Comparative Economics category: 246 books
by Niall Kishtainy
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field
What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous...
by Michael Watts, Zvi Eckstein, Esther Gal-Or
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Experienced economics editors discuss navigating the world of scholarly journals, with details on submission, reviews, acceptance, rejection, and editorial policy.
Editors of academic journals are often the top scholars in their fields. They are charged with managing the flow of hundreds of...
The Community of Advantage
A Behavioural Economist's Defence of the Market
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
The Community of Advantage asks how economists should do normative analysis. Normative analysis in economics has usually aimed at satisfying individuals' preferences. Its conclusions have supported a long- standing liberal tradition of economics that values economic freedom and views markets favourably....
World Development and Economic Systems
Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Mainstream economics generally assumes a universalistic market-oriented economic behavior that drives countries to adopt one economic system, with marginal variations. This book extends the scope of theory and applications by asserting that other distinct behaviors evolve and dominate in other economic...
by David E. O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
This compact yet comprehensive guide provides a wealth of information that is timely, easy to understand, and relevant to the academic and civic lives of students, teachers, researchers, and the general public.
• Covers many of the economic concepts and principles outlined by the Council...
Islam and «Scientific» Economics
In the Pursuit of a New Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
In an Islamic society, it is ethics that dominates and determines all behavior, including economic behavior. The Holy Koran emerges as the main source of all economic behavior and practices which are subject to the commands of Allah as stated in the Koran. Since Islam is a universal religion, the...
Transition Economics - The Science of Sustainability
Sustainable Societies Series, #3
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2019
Where contemporary economics teaches theories about what an economy might do, Transition Economics (TE) teaches what an economy actually does. TE is the transparent and understandable science approach to building sustainable economies and an American Dream. Americans had the dream and 1960 and 5%...
by Homework Help Classof1
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
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Economics as Religion
From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2001
In this study, Robert H. Nelson explores the genesis, the prophets, the prophesies, and the tenets of what he sees as a religion of economics that has come into full blossom in latter-day America. Nelson does not see "theology" as a bad word, and his examination of the theology underlying...
Reactions to the Market
Small Farmers in the Economic Reshaping of Nicaragua, Cuba, Russia, and China
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
It is manifest in developing countries around the world that the “shock” therapy administered to their economies by the neoliberal model of structural adjustment has failed, leaving much social and economic destruction in its wake. In Latin America this failure has led to a resurgence of interest...
New Order and Progress
Development and Democracy in Brazil
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Ben Ross Schneider's volume, New Order and Progress takes a thorough look at the political economy of Brazil. The distinctive perspective of the 11 chapters is historical, comparative, and theoretical. Collectively, the chapters offer sobering insight into why Brazil has not been the rising economic...
The Politics of Freeing Markets in Latin America
Chile, Argentina, and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
In the 1980s and 1990s, nations throughout Latin America experienced the dual transformations of market liberalizing reforms and democratization. Since then, perhaps no issue has been more controversial among those who study the region than the exact nature of the relationship between these two processes....
by Barbara Montero, Mark D. White
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Economics is often defined as the science of choice or human action. But choice and action are essentially mental phenomena, an aspect rarely mentioned in the economics discourse. Choice, while not always a conscious or rational process, is held to involve beliefs, desires, intentions and arguably...
Doing Better with Less? The Future of the Government Workforce
Politics of Public HRM Reforms in 32 Countries
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
This publication contributes to a discussion about the future of public employment and HR policies in the context of a changing statehood and new financial pressures. It presents comparative quantitative and qualitative data in the field of public employment and human resources management. These data...