China and the next crash

Emerging relatively unscathed from the banking crisis of 2008, China has been viewed as a model of both rampant success and fiscal stability. But beneath the surface lies a network of fissures that look likely to erupt into the next big financial crash. A bloated ...

Public governance and the classical-liberal perspective

political economy foundations

Classical liberalism entails not only a theory about the scope of government and its relationship with the market but also a distinct view about how government should operate within its proper domain of public choices in non-market settings. Building on the political economy principles underpinning ...

The indian economy

The Indian economy has undergone marked changes over recent decades encompassing episodes of rapid growth and stagnation. It is a complex economic story that stretches back to the seismic events of 1947. This new title in the World Economies series explains the development of the ...

Minsky

Minsky is best known for his claim that 'stability is destabilizing' - that the seeds of the bust are sown in the boom. This financial instability hypothesis received renewed attention - and substantial confirmation - in the global financial crisis of 2008. Minsky's insights are not limited ...

The calculus of happiness

how a mathematical approach to life adds up to health, wealth, and love

How math holds the keys to improving one's health, wealth, and love life What's the best diet for overall health and weight management? How can we change our finances to retire earlier? How can we maximize our chances of finding our soul mate ...

Finance and financial intermediation

a modern treatment of money, credit, and banking

The financial system is a densely interconnected network of financial intermediaries, facilitators, and markets that serves three major purposes: allocating capital, sharing risks, and facilitating intertemporal trade. Asset prices are an important mechanism in each of these phenomena. Capital allocation, whether through loans or other ...

The Laws of trading

a trader's guide to better decision-making for everyone

Trading books generally break down into two categories: the ones which claim to teach you how to make money trading, and the memoir-style books recounting scandals and bad behavior. But the former don't have profitable trades to teach; if they did they'd keep ...

Waste

Waste is one of the planet's last great resource frontiers. From furniture made from up-cycled wood to gold extracted from computer circuit boards, artisans and multinational corporations alike are finding ways to profit from waste while diverting materials from overcrowded landfills. Yet beyond these ...

The theory and practice of commerce and maritime affairs

Theorica y practica de comercio y de marina

La publicación de esta obra es de importancia capital: Gerónimo de Uztáriz es al autor mercantilista español más prestigioso y que más influencia tuvo en los escritores de economía posteriores, no en vano su obra se encontraba entre los libros que componían la biblioteca de ...

Karl Polanyi's political and economic thought

a critical guide

The work of Karl Polanyi has become a central reference point for scholars in a variety of traditions and disciplines within the social sciences, including international relations, international political economy, economic sociology and economic anthropology. This book offers a comprehensive introduction to Polanyi's political ...

Repensar la economía desde lo popular

aprendizajes colectivos desde América Latina

América Latina se encuentra en una nueva fase en disputa. A pesar del viento en contra, una diversidad de pueblos, comunidades y movimientos sociales sigue empeñada en la construcción de poder popular. Se impulsan así procesos de construcción de alternativas económicas que prefiguran e implementan ...

Aftermath

seven secrets of welath preservation in the coming chaos

In his most practical book to date, financial expert and investment advisor James Rickards shows how and why our financial markets are being artificially inflated and what smart investors can do to protect their assets. What goes up must come down. As any student of ...

Lectures in Macroeconomics

a capitalist economy without unemployment

Lectures in Macroeconomics: A Capitalist Economy Without Unemployment provides a systematic account of the principle of aggregate demand based on the work of Polish economist Michal Kalecki, best known as one of the originators of the Keynesian Revolution in macroeconomics.The lectures demonstrate the importance ...

The book business

what everyone needs to know

Many of us read books every day, either electronically or in print. We remember the books that shaped our ideas about the world as children, go back to favorite books year after year, give or lend books to loved ones and friends to share the ...

The architecture of banking in Renaissance Italy

constructing the spaces of money

Over the course of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, European society confronted rapid monetization, a process that has been examined in depth by economic historians. Less well understood is the development of architecture to meet the needs of a burgeoning mercantile economy in the Late ...