Economic systems and structures

A counter-blast to the bashing of capitalism and a fresh and bold re-evaluation of the fundamentals that turn genius into hard currency.

What drives innovation?

With his characteristically very personal anecdotal style, Charles Handy analyses how materialistic capitalism is self-limiting, how efficiency may be the enemy of a cohesive society, and examines the false certainties of science and religion.

How multinationals contribute, or don't, to global prosperityGlobalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it.

We have become accustomed to economists and politicians talking about "e;market forces"e; as if they are immutable laws of the universe.

Adequate infrastructural facilities and high human development are the preconditions of economic growth of an economy.

A CLASSIC THAT WILL IGNITE THE NEXT ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONHailed as ';the guide to capitalism,' the New York Times bestseller Wealth and Poverty by George F.

American Indian business is booming.

Since 1991, nominally independent Ukraine has been in turmoil, with the Orange Revolution and the Maidan protests marking its most critical moments.

As long as commodity and securities markets have been in operation, market manipulation has been a serious concern.

This book provides the analysis on capital markets in China, focusing attention upon (1) the bubble phenomena (whether or not a Chinese bubble really exists and might burst), (2) foreign direct investment and (3) integration, through all of which we could recognize the current situation and the future prospects of Chinese marketization.

This book approaches markets as a dynamic ensemble of institutions; and as a set of rules or norms, that contribute to the evolution of social systems of governance, and can be analysed as a structured social system.

This book provides a framework for making administration effective and improving mitigation and rehabilitation measures with a view to ensuring a safer life for citizens.

The all-encompassing embrace of world capitalism at the beginning of the twenty-first century was generally attributed to the superiority of competitive markets.

Why should we be worried about neoliberalism if we are not able to fully appreciate its deleterious effects?

This volume examines the economic problems of Arab countries following the Arab Spring.

Throughout the world, there has been a growing wave of interest in global corporate power and the rise of a transnational capitalist class, triggered by economic and political transformations that have blurred national borders and disembedded corporate business from national domiciles.

Over the last decade, market-based incentives have become the regulatory tool of choice when trying to solve difficult environmental problems.

A new account of how Haiti under French colonial rule became a violent sugar plantation stateIn the early eighteenth century, France turned to its New World colonies to help rescue the monarchy from the wartime debts of Louis XIV.

Multilevel marketing and pyramid schemes promote the idea that participants can easily become rich.

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Organized crime, understood in a literal sense as systematic illegal activity for money or power, is as old as the first systems of law and government and as international as trade.

Changing the Global Environment: Perspectives on Human Involvement focuses on the extent of global environmental changes and the extent to which technology can be employed to improve the global environment.

Samir Amin remains one of the world's most influential thinkers about the changing nature of North-South relations in the development of contemporary capitalism.

As Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward argued in the early seventies, in a capitalist economy, social welfare policies alternatingly serve political and economic ends as circumstances dictate.

An insightful and practical toolkit for managing organizational growth Growing Pains is the definitive guide to the life cycle of an organization, and the optimization strategies that make the organization stronger.

The essays in Millennial Capitalism and the Culture of Neoliberalism pose a series of related questions: How are we to understand capitalism at the millennium?

Why did the rise of human rights in the 1970s coincide with the institutionalisation of neoliberalism?

Globalization has changed business the world over.

Leading academics offer a historically informed, interdisciplinary inquiry into markets and their social and political relations.

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Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds a revolution in the teaching of economics.

In this synthetic, interdisciplinary work, Neil Brenner develops a new interpretation of the transformation of statehood under contemporary globalizing capitalism.

Policy makers often call for increased spending on infrastructure, which can encompass a broad range of investments, from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband.

Here, with critical notes and context, are V.

This report analyzes how closer regional connectivity and economic integration between South Asia and Southeast Asia can benefit both regions, with a focus on the role played by infrastructure and public policies in facilitating this process.

The contemporary debate on economic policy is dominated by the issue of 'which model of capitalism works best'.

A comprehensive introduction to the history, theory, and policy implications of self-governance in commercial and academic science communities.

What exactly is capitalism, and why do its advocates support it?

Volume compiles studies of the production and reproduction of market-supporting social infrastructures through the prism of knowledge commons.

The public policy implications of life expectancy that increases steadily while remains heavily differentiated according to gender, income and occupation.

The Third Millennium presents unprecedented opportunities and challenges to capitalism as a global economic system.

This Element moves toward building a new moral political economy, offering a theory of change and principles for institutional redesign.