La finance mondialisée

racines sociales et politiques, configuration, conséquences

Le néolibéralisme a déjà une histoire. Depuis les années 1980, les performances de l#économie mondiale ont dépendu de façon croissante de l#humeur et de la santé des « marchés » et des institutions # fonds de pension, sociétés d#assurance, banques # qui transforment l#épargne en ...

Eco-economía

para una economía a la medida de la Tierra

En este libro se habla de los fundamentos ecológicos de la economía humana, de los flujos de materiales, energía y deshechos que circulan por la actividad económica, así como los graves riesgos de destrucción de la base natural de los recursos que hace posible la ...

Money,politics and health care

reconstructing the federal-provincial partnership

eds.Harvey Lazar;France St-Hilaire The First Ministers' Accord on Health Care Renewal, announced in February 2003 just a few months following the release of the Romanow and Kirby reports on the future of health care in Canada, gave rise to high expectations. Many Canadians ...

Reshaping economic and monetary union

membership rules and budget policies in Germany, France and Spain

Following Maastricht national governments found themselves pushed into distinctive roles, as promoters, gatekeepers, reformers and defectors, as voter preferences and central bank powers combined in different ways to create clear incentives for politicians. These roles explain the push from certain countries for specific changes to ...

Conciliar trabajo y familia

un reto para el siglo XXI

Conciliar trabajo y familia es un acuciante problema de nuestro tiempo y, seguramente, seguirá siéndolo a lo largo del siglo XXI. Lo experimentan todos los días un gran número de personas que sienten la dificultad de ocuparse debidamente de su familia -dando la adecuada atención ...

The political economy of european integration

theory and analysis

This book provides an accessible introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration. It presents a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration.

Sustainable fiscal policy and economic stability

theory and practice

The public debt/GDP ratio in several countries showed the largest ever peacetime increase during the last 20 years of the twentieth century, thereby causing widespread fiscal unsustainability. Towards the latter half of the 1990s, several governments initiated steps to reverse this trend however, they ...

Conocimiento, tecnología y crecimiento

nuevas orientaciones y recomendaciones estratégicas en una economía globalizada

Este libro organiza sistemáticamente y profundiza en el conocimiento teórico de las complejas relaciones entre tecnología y economía que determinan la evolución de la "productividad" y el crecimiento económico.

The network society

a cross-cultural perspective

Manuel Castells # one of the world#s pre-eminent social scientists # has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies ...

El Mercosur, los trabajadores y el ALCA

un estudio sobre la relación entre el sindicalismo sociopolítico y la integración en el Cono Sur

Los sindicalismos de los países del Cono Sur podrán incidir en las reformas institucionales que exige el Mercosur entre 2003-2006 para avanzar en su constitución como comunidad económico-política y en las negociaciones en desarrollo sobre el ALCA y el acuerdo de asociación con la Unión ...

Creative knowledge environments

the influences on creativity in research and innovation

Although there is an ever increasing demand for new technology and innovations in the economy and society in general, we currently know little about the conditions for stimulating creativity in relation to research and innovative activity. This book fills a significant gap in the literature ...

Empleos y rentas en un mundo globalizado

Basándose de una investigación empírica orignal de la OIT, que combina el análisis comparativo de países y los estudios de casos, el autor analiza las consecuencias que el proceso de globalización, tal y como se ha desarrollado hasta ahora, ha tenido en particular para el ...

L'età delle banche centrali

forme e governo della moneta fiduciaria in una prospecttiva istituzionalista

Qual è il ruolo delle banche centrali, e come è andato evolvendosi negli oltre due secoli della loro esistenza? E quale logica evolutiva ha condotto ad attribuire loro una generalità di funzioni: istituto di emissione, prestatore di ultima istanza, responsabile della politica monetaria, gestore del ...

The interaction of monetary policy and wage bargaining in the European Monetary Union

lessons from the endogenous money approach

Sebastian Dullien gives a novel explanation for unemployment and inflation in the Euro-Zone. He argues that unemployment stems from a lack of cooperation between unions and monetary authorities: In an economy with endogenous money as EMU, wage setters are responsible for price stability while the ...

Il mercato monetario e la banca centrale

liquidità bancaria, politica monetaria, sistemi di pagamento

Il mercato monetario rappresenta il punto d'incontro tra la gestione della liquidità bancaria e la politica monetaria: da un lato, consente agli intermediari di ridistribuire la liquidità, contribuendo così al loro equilibrio finanziario; dall'altro, costituisce l'ambito di realizzazione della politica monetaria e ...

Principios rectores de la política social y económica

Como dice el profesor Miguel Angel García Herrera,que prologa la edición,el también profesor Javier Tajadura ha reunido es esta importante obra un completo y experimentado equipo de docentes para abordar coordinadamente la compleja tarea que supone en la actualidad modernizar nuestra Constitución.Y ...

Lezioni di economia monetaria

La seconda edizione delle Lezioni di Economia Monetaria appare a due anni di distanza dalla prima e include alcuni importanti aggiornamenti istituzionali sulle strategie di politica monetaria, le procedure operative, la struttura e la governance della Federal Reserve e della Banca Centrale Europea. Nel complesso ...

Deflaction

current and historical perspectives

Until recently fears of deflation seemed nothing more than a relic of the Great Depression. However, beginning in the 1990s, persistently falling consumer prices have emerged in Japan, China and elsewhere. Deflation is also a distinct possibility in some of the major euro area economies ...

Exploring sustainable development

geographical perspectives

Sustainable development is capturing the attention of planners, politicians and business leaders. Within the academic sphere its study is increasingly breaching disciplinary boundaries to become a focus of attention for natural and social scientists alike. But in studying such a key concept, it is vital ...

Monetary policy implementation

theory-past-present

The first of its kind, this book is entirely dedicated to the implementation of monetary policy: how central banks go about achieving their monetary policy targets. Monetary policy implementation has gone through tremendous changes over the last twenty years, which have witnessed the quiet end ...