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Banks and Finance in Modern Macroeconomics - A Historical Perspective (Paperback): Bruna Ingrao, Claudio Sardoni Banks and Finance in Modern Macroeconomics - A Historical Perspective (Paperback)
Bruna Ingrao, Claudio Sardoni
R1,099 Discovery Miles 10 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this significant new book, Bruna Ingrao and Claudio Sardoni emphasize the crucial importance of considering credit/debt relations and financial markets for a comprehensive understanding of the world in which we live. The book offers both a thorough historical and theoretical reconstruction of how 20th century macroeconomics got (or did not get) to grips with the interactions between banks and financial markets, and the 'real' economy. The book is split into two distinct and thematic parts to expose the different attitudes to banks and finance before and after the Great Depression of the 1930s. Part I explores the period from the turn of the 20th century to the late 1930s, when many important economists devoted great attention to banks and credit relations in their explanations of the working of market economies. Part II discusses the post-war period up until the modern day, when banks and financial markets ceased to be a major concern of mainstream macroeconomics. The 2007-8 crisis gave rise to a renewed interest in credit relations, but many problems inherited from the past still remain open. The authors stress, in particular, the implications of the uneasy, if not impossible, coexistence of the endeavour to set macroeconomics within the framework of general equilibrium theory with the attempt to develop the analysis of the monetary and financial features of actual economies. Macroeconomists will greatly benefit from this timely book as it examines the historical evolution of the discipline, pointing out the major factors that have largely prevented the development of satisfactory analyses of the interrelations of credit, finance and the macroeconomy. Those involved in current economic policy debates will also benefit from the lessons offered in this book.

Jewish Gold Country (Paperback): Jonathan L. Friedmann Jewish Gold Country (Paperback)
Jonathan L. Friedmann
R540 R495 Discovery Miles 4 950 Save R45 (8%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The New Deal - A Modern History (Paperback): Michael Hiltzik The New Deal - A Modern History (Paperback)
Michael Hiltzik
R498 Discovery Miles 4 980 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In this bold reevaluation of a decisive moment in American history, Michael Hiltzik dispels decades of accumulated myths and misconceptions about the New Deal to capture with clarity and immediacy its origins, its legacy, and its genius.

The Tyranny of Nations - How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy (Hardcover): Palak Patel The Tyranny of Nations - How the Last 500 Years Shaped Today's Global Economy (Hardcover)
Palak Patel
R698 R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
A Europe Apart - History and Politics of European Monetary Integration (Hardcover): Roberto Di Quirico A Europe Apart - History and Politics of European Monetary Integration (Hardcover)
Roberto Di Quirico
R1,015 R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Save R101 (10%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Handbook of Historical Economics (Paperback): Alberto Bisin, Giovanni Federico The Handbook of Historical Economics (Paperback)
Alberto Bisin, Giovanni Federico
R2,567 Discovery Miles 25 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Handbook of Historical Economics guides students and researchers through a quantitative economic history that uses fully up-to-date econometric methods. The book's coverage of statistics applied to the social sciences makes it invaluable to a broad readership. As new sources and applications of data in every economic field are enabling economists to ask and answer new fundamental questions, this book presents an up-to-date reference on the topics at hand.

The Wealth of Nations (Hardcover): Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations (Hardcover)
Adam Smith
R991 Discovery Miles 9 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Soul of Classical Political Economy - James M. Buchanan from the Archives (Hardcover): Peter J. Boettke, Alain Marciano The Soul of Classical Political Economy - James M. Buchanan from the Archives (Hardcover)
Peter J. Boettke, Alain Marciano; James M. Buchanan
R816 R730 Discovery Miles 7 300 Save R86 (11%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Wealth of Nations - Complete (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Adam Smith The Wealth of Nations - Complete (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Adam Smith
R1,471 Discovery Miles 14 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money - with The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Paperback): John Maynard... The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money - with The Economic Consequences of the Peace (Paperback)
John Maynard Keynes; Introduction by Mark G. Spencer; Notes by Mark G. Spencer; Series edited by Tom Griffith 1
R162 R136 Discovery Miles 1 360 Save R26 (16%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the twentieth century. On economic theory, he ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx; and his impact on how economics was practiced, from the Great Depression to the 1970s, was unmatched. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money was first published in 1936. But its ideas had been forming for decades ? as a student at Cambridge, Keynes had written to a friend of his love for 'Free Trade and free thought'. Keynes's limpid style, concise prose, and vivid descriptions have helped to keep his ideas alive - as have the novelty and clarity, at times even the ambiguity, of his macroeconomic vision. He was troubled, above all, by high unemployment rates and large disparities in wealth and income. Only by curbing both, he thought, could individualism, 'the most powerful instrument to better the future', be safeguarded. The twenty-first century may yet prove him right. In The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919), Keynes elegantly and acutely exposes the folly of imposing austerity on a defeated and struggling nation.

Mexico, Interrupted - Labor, Idleness, and the Economic Imaginary of Independence (Hardcover): Sergio Gutierrez Negron Mexico, Interrupted - Labor, Idleness, and the Economic Imaginary of Independence (Hardcover)
Sergio Gutierrez Negron
R2,677 Discovery Miles 26 770 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Mexican independence was, in a sense, an economic event. It was so on two counts. First, it was in the realm of the economic that elites managed to create a common ground with non-elites in their demands against foreign domination. Second, it was an economic event in that, throughout the 19th century, independence was imagined by the lettered men of Mexico as a feat that nationalized, or that could have nationalized, a rich and productive economic apparatus. Mexico, Interrupted investigates the fate of these economic hopes during the difficult decades between the year of the country's definite separation from Spain and the year of the defeat of the French occupation and the restoration of the Republic, which many took to be the second and final independence of the territory. Drawing on the writings of politicians, journalists, intellectuals, industrialists, and novelists, this book studies the Mexican intelligentsia's obsessive engagement with the labor and idleness of the citizenry in their attempts to create a wealthy, independent nation. By focusing on work and its opposites in the period between, Mexico, Interrupted reconstructs the period's "economic imaginaries of independence": the repertoire of political and cultural discourses that structured the understandings, beliefs, and fantasies about the relationships between "the economy" and the life of an independent polity. All told, by bringing together intellectual history, critical theory, and cultural studies, this project offers a new account of the Mexican nineteenth century and complicates existing histories of the spread of the "spirit of capitalism" through the Americas.

The Legacy of Bruce Yandle (Hardcover): Donald J. Boudreaux, Roger Meiners The Legacy of Bruce Yandle (Hardcover)
Donald J. Boudreaux, Roger Meiners; Bruce Yandle
R704 R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Political Economy of Public Debt - Three Centuries of Theory and Evidence (Hardcover): Richard M. Salsman The Political Economy of Public Debt - Three Centuries of Theory and Evidence (Hardcover)
Richard M. Salsman
R3,449 Discovery Miles 34 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How have the most influential political economists of the past three centuries theorized about sovereign borrowing and shaped its now widespread use? This important question receives a comprehensive answer in this original work, featuring careful textual analysis and illuminating exhibits of public debt empirics since 1700. Beyond its value as a definitive, authoritative history of thought on public debt, this book rehabilitates and reintroduces a realist perspective into a contemporary debate now heavily dominated by pessimists and optimists alike. The book simultaneously explicates and critiques the most prominent theories concerning why states borrow in the first place, whether or not they borrow productively, the incidence of their debts, why they sometimes borrow too much and why they often default, whether explicitly or implicitly. The author classifies major public debt theorists as pessimists, optimists or realists. This book also examines the influence of regime types, especially why most modern welfare states tend not only to over-issue bonds but also to incur even larger implicit obligations via unfunded, off-balance sheet liabilities. Scholars and undergraduate and graduate students in economics and political science, as well as policymakers, will find this analysis of public debt and public spending insightful and revealing.

Juggernaut - The Rise and Fall of an Economic Behemoth (Hardcover, 2nd Tenth Anniversary ed.): Eric Robert Morse Juggernaut - The Rise and Fall of an Economic Behemoth (Hardcover, 2nd Tenth Anniversary ed.)
Eric Robert Morse
R864 R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Save R96 (11%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, Volume 37 2016 (Paperback): Dave Lyddon, Paul Smith, Roger Seifert, Carole Thornley Historical Studies in Industrial Relations, Volume 37 2016 (Paperback)
Dave Lyddon, Paul Smith, Roger Seifert, Carole Thornley
R3,053 Discovery Miles 30 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Historical Studies in Industrial Relations was established in 1996 by the Centre for Industrial Relations, Keele University, to provide an outlet for, and to stimulate an interest in, historical work in the field of industrial relations and the history of industrial relations thought. Content broadly covers the employment relationship and economic, social and political factors surrounding it - such as labour markets, union and employer policies and organization, the law, and gender and ethnicity. Articles with an explicit political dimension, particularly recognising divisions within the working class and within workers' organizations, will be encouraged, as will historical work on labour law.

Law and Economics from an Evolutionary Perspective (Hardcover): Glen Atkinson, Stephen P. Paschall Law and Economics from an Evolutionary Perspective (Hardcover)
Glen Atkinson, Stephen P. Paschall
R2,793 Discovery Miles 27 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a wake-up call to all who study and practice in the field of law and economics: traditional approaches are simply inadequate for understanding the co-evolution of the economic and legal systems, and that inadequacy can result in missed opportunities to warn of impending social harm. Atkinson and Paschall demonstrate the value of an alternative approach - law and economics from an evolutionary perspective - that builds on the work of John R. Commons, a leading figure in the field nearly a century ago. In the process, they offer an eye-opening historical account of the role of the state in the economy and provide a vital starting point for future policy discussions.' - Charles J. Whalen, author of Financial Instability and Economic Security after the Great Recession'An indispensable history of business law and regulation, alongside a powerful theory of law and the courts. Glen Atkinson and Stephen P. Paschall give us an evolutionary casebook for the twenty-first century, deeply rooted in the ideas of Veblen, Commons, and other masters of the tradition.' - James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin 'The language of court documents is notably difficult to understand for people with no legal training. The present volume, a product of fruitful collaboration between a university professor and a lawyer, offers valuable assistance in translating US Supreme Court decisions made in the span of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with respect to economic disputes into the language spoken by evolutionary and institutional economists. As the authors persuasively show, law and economics co-evolve. A much-needed follow-up to and development of John Commons's Legal Foundations of Capitalism! - Anton Oleinik, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute, Russia Law and economics are interdependent. Using a historical case analysis approach, this book demonstrates how the legal process relates to and is affected by economic circumstances. Glen Atkinson and Stephen P. Paschall examine this co-evolution in the context of the economic development that occurred in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as the impact of the law on that development. Specifically, the authors explore the development of a national market, the transformation of the corporation, and the conflict between state and federal control over businesses. Their focus on dynamic, integrated systems presents an alternative to mainstream law and economics. The authors apply John R. Commons's approach to three main law and economics issues: the changing relationship between corporations and the State, the application of the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to state and federal regulation of business, and the relationship of antitrust law to industrialization. They provide a valuable linking of law with changing economic circumstances, such as antitrust policy changes and the development of the corporate form. This analytical approach to the practice of law and economics will be of interest to researchers, students, and faculty in law and economics, economic history, constitutional law, economic regulation, public policy, and the sociology of law. Business students and researchers will also find value in this book's presentation of court decisions and exploration of economic development.

Contending Perspectives in Economics - A Guide to Contemporary Schools of Thought (Paperback, 2nd edition): John T. Harvey Contending Perspectives in Economics - A Guide to Contemporary Schools of Thought (Paperback, 2nd edition)
John T. Harvey
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'This wise and lucid guide to pluralism in economics embodies the values of its cause. Generous, open-minded, fair, accurate and accessible: John Harvey's new book is a fine achievement that every economics major should read.' - James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin, USJohn Harvey's accessible book provides a non-technical yet rigorous introduction to various schools of thought in economics. Premised on the idea that economic thinking has been stunted by the almost complete rejection of anything outside the mainstream, the author hopes that this volume will open readers' minds and lead them in new and productive directions. In his exploration of Neoclassical, Marxist, Austrian, Post Keynesian, Institutionalist, New Institutionalist and Feminist schools of thought, unique features of each approach are highlighted, complemented by discussions of methodology, world views, popular themes, and current activities. Accurate and impartial, every chapter covering a heterodox school of thought has been vetted by an acknowledged expert in that field. Though written for use in undergraduate courses, this guide will no doubt offer a great deal to any scholar wishing to gain a fresh perspective and greater understanding of the variety and breadth of current economic thinking.

Handbook on the History of Economic Analysis Volume III - Developments in Major Fields of Economics (Paperback): Gilbert... Handbook on the History of Economic Analysis Volume III - Developments in Major Fields of Economics (Paperback)
Gilbert Faccarello, Heinz D. Kurz
R1,745 Discovery Miles 17 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This unique troika of Handbooks provide indispensable coverage of the history of economic analysis. Edited by two of the foremost academics in the field, they gather together insightful and original contributions from scholars across the world. The encyclopaedic breadth and scope of the original entries will make these Handbooks an invaluable source of knowledge for all serious students and scholars of the history of economic thought. Each Handbook can be read individually and acts as a self-contained volume in its own right. They can be purchased separately or as part of a three-volume set. Volume III contains entries on the development of major fields in economics from the inception of systematic analysis until modern times. The reader is provided with succinct summary accounts of the main problems, the methods used and the results obtained across time. The emphasis is on both the continuity and major changes that have occurred in the economic analysis of problematic issues such as economic growth, income distribution, employment, inflation, business cycles and financial instability. Contributors: M. Assous, A. Baccini, Jr., A. Baujard, E. Bertrand, M. Boumans, J.L. Cardoso, M. Dal Pont-Legrand, J. De Boyer Des Roches, M. De Vroey, S. Di Rizzello, S. Diatkine, K. Dopfer, A.K. Dutt, R. Ege, G. Erreygers, D. Foley, R. Gomez Betancourt, D. Haas, H. Hagemann, E. Hosoda, H. Igersheim, A. Kirman, J. Kleinert, H. Kliemt, H.D. Kurz, R. Leonard, P. Malgrange, A. Maneschi, P. Mehrling, S. Mohun, M. Mosca, S. Noto, A. Opocher, N. Palan, F. Petri, A. Rainer, S. Rizzello, J.B. Rosser, M. Salles, N. Salvadori, M. Schutz, R. Signorino, A. Spada, P. Steiner, A. Stirati, R. Strohmaier, R. Sturn, C. Sunna, J.-F. Thisse, P. Tubaro, K. Watarai

The Earles of Liverpool - A Georgian Merchant Dynasty (Hardcover): Peter Earle The Earles of Liverpool - A Georgian Merchant Dynasty (Hardcover)
Peter Earle
R3,817 Discovery Miles 38 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book uses the experience of three generations of the Earle family to throw light on the social and economic history of Liverpool during its rise to prominence as a great port, from 1688 to 1840. The focus is on six members of this successful family, John who came to Liverpool as apprentice to a merchant in 1688, his three sons, Ralph, Thomas and William, who all became merchants specializing in different branches of the trade of the port, and William's two sons, another Thomas and another William, who consolidated the fortunes of the family and began the process of converting their wealth into gentility. The approach is descriptive rather than theoretical, and the aim throughout has been to make the book entertaining as well as informative. Where sources permit, the book describes the businesses run by these men, often in considerable detail. Trading in slaves was an important part of the business of three of them, but they and other members of the family also engaged in a variety of other trades, such as the import-export business with Leghorn (Livorno) in Italy, fishing in Newfoundland and the Shetland Islands, the wine and fruit trades of Spain, Portugal and the Azores, the import of raw cotton for the industries of the Industrial Revolution and the Russia trade. Other family interests included privateering, art collection and the trade in art, a sugar plantation in Guyana, and the emigrant trade. While the book is mainly a work of economic history, there is also much on the merchants' wives and families and on the social history of both Liverpool and Livorno.

Money and political economy in the Enlightenment (Paperback): Daniel Carey Money and political economy in the Enlightenment (Paperback)
Daniel Carey
R3,194 Discovery Miles 31 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The development of political economy as a philosophical preoccupation constitutes a defining feature of the Enlightenment, but no consensual agreement on this issue was formed in the period. In this book contributors reassess the conflicting views on money, trade, banking, and the role of the State in the work of leading figures such as Locke, Davenant, Toland, Berkeley and Smith, and Smith's critics in revolutionary France. Key events, from the Recoinage crisis in the 1690s to the South Sea Bubble in the 1720s and the consequences of the French Revolution, sharpened the need for a more dynamic conception of economic forces in the midst of the Financial Revolution. Political economy emerged as a disruptive force, challenging philosophers to debate and define unstable phenomena in a new climate of expanding credit, innovation in money form, political change and international competition. In Money and political economy in the Enlightenment contributors investigate received critical assumptions about what was progressive and what was backward-looking, and reconsider traditional attempts to periodise the Enlightenment. Major questions explored include: the impact of economic and political crises on philosophy; transitions from mercantilist to 'classical' analyses of the market; the challenge of reviving ancient republicanism on the foundations of a modern commercial system, with its inherent social inequalities.

Global Networking Post-COVID-19 (Hardcover): Ana Cristina Pego Global Networking Post-COVID-19 (Hardcover)
Ana Cristina Pego
R7,368 Discovery Miles 73 680 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Management methodology and its applicability in society has changed drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizations have had to adopt new forms of resilience based on the needs of a different consumer. The COVID-19 market is a challenge for both producers and consumers as it meets new needs and a new capacity of merchandising. Challenges and Emerging Strategies for Global Networking Post COVID-19 fully unleashes the broad potential of entrepreneurial activity by exploring and highlighting new businesses and, as a result, the well-being of millions of people globally throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and prospects for the future. Delving into topics such as student empowerment, economic sectors, and personal finance, this book is an essential resource for managers, CEOs, consultants, faculty of higher education, students, researchers, policymakers, and academicians.

Sexuality and Consumption - Intersections and Entanglements (Hardcover): Mario Keller, Johann Karl Kirchknopf, Oliver... Sexuality and Consumption - Intersections and Entanglements (Hardcover)
Mario Keller, Johann Karl Kirchknopf, Oliver Kuhschelm, Karin Moser, Stefan Ossmann
R2,928 Discovery Miles 29 280 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In western societies today, it goes almost without saying that sex and consumption are closely related. On the one hand, there is a plethora of commercial goods and services that shape sexual desires, and practices. On the other, there are scarcely any products or services that do not lend themselves to sexually charged advertising and mass media communication. This volume focuses on forms of hybridization of these equally suggestive notions.

Capital And Ideology (Hardcover): Thomas Piketty Capital And Ideology (Hardcover)
Thomas Piketty; Translated by Arthur Goldhammer 1
R625 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R65 (10%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system.

Thomas Piketty’s bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate about inequality. In this audacious follow-up, Piketty challenges us to revolutionize how we think about politics, ideology, and history. He exposes the ideas that have sustained inequality for the past millennium, reveals why the shallow politics of right and left are failing us today, and outlines the structure of a fairer economic system.

Our economy, Piketty observes, is not a natural fact. Markets, profits, and capital are all historical constructs that depend on choices. Piketty explores the material and ideological interactions of conflicting social groups that have given us slavery, serfdom, colonialism, communism, and hypercapitalism, shaping the lives of billions. He concludes that the great driver of human progress over the centuries has been the struggle for equality and education and not, as often argued, the assertion of property rights or the pursuit of stability. The new era of extreme inequality that has derailed that progress since the 1980s, he shows, is partly a reaction against communism, but it is also the fruit of ignorance, intellectual specialization, and our drift toward the dead-end politics of identity.

Once we understand this, we can begin to envision a more balanced approach to economics and politics. Piketty argues for a new “participatory” socialism, a system founded on an ideology of equality, social property, education, and the sharing of knowledge and power. Capital and Ideology is destined to be one of the indispensable books of our time, a work that will not only help us understand the world, but that will change it.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Hardcover): Adam Smith An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Hardcover)
Adam Smith
R1,231 Discovery Miles 12 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paperback): Adam Smith An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paperback)
Adam Smith
R1,018 Discovery Miles 10 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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