Economic Systems & Structures

In this provocative study, economist Ernesto Screpanti argues that imperialism--far from disappearing or mutating into a benign globalization --ha...

Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinct...

Most economic theory assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. This book is a penetrating critique of the rhetoric and practice of conventi...

As we struggle with the legacy of the crisis and with the prospect of accelerating environmental degradation, it is time to ask not what we can do ...

A revealing look at austerity measures that succeedand those that don'tFiscal austerity is hugely controversial. Opponents argue that it can trigge...

This book challenges the United States and other countries to treat infrastructure like an investment. With future economic prosperity on the line,...

A candid assessment of why the job market is not as healthy as we thinkDon't trust low unemployment numbers as proof that the labor market is doing...

An authoritative account of the dangers of unfettered markets and monied politics, People, Power, and Profits shows us an America in crisis. The Am...

Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinct...

In this authoritative and accessible book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism w...

'Kennard reports with devastating precision.' Naomi Klein While working at the Financial Times, investigative journalist Matt Kennard uncovered...

The history of the modern social sciences can be seen as a series of attempts to confront the challenges of social disorder and revolution wrought ...

A Nobel Peace Prize-winner outlines his radical economic vision for a better future. Muhammad Yunus is the economist who invented microcredit, fou...

Economics is too important to be left to the economists. This book provides the information you need to understand how capitalism works (and how it...

It's time to rethink how we create and allocate money. In Outgrowing Capitalism, Marco Dondi sheds light on the fact that most people do not have t...

The best way to defend the cause of human flourishing against this current onslaught of dangerous economic thinking is to relearn time-tested econo...

The growing gap between the most affluent Americans and the rest of society is changing the country into one defined-more than almost any other dev...

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt. As Devin Fergus explains in Land of t...

Much of the time, when confronted with a crisis of national dimensions, businesses do exactly what we expect them to do: they look to their own sur...

Much of the time, when confronted with a crisis of national dimensions, businesses do exactly what we expect them to do: they look to their own sur...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 From one of the most important economi...

In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories ...

A defining work of Econophysics, republished for the first time since 1983, Laws of Chaos is an attempt to construct a non-deterministic theoretica...

''One of the clearest and most thorough statements of an argument often made about the country: that its government has relied on constant stimulus...

The Cambridge History of Capitalism is a comprehensive two-volume work that provides an authoritative account of the evolution of capitalism and it...

A landmark in contemporary social science, this pioneering work by Thomas Piketty explains the facts and dynamics of income inequality in France in...

This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capital...

Support strong assessment potential with this comprehensive Cambridge A Level Economics title, matched to the previous syllabus (9708) for first ex...

After years of ill health, capitalism is now in a critical condition. Growth has given way to stagnation; inequality is leading to instability; and...