Economic systems and structures

Discussions on the outcome of a potential referendum on Britain's membership of the EU have been characterised by political grandstanding, at the expense of serious economic analysis.

Discussions on the outcome of a potential referendum on Britain's membership of the EU have been characterised by political grandstanding, at the expense of serious economic analysis.

A profound reminder that football is far more than a sport; its a canvas for building a fairer and more compassionate world Kelly Davies, former Wales international football playerTremendous .

Following a surge in oil revenues in the 1970s, Nigeria became one of Africa's most rapidly developing nations.

Counter-Colacharts the history of one of the world's most influential and widely known corporations, The Coca-Cola Company.

Dass die bislang geltende Weltordnung an ihr Ende gekommen ist, zeigt sich nicht nur an zunehmenden Kriegen und Eskalationen, sondern auch an sich verschärfenden Handelskonflikten – am dramatischsten und weitreichendsten zwischen China und den USA, jüngst aber vor allem mit Russland, der Zuspitzung des globalen «Chipkriegs» oder Donald Trumps radikaler Zollpolitik unter anderem gegen die EU.

In this powerful collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky exposes the problems of our world today, as we stand in this period of monumental change, preparing for a more hopeful tomorrow.

Empty shelves, petrol station queues and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality for many as global shipping times are squeezed, containers lie unopened at docks and supply shortages push up inflation, increasing the cost of consumer goods from milk to cars to building materials.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety.

An essential primer on capitalism, politics and how the world works, based on the hugely popular undergraduate lecture series 'What is Politics?

"e;Uses a combination of great stories and thoughtful analysis to suggest that we must find a way to change the purpose of our corporations if we are to build a society that works for all of us.

'One of the most influential economists in the world' WiredEven before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, capitalism was stuck.

'An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes' Liam Halligan, Daily TelegraphWhere does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society?

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'Ryan Avent is a superb writer .

What explains the international mobility of workers from developing to advanced societies?

Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume today's media systems Media backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--significantly influence our understanding of the sociotechnical relations, economies, and operations of media.

The forgotten history of the liberal radicals, socialist internationalists, feminists, and Christians who envisioned free trade as the necessary prerequisite for anti-imperialism and peaceToday, free trade is often associated with right-wing free marketeers.

Invested examines the perennial and nefarious appeal of financial advice manuals.

Can the stories of bananas, whales, sea birds, and otters teach us to reconsider the seaport as a place of ecological violence, tied to oil, capital, and trade?

An authoritative guide to the new economics of our crisis-filled century.

Speculative Communities investigates the financial world's influence on the social imagination, unraveling its radical effects on our personal and political lives.

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.

In Out of Stock, Dara Orenstein delivers an ambitious and engrossing account of that most generic and underappreciated site in American commerce and industry: the warehouse.

Standard economic models assume that many small investors own firms.

Case studies that examine how firms coordinate economic activity in the face of asymmetric information-information not equally available to all parties-are the focus of this volume.

Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Countries draws out the underlying economics in business history by focusing on learning processes and the development of competitively valuable asymmetries.

In the late 1990s, economic and financial crises raged through East Asia, devastating economies that had previously been considered among the strongest in the developing world.

In the late nineteenth century, public officials throughout the United States began to experiment with new methods of managing their local economies and meeting the infrastructure needs of a newly urban, industrial nation.

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt.

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt.

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

The way in which securities are traded is very different from the idealized picture of a frictionless and self-equilibrating market offered by the typical finance textbook.

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

This graduate textbook is a primer in macroeconomics.

Technology and globalization are uprooting and reshaping daily life.

The interactions that occur in securities markets are among the fastest, most information intensive, and most highly strategic of all economic phenomena.

This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies.

America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger.

An intense debate has played out in recent years regarding how to implement a so-called "e;flexicurity system"e;-a labor market reform that combines flexibility, particularly in the hiring and firing process of firms, with security in the employment and income of the workforce.

Financial crises have been pervasive for many years.

This graduate textbook is a primer in macroeconomics.

Derived from the 2001 Santa Fe Institute Conference, "e;The Economy as an Evolving Complex System III,"e; represents scholarship from the leading figures in th area of economics and complexity.

Can the ethical mission of health care survive among organizations competing for survival in the marketplace?

This intriguing collection is designed to show how economists can play a more active role in designing and directing the nation's social institutions.

America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger.

The euro's life, while only slightly more than a decade long, has been riddled by a series of challenges and crises.

The euro's life, while only slightly more than a decade long, has been riddled by a series of challenges and crises.

The end of the Cold War ushered in an age of American triumphalism best characterized by the "e;Washington Consensus:"e; the idea that free markets, democratic institutions, limitations on government involvement in the economy, and the rule of law were the foundations of prosperity and stability.