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Quantitative Economic History
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 150.00The essays in this book use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering new ways to approach historical issues and suggesting entirely new types of evidence outside conventional archives. Rosenbloom has gathered together seven essays from leading quantitative economic historians,... more...
Richistan
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 13.95The rich have always been different from you and me, but this revealing and funny journey through ? Richistan ? entertainingly shows that they are more different than ever. Richistanis have 400-foot-yachts, 30,000-square-foot homes, house staffs of more than 100, and their own ?arborists.? They?re also different from Old Money, and have torn down blue-blood... more...
Catastrophe and Contention in Rural China
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 25.00Thaxton argues that the memory of the great famine under Mao shaped villagers' resistance to the socialist state. more...
OECD Economic Surveys
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 72.00The OECD's periodic review of Norway's economy. It finds that Norway has seen several years of strong growth and very low unemployment, but that it will not be untouched by the current slowdown. The survey examines three key economic challenges: policies for a soft landing, the labour market and immigration, and making the best... more...
OECD Economic Surveys
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 72.00This 2008 edition of OECD's periodic survey of Turkey's economy examines new challenges facing the Turkish economy including shifting to a pro-growth fiscal policy, monetary policy and inflation, and enhancing competitiveness by fostering the growth of the formal sector. This publication includes StatLinks, URLs linking tables and charts to... more...
OECD Economic Surveys
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 72.00OECD's first (2008) survey of Indonesia's economy reviews growth performance and key policy challenges including improving the business and investment climate and improving labour market outcomes. This publication includes StatLinks, URLs linking tables and graphs to Excel ® spreadsheets containing the underlying data. more...
Political Economy of Northeast Asian Regionalism
Edward Elgar Publishing 2008; US$ 40.00Functional integration in the economy has developed sufficiently in Northeast Asia. This study proposes a Northeast Asian version of the regional integration model. It suggests a crisis model and a political leadership model, with political leadership playing a critical role in utilizing crises to advance regional integration. more...
Welfare and Capitalism in Postwar Japan
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00Estevez-Abe explores the egalitarian capitalism of postwar Japan and the political mechanisms that sustained it. more...
Chain of Blame
Wiley 2008; US$ 14.95An updated and revised look at the truth behind America's housing and mortgage bubbles In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, fifty lenders a month were going bust-and the people responsible for the crisis included not just unregulated loan brokers and con artists, but also investment... more...
Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan
University of Chicago Press 2007; US$ 45.00As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic problems that confront the Japanese economy. This book looks past the short-run challenges to the future of Japan and highlights the intermediate and longer-term issues that country faces. In this, the first book-length academic treatment... more...









