Economic theory and philosophy

China has experienced radical economic and societal change since the initiation of the reform process in 1978.

Globalization trends and the rapid pace of technological innovations have introduced unprecedented change and uncertainty.

This book explores the causes and consequences of market failure in bridging societal differences to create a shared economy.

Parasiticide Discovery: In Vitro and In Vivo Tests with Relevant Parasite Rearing and Host Infection/Infestation Methods, Volume Two presents valuable screening methods that have led to the discovery of the majority of parasiticides commercialized in the animal health industry.

Explains how the former communist countries became market economies from 1989 to 2006.

Originally published in 1984.

In agent-based modeling the focus is very much on agent-based simulation, as simulation is a very important tool for agent-based modeling.

Neoliberal economic theories are powerful because their domestic translators make them go local, hybridizing global scripts with local ideas.

The objective of this book is to study the economy as a complex system and to show that the presence of self-reinforcing mechanisms in very different economic problems gives rise to common regularities and common qualitative properties.

Computational economics has been at the forefront in stimulating the de- velopment of mathematical methodologies for the analysis and solution of complex, large-scale problems.

This Companion volume provides an examination of all aspects of Smith''s thought.

First published in 1998, this collection of essays deals with four different areas of international economics: the theory of international trade, trade and development, protectionism and factor movements (notably migration and foreign aid).

The idea that each country should have one currency is so deeply rooted in people's minds that the possibility of multiple and concurrent currencies seems unthinkable.

This book, originally published in 1999, provided the first comparative, in-depth analysis of workplace relations in east and west Germany.

This two-volume book explores how the great buildings of England bear witness to a thousand years of the nation's history.

Every price is set by someone; this is where economics begins.

Many relationships in economics, and also in other fields, are both dynamic and nonlinear.

This book sheds new light on the general equilibrium theory of Leon Walras (1834-1910) from a historical perspective.

This book uses the levels of analysis approach first developed by Japanese political economist Kozo Uno to theorize stages of capitalist development.

Microeconomics: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the core topics in the field.

Dieses Buch vermittelt einen gründlichen Einblick in den aktuellen Stand der Fuzzy-Entscheidungstheorie und der linearen Fuzzy-Optimierung.

First published in 1990, this unique explanation of the rise of neoclassical economics views social change as an engine promoting change in theory.

Since the appearance of macroeconomics in the 1940s, economists have created many theoretical frameworks to explain the origin and mechanism of economic fluctuations.

This book develops a quantitative stock market investment methodology using financial indicators that beats the benchmark of S&P500 index.

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Originally published in 1980 but re-issued now with a new preface, this book looks at the German manager from a sociological viewpoint and explains why German management has been so successful and highlights the key factors in the training of the German manager and the attitudes and skills he develops in his work.

Training and Promotion in Nationalised Industry (1951) is the results of a study made into the personnel department and into certain aspects of personnel policy in the nationalised coal, electricity, gas, transport and airways industries in postwar Britain.

Almost all economists, whether classical, neoclassical or Marxist, have failed in their analyses of capitalism to consider the underpinning systems of accounting.

The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today's prominent social institutions.

This book aims to make the nature of input-output analysis in economics clearly accessible and, contrary to the opinion of many commentators, shows that this type of analysis can be compatible with the doctrines of neoclassical economics.

This book focuses on the construction of the economic policies of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and its institutions.

First published in 1984.

This volume examines the interplay of society and economy against the backdrop of recent crises as well as technological, political and social change in Europe.

Die "Wirtschaftsmathematik" ist eine Zusammenfassung der in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften gemeinhin benötigten mathematischen Kenntnisse.

Selected by the Association of University Programs in Health Administrationfor the Bugbee-Falk Book AwardIs the health sector a curse or a blessing?

This book looks ''behind the model'' to show how formal models of the economy work - and why they sometimes fail.

In this book a rigorous, systematic, mathematical analysis is presented for oligopoly with multi-product firms in static as well as dynamic frameworks in the light of recent developments in theories of games, oligopoly and industrial organization.

First published in 1904, this important economic work explores some of the leading principles underlining the development of international trade.

This book revisits John Kenneth Galbraith's classic text The Affluent Society in the context of the background to, and causes of, the global economic crisis that erupted in 2008.