Political economy

Get the Summary of David Leonhardt's Ours Was the Shining Future in 20 minutes.

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

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

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.

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?

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.

The book in a manner is a sequel to his book Across Borders.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The Gulf Arab states became rich by accident.

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.

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

The 1976 IMF crisis was a seminal event in modern British political and economic history.

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

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

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

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.

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 2017 edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean has three parts.

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

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.

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.

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

Since 2004, economic reforms in Egypt have led to robust expansion, a healthy external position, and enhanced investor confidence.

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

Lobbying has long been part of the political landscape.

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

Commercial banks UBS and HSBC embroiled in scandals that in some cases exposed lawmakers themselves as tax evaders.

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.

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.

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.

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

Globalisation is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas and other aspects of culture.

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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