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  • The Arc of Japan's Economic Development

    by Arthur Alexander ...
    This core textbook is the definitive overview of the Japanese economy. It charts its history from the period before the Meiji restoration and its astonishing growth throughout the twentieth century before conducting a thorough analysis of the contemporary scene and the implications of the ongoing financial crisis.Written by a leading authority in t ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

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  • Dead Aid

    Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa

    by Dambisa Moyo ...
    In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off as a result of it, but worse—much worse.In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa today and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • How the West Was Lost

    Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead

    by Dambisa Moyo ...
    The renowned economist and New York Times– bestselling author presents a "succinct and sophisticated" account of Western economic decline (Paul Collier, The Observer ).Amid the hype of China's economic rise, the most important story of our generation is being pushed aside: America is not just in decline, but on course to become the biggest welfare state in the history of the Wes... ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

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  • The Shifts and the Shocks

    What We've Learned--and Have Still to Learn--from the Financial Crisis

    by Martin Wolf ...
    From the chief economic commentator for the Financial Times—a brilliant tour d’horizon of the new global economyThere have been many books that have sought to explain the causes and courses of the financial and economic crisis that began in 2007. The Shifts and the Shocks is not another detailed history of the crisis but is the most persuasive and complete account yet published of what the crisis ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Production of Money

    How to Break the Power of Bankers

    by Ann Pettifor ...
    What is money, where does it come from, and who controls it?In this accessible, brilliantly argued book, leading political economist Ann Pettifor explains in straightforward terms history’s most misunderstood invention: the money system. Pettifor argues that democracies can, and indeed must, reclaim control over money production and restrain the out-of-control finance sector so that it serves the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods

    by Barry Eichengreen ...
    Series series Cairoli Lectures
    Why the current Bretton Woods-like international financial system, featuring large current account deficits in the center country, the United States, and massive reserve accumulation by the periphery, is not sustainable.In Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, Barry Eichengreen takes issue with the argument that today's international financial system is largely analogous to the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Singapore: a Case Study in Rapid Development

    by Kenneth Mr. Bercuson ...
    Series Book 119 - Occasional Papers
    Since attaining independence in 1965 Singapore has experienced exceptionally rapid growth, low inflation, and a healthy balance of payments. This paper reviews Singapore's economic development from a long-term perspective and examines some of the factors that have contributed to the sustained rapid growth ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • India's Long Road

    The Search for Prosperity

    by Vijay Joshi ...
    India's economic resurgence has been the subject of many extravagant predictions and hopes. In this powerful and wide-ranging book, distinguished economist Vijay Joshi lays out a penetrating analysis of the shaky foundations of the country's performance, and charts the course that it should follow to achieve widely-shared prosperity. Joshi argues that for India to realize its huge potential, the ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Should Britain Leave the EU?

    An Economic Analysis of a Troubled Relationship, Second Edition

    by Patrick Minford, Vo P.M. Le, Vidya Mahambare, Yongdeng Xu ...
    Placed in the context of the upcoming referendum, this second edition brings up to date a thorough review of all economic aspects of the UK's membership of the EU. It notes the intention of the EU to move to 'ever closer union' and the nature of the regulatory and general economic philosophy of its dominant members, whose position is enforced by qualified majority voting. The book highlights the ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • India

    The Emerging Giant

    by Arvind Panagariya ...
    India is not only the world's largest and fiercely independent democracy, but also an emerging economic giant. But to date there has been no comprehensive account of India's remarkable growth or the role policy has played in fueling this expansion. India: The Emerging Giant fills this gap, shedding light on one of the most successful experiments in economic development in modern history. Why did ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • International Economic Relations since 1945

    by Catherine R. Schenk ...
    Series series The Making of the Contemporary World
    This second edition has been updated to include an assessment of economic relations up to the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses on three main threads that tie national economies together: flows of goods, of people and of finance.Since the end of the Second World War, the international economy transformed from a tightly controlled trading system to the financial globalization of the late 20th century. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Financing Urban Shelter

    Global Report on Human Settlements 2005

    by Un-Habitat ...
    'Achieving the goals set by world leaders in the United Nations Millennium Declaration will be difficult without a significant improvement in the lives of slum dwellers, and the lives of slum dwellers cannot be improved without the sound and sustainable economic development that is conducive to the establishment of a strong shelter sector. As Financing Urban Shelter: Global Report on Human ... Read more

    $87.99 USD