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Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis
University of Chicago Press 2013; US$ 88.00The recent recession has brought fiscal policy back to the forefront, with economists and policy makers struggling to reach a consensus on highly political issues like tax rates and government spending. At the heart of the debate are fiscal multipliers, whose size and sensitivity determine the power of such policies to influence economic growth. ... more...
Capitalism's Last Stand?
Zed Books 2013; US$ 19.95This eye-opening and often scathing book provides a forensic dissection of contemporary capitalisms multiple crises. Trenchant but constructive, Walden Bellos analysis of the collapse of the global real economy, covering such issues as the Wall Street meltdown, the disintegration of the Greek economy, and the rise of China, emphasizes the... more...
Contradictions
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013; US$ 124.95Bringing together renowned political economy scholars, this volume analyzes two decisive factors in the world spread of capitalism:- a shift toward dominance of the financial sector;- global wage differentials so deep that recognition of a labor aristocracy cannot be avoided. more...
Global Political Economy
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 47.00The fourth edition of this popular and successful text has been systematically revised and updated to incorporate analysis of the financial crisis and the changing global order. Now in a larger format with a new two-colour text design, the book includes additional boxed exhibits and end-of-chapter further reading. more...
The Failure of Anglo-liberal Capitalism
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 38.00Colin Hay argues that the crisis in which we are still mired is best seen as a crisis of growth and not as a crisis of debt. It is a crisis of and for an excessively liberalised form of capitalism and the Anglo-liberal growth model to which it gave rise. more...
Capitalism on Trial
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00This volume presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Thomas E. Weisskopf, one of the most prominent contributors to the field of radical economics. Beginning his academic career at Harvard before moving to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Professor Weisskopf has spent the past forty years exploring through highly innovative and rigorous... more...
International Aid and Private Schools for the Poor
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00This fascinating volume challenges the widely held belief that the state should supply, finance and regulate schooling in developing countries. Using India as an example, Dr. Pauline Dixon examines the ways in which private, for-profit schools might serve as a successful alternative to state-run systems of education in impoverished communities around... more...
Participation and Interaction in Foresight
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00This illuminating book combines theory and practice to analyse the experiences and impacts of foresight activities in various European countries. It includes case studies with a focus on different societal issues including national development, science and technology, and sustainable development. The contributors expertly describe and analyse foresight... more...
The Rediscovery of Classical Economics
Edward Elgar Publishing 2013; US$ 40.00David Simpson skilfully argues that a market economy can be best understood as a human complex system, a perspective that represents a continuation of the classical tradition in economic thought. In the classical tradition, growth rather than allocative efficiency is the principal object of enquiry, economic phenomena are recognised to be elements... more...
China-Africa Relations in an Era of Great Transformations
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95This collection seeks to put contemporary China-Africa relations in critical, comparative context and in doing so, it will go beyond descriptions of inter-regional trade and investment, large- and small-scale sectors, to ask whether structural change is underway. Already it is apparent that the growing presence of China in Africa presents the latter... more...









