Wspc imprint: 2707 books
The Unwinding of the Globalist Dream
EU, Russia and China
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
This collection of essays documents and investigates the conflicts in Europe, Russia and China that sparked populist revolts against the established globalist order in the European Union. It shows that the populist surge was not an anomaly. It was a reflection of the internal contradictions of globalism...
Income Disparity in China
Crisis within Economic Miracle
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
China has achieved remarkable economic success in the past three decades and has become the second-largest economy in the world after the United States. However, accompanying this rapid economic growth is an increasing income inequality. In recent years, China's income disparity has reached an alarming...
World Scientific Reference on Globalisation in Eurasia and the Pacific Rim
Volume 1: Foreign InvestmentVolume 2: InnovationVolume 3: Energy: Policy, Legal and Social-Economic Issues under the Dimensions of Sustainability and SecurityVolume 4: Migration: Economic Drivers of Contemporary Labour Mobility in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This multi-volume set focuses on a key region of the world which contains four of the biggest emerging economies, a large number of highly dynamic small- and medium-sized emerging economies, and one of the leading advanced industrial countries. It is a region which contains some of the biggest hydrocarbon...
by Gregory C Chow
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
This book is unique in covering all important topics of the Chinese economy in depth but written in a language understandable to the layman and yet challenging to the expert. Beginning with entrepreneurship that propels the dynamic economic changes in China today, the book is organized into four broad...
A New Economic Growth Engine for China
Escaping the Middle-income Trap by Not Doing More of the Same
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
This volume is a report by leading international economic experts on China's economic priorities in the coming years. From various aspects of the domestic and foreign situation, China has now reached a critical juncture in its economic development. Unless China is able to overcome the difficulties...
by Gregory C Chow
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
This book discusses important economic and social problems of China. It is based on the author's latest findings from his scholarly research on China's economy, his involvement with China's economic reform and development, and his personal contacts with Chinese academics, entrepreneurs, government...
Game
The Segmentation, Implementation and Protection of Land Rights in China
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
This book provides a thorough analysis of the evolution of land property rights and transfer mechanism during the transition of the Chinese society from being a traditional self-sustaining agricultural society to a modern commercialized agricultural society. It provides empirical proof for complicated...
The RMB Exchange Rate
Past, Current, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Over the past two decades, China's robust economic performance has propelled it to the world stage. At the same time, the world has increasingly scrutinized China's economic policies and activities. One of the hotly contested issues is China's foreign exchange rate policy. China's current reform and...
by Jinzao Li
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Economic and social development is and will be the main task in the long run in China, and development is the basis and key to solve the problems faced. Although people have been criticising its limitations for reasons of one sort or another, no better alternative index has ever been put forward....
by Daniel Quinn Mills, Steven Rosefielde
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Donald Trump has called for a turnaround in the foreign policy of the United States (US). A key reason is that US foreign engagements have in recent decades proved of little benefit to the US middle and working classes.
Trump's opponents have challenged him to prove that he can offer a better...
by Alfred L Norman
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
What algorithms are tractable depends on the speed of the processor. Given the speed of digital computers, polynomial algorithms are considered tractable. But, a human can take several seconds to make one binary comparison between two pens. Given this slow speed, sublinear algorithms are considered...
Kiasunomics©
Stories of Singaporean Economic Behaviours
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Have you ever wondered whether individuals born in the year of the Dragon are truly blessed? Or why you can't find a taxi when you need one? What about the effects of superstitious beliefs on housing prices? Kiasunomics© explores these issues and more in a series of stories through the lens of Teng,...
by Khee Giap Tan, Mulya Amri, Linda Low;Kong Yam Tan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Indonesia is on the cusp of transformative take-off, poised to become a major economic power not just in Asia, but also on the global-stage. This book is a pioneering attempt in comprehensively assessing all attributes, conditions and policies for 33 Indonesian provinces and Indonesia's trajectory...
by Khee Giap Tan, Nurina Merdikawati, Mulya Amri;Blake Harley Berger
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
This book is a world-class report by the Asia Competitiveness Institute, updated annually to analyse Indonesia's competitiveness at the provincial level. With 104 indicators covering four environments, the study's unique methodology incorporates comparative strengths and weaknesses. Apart from scores...