The economics of self-employment and entrepreneurship

As self-employment and entrepreneurship become increasingly important in our modern economies, Simon C. Parker provides a timely, definitive and comprehensive overview of the field. In this book he brings together and assesses the large and disparate literature on these subjects and provides an up-to-date overview ...

Política cultural

Desde el punto de vista estético, la cultura opera como un significante de las diferencias y similitudes en el gusto, la sensibilidad y el estatus de los grupos sociales. Antropológicamente, se trata de comprender la manera en que vivimos nuestra vida dentro de esos grupos ...

Markets in historical contexts

ideas and politics in the modern world

Markets in Historical Contexts is the result of a dialogue between historians and social scientists thinking about markets in modern society. How should we approach markets after the collapse of Marxism? What alternative ways of thinking about markets can we recover from the past? The ...

The power of productivity

wealth,poverty,and the treat to global stability

The disparity between rich and poor countries is the most serious, intractable problem facing the world today. The chronic poverty of many nations affects more than the citizens and economies of those nations; it threatens global stability as the pressures of immigration become unsustainable and ...

Institutional conflicts and complementarities

This important collection presents an authoritative selection of papers on "Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities" This publication is intent on building bridges between economics and the other social sciences. The focus is on the interaction between monetary policy and wage bargaining institutions in European Monetary Union ...

Policy competition and policy cooperation in a monetary union

This book studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the Euro area. The policy makers are the union central bank, the German government, the French government and other governments. The policy targets are price stability in the union, full employment in Germany, full ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...