Economic systems and structures

This Element discusses the effects of neoliberalism and pressures for social democratisation on society, individuals, and politics.

This study explores an exemplary instance of the close interaction between private and official interests in planning and executing the programs of the Nazi government, namely the acquisition in 1941 of the Rombach steel works by the German industrialist Friedrich Flick.

Consumer society in the United States and other countries is receding due to demographic ageing, rising income inequality, political paralysis, and resource scarcity.

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.

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.

Military Radiobiology provides an understanding of the sources and consequences of radiation exposure.

Research on Economic Inequality is a well-established publication of quality research.

This book presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.

Over the last two decades, the Israeli government has implemented policies for the development of East Jerusalem.

Investigates the evolution and proliferation of central banks and the profession of central banking during the past century.

The old discussion of 'Market or State' is obsolete.

History has proved that communism failed at many levels during the first global competition between the capitalist and socialist camps during the Cold War.

Why Britain's attempt at small government proved unable to cope with the challenges of the modern worldIn the nineteenth century, as Britain attained a leading economic and political position in Europe, British policymakers embarked on a bold experiment with small and limited government.

Predatory Value Extraction explains how an ideology of corporate resource allocation known as 'maximizing shareholder value' (MSV) that emerged in the 1980s came to dominate strategic thinking in business schools and corporate boardrooms in the United States.

The 2008 global crisis, unemployment, lack of retirement funds, bank bailouts.

Atmospheric Pollution: Its History, Origins and Prevention looks at the history, sources, and controls of air pollution in Britain.

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.

In the aftermath of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Mexican and U.

Economic indicators provide invaluable insights into how different economies and financial markets are performing, enabling practitioners to adjust their investment strategies in order to gain knowledge about markets and to achieve higher returns.

A provocative and timely look at the current state of global economics, particularly how the state-owned companies of Russia, China, Latin America, and other emerging markets are influencing how people work, how they consume, and how they prosper.

This edited volume is about the Australian difference and how Australia's economic and social policy has diverged from the approach of other countries.

*Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List*Fashion is political.

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.

Richard Mattessich's Accounting and Analytical Methods (1964) and Yuji Ijiri's Theory of Accounting Measurement (1975) are two classic works of American accounting literature written by eminent scholars.

Imagine thinking about your company's information technology in the same way that you think about its investment portfolio: as a bundle of assets thatwhen managed rightwill generate revenues and savings.

How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalismThe Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, giving rise to the spectacular Dutch Golden Age while ushering in an era of unprecedented, long-term economic growth.

How has China been able to maintain high-speed economic growth during the last thirty-plus years and successfully transform itself from a poor, backward, and developing country to become the world's second-largest economy?

For over three decades neoliberalism has been the dominant economic ideology.

Over the last two decades, the Israeli government has implemented policies for the development of East Jerusalem.

Bringing together diverse approaches and case studies of international health worker migration, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional Credentials critically reimagines how we conceptualize the transfer of value embodied in internationally educated health professionals (IEHPs).

What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein s business meetings and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics?

The neoliberal project in the West has created an increasingly polarized and impoverished world, to the point that the vast majority of its citizens require liberation from their present socioeconomic circumstances.

Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end.

In The Value Flywheel Effect, David Anderson enables leaders to create an adaptive organization built upon embracing strategic thinking, team focus, and reduced time to value to drive business results.

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (RHETM) is a book series dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to a broad range of topics related to the history and methodology of economics.

In today's competitive banking industry, institutional banking is attracting greater interest.

The fifteenth volume of a new, well-received and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure, Emergency Services Sector Protection and Homeland Security is an eye-opening account which discusses the unique challenges this industry faces and the deadly consequences that could result if there was a failure or disruption in the emergency services sector.

This book examines the 1948 West German economic reforms that ushered in the fabled ''economic miracle''.

To date, the record of economic transition has decidedly been mixed.

New approach to the economic theory of resources, showing the positive role that scarcities can play in triggering economic growth.