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Hardback. This volume contains essays from outsourcing experts that explore the current state China. The essays cover everything from China's rapidly increasing demand for imported energy to global warming to the question of whether China is or is not rapidly becoming a world class power in military, economic, and 'soft power' terms. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615885
ISBN
9780230615885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JPA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312174453
ISBN
9780312174453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; KCZ; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312221621
ISBN
9780312221621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.52

paperback. This text shows how Keynes's "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" is best understood not as an attempt to tackle the immediate policy issues of this age, but to extend the range of thought available to economists. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333773574
ISBN
9780333773574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Anti-economics is described as the opposition to the main stream of economic thought that has existed from the 18th century to the present day. This book tells the story of anti-economics in relation to Smith, Ricardo, Mill, Walras, Keynes and Hicks as well as current economic thinkers. Num Pages: 323 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
323
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333790014
ISBN
9780333790014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Hardback. This is the story of Yukichi Fukuzawa, one of the most effective business entrepreneurs in early modern Japan. He was the inspiration of the Yokohama Specie Bank, the basis of Japsn's sound banking system, and helped to lead the old established House of Mitsui into the modern age. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; BGH; KCB; KCZ; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801215
ISBN
9780333801215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardback. This text explores the impact on Latin America of the transformation of the international economy that took place in the half century or so that preceded the world depression of the 1930s. It shows the interplay of economics with political and social structures had varied effects on policy making. Editor(s): Ocampo, Jose Antonio. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JH; 3JJ; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333913048
ISBN
9780333913048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.20

Hardback. J Fagg Foster (1907-1985) was one of the most significant creators of institutionalist economic theory in the twentieth century. Because little of Foster's scholarly work was formally published, professional knowledge of his extraordinary contribution is quite limited. This work attempts to correct this deficiency. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792378303
ISBN
9780792378303
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.72

Hardback. This book summarizes the life and work of economist Kenneth E. Boulding. Boulding was a prolific writer, teacher and Quaker. Starting his career as an orthodox Keynesian economist, he eventually adopted a transdisciplinary approach to economic topics including peace, conflict and defense, environmental problems, human betterment and evolution. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137034373
ISBN
9781137034373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.99

Hardback. In the decades after World War II, inflation undermined the aspiration for full employment in Australia. This book tells the story of how the Australian state was shaped by the confrontation with monetary instability: a pre-history of neoliberalism. Num Pages: 337 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 3JJP; KCB; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
337
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137265968
ISBN
9781137265968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.36

Hardcover. Comparing the experience of East Asia and Latin America since the mid-1970s, Elson identifies the key internal factors common to each region which have allowed East Asia to take advantage of the trade, financial, and technological impact of a more globalized economy to support its development, while Latin America has not. Num Pages: 287 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274748
ISBN
9781137274748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book searches for the origins of modern thinking in one of the best-known stories of our cultural heritage. By applying institutional and constitutional economics to biblical interpretation, it uses new approach to reconstruct the Paradise story. The author challenges the old conceptual dualism between economics and theology/philosophy. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137287694
ISBN
9781137287694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.88

Hardback. Seventeen essays on seven Swedish economists celebrate Swedish Economic Thought from Knut Wicksell to the present. Num Pages: 335 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNS; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
335
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293084
ISBN
9781137293084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Hardcover. In this concise historical and conceptual analysis of China's evolving position in a world defined predominantly by global capitalist development, Lin offers a critical review of relevant debates and discusses the imperative and feasibility of a socialist Chinese model, reconstructed, as an alternative to standardized modernity at an impasse. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JH; JPB; JPFC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137301253
ISBN
9781137301253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardcover. This books explains, on the basis of archival evidence and a simple economic model, why and how the gold standard collapsed in the interwar period. It also reveals how bilateralism and dirigisme in international financial relations emerged from the collapse of the universal gold standard, and how this poisoned international relations. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJG; KCBM; KCZ; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137326997
ISBN
9781137326997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. Based on extensive archival research, Beyond Market and Hierarchy reconstructs how Fan waged modern China's war of salts. Led by his Jiuda Salt Industries, the nascent refined salt industry battled revenue farmers who, as a group, monopolized the production and distribution of evaporated salt. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; KCD; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137335265
ISBN
9781137335265
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardcover. The medieval Republic of Ragusa (now Dubrovnik) was a prosperous small open economy, rivalling bigger competitors. This study collects together evidence on how Ragusa compared to other economies of the region, and addresses the difficult question of why it outperformed its Dalmatian rivals (Kotor, Split and Zadar). Series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCG; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137339775
ISBN
9781137339775
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.00

Hardcover. Mohamed Rabie re-examines the relevance of major ideas and systems of the recent past, including ideology and its relation to society, in Global Economic and Societal Transformation. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCP; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137367778
ISBN
9781137367778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.53

Paperback. This new book will provide an extensive analysis of the role of the Federal Reserve in contributing to the crisis through its low interest-rate policy during 2002-2006, and in dealing with the crisis under Bernanke with his aggressive and innovative policies implemented in the wake of the Lehman collapse in September 2008. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Second Edition, Revised
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137370778
ISBN
9781137370778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.42

Hardback. The Financial Crisis and Federal Reserve Policy is fully revised and updated with the most accurate and thorough coverage available of the causes and consequences of the 2008 Financial Crisis and the role the Federal Reserve played in the recovery efforts. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 569.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137370785
ISBN
9781137370785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

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