Economic Systems & Structures

A wonderful blend of politics and economics, micro and macro, past and present in an accessible narrative (The Washington Post), Global Capitalism ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign over 4,000 students gathered at the University of Michigan to hear Republican candidate Ron Paul speak. As he...

What does it take for entrepreneurs to be effective competitors? What are the factors affecting entry and participation in sectors where there are ...

The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 still has the world on tenterhooks. The gravity of the situation is matched by a general pauci...

This sourcebook compiles analytical work that has been cultivated over the past several years by the World Bank and partner organizations of Libya....

Rainer Zitelmann examines the ten most common objections to capitalism: capitalism leads to hunger and poverty, to rising inequality, to unnecessar...

As Chinas economy, global influence and interactions with other countries grow, its diplomatic strategy is attracting more and more interest intern...

Are you ready for the IoT revolution? The Internet of Things (IoT) will soon be everywhereembedded in interconnected devices well use every day, an...

A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic historyGuilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ag...

Representing an innovative approach to the analysis of the economic geography of capitalism, this stimulating book develops an analytical political...

Few people have more experience guiding organizational change than Greg Shea and Cassie Solomon. Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author, Ori...

Permanent Revolution concisely describes the development and workings of capitalism and its influence on the broader society. In the developed worl...

This is the official report submitted to the Economic and Social Council by the Economic Commission for Europe for the period of 17 April 2015 to 2...

The hedge fund industry has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with more than eight thousand funds now controlling close to two trillion...

An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future ...

When citizens take collaborative action to meet the needs of theircommunity, they are participating in the social economy. Co-operatives,community-...

A Wall Street cartel has quietly seized control of the American economy, and they are forcing governments and businesses to bow down to their polit...

The Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2019 will assess the global economic context for development financing, highlighting growing globa...

In a series of 50 accessible essays, Jonathan Portes demystifies the fundamental concepts of capitalism - from its history, core theories and key ...

What started as a modest waste collection and disposal company in Chicago transformed into North Americas leading provider of waste collection, rec...

It is common wisdom that central banks in the postwar (19451970s) period were passive bureaucracies constrained by fixed-exchange rates and inflati...

How medieval Dutch society laid the foundations for modern capitalismThe Netherlands was one of the pioneers of capitalism in the Middle Ages, givi...

This book is a study of Cuba's economic development under communism over the last fifty-five years. The authors find that Cuba's socioeconomic deve...

In this incisive analysis of one of the most spectacular economic breakthroughs in the Deng era, Jean C. Oi shows how and why Chinese rural-based i...

In this unique contribution to economic sociology, Jeffrey Hass examines the impact of culture, norms and political authority on Russia's post-soci...

EPDF and EPUB available open access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Money is central to capitalism and to our many sustainability crises. Could we remak...

Misrecognitions mounts a vigorous defense of the labyrinthine plotting of Victorian novels, notorious for their implausible concluding revelations ...

In Finance-Led Capitalism , bestselling author and economist Robert Guttmann provides a new conceptual framework to assess the dominate role of mod...

This book examines human-interest stories, unpacking from them violence inherent to neoliberalism, and considers if it is possible to find in these...

Since the 1970s, urban communities across the country have had to face the wrenching process of economic restructuring. As the media announce the l...

Water covers some 75% of the earths surface, while land covers 25%, approximately. Yet the former accounts for less than 1% of world GDP, the latt...