Oil powers

a history of the U.S.-Saudi alliance

Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States and Saudi Arabia have built a close but often troubled alliance. In this critical history, Victor McFarland reveals the deep ties binding the leaders of the two nations. Connecting foreign relations and domestic politics, McFarland challenges the view ...

El gran virus

Ensayo para una pandemia

A lo largo de la historia, la humanidad ha sido víctima de numerosas epidemias que trajeron consigo cientos de miles, incluso millones, de muertos y causaron un fuerte impacto no sólo en la salud sino también en la economía, el orden social, y en los ...

Obesos y famélicos

el impacto de la globalización en el sistema alimentario mundial

¿Cómo es posible que coincida con una epidemia de obesidad que afecta en especial a los pobres? Desde las semillas hasta el supermercado, desde los oligopolios hasta la Organización Mundial del Comercio, desde el Banco Mundial hasta el empobrecimiento de los agricultores: nada escapa al ...

Global political economy

An expert team of international authors present a diverse and comprehensive selection of theories and issues, carefully brought together by experienced editor John Ravenhill. Crucially, debates are presented through a critical lens to encourage students to unpack claims, form independent views, and challenge assumptions. This ...

The japanese economy

The second edition of a comprehensive account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, substantially updated and expanded. This textbook offers a comprehensive, rigorous but accessible account of all the major aspects of the Japanese economy, grounding its approach in mainstream economics. The ...

Estimating illicit financial flows

a critical guide to the data methodologies and findings

Illicit financial flows constitute a global phenomenon of massive but uncertain scale, which erodes government revenues and drives corruption in countries rich and poor. In 2015, the countries of the world committed to a target to reduce illicit flows, as part of the UN Sustainable ...

The rise of tech giants

a game changer in global finance and politics

Tech giants entering the banking and financial industry is not an issue of the future, it is already happening. This phenomenon has crucial implications that extend well beyond the banking system. There are questions like: Will tech giants be competitors of incumbents or will they ...

Globalizing capital

a history of the international monetary system

Essential reading for understanding the international economy-now thoroughly updated Lucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly updated to cover recent events that have shaken the global economy, Globalizing Capital is an indispensable account of the past 150 years of international monetary and financial history-from the ...

Raise the debt

how developing countries choose their creditors

Credit is the lifeblood of capitalism and development. Brazil, Russia, India, and China-also called BRICs-have become important creditors to developing countries. However, how will their loans affect economic development and democracy in recipient countries? We need to understand why governments accept Chinese over Western loan ...

Lecciones sobre economía mundial

introducción al desarrollo y a las relaciones económicas internacionales

Una de las tendencias que con más fuerza caracterizan este comienzo de siglo es el manifiesto impulso que ha cobrado el proceso de integración de la economía mundial. Como consecuencia, el conocimiento del entorno internacional se ha convertido en una exigencia para cuantos operan en ...

Reform of the international monetary system

why and how?

An argument that a rules-based reform of the international monetary system, achieved by applying basic economic theory, would improve economic performance. In this book, the economist John Taylor argues that the apparent correlation of monetary policy decisions among different countries-largely the result of countries' concerns ...

Disrupted economic relationships

disasters, sanctions, dissolutions

Empirical studies and theoretical analyses examine the causes and consequences of disruptions in cross-border economic relationships, including political conflict, economic sanctions, and institutional collapse. Cross-border economic relationships gradually strengthened in the decades after World War II; for most of the postwar period, international trade and ...

El valor de las cosas

quién produce y quién gana en la economía global

¿Quién crea realmente la riqueza? ¿Qué actividades la impulsan? ¿Cuáles se limitan a extraerla? ¿Cuáles la destruyen? Nuestras economías tienden a premiar la extracción de valor antes que su creación -el proceso productivo que verdaderamente impulsa una economía y una sociedad saludables-, y la diferencia ...

Austrian economics

the next generation

Austrian Economics: The Next Generation brings together emerging and established scholars to explore the insights that can be gleaned from applying Austrian economics to a range of different topics. Spanning a variety of related disciplines, from history to politics to public policy, this collection explores ...

The winding road to the Welfare State

economic insecurity and social welfare policy in Britain

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and ...

The economy of the Gulf States

The six Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - have a disproportionate importance in the global economic system because of their enormous reserves of oil and gas. Matthew Gray provides a brief yet comprehensive profile ...

The billionaire raj

a journey through India's new gilded age

A colorful and revealing portrait of the rise of India's new billionaire class in a radically unequal society India is the world's largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than China's. But the rewards of this ...

Bankers and Bolsheviks

international finance and the russian revolution

Following an unprecedented economic boom fed by foreign investment, the Russian Revolution triggered the worst sovereign default in history. Bankers and Bolsheviks tells the dramatic story of this boom and bust, chronicling the forgotten experiences of leading financiers of the age. Shedding critical new light ...

La China de Xi Jinping

Este libro, muy documentado, pero con un estilo directo, crítico e irónico, expone el asombroso progreso de China desde 1949 hasta nuestros días, profundizando en la última etapa. Frente a la extendida idea de que China, tras la muerte de Mao, entró en una fase ...

Capitalism in America

a history

'An inspiring, rip-roaring read - like the astonishing story it describes' Liam Halligan, Daily Telegraph Where does prosperity come from, and how does it spread through a society? What role does innovation play in creating prosperity and why do some eras see the fruits of innovation ...