Economic theory in modern times imagines a giant clockwork of events, with economists attempting to find the perfect mathematical model of a mechanical movement. This book offers a fresh synthesis of economic history and theory. It may also interest the general reader looking for an impartial description of the state of the global economy.
Economic integration between Hong Kong and Mainland China is a topic of great interest among both policy circles and the academia. This collection of relevant research papers of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in the past two years, studies the economic integration process between Hong Kong and the Mainland from different perspectives.
The latest offering in the innovative and award-winning Eat Smart series of culinary guidebooks, Eat Smart in Norway offers an upbeat and fascinating look at the culinary history, culture, regional dishes, and recipes of Norway for vacation goers, business travellers, and backpackers alike. Joan Peterson ...
The question of what makes fiscal decentralization work is faced by many policymakers around the world. This book draws on both the relevant literature and policy and technical advice provided by the IMF to a wide range of member countries, and discusses the key factors that help make decentralization ...
Where bank deposits are the only profitable savings instrument available in the rural centers of India that have few or no bank outlets, there is ample scope for faster mobilization of deposits. The data presented is enriched by a comparative analysis of the growth of bank deposits in ten economically ...
Victoria J. Perry, Benedict J. Clements, Juan Toro R.
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Identifies policy tools that could be used for fiscal consolidation in advanced and emerging economies in the years ahead. The consolidation strategy, particularly in advanced countries, should aim to stabilize age-related spending in relation to GDP, reduce non-age-related expenditure ratios, and increase revenues.
This work places the economy and study of economics in a broad social and historical perspective. It explores the history of the discipline, the history of the modern economy, different perspectives on the market economy, and the relations between economic matters and questions of human nature.
The Transatlantic Economy surveys have become a standard reference for business, policymakers, and the media interested in the changing role of the US and Europe in the global economy. This edition will further advance that trend.
Doreen Atkinson, David Bruce, Anthony Butler, Scarlett Cornelisson, John Daniel, Graham Gibbon, Jeremy Gordin, Colin Hoag, Samuel Kariuki, Zosa de Sas Kropiwnicki
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Reviving the tradition of critical, analytical scholarship developed by the 1970s and 1980s editions of the South African review, this first volume of the New South African review offers a collection of original surveys of key issues and problems confronting post-apartheid South Africa.
The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit market that have deep roots in the system's structure, conduct, and regulation.
The story of the recent global economic crisis is told in the words of the main players in the drama. Including quotes from bankers, rating agencies, housing agencies, regulators, politicians and media figures. Erik Banks' latest book shows why we are doomed to experience further financial crises in the future.
Presents the life-worlds and personal experiences of workers and employees in three enterprises in East Berlin at the moment of political and economic upheaval. This book sets out in 1989 at the moment of the fall of the Berlin Wall, witnessing the confrontations with the market economy and examining the reinterpretations of the socialist past.
Do marijuana users cut back on consumption when the price rises? To what degree is marijuana consumption related to drinking and tobacco usage? This book applies the economic approach to drugs to analyse consumption, pricing and the economics of legalising the use of marijuana.
The historical response to bank crises has always been more regulation. A pattern emerges that some may find surprising: regulation often contributes to bank instability. It suppresses competition and effective response to market changes and encourages bankers to take on additional risk. This book offers a valuable history lesson for policy makers.
Contributed articles predominantly on economic aid, implication of duty and quota free access to developing countries, and addressing global cotton subsidies.
This volume looks beyond the distribution of income by examining the assets, debts, and net worth of individuals and households to create a global picture of wealth, its distribution and concentration. Unlike previous studies, this study includes material on a number of transition and developing countries as well as high income OECD countries.
The global financial crisis of 2008-09 did not just change the global economic order. It also changed the way we think about that order. Principles and practices that were once accepted wisdom are now in doubt or discredited. New, fundamental questions opened. And the search for answers has barely begun. ...
It is difficult to imagine financial markets without a state regulator. But it was not so long ago that financial markets in Britain developed their own regulation, without government intervention. This monograph examines the economic case for a statutory regulator of investment transactions and finds it wanting.
