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  • 50 Children

    One Ordinary American Couple's Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany

    by Steven Pressman ...
    "A classic tale of American initiative . . . A rich and rewarding read. . . . paints a moving picture of the rescue" of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria ( Wall Street Journal).In early 1939, America's rigid immigration laws made it virtually impossible for European Jews to seek safe haven in the United States. As deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped much of the country, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Debates in Monetary Macroeconomics

    Tackling Some Unsettled Questions

    Edited by Steven Pressman, John Smithin ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This edited volume presents the key unresolved debates in monetary macroeconomics, covering the five topics of budget, trade, taxes, exchange rates and monetary policy. For each topic, there are two authors — one arguing for a certain policy and one against. The book takes an approach eschewing mathematics or econometrics, instead presenting arguments in the spirit of political economy - while ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Interactions in Political Economy

    Malvern After Ten Years

    Edited by Steven Pressman ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    In recent years there has been a growing dissatisfaction with standard economic theorising which has fostered the development of alternative ways of understanding how economies actually work. Too often though these approaches have been developed in isolation, or even in opposition to each other. However, Interactions in Political Economy, demonstra ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Women in the Age of Economic Transformation

    Gender Impact of Reforms in Post-Socialist and Developing Countries

    Edited by Nahid Aslanbeigui, Steven Pressman, Gale Summerfield ...
    Changes are sweeping the world economy and are most apparent in post-socialist Europe and in the developing world. This volume examines the impact these changes are having on women. The authors discuss the evidence of gender bias and reach some telling if unsurprising conclusions. Regardless of the country involved, the findings point to consistent female disadvantage in the transformation process ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • How Social Forces Impact the Economy

    Edited by Steven Pressman ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Economics
    Social forces are important determinants of how people behave, how economies work at the macroeconomic level, and the effectiveness of economic policies. However, this dimension is generally overlooked in mainstream economics. How Social Forces Impact the Economy demonstrates that a broader conception of social economics provides for a better understanding of how economies work as a whole. This ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Empirical Post Keynesian Economics

    Looking at the Real World

    by Richard P F Holt, Steven Pressman ...
    This text highlights the major empirical questions and issues facing Post Keynesian economics today. Featuring contributions by leading Post Keynesian economists, it focuses on public policy and real-life analysis of this vibrant and dynamic economic theory. In language that is accessible to upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, professional economists, and public policy makers, each of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Understanding Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century

    by Steven Pressman ...
    Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century reached the top of most best-seller lists last year shortly after it was released. Nonetheless, few people actually read the book. Yet reviewers have agreed that the book is important because it touches on one of the major problems facing the US economy, the UK economy and many developed nations: rising income and wealth inequality. It also ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Legacy of John Kenneth Galbraith

    Edited by STEVEN PRESSMAN ...
    When John Kenneth Galbraith passed away on April 29, 2006, the economics profession lost one of its true giants. And this is not just because Galbraith was an imposing figure at 6 feet, 9 inches tall. Throughout his life, Galbraith advised Presidents, made important professional contributions to the discipline of economics, and also tried to explain economic ideas to the general public. This ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • A New Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics

    by Richard P. F. Holt, Steven Pressman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Political Economy
    Eichner's classic A Guide to Post-Keynesian Economics (1978) is still seen as the definitive staging post for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the Post-Keynesian School. This book brings the story up-to-date.Of all the subgroups within heterodox economics, Post-Keynesianism has provided the most convincing alternative to mainstream theo ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Fifty Major Economists

    by Steven Pressman ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    An introduction to the life, work and ideas of the people who have shaped the economic landscape from the sixteenth century to the present day. Now in a third edition, it considers how major economists might have viewed challenges such as the continuing economic slump, high unemployment and the sovereign debt problems which face the world today, it includes entries on:• Paul Krugman• Hyman Minsky• ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Leading Contemporary Economists

    Economics at the cutting edge

    Edited by Steven Pressman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    This book describes the important contributions of several contemporary economic figures including recent Nobel Laureates. Describing their work and putting it into an historical perspective, these chapters explain how their work constitutes a major contribution to the discipline of economics and how it has broadened economic science. Co-Editor of ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Post-Keynesian Macroeconomics

    Essays in Honour of Ingrid Rima

    Edited by Mathew Forstater, Gary Mongiovi, Steven Pressman ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    Edited by three very well known academics in the field and contributed to by John Smithin, Laurence Moss and G. C. Harcourt, this volume reflects the breath of the honouree‘s interests and as such it covers a wide range of topics including political economy, labour economics, history of economic thought and macroeconomics.Ingrid Rima, one of the fi ... Read more

    $65.99 USD