Economics

**Over 1 million copies sold worldwide**MAJOR NEW EDITIONFrom Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents is the bestselling ...

'A superb book' Financial Times, Books of the YearAdam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most influential ...

Arguments for protection and against free trade have seen a revival in developed countries such as the United States and Great Britain as well as d...

The study of macroeconomics can seem a daunting project. The field is complex and sometimes poorly defined and there are a variety of competing app...

Institutional reforms and their contribution to development and growth have been a source of renewed interest as well as of many challenges over th...

Measuring government effectiveness is essential to ensuring accountability, as is an informed public that is willing and able to hold elected offic...

'A compelling warning ... It is hard to disagree with this advice from such a well-informed friend of the west' Martin Wolf, Financial TimesThe We...

________________'There's no understanding global inequality without understanding its history. In The Divide, Jason Hickel brilliantly lays it out,...

How does the insecurity of work affect us? We know what job insecurity does to workers at work, the depressive effect it has on morale, productivit...

The twenty-first century workplace compels Americans to be more flexible. To embrace change, work with unpredictable schedules, be available 24/7, ...

This book asks a simple question: are the tech giants monopolies? In the current environment of suspicion towards the major technology companies as...

Gunnar Myrdal published his magnum opus, Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations, in 1968. He was deeply pessimistic about development ...

Development economics is about understanding how and why lives change. How Lives Change: Palanpur, India, and Development Economics studies a singl...

Since the global financial crisis of 2008/09, international cooperation has failed to curb volatile financial markets. Changes in the global rules ...

Human beings are competitive. We want to know who is the strongest, who is the richest, and who is the cleverest of all. Some situations, like rank...

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Work is widely thought to have become more precarious. Many people feel that unions represent the interests of protected workers in good jobs at th...