After Adam Smith

a century of transformation in politics and political economy

Few issues are more central to our present predicaments than the relationship between economics and politics. "After Adam Smith" looks at how politics and political economy were articulated and altered in the century following the publication of Smith's "Wealth of Nations". It considers how ...

Unravelling capitalism

a guide to marxist politival economy

Karl Marx was the greatest critic of capitalism. Yet his ideas are widely dismissed and misunderstood. But Marx is indispensable for anyone who wants to grasp why capitalism is a system of exploitation, instability and repeated crises. Joseph Choonara introduces Marx's approach to understanding ...

The future of chinese capitalism

choices and chances

Much has been said about the re-emergence of China to its historical position of eminence in the world economy, yet little is understood about the kind of economic system China is evolving. What are the rules of the game of business in today's China ...

25 años de neoliberalismo

INDICE: 1. Neoliberalismo. Mitos y realidades. Martin Hart-Landsberg 2. La financialización del capitalismo. John Bellamy Foster 3. La teoría económica neoliberal y el desarrollo. Rémy Herrera 4. La lucha de clases a escala mundial. Vicenç Navarro 5. "Trabajadores invitados" en el capitalismo global. Richard D ...

Institutional change and economic development

This wide-ranging volume demonstrates that there is no simple formula for successful institutional development. Through numerous examples, the book makes clear that development can only be achieved through deliberate imitation of successful foreign institutions combined with local innovations.

Después de Bush

el fin de los "neocons" y la hora de los demócratas

La contrarrevolución conservadora iniciada por Reagan ha llevado a Estados Unidos al empobrecimiento de sus clases medias, a la destrucción de sus programas sociales y a extremos crecients de desigualdad. Esta política de bajos impuestos para los más ricos, que ha alentado una especulación incontrolada ...

Readings in public choice and constitutional political economy

Public choice is the study of behavior at the intersection of economics and political science. Since the pioneering work of Duncan Black in the 1940s, public choice has developed a rich literature, drawing from such related perspectives as history, philosophy, law, and sociology, to analyze ...

Fortalecimiento institucional y desarrollo

Esta obra ofrece al lector una reflexión teórica y un análisis de cassa e instituciones que trabajan en el ámbito del fortalecimiento institucional como enfoque transversal en la cooperación al desarrollo. Se recogen aportaciones de reconocidos especialistas en la materia y se plantean fórmulas para ...

Los principios de economía política

En la medida que la Economía Política siguió la línea de pensamiento trazada por David Ricardo, se supuso, hasta la gran crisis de 1929, que "toda oferta crea su propia demanda". La crisis y la depresión de los años treinta se encargaron de derribar esta ...

Hacia una crítica de la economía política del arte

una historia ideológica del arte moderno considerando su modo de producción

Las artes son un modo de producción en cuyo interior se efectúan relaciones específicas, que son relaciones sociales determinadas por ideologías concretas. ¿Cómo se entienden estas relaciones específicas de producción del arte considerando su desarrollo paralelo al modo capitalista de producción? Ésta es la pregunta ...

Las termitas del Estado

ensayos sobre corrupción, transparencia y desarrollo

Los ensayos recogidos en este libro abordan el tema de la corrupción estatal, reconociendo también la incidencia del problema en el sector privado. Los economistas Andrés Solimano, Vito Tanzi, y el politólogo Felipe del Solar, desarrollan un riguroso análisis de este fenómeno examinando, uno a ...

Ensayos sobre Políticas Públicas

Estos Ensayos sobre políticas públicas se constituyen en un importante y valioso aporte que fortalece la bibliografía existente en este campo la cual, en Colombia, presenta todavía un “panorama bastante desolador”, a pesar de ser “un tema de indudable actualidad e importancia”. Se debe entender ...

Supercapitalism

the transformation of business, democracy, and everday life

One of the nations most valued voices on politics, business, and the economy--the bestselling author of "Locked in the Cabinet" and "The Work of Nations"--discusses the clash between capitalism and democracy, in this timely, impassioned, and highly important book.

The Age of Turbulence.

Adventures in a New World

In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, in his fourteenth year as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan took part in a very quiet collective effort to ensure that America didn't experience an economic meltdown, taking the rest of the world ...

Reclaiming Marx's "Capital"

a refutation of the myth of incosistency

This book reclaims Marx's Capital from the myth of inconsistency. An accessible account written for non-specialist readers, it shows that the inconsistencies are actually caused by misinterpretation; the recent temporal single-system interpretation eliminates all of the alleged inconsistencies.

The welfare state nobody knows

debunking myths about U.S. social policy

"The Welfare State Nobody Knows" challenges a number of myths and half- truths about U.S. social policy. The American welfare state is supposed to be a pale imitation of "true" welfare states in Europe and Canada. Christopher Howard argues that the American welfare state ...

The institutional economics of corruption and reform

theory, evidence and policy

Corruption has been a feature of public institutions for centuries, yet only relatively recently has it been made the subject of sustained scientific analysis. Johann Graf Lambsdorff shows how insights from institutional economics can be used to develop a better understanding of the institutions necessary ...

Geography of power

the making of global economic policy

This book examines how contemporary global economic policies are made: by which institutions, under what ideologies, and how they are enforced. The author reveals the central roles played by organizations such as the IMF and the World Bank in supervising the livelihoods of over 2 ...

How China grows

investment, finance and reform

Although China's economy has grown spectacularly over the last twenty- five years, economists disagree about how the Chinese economy is likely to fare in the short- and long-term future. Is China's growth sustainable, or has China relied too much on investment, which is ...

¿Qué es la democracia?

¿La teoría sobre la democracia es una o es múltiple? ¿Hay muchas teorías sobre muchas democracias o bien una teoría sobre una democracia? Asunto de permanente interés para Giovanni Sartori, el estudio de la democracia es de gran importancia para determinar qué esperamos de la ...