Macroeconomics Books

The author investigates the economy of the Internet sphere through the prism of complex numbers. These quantities introduce something fresh and pure in economic calculations and the logic of a new economy.With complex numbers the economic theory of the...

First published in 1982, Introduction to Political Economy is a clear and concise introduction to the normative aspects of economics by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject. In this highly readable book, Professor Mishan takes the...

First published in 1986, Insurance for Unemployment proposes a radical approach to the reform of unemployment and social insurance. The book develops the ethical, economic and actuarial case for the proposed reforms, whereby the individual pays the...

First published in 1961, Kenneth K. Kurihara's National Income and Economic Growth makes a pioneering effort to integrate national income accounting, income-employment theory and growth analysis as a unified whole. In his belief that growth economics is...

First published in 1980, Pornography, Psychedelics and Technology: Essays on the Limits to Freedom focuses on the crucial connections between technological growth and the more salient features of social malaise in the latter part of the twentieth century...

First published in 1987, Evolutionary Macroeconomics offers an evolutionary approach to macroeconomics as an alternative to contemporary new classical and Keynesian macroeconomics. In order to develop such an approach, an alternative view of the...

With global concerns over rising oil prices, this book examines the major issues facing the economies of the Arab Gulf today, covering all six of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC) states: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United...

Trade liberalization has swept over developing countries over the past few decades and its results have been argued about for the last few years. This important new book presents useful insights into the experience of APEC countries that have gone...

List of Tables and Diagrams List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Trade, Finance and Development in a Global Context The Macroeconomics of Africa: Import Compression and External Finance Determinants of...

John Mills provides a critical survey of the way economics has developed. He argues that the main goal of economics ought to be to show how to achieve a combination of economic growth, full employment, low inflation, avoidance of extreme poverty, and...

The European Union as Neo-Liberal Construction; B.H.Moss PART I: HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY The Neo-Liberal Constitution: EC Law and History; B.H.Moss Raisons d'être: The Failure of Constructive Integration; B.H.Moss The Theories of Integration:...

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION PART TWO: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Japan's Economic Growth: Past and Present Comments Participatory Employment Practices in Japan Comments Kudoka and the Japanese Worker Comments PART THREE: TRANSFER OF JAPANESE...

In the late 20th century, structural adjustment policies became the West's received wisdom as a solution to the economic problems of the South. Based on detailed empirical research, the contributors to this volume take a more heterodox and even critical...

The Growth and Impact of Inward Investment in the UK: Introduction and Overview The Determinants of Host Country Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature Inward Investment and Technical Progress in the United...

Preface PART I: THEORY AND METHODS Background Elements of Industrial Organization Economic Externalities New Neoclassical Economics New Institutional Economics PART II: APPLICATIONS Law and Economics Behavioural Economics Organizations Theory...

List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations and Acronyms List of Contributors Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies since Independence: An Introduction and Overview; C.Mumbengegwi & R.Magubu PART II:...

Introduction WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE EUROSYSTEM? Introduction The Decision-Making Process What the Treaty States (and What it doesn't State) The Balance of Power The Risks of a Weak ECB Implementation The Interpretation of the Treaty The Underlying...

This book provides insight into rural poverty in Latin America. It draws on six case studies of recent rural household surveys for Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay, and Peru and several thematic studies examining land, labor, rural...

This book analyzes one of the most important and difficult macroeconomic questions at the beginning of the 21st century: how to overcome the growing threat to economic progress and political stability posed by negative aspects of globalization. Economic...

Banking, Capital Markets and Corporate Governance explores the fragility of the banking system, corporate governance, and the increasing securitization of corporate finance. The contributors address the following issues: The impact of banking during a...

Notes on the Contributors Introduction Analysis of the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Methodological Issues; B.T.McCallum Comment; L.J.Christiano & H.Uhlig Price Stability as a Target for Monetary Policy: Defining and Maintaining Price Stability; L.E.O...

Acknowledgements List of Contributors PART I: PRELIMINARIES Introduction; H.Bloch & P.Kenyon The Meaning and Measurement of International Competitiveness; H.Bloch & P.Kenyon Developing ICOM: An Index of International Competitiveness; J.H.Gapinski PART...

PART I: INTERNATIONAL PATTERNS AND ADVANCED COUNTRIES Wages Around the World: Pay Across Occupations and Countries; R.B.Freeman & R.H.Oostendorp Australian Responses to Increases in Unemployment and Wage Inequality: Comparisons with the UK, NZ and USA; R...

The Mangled Miracle and the Alchemy of Finance The Beginning of the Crisis: Thailand The Crisis Spreads: Indonesia The End of the South Korean Miracle Finance in a Complex Capitalist Economy: Failures of Global Markets and Developmental States Corporate...