Las instituciones económicas del capitalismo

En este trabajo se aplica el análisis del costo de transacción al estudio de diversas instituciones económicas; también se indaga en sus implicaciones en las políticas pública y laboral, así como en las regulaciones de los servicios públicos, y en las comisiones de cambios y ...

Fixing global finance

how to curb financial crisis in the 21st Century

'It is neither desirable nor feasible for the US to be the world's dominant borrower forever. Indeed it is absurd for the world economy's stability to depend on the willingness of the world's richest consumers to borrow ever more.'The globalisation of ...

The great financial crisis

causes and consequences

aThose of us who are dissatisfied with the analyses of the financial- economic meltdown of 2008 that attribute it to easily remediable amistakesa on the part of financial institutions, regulators, or policy- makers can learn a lot from John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoffas The ...

Money, markets, and sovereignty

In this keenly argued book, Benn Steil and Manuel Hinds offer the most powerful defence of economic liberalism since F. A. Hayek published "The Road to Serfdom" more than sixty years ago. The authors present a fascinating intellectual history of monetary nationalism from the ancient ...

The regulatory response to the financial crisis

There are already many papers and books on the causes and course of the current financial crisis, but this is the first and, for the moment, only such book to focus on the regulatory response to it. There are two main attributes that a bank ...

Common Wealth

economics for a crowded planet

In Common Wealth, Jeffrey D. Sachs-one of the world's most respected economists and the author of The New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty- offers an urgent assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and ...

Nation-States and the multinational corporation

a political economy of foreign direct investment

What makes a country attractive to foreign investors? To what extent do conditions of governance and politics matter? This book provides the most systematic exploration to date of these crucial questions at the nexus of politics and economics. Using quantitative data and interviews with investment ...

International political economy

an intellectual history

The field of international political economy gained prominence in the early 1970s - when the Arab oil embargo and other crises ended the postwar era of virtually unhindered economic growth in the United States and Europe - and today is an essential part of both political science ...

De la economía global al desarrollo local

el alcance de la intervención de los agentes de empleo y desarrollo local

Un enfoque local del desarrollo constituye hoy día el marco en el se insertan políticas y estrategias económicas que contemplan el punto de vista social con una perspectiva del desarrollo sostenible a largo plazo. Desde este ámbito, el desarrollo local aborda temáticas muy diversas que ...

The past and future of Central Bank cooperation

This book explores the past and future of central bank cooperation. In today's global economy, the cooperation between central banks is a key element in maintaining or restoring monetary and financial stability, thereby ensuring a smooth functioning of the international financial system. In this ...

Reforming pensions

principles and policy choices

Mandatory pensions are a worldwide phenomenon. However, with fixed contribution rates, monthly benefits, and retirement ages, pension systems are not consistent with three long-run trends: declining mortality, declining fertility, and earlier retirement. Many systems need reform. This book gives an extensive nontechnical explanation of the ...

Specificity and the macroeconomics of restructuring

ÍNDICE: I. Introduction. 1. Introduction. 2. The empirics of aggregate restructuring. II. The basics. 3. The "Fundamental Transformation". 4. Efficient restructuring. III. Inefficient restructuring. 5. Ineficient restructuring. 6. Financial market specificity and restructuring. 7. Application: structural adjustment. IV. Institutional and Technological evolution. 8. Institution, interest ...

Identidad y opción

dos formas de entender la política

¿Vivimos la política de forma colectiva, como resultado de la pertenencia a grupos #socioeconómicos, religiosos lingüísticos## con los que nos identificamos, o de forma individual, como resultado de opciones personales? En realidad, ni siquiera en ciertos periodos de la segunda mitad del siglo XX en ...

The economics of climate change

the Stern Rewiew

There is now clear scientific evidence that emissions from economic activity, particularly the burning of fossil fuels for energy, are causing changes to the Earth´s climate. A sound understanding of the economics of climate change is needed in order to underpin an effective global ...

Competition, Innovation, and Antitrust

a theory of market leaders and its policy implications

This book reviews recent progress in the theory of oligopoly and market leadership and provides new results on the theory of Stackelberg competition and Nash competition with strategic investment under endogenous entry. These theories are applied to models of competition in quantities, prices and to ...

The political economy of the Welfare State in America

globalization, democracy, and development

This book is one of the first attempts to analyze how developing countries through the early twenty-first century have established systems of social protection and how these systems have been affected by the recent processes of globalization and democratization. The book focuses on Latin America ...

The european service economy

changes and policy implications for Europe

This book contributes to a better understanding of the service economy. By exploring the key dimensions, available empirical evidence and associated policy implications, the author comprehensively investigates the new challenges facing the global economy, including employment, productivity, innovation and competitiveness. The case of the European ...

An East Asian model for latin American success

the new path

Latin America is at a uniquely important juncture in its history and the history of development more generally. Neoliberal market-orientated policies are being called into question, growth has been volatile and equity has stayed the same or worsened. In Latin America, there is no clear ...

Global economic decay

war, future crises and changes in global governance

What are the possibilities for and conditions of global security in the 21st century? This book provides an innovative study of future wars, crises and transformations of the global political economy. It brings together economic theory, political economy, peace and conflict research, philosophy and historical ...

The EU-Russian energy dialogue

Europe's future energy security

EU-Russian energy dialogue represents a policy issue that forces us to take a serious look at several crucial questions related to the present and future of Europe such as: how can the EU area ensure its future energy security when it is running out of ...