The fox in the Henhouse

how privatization threatens democracy

The Fox in the Henhouse" takes an in-depth look at the growing practice of privatization - what it is, what it does to our society, and how we can stop it. Privatisation is one of the most important political and economic developments of our time, affecting ...

Monetary and fiscal policies in the Euro-Area

macro modelling, learning and empirics

The emergence of a new macro economy in Euro-Asia is a great challenge for academics and policy makers alike. Our book focuses on this macro economy and the monetary and fiscal policy responses. As the new environment has evolved over time, private behaviour as well ...

Minimum wages and poverty

an evaluation of policy alternatives

This research investigates the impact of three equal cost alternative labor market policies on the economic well-being of low-income families and society in general at the turn of the 21st century. The principal focus is on how changes in the minimum wage, Earned Income Tax ...

From the boardroom to the war room

America's corporate liberals and FDR's preparedness program

Between World War I and World War II, America's corporate liberals experienced a profound ideological change. In the 1920s, corporate liberals embraced company-specific solutions to economic problems. They believed that if every company, in every industry, employed advanced managerial techniques - such as granting workers ...

La integración monetaria en los países del Este y Centro de Europa

del COMECON a la UEM

Este trabajo recoge la gran transformación de las economías del Este y Centro de Europa desde un régimen de planificación centralizada hacia su funcionamiento como economías de mercado y su inclusión en la Unión Europea, tras cumplir los criterios de Copenhague o criterios de adhesión ...

Imperfect knowledge and monetary policy

Based on lectures given as part of The Stone Lectures in Economics, this book discusses the problem of formulating monetary policy in practice, under the uncertain circumstances which characterize the real world. The first lecture highlights the limitations of decision rules suggested by the academic ...

Institutional reform, regulation and privatization

process and outcomes in infrastructure industries

Table of Contents: 1 Process and outcomes of the infrastructure reform : an evolutionary perspective by John P. M. Groenewegen and Rolf W. Kunneke 2 Deregulation : design, learning and legitimacy by Atle Midttun 3 Competition policy, networks, and the 'new economy' by Erik J. Kloosterhuis and ...

Política y financiación pública del teatro

países iberoamericanos en el contexto internacional: (antecedentes, instituciones y experiencias)

Esta obra supone la segunda entrega de un conjunto de tres publicaciones que tiene como objeto analizar la política y la financiación públicas en otros tantos sectores del mundo de la cultura y de las artes: el de la cinematografía, analizado en un primer libro ...

Otro siglo perdido

las políticas de desarrollo en América Latina (1930-2005)

En ésta obra póstuma, el autor hace un análisis moderno de la región latinoamericana desde el punto de vista de la economía del desarrollo; "no es un libro para economistas de altos vuelos, que se interesan sólo en las etapas de posgrado, con grandes refinamientos ...

The Stability and Growth Pact

experiences and future aspects

When the Euro was introduced in the EU, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) was one of the cornerstones of the architecture of fiscal policy in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). The call for a reform got momentum since many Member States of the ...

Industrialización, competitividad y desequilibrio externo en México

un enfoque macroindustrial y financiero (1929-2010)

Desde su primera aparición en 1976, esta obra se ha encargado de explicar las diversas crisis externas de México, así como las restricciones al crecimiento en este país. Como ocurrió en 1982 con el modelo de industrialización por sustitución de importaciones, su reemplazo, el modelo ...

Monetary theory

The economics of unemployment in Europe

noeclassical, keynesian and structuralist interpretations

This book refreshes the debate of unemployment and the Natural Rate of Unemployment (NRU), within a European context. It presents three general views -neo-classical, Keynesian an structuralist.

Knowledge and competitive advantage

the coevolution of firms, technology and national institutions

Deberes para un gobierno

(Revista Cuadernos de Información Económica, Nº178, año 2004)

Défendre la sécu repenser la santé

Conciliar trabajo y familia

un reto para el siglo XXI

Entrepreneurship

a new perspective

Discapacidad y mercado de trabajo

Federalism and labour market policy

comparing different governance and employment strategies