Economic Systems & Structures

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology (RHETM) is a book series dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to a broad range of...

How did neoliberalism arise? Faced with the crises of the 1970s, a coalition of neoliberal intellectuals, conservative politicians, and business in...

Todays era of economic crisis has sent a powerful message: The age of mercenary capitalism is ending. We must finally embark on a new age of sustai...

This volume covers the evolution of the chartered company; contributions employ comparative methods, archival research, case studies, statistical a...

Volume 41A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on Religion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Ris...

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This book draws lessons on the importance of meritocracy for economic growth by analysing Italy's economic decline in the past few decades. Connect...

Long before China promulgated the official One Belt One Road initiatives, vast networks of cross-border exchanges already existed across Asia and E...

The long history of Chinas relationship between stability, diversity, and prosperity, and how its current leadership threatens this delicate balanc...

The emergence, dominance, and alarmingly rapid retreat of modernist industrial capitalism on Cape Breton Island during the long twentieth century o...

In Selling the Future, Ryan Moran explains how the life insurance industry in Japan exploited its association with mutuality and community to commo...

There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.Mariana...

This landmark first anthropological open access volume on the topic of circular economies brings together a range of international scholars with re...

Knowledge management and advanced information technologies such as AI, IoT, machine learning, and more can create digital tools and solutions to bu...

In 1953, John Gallagher and Ronald Robinson shook the foundations of imperial history with their essay The Imperialism of Free Trade. They reshaped...

Even as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery-working harder, doi...

Irvine Anderson carefully reconstructs the years between 1933 and 1950 and provides a case study of the evolution of U.S. foreign oil policy and of...

There is a growing trend in virtual commercial transactions. In order to protect people's right in the virtual world, it is essential for us to und...

Fintech Explained provides a rigorous, accessible introduction to the landscape of fintech. Michael R. King explains the customer focus, innovation...

Exploring how we make, distribute, and consume todays media systems Media backends--the electronics, labor, and operations behind our screens--sign...

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but wh...

King of the Queen City is the first comprehensive history of King Records, one of the most influential independent record companies in the history ...

A dynamic social history of shadow capitalism spanning the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries Observers see free markets, the relentless pursu...

Psychology and Capitalism is a critical and accessible account of the ideological and material role of psychology in supporting capitalist enterpri...

Die umstrittene Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) hat den Europäischen Verfassungsgerichtsverbund vor eine Zerreißprobe gestellt. Wer ...

This book presents research articles and essays which analyze the consequences of decentralization on forest conditions and livelihoods in Uganda, ...

This book illustrates the applicability of the seminal and controversial metaphor of the «invisible hand» in modern sociological theory. It shows t...

The New Era will be transformative of the Chinese economy. China will join the ranks of developed economies of the world.This book presents a colle...

Understanding money's nature as political, institutional, and material answers today's big money questions. Money remains a foundational question o...

In a capitalist system, consumers, investors, and corporations orient their activities toward a future that contains opportunities and risks. How a...