Banking in Scotland has a long and distinguished history - to this day Scotland is served by its own banks which form a distinct regional group within the wider British banking system.
Banking in Scotland has a long and distinguished history - to this day Scotland is served by its own banks which form a distinct regional group within the wider British banking system.
First published in 1986, Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics is a polemical study in which the author focuses on the popular myths and misconceptions that colour our understanding of economic issues.
First published in 1986, Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics is a polemical study in which the author focuses on the popular myths and misconceptions that colour our understanding of economic issues.
First published in 1986, this text brings together a selection of papers written by the great Alec Nove on development economics, Marxist economies, the Soviet economy, and law and politics in the Soviet Union.
First published in 1986, this text brings together a selection of papers written by the great Alec Nove on development economics, Marxist economies, the Soviet economy, and law and politics in the Soviet Union.
Providing an extensive examination of monetary theory and its implications for public policy, Monetary Theory and Public Policy is as relevant for an understanding of current economic problems as when it was first published.
Attempts to establish an international economic and financial order where a key feature of the settlement which followed the Second World War, as policy makers sought to establish a framework which would prevent an economic crisis on the scale of the great depression.
Containing Fritz Machlup's papers on international finance spanning thirty years, this volume includes pieces translated into English for the first time.
Well constructed and thoroughly competent"e;> - The Economist "e;It is refreshingly differentThe new-comer to economics who studies this book should find it an interesting and invigorating task"e; - Economic Journal> This book introduces readers to some of the salient features and problems of the world economy and gives some indication of the main ways in which economists set about the task of analyzing them.
Well constructed and thoroughly competent"e;> - The Economist "e;It is refreshingly differentThe new-comer to economics who studies this book should find it an interesting and invigorating task"e; - Economic Journal> This book introduces readers to some of the salient features and problems of the world economy and gives some indication of the main ways in which economists set about the task of analyzing them.
Included in this volume are papers which are recognized as some of the foundations of post-Keynesian Economics, analysing problems set in historical time and starting from 'real world' observations.
Included in this volume are papers which are recognized as some of the foundations of post-Keynesian Economics, analysing problems set in historical time and starting from 'real world' observations.
Providing an extensive examination of monetary theory and its implications for public policy, Monetary Theory and Public Policy is as relevant for an understanding of current economic problems as when it was first published.
Containing Fritz Machlup's papers on international finance spanning thirty years, this volume includes pieces translated into English for the first time.
In paying tribute to one of the twentieth century's most eminent economists, the essays in this volume also cover major areas of economic importance such as:Theories of population; relations between banking and the State; productivity and the theory of wages; capital and income; the development of money.
In paying tribute to one of the twentieth century's most eminent economists, the essays in this volume also cover major areas of economic importance such as:Theories of population; relations between banking and the State; productivity and the theory of wages; capital and income; the development of money.
Economic Phenomena before and after War is the result of the author's search for a scientific explanation of modern wars, by means of economic statistical data, in the statistics of consumption, production and natural growth of population.
Economic Phenomena before and after War is the result of the author's search for a scientific explanation of modern wars, by means of economic statistical data, in the statistics of consumption, production and natural growth of population.
Written during the Second World War against the background of the economic and political futility of the 1930s, this book deals with the changing role of government, and particularly fiscal policy as an instrument for regulating the national income and its distribution.
Written during the Second World War against the background of the economic and political futility of the 1930s, this book deals with the changing role of government, and particularly fiscal policy as an instrument for regulating the national income and its distribution.
First published in 1922, Hobson's study of the depression and resulting unemployment in the aftermath of the First World War is a far-sighted analysis which looks beyond the consequences of the war itself, at the root economic causes of the crisis.
First published in 1922, Hobson's study of the depression and resulting unemployment in the aftermath of the First World War is a far-sighted analysis which looks beyond the consequences of the war itself, at the root economic causes of the crisis.
The reasons, methods, and outcomes of system change in general, and in Russia and Eastern Europe in particular are analyzed, using the analytical apparatus developed in the monograph.
The reasons, methods, and outcomes of system change in general, and in Russia and Eastern Europe in particular are analyzed, using the analytical apparatus developed in the monograph.
Examines the nature and the mode of operation of the centrally planned economy, assessing its strengths and the weaknesses that eventually led to its demise.
Examines the nature and the mode of operation of the centrally planned economy, assessing its strengths and the weaknesses that eventually led to its demise.
