This book is a study of economic policymaking in Mexico focusing upon the sexenio (the six-year term) of Lopez Portillo-the era of the petroleum boom, the 1982 economic crisis, and the eventual bank nationalization.
Interviews with ten former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers--from the Truman to the Carter administrations--are gathered in this book to examine the relationship between economic advisers and the president and the institutional relationships among the CEA, executive departments, and federal financial agencies.
This timely and wide-ranging study covers both the economic and the political aspects of defense spending-first by providing a theoretical framework and then by explaining, in a political economy context, the results of decisions to allocate scarce resources to defense.
This book has greatly benefited from the intellectual advice of Jim Weaver, Don Bowles, and Richard Weisskoff, who supervised my doctoral dissertation at The American University.
In the face of the continuing economic gap between the industrialized and the developing countries, the Third World began to demand a reorganization of the international economic system-its mechanisms, organizations, purposes-that would make the system responsive to the needs of all of its members.
This volume brings together the proceedings of a conference held at the Institut Europeen d' Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) at Fontainebleau on July 5, 6, and 7, 1982.
This edited volume examines the relationship between economic ideas, economic policies and development institutions, analysing the cases of 11 peripheral countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic for Western European states.
This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic for Western European states.
Banking historiography often does not sufficiently take into account bankers deliberations of their decision making, but rather limits investigation to considerations of profit maximisation.
Banking historiography often does not sufficiently take into account bankers' deliberations of their decision making, but rather limits investigation to considerations of profit maximisation.
This edited volume examines the relationship between economic ideas, economic policies and development institutions, analysing the cases of 11 peripheral countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The book provides deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on information and communication technologies (ICT) as an important factor affecting financial markets.
The book provides deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on information and communication technologies (ICT) as an important factor affecting financial markets.
Inflation plays a central role in macroeconomic and financial policy regulation, and its dynamic formation has gradually become a popular research topic in this field.
Inflation plays a central role in macroeconomic and financial policy regulation, and its dynamic formation has gradually become a popular research topic in this field.
The sharp increase in both the price of crude oil and resulting revenues to Saudi Arabia has seen the rapid growth of the kingdom's international trade and a large accumulation of financial assets.
The MERI Reports on the Middle East quickly established themselves as the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the state of affairs in the region.
Monetary policy is still one of the most contested areas of modern economics, and since the original publication of Policy Makers on Policy much has changed.
The sharp increase in both the price of crude oil and resulting revenues to Saudi Arabia has seen the rapid growth of the kingdom's international trade and a large accumulation of financial assets.
The MERI Reports on the Middle East quickly established themselves as the most authoritative and up-to-date information on the state of affairs in the region.
Monetary policy is still one of the most contested areas of modern economics, and since the original publication of Policy Makers on Policy much has changed.
This book provides a much-needed detailed analysis of the evolution of Europe over the last decade, as well as a discussion about the path of reform that has been trodden in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
This book provides a much-needed detailed analysis of the evolution of Europe over the last decade, as well as a discussion about the path of reform that has been trodden in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Since the 1990s, several emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have, to varying degrees, embraced the process of financial globalisation, broadly defined as a set of policies that involve allowing for greater openness to cross-border capital flows as well as greater market access to foreign financial institutions.
Since the 1990s, several emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have, to varying degrees, embraced the process of financial globalisation, broadly defined as a set of policies that involve allowing for greater openness to cross-border capital flows as well as greater market access to foreign financial institutions.
Social forces are important determinants of how people behave, how economies work at the macroeconomic level, and the effectiveness of economic policies.
Social forces are important determinants of how people behave, how economies work at the macroeconomic level, and the effectiveness of economic policies.
This Expo book brings together leading academic and policymaker experts to reflect on the significant challenges faced by lagging regions in participating in the European Unions Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) programme.