Political economy

The Gulf Arab states became rich by accident.

Once deemed a dysfunctional democracy with a feckless set of political institutions and a drunk economy, today s Brazil has undergone a complete reversal of fortune.

With the razor pen and keen intellect that have won him numerous loyal readers for his previous books, Egyptian economist Galal Amin here takes on the terms of the debate between the Arab world and the west.

Despite popular belief, the problem of illegal child labor has not been remedied.

Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled dark continent.

The problem of rent is at the root of vital social concerns in the twenty-first century, ranging from the climate emergency and spiralling economic inequality to the repercussions of global economic crises.

The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again about what constitutes our happiness.

The Global Financial Crisis overturned decades of received wisdom on how financial markets work, and how best to keep them in check.

Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation is generally acclaimed as being among the most influential works of economic history in the twentieth century, and remains as vital in the current historical conjuncture as it was in his own.

This new and updated edition of Michael Hudson's classic political economy text explores how and why the US came to achieve world economic hegemony.

We are told that this is a new world, with which old theories cannot cope.

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics.

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.

What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb?

Analyses the European Union''s constitutional transformation during the euro crisis, especially the interaction between politics and the ECJ in its materialization.