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Governments, Markets and Globalisationby Quentin Beresford
Allen & Unwin 2000; US$ 31.81A comprehensive introductory analysis to the ideas, institutions and processes behind Australia's social and economic transformation which examine how the rise of free market ideology and globalization has changed the role of government in modern society. Drawing on a range of contemporary case studies and research in social, economic and environmental policy areas, Quentin Beresford identifies and explains the key institutions and processes involved in policy-making in an accessible way. With opportunities for active learning, the text aims to shed new light on the complex business of government decision-making in tomorrow's society more...
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Lawsby Thomas Robert Malthus
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95Malthus is most famous as the inventor of a simple equation between population and food supply. In this treatise Malthus states the arguments for and against the protection of agriculture, holding the balance between the two opinions, but hinting that the political dependence caused by free trade was a serious evil, and that agriculture was more important than manufacture. more...
An Investigation of the Cause of the Present High Price of Provisionsby Thomas Robert Malthus
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 2.95'To proceed to the point: I am most strongly inclined to suspect, that the attempt in most parts of the kingdom to increase the parish allowances in proportion to the price of corn, combined with the riches of the country, which have enabled it to proceed as far as it has done in this attempt, is, comparatively speaking, the sole cause, which has occasioned the price of provisions in this country to rise so much higher than the degree of scarcity would seem to warrant, so much higher than it would do in any other country where this cause did not operate.' more...
European Union and East Asiaby Christopher Dent
Routledge 1999; US$ 84.95The European Union and East Asia analyses the economic relationship that has evolved between the European Union and East Asia, and the future prospects especially in the wake of the recent financial crisis that has shaken the latter region. more...
Mediterranean Tradition in Economic Thoughtby Louis Baeck
Routledge 1994; US$ 250.00This book considers the rich legacy of thinking on economic affairs in the Mediterranean basin, tracing it back over four thousand years before the rise of the Atlantic economies. more...
Great Reform Act of 1832by Eric J. Evans
Routledge 1994; US$ 24.95The 1832 Reform Act was a watershed in the history of modern Britain, affecting the constitution of parliament and the course of all subsequent legislation. Eric Evans updates and extends his classic account of the crucial and economic issues more...
Geography of Production and Economic Integrationby Miroslav N. Jovanovic
Routledge 2001; US$ 250.00Globalization has been hailed as removing the need for company location as an issue. However, there remains a strong tendency for some industries to form geographical clusters. This book examines the reasons for this trend. more...
Economic Thought in Communist and Post-Communist Europeby Hans-Jurgen Wagener
Routledge 1998; US$ 180.00Written by leading east European scholars, this book provides a wide-ranging overview of fifty years of economic thinking under communist rule in Europe and during the first phase of post-communist economic transformation. more...
Economist With a Public Purposeby Michael Keaney
Routledge 2000; US$ 185.00This text discusses the continuing relevance of one of the most prominent economists of the twentieth century. The contributors explore the continuing relevance of Galbraith's arguments to current controversies and problems. more...
Physicians and Political Economyby Peter Groenewegen
Routledge 2001; US$ 180.00This book examines the life and work of six doctor-economists: Petty, Locke, Barbon, Mandeville, Quesnay and Juglar. It studies the interaction between their medicalpractice and their economics. more...









