyclical Upswing, Structural Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
World Economic Outlook, April 2018: Cyclical Upswing, Structural Change
by Louis Asare
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2017
The American government spends billions and trillions of dollars annually to import goods and services. The important and striking information that touched my emotions is that over eighty five thousand companies have closed their manufacturing plants and moved their production to other parts of the...
by International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
This issue focuses on the ongoing adjustment to cheaper oil and subdued economic activity for oil-producing countries, as well as the weak and fragile recovery in the Caucasus and Central Asia region. It also discusses global spillovers from China’s rebalancing and the growth of fiscal deficits.
The Future of Law and Economics
Essays in Reform and Recollection
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
In a concise, compelling argument, one of the founders and most influential advocates of the law and economics movement divides the subject into two separate areas, which he identifies with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. The first, Benthamite, strain, “economic analysis of law,” examines the...
Latin America's Emerging Middle Classes
Economic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Politicians, business leaders and citizens look with hope to the Latin American middle class for political stability and purchasing power, but the economic position of the middle class remains vulnerable. The contributors document the remarkable emergence of this middle group in Latin America, whose measurement turns out not to be an easy task.
Shortchanged
Life and Debt in the Fringe Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Drive through just about any low-income neighborhood and you're sure to see streets lined with pawnshops, check cashers, rent-to-own stores, payday and tax refund lenders, auto title pawns, and buy-here-pay-here used car lots. We're awash in "alternative financial services" directed at the...
Towards A Common Future
Understanding Growth, Sustainability in the Asia-Pacific Region
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This book focuses on the tremendous shift in both economic growth and development progress taking place towards the Asia-Pacific Region. Each of the countries in the region has various concerns and challenges for its sustainable development, a common goal most of them are trying to achieve at the...
From Malthus' Stagnation to Sustained Growth
Social, Demographic and Economic Factors
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
A detailed exploration of the influence and utility of Thomas Malthus' model of population growth and economic changes in Europe since the nineteenth century. This important contribution to current discussions on theories of economic growth includes discussion of issues ranging from mortality and fertility to natural resources and the poverty trap.
Development and Sustainability
India in a Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Following the reforms undertaken in the last two decades, India’s economic landscape has been radically transformed. This book examines the new economic map, which is shown to be shaped by two intertwined currents: globalization and sustainability. Weaving extensively through these currents and...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
"When all too many so-called experts see things as they wish they were, Charles Wolf analyze facts to provide genuine insights into the past, present and future. This makes him an invaluable source for anyone who seeks to understand economic, political and security issues and trends."--Karen...
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2018, Europe
Domestic Expansion Running into External Turbulence
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Economic activity continued to expand in the first half of 2018, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, mainly in advanced Europe. Domestic demand, supported by stronger employment and wages, remains the main engine of growth. However, the external environment has become less supportive and is expected...
by Richard J. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2012
In 1620 Francis Bacon’s Novum Organum introduced a new scientific method of investigating nature. In 1690 John Locke used the new scientific method to discover how to create political democracy. In this book the author uses Bacon’s scientific method and the trail blazed by Locke to discover how to create economic democracy.
by Rafael Reuveny, William R. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
Using a "lead economy" approach, Reuveny and Thompson link question about the global trade system to debates about hegemonic stability and the balance of power in world politics. By focusing on economic growth, protectionism, and trade, they surpass hegemonic stability interpretations of...
American Exceptionalism
Economics, Finance, Political Economy, and Economic Laws
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
The publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has kindled interest across disciplines to appraise the exceptional nature of U.S. activities. In general, however, all the published works have not focused their analyses from an economic point of view. While economics was for some...