Political economy

An Amazon Best History Book of 2019"e;A splendid and beautifully written illustration of the tremendous importance public policy has for the daily lives of ordinary people.

The Enoughness financial-economic system is neither capitalism nor socialism.

Before the Civil War, the American people did not have to worry about a federal tax collector coming to their door.

Twenty-five years after the end of the Cold War, a new Cold War is being waged in our societies.

Hayek has been one of the key liberal thinkers of the twentieth century.

The Politics of Global Supply Chains analyses the changing politics of power and distribution within contemporary global supply chains.

This inspiring collection of accounts from educators and students is "e;an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system"e; (Ibram X.

Today, the European Union is facing a crisis as serious as anything it has experienced since its origins more than half a century ago.

Most governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region use trade policy to protect certain industries, provide tax incentives to promote a particular type of investment, and make subsidized credit available to firms of a certain size.

A visionary case for a new monetary system that is interest-free, just and stableAs a medium of exchange, money is one of the most ingenious inventions of mankind, as it facilitates the trade of goods and services and allows for specialization and the division of labor.

The economic events in this book, randomly taken from the activities of the markets in the past few years, represent just a tiny tip of the iceberg of wild speculation.

Amartya Sen is one of the world s best-known voices for the poor, the destitute and the downtrodden and an inspiration for policy makers and activists across the globe.

This brilliantly concise book is a classic introduction to Marx's key work, Capital.

Your country needs your help, not physically or monetarily but intellectually.

Should human organs be bought and sold?

Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation.

Lobbying has long been part of the political landscape.

"e;A compelling explanation of the deep-seated mechanisms at work in the international credit system"e; from the coauthor of Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank (Counterfire).

This work provides an introduction to the work of Michel Foucault.

John Maynard Keynes is the 20th century s greatest economist.

With the growing challenges of economic globalization and national welfare state retrenchment, the development and future of EU social policy has become increasingly important.

In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the social relation of money.

Throughout the Western world, governments and financial elites responded to the financial crisis of 2008 by trying to restore the conditions of business as usual, but the economic, social and human damage inflicted by the crisis has given rise to a reconsideration of the inevitability of unfettered capitalism as a fact of life.

This new study deals with the unfolding of the great political and economic transformations of the modern Egyptian state from the appointment of Muhammad Ali as governor of Egypt in 1805 to the era of President Mubarak, with a special focus on the period 1990 2005, which witnessed a rigorous implementation of structural adjustment policies, the acceleration of economic privatization and liberalization, the emergence of a group of neoliberals within the ruling National Democratic Party, and the consolidation of business interests and representation in parliament and government.

In the 21st century, intangible resources such as knowledge and social capital have become as necessary to the modern economy as coal, diamonds, and oil were to the past.

The contemporary debate on economic policy is dominated by the issue of 'which model of capitalism works best'.

Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008.

This book describes the genesis of America's political and financial domination.

The logics and ethics of neoliberal capitalism dominate public discourses and politics in the early twenty-first century.

This volume is a follow-up to a 1998 publication by the Economic Research Forum (ERF).

In Imperialism and Global Political Economy Alex Callinicos intervenes in one of the main political and intellectual debates of the day.

"e;Rai subjects the projects of both national development and globalization to searching scrutiny through a gender lens.

The ascendance of austerity policies and the protests they have generated have had a deep impact on the shape of contemporary politics.

Traditional economics is built on the assumption of self-interested individuals seeking to maximize personal gain, but that is far from the whole story.

Populist upheavals like Trump, Brexit, and the Gilets Jaunes happen when the system really is rigged.

At a recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, it was reported that a ghost was haunting the deliberations of the assembled global elite - that of the renowned social scientist and economic historian, Karl Polanyi.

As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do for capitalism but what capitalism can do for us, as citizens of a democratic society.

Essential, visionary essays about our post-carbon future Climate change, along with the depletion of oil, coal, and gas dictate that we will inevitably move away from our profound societal reliance on fossil fuels; but just how big a transformation will this be?

The book investigates the ways in which state-centred approaches to international relations have limited our understanding of global, political, economic and cultural processes.

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