The new political economy of Russia

Can Russia's burst of economic growth be sustained? Taking a comprehensive look at the economic and political regime shift from Yeltsin to Putin, this book explores the key challenges facing the Russian economy: to narrow the productivity gap between Russian and Western firms and ...

Inequality and growth

theory and policy implications

Even minute increases in a country's growth rate can result in dramatic changes in living standards over just one generation. The benefits of growth, however, may not be shared equally. Some may gain less than others, and a fraction of the population may actually ...

The wealth of nature

how mainstream economics has failed the environment

Explaining why neoclassical economic theory cannot account for the costs of doing business in a global environment, this text demonstrates that the central legitimating construct in neoclassical economics, Adam Smith's "invisible hand", is a product of 18th Century Deism

Economic geography and public policy

Research on the spatial aspects of economic activity has flourished over the past decade due to the emergence of new theory, new data, and an intense interest on the part of policymakers, especially in Europe but increasingly in North America and elsewhere as well. However ...

The political economy of the European Union

institutions, policy and economic growth

State/Space

A reader.

El ahorro en tiempos de tribulación

(Revista Cuadernos de información económica, Nº 170, 2002)

Creadores de Democracia radical

Movimientos sociales y redes de políticas públicas

Este libro pretende reflexionar sobre el impacto de cuatro movimientos sociales y sus respectivos campos de políticas públicas. Los movimientos considerados son el de solidaridad internacional, el antimilitarista, el antirracista y el de okupación. Sus impactos se analizan sobre las políticas de cooperación al desarrollo ...

Financial policies in emerging markets

The 1994-1995 Mexican crisis was the first in a succession of financial crises to hit emerging markets in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Brazil, Argentina and Turkey. In almost all these cases, problems in the banking sector played a key role. Any analysis of ...

Les nouvelles approches de la concurrence

The new political economies

a collection of essays from around the world

This volume contains interesting essays on the following range of topics: fiscal sociology; constitutional economics; Austrian school perspectives; and new perspectives on transition economies in Asia, Europe and Africa. All of the contributors to this volume apply cutting- edge concepts and distinctions in economics to ...

Gasto público y federalismo fiscal en España. Período 1984-1998

Consumidores activos

experiencias cooperativas para el siglo XXI

Readings in political economy

This text collects some of the most valuable contributions to this rapidly growing field. Ranging from seminal pieces to striking contemporary papers, the readings in this volume explore the complex intersections between politics and economics from the perspectives of both disciplines. Presenting both the historical ...

Financial and monetary integration in the new Europe

convergence bertween the EU and Central and Eastern Europe

Uniones monetarias en Europa. Lecciones historicas para la Union Economica y Monetaria Europea.

Introducción a la política económica

fundamentos y experiencia internacional

Democracia y mercado

reformas políticas y económicas en la Europa del este y América Latina

El afán de libertad del hombre y la represión han generado en los últimos años un movimiento mundial hacia la implantación de la democracia política y la racionalidad económica. Nunca hasta ahora un número tan amplio de personas había empredido la experiencia de dotarse de ...

COORDINATION EUROPEENNE DES POLITIQUES ECONOMIQUES.

Rational Behaviour and the Design of Institutions.

Concepts, Theories and Models..