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The seventh edition of The Economics of European Integration
provides students with an accessible presentation of the facts,
theories and controversies that are driving rapid change at the
heart of Europe. This new edition covers crucial updates on the
impact of Brexit and Covid-19 and offers an expert analysis of the
contemporary status of integration within the European Union. Key
Features and Updates *Wide range of learning features including
boxed examples and illustrations, end of chapter summaries,
self-assessment questions and essay questions. *Fully updated to
include new discussions and examples such as the new budget which
has significant implications on European bonds, immigration, and
climate change. *Two new chapters highlighting the impact of both
Brexit and Covid-19 on the EU. *An Online Learning Centre with
Lecture Outlines, PowerPoint Presentations, and an Image Library.
Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the
Graduate Institute, Geneva, having been a visiting professor at
Oxford and MIT. He is Editor-in-Chief and founder of VoxEU.org
since 2007 and he advises governments around the world on
globalisation and integration issues having served in the Bush (Sr)
White House in 1990-91. Charles Wyplosz is Professor Emeritus of
International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva where
he also served as Director of the International Centre for Money
and Banking Studies. He is a Fellow of CEPR and of the European
Economic Association, as well as a Founding Managing Editor of the
Economic Policy journal.
This unique compilation of essays addresses a core political
economy question: how do market forces and trade regulation
interact? Its fresh Asian perspective offers a much-needed
contribution to our understanding of how treaty-based regional and
bilateral economic integration is driven by the Factory Asia
phenomenon. The authors also compellingly show where the World
Trade Organization could fit in. An informative read for scholars
and experts alike.' - Manfred Elsig, University of Bern,
SwitzerlandThe global financial crisis exposed great shortcomings
in the global economic architecture, generating extensive
international debate about possible remedies for these
deficiencies. The postwar global architecture was guided by major
developed economies, centered around the IMF, the GATT, and the
World Bank. Today, the balance of economic power is shifting toward
emerging economies. Global governance and economic policy must
reflect this shift. With contributions from prominent Asian and
international trade experts, this book critically examines key
changes occurring in the world trading system and explores policy
implications for Asia. The world trading system, led by the World
Trade Organization (WTO), is under pressure to evolve and address
21st-century trade issues. Meanwhile, economically salient Asia has
built deep supply chains over decades, whilst experimenting with
mega-regional trade agreements and economic policies to sustain
growth amid a fragile economy. The Asian-led Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the United States-led Trans-Pacific
Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) are competing to set standards
for Asia's trade and supply chains. Lessons from the Asian
experience offer new approaches and economic policies to sustain
growth, presenting the WTO as a forum for action to improve global
and regional trade governance in the 21st century. Policy makers
will benefit from the expert knowledge and policy lessons presented
in this book, and development economists and researchers will
profit from its critical examination of the world trading system.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in development,
development economics, international development, and related
fields will find this essential supplementary reading.
Contributors: R. Baldwin, S.Y. Chia, B. Dhar, S.J. Evenett, S.
Inomata, M. Kawai, P. Low, M. Nakatomi, R. Pomfret, V. Pontines, J.
Tijaja, S. Urata, R. Wang, G. Wignaraja, Y. Zhang
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have proliferated around the world
in the past two decades, and now nearly all members of the WTO are
party to at least one. Besides tariffs and rules of origin
regulating trade in goods, many RTAs now include provisions on
services, investments, technical barriers to trade and competition
rules, as well as a host of issues not directly related to trade.
The geographic reach of RTAs is expanding, with transcontinental
agreements spreading forcefully alongside intra-regional
agreements. 'Multilateralizing Regionalism' was the title of a
major conference held from 10-12 September 2007 at the WTO in
Geneva. Brought together in this publication, the conference papers
achieve two things. First, they marshall detailed, new empirical
work on the nature of the 'Spaghetti Bowl' and the problems it
poses for the multilateral trade system. Second, they contribute
fresh and creative thinking on how to 'tame the tangle' of regional
trade agreements.
This compelling volume, from the Centre for Economic Policy
Research, examines the discussion surrounding expansion of the
European Union (EU). The contributors address the key issues in the
debate, including the implications of expansion for the global
trading system, enlargement-related pressures to reform EU
decision-making, and the economic consequences of membership for
entrants. Using theoretical techniques to report results and
insights, this book not only sheds light on the consequences of
Austria, Finland and Sweden joining the EU, but also discusses and
evaluates the possible membership of Central European ex-socialist
countries. This is an important book for students and scholars
interested in regional integration, and also for policy-makers in
the new EU member countries and in applicant countries.
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have proliferated around the world
in the past two decades, and now nearly all members of the WTO are
party to at least one. Besides tariffs and rules of origin
regulating trade in goods, many RTAs now include provisions on
services, investments, technical barriers to trade and competition
rules, as well as a host of issues not directly related to trade.
The geographic reach of RTAs is expanding, with transcontinental
agreements spreading forcefully alongside intra-regional
agreements. 'Multilateralizing Regionalism' was the title of a
major conference held from 10-12 September 2007 at the WTO in
Geneva. Brought together in this publication, the conference papers
achieve two things. First, they marshall detailed, new empirical
work on the nature of the 'Spaghetti Bowl' and the problems it
poses for the multilateral trade system. Second, they contribute
fresh and creative thinking on how to 'tame the tangle' of regional
trade agreements.
An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Best Economics
Book of the Year A Fast Company "7 Books Microsoft CEO Satya
Nadella Says You Need to Lead Smarter" Between 1820 and 1990, the
share of world income going to today's wealthy nations soared from
twenty percent to almost seventy. Since then, that share has
plummeted to where it was in 1900. As the renowned economist
Richard Baldwin reveals, this reversal of fortune reflects a new
age of globalization that is drastically different from the old.
The nature of globalization has changed, but our thinking about it
has not. Baldwin argues that the New Globalization is driven by
knowledge crossing borders, not just goods. That is why its impact
is more sudden, more individual, more unpredictable, and more
uncontrollable than before-which presents developed nations with
unprecedented challenges as they struggle to maintain reliable
growth and social cohesion. It is the driving force behind what
Baldwin calls "The Great Convergence," as Asian economies catch up
with the West. "In this brilliant book, Baldwin has succeeded in
saying something both new and true about globalization." -Martin
Wolf, Financial Times "A very powerful description of the newest
phase of globalization." -Larry Summers, former U.S. Secretary of
the Treasury "An essential book for understanding how modern trade
works via global supply chains. An antidote to the protectionist
nonsense being peddled by some politicians today." -The Economist
"[An] indispensable guide to understanding how globalization has
got us here and where it is likely to take us next." -Alan Beattie,
Financial Times
A study of the nature and the policy implication of changes in the
global economy in relationship to the process of regional
integration, conducted using the newest techniques of economic
analysis. The principal message drawn from these analytical and
policy insights is that in a world characterised by trade
distortions and nonlinearities, regional integration may or may not
foster global integration, and may or may not advance regional or
global convergence. The key is good economic policy based on sound
economic analysis. Part one of the volume covers three
international trade policy issues: regionalism and multilateralism;
the political economy of trade policy; and trade income inequality.
Part two (chapters 7-11) focuses on three 'domestic' problems faced
by regional groups: labour migration; exchange rate arrangements;
and real convergence.
At first sight, a free trade agreement (FTA)between Switzerland and
the United States seems implausible, but this important new study
concludes that a FTA between the two countries would be highly
worthwhile to both countries. As leading advocates of market
capitalism, Switzerland and the United States are well situated to
conclude an FTA that breaks new ground in dismantling barriers. The
study finds that the annual GDP gains to each partner from expanded
trade could be on the order of $1.1 billion.
Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has
flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory,
new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers,
especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and
elsewhere as well. However, these efforts--collectively known as
the "new economic geography"--have devoted little attention to the
policy implications of the new theory.
"Economic Geography and Public Policy" fills the gap by
illustrating many new policy insights economic geography models can
offer to the realm of theoretical policy analysis. Focusing
primarily on trade policy, tax policy, and regional policy, Richard
Baldwin and coauthors show how these models can be used to make
sense of real-world situations. The book not only provides much
fresh analysis but also synthesizes insights from the existing
literature.
The authors begin by presenting and analyzing the widest range
of new economic geography models to date. From there they proceed
to examine previously unaddressed welfare and policy issues
including, in separate sections, trade policy (unilateral,
reciprocal, and preferential), tax policy (agglomeration with taxes
and public goods, tax competition and agglomeration), and regional
policy (infrastructure policies and the political economy of
regional subsidies). A well-organized, engaging narrative that
progresses smoothly from fundamentals to more complex material,
"Economic Geography and Public Policy" is essential reading for
graduate students, researchers, and policymakers seeking new
approaches to spatial policy issues.
New and collected poems by Curran, twice the western Massachusetts
Poet's Seat laureate, are complimented by a painting by Richard
Baldwin of Wendell, Massachusetts.
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++British LibraryT021338 London]: Printed
for Richard Baldwin; John Rivington; Robert Horsfield; and H.
Woodfall, J. Hinton, L. Hawes, & Co, and T. Longman, 1770.
2],273, 1]p.; 12
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly
growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by
advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve
the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own:
digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works
in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these
high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts
are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries,
undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it
was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the
first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and
farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists
and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original
texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly
contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++British LibraryT021337Previously
published as: A complete guide to all persons .. Subsequently as:
The new complete guide .. London]: Printed for Richard Baldwin,
John Rivington, Robert Horsfield, H. Woodfall, J. Hinton, L. Hawes
& Co., and T. Longman,, 1768. 2],266, 24]p.; 12
The writer has been deprived of his license to practice law in
three states. The basis for these court orders was a confidential
complaint made by the writer about the misconduct of a United
States District Judge. The complaints included evidence, which
pointed to the judge's financial ties to litigators with matters in
his court. Nevertheless, the judge's misconduct was overlooked by
supervising judges. The writer reviews the court order which drove
him from the practice of law. "The point of all this," he
concludes, "was to banish me from the legal profession, not to find
the truth since bringing truth into the light of day would have
been uncomfortable for" the judge. From the book: "Any professional
regulatory authority empowered to deprive its members of their
reputation and their ability to earn an income should be subject to
the highest standards of objectivity and fairness. In the legal
community, the opposite is the norm. The rules which govern the
behavior of lawyers are explicitly intended to overlook complaints
about the venal and self-interested behavior of the most powerful
members of the profession. The judges make the rules and see to
their own insulation from criticism, oversight and transparency in
their dealings with persons interested in judicial outcomes. The
judges take pains to block any examination of their off-the-books
income streams. Those who are so incautious as to rely on the
prescribed complaint rules and who come forward, confidentially, to
object to obvious instances of be-robed venality are themselves
subjected to the severest sanction." Consideration of salary
increases for the judges should be put on hold, the writer asserts.
Why? Better rules than the "bogus revised" ones are needed
immediately. "In writing their own ethics rules, the judges have
given themselves impunity to accept bribes." The writer offers
prescriptive comments, including the text of a "Best Practices
Declaration," which should be binding upon any who seek a position
on the bench, local state or federal.
A history of the ancestry of Elizabeth Huey Taylor Cook, tracing
various genealogical lines more than four hundred years.
Individuals and couples are placed in their historical context,
showing their participation in the events of their time
(Revolutionary War, Civil War, early settlements in Massachusetts,
Virginia, and Kentucky). Special attention is given to the role of
various ancestors in the Indian wars of the 1600s and 1700s. Many
details about the families' ownership of slaves are included.
Various indiiduals' participation in church and community
activities - from the earliest colonial settlements to and
including the 20th century - are also covered. The main surnames
which are treated include TAYLOR, HUEY, MOORE, CROUCH, MAYO,
BALDWIN, SCOTT, DAWSON, PUTNAM, PORTER, HAWTHORNE, DOYNE, WHARTON,
STONE, WINSTON, GAINES, WATTS, GOUGE, GRAVES, WILLIAMS, HUNT,
JEWETT/JUETT, MASON, PENDLETON, GAMEWELL, SWAINE, PARSONS, BOOTH,
WOODBURY, DWIGHT, WALTON, MAVERICK, HARRISON, LYTTLETON, VALLETTE,
MARMADUKE. A total of about 120 surnames are traced.
A genealogy of Cecil Virgil Cook, Jr (1913-1970) and a history of
the ancestry of Cecil Cook, extending backward some four hundred
years, through various family lines and surnames. The principal
surnames covered include (but are not limited to) COOK, FARMER,
DORLAND, GOODE, FLOOD, BONDURANT, JONES, KEINADT (KAINADT, KOINER,
KOYNER, COINERT AND COINER), DILLER, DORRIS, IRELAND, FELLOWS,
SLAGLE, GRADELESS (GRAYLESS GRAYLEY), VAN ARSDALEN, MOORE, COTTON,
CHENEY, CARMEAN (CREMEEN), CHEATHAM, HAWKINS, CROCKETT
(CROSKETAGNE), DE SAIX, VAN METER (VAN METEREN), BODINE, DUBOIS,
RENTFRO. The individuals represented by these surnames are placed
in their context, with attention paid to events in which they
played a part (the settlement of the earliest colonies, Indian
Wars, the American Revolutionay War and Civil War, slavery and
Reconstruction). Connections are also traced in Europe, primarily
in England and France, in the 15th and 16th centuries.
This volume, from the Centre for Economic Policy Research, examines
the discussion surrounding both actual and possible future
expansion of the European Union (EU). The contributors address the
key issues in the debate, including the implications of expansion
for the global trading system, enlargement-related pressures to
reform EU decision making, and the economic consequences of
membership for new entrants. Using the latest theoretical
techniques to report new results and insights, this book not only
sheds light on the consequences of Austria, Finland and Sweden
joining the EU, but also discusses and evaluates the possible
membership of Central European ex-socialist countries. This should
be a useful book for students and scholars interested in regional
integration, and also for policy-makers in the new EU member
countries and in applicant countries. Many of the issues addressed
in this volume will be relevant for the EUs inter-governmental
conference in 1996."
'A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity' THE
SUNDAY TIMES We stand on the edge of a new era that will bring
change to our world on a par with the Industrial Revolution.
Automation, artificial intelligence and robotics are changing our
lives quickly - but digital disruption goes much further than we
realize. Richard Baldwin, one of the world's leading globalization
experts, argues that the inhuman speed of this transformation
threatens to overwhelm our capacity to adapt. But while the changes
are now inevitable, there are strategies that humanity can use to
adapt to this new world, employing the indispensable skills that no
machine can copy: creativity and independent thought. THE GLOBOTICS
UPHEAVAL will help each of us prepare for the oncoming wave of the
advanced robotic workforce.
At the root of inequality, unemployment, and populism are radical
changes in the world economy. Digital technology is allowing
talented foreigners to telecommute into our workplaces and compete
for service and professional jobs. Instant machine translation is
melting language barriers, so the ranks of these "tele-migrants"
will soon include almost every educated person in the world.
Computing power is dissolving humans' monopoly on thinking,
enabling AI-trained computers to compete for many of the same
white-collar jobs. The combination of globalization and robotics is
creating the globotics upheaval, and it threatens the very
foundations of the liberal welfare-state. Richard Baldwin, one of
the world's leading globalization experts, argues that the inhuman
speed of this transformation threatens to overwhelm our capacity to
adapt. From computers in the office to automatic ordering systems
in restaurants, we are familiar with the how digital technologies
offer convenience while also eliminating jobs. Globotics will
disrupt the lives of millions of white-collar workers much faster
than automation, industrialization, and globalization disrupted the
lives of factory workers in previous centuries. The result will be
a backlash. Professional, white-collar, and service workers will
agitate for a slowing of the unprecedented pace of disruption, as
factory workers have done in years past. Baldwin argues that the
globotics upheaval will be countered in the short run by
"shelter-ism" - government policies that shelter some service jobs
from tele-migrants and thinking computers. In the long run, people
will work in more human jobs-activities that require real people to
use the uniquely human ability of independent thought-and this will
strengthen bonds in local communities. Offering effective
strategies such as focusing on the social value of work, The
Globotics Upheaval will help people prepare for the oncoming wave
of an advanced robotic workforce.
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Economic Policy 42 (Paperback)
Georges de Menil, Richard Portes, Hans-Werner Sinn, Richard Baldwin, Giuseppe Bertola, …
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Economic Policy is written for all those with an informed interest
in economic policy problems. All articles are submitted to rigorous
scrutiny by a panel of distinguished economists from around the
world, resulting in a volume of authoritative and accessible
articles, each followed by the comments of panel members.
Economic Policy has earned a reputation around the world as the one
publication that always identifies current and emerging policy
topics early.
Papers are specially commissioned from first-class economists and
experts in the policy field.
The editors are all based at top European economic institutions and
each paper is discussed by a panel of distinguished economists.
This unique approach guarantees incisive debate and alternative
interpretations of the evidence.
Economic Policy increases to 4 issues in 2005.
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