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But does this simple idea have the potential to radically transform our society? Is a UBI the ultimate solution to the problem of poverty? Is it the solution to automation-induced unemployment? Can it help solve gender and racial inequality?This book provides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the UBI. It recounts the history of the idea, from its origins in the writings of 18th century radical intellectuals to contemporary discussions centered on unemployment caused by technological advances such as artificial intelligence. It discusses current pilot programs in the United States and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this important book, Zwolinski and Fleischer provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to universal basic income in all its forms, including stakeholder grants, the earned income tax credit, and the child tax credit. 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The authors take us on a fascinating 2500-year tour of sovereign debt through the ages, the discussions, the successes and the failures. The bottom line: Well-used, debt finance has been and is precious. The latest example: The use of debt during the Covid crisis. A must read for anybody interested in current debt debates. * Olivier Blanchard, Professor of Economics Emeritus, MIT, and Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics *\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptionally comprehensive and readable history of public debt from ancient Greece to modern Greece and from Argentina to Australia to Asia to America. This book is rich with detail, studded with lessons learned, forgotten and learned again, and packed with analytical perspective that reflects decades of scholarship. It is a timely reminder to governments, lenders, investors and ordinary citizens that if you don't know where you've been, you probably don't know where you are going. * David Wessel, Director, Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Brookings Institution *\u003cbr\u003eRepeatedly since the 1980s, Americans have been told to worry about the size of the federal debt. And yet the debt has continued to grow absolutely and as a share of gross domestic product, with few of the predicted adverse consequences. Building expertly on large and complex literatures in history, economics and political science, In Defense of Public Debt offers a balanced account of the positive and negative aspects of public debt, showing the vitally important role government borrowing can play in a time of crisis, but also the very real problems that can arise when debts grow too large. At a time when too many policymakers subscribe to naive ideas about public finance, this is a book that cries out for a readership beyond the academy. * Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford *\u003cbr\u003eFor a typical citizen, protection in war-time or in a pandemic reveals their government to be a problem-solver rather than 'the problem.' Yet the legacy of such episodes in the accumulated national debt is widely misunderstood, opening the way to too rapid a turn to austerity. In Defense of Public Debt provides enlightenment and reassurance by inviting the reader to follow how public debt—warts and all—has helped create the modern world. * Wendy Carlin, Professor of Economics, University College London *\u003cbr\u003eIn Defense of Public Debt could not be timelier. It is an engaging and informative account of the use and misuse of government borrowing, from early times to the Covid pandemic. The unquestionable expertise of the authors, and their non-partisan reading of the evidence from our past, will serve to guide the intelligent reader as they wrestle with one of the most important issues of our time: Are we borrowing too much? * Raghuram Rajan, Professor of Finance, University of Chicago *\u003cbr\u003eHow much debt should a country accumulate during a crisis? And afterwards? To know what works and what doesn't requires verdicts on past performances. The authors deliver the verdicts, applying sound principles in a definitive global history of public debt. * Peter H. Lindert, Distinguished Professor of Economics (Emeritus), University of California - Davis *\u003cbr\u003eWith so much nonsense about the public debt in the air, it is refreshing to discover a work of such intelligence, balance, and erudition. Read In Defense of Public Debt for fun and profit. Then send an excerpt or two to your favorite politicians. * Alan S. Blinder, Gordon S. 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As we ask where we stand with public debt today, there is no better book to remind us of the lessons of history. * David Stasavage, Julius Silver Professor of Politics, New York University *\u003cbr\u003eIn Defense of Public Debt, by Eichengreen, El-Ganainy, Esteves and Mitchener, could not have been better timed...As a work of economic history, it provides a comprehensive, clear and readable tour through the ages of sovereign debt that will be of interest to economists, historians, political scientists, philosophers, as well as to practitioners and the general public interested in current debates on debt sustainability. * Anahí Wiedenbrüg, Economics and Philosophy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Debt in Service of the State Chapter 3. States and the Limits of Borrowing Chapter 4. Democratization and Globalization Chapter 5. Caveat Emptor Chapter 6. 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Using finance as a means to achieve social goals we can divert the planet and its economy from its current path to a world that is sustainable for all. Written for undergraduate, graduate, and executive students of finance, economics, business, and sustainability, this textbook combines theory, empirical data, and policy to explain the sustainability challenges for corporate investment. It shows how finance can steer funding to certain companies and projects without sacrificing return and thus speed up the transition to a sustainable economy. It analyses the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for a better world and provides evidence that environmental, social, and governance factors matter, explaining in detail how to incorporate these factors in the corporate and financial sectors.Tailored for students, Principles of Sustainable Finance starts each chapter with an overview and learning objectives to support study. 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It is essential reading for any student seeking to understand the main ideas and trends in sustainable finance. * Patrick Bolton, Professor of Business at Columbia University *\u003cbr\u003eThe financial system is integral to achieving a smooth transition to a low carbon economy. Based on their extensive careers in finance and academia, Schoenmaker and Schramade set out an insightful vision for a sustainable financial sector, one where social and environmental dimensions are integrated within financial decisions. At a time when the need for a sustainable financial system becomes ever more pressing, this book furthers the debate on how to get there and what role each financial market participant has to play. * Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Englad *\u003cbr\u003eThe UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 are predicated on the idea that current and future generations have the resources needed to ensure access to clean water, food, shelter, health, education and energy, irrespective of the place of birth, while caring and preserving our common home: The Earth. In Principles of Sustainable Finance, Dirk Schoenmaker and Willem Schramade discuss the importance of sustainable finance and how it can help allocate resources to individual and social needs, over time, while respecting our planetâs boundaries. It is an indispensable read for students, professionals and policy-makers. * Vitor Gaspar, Director Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fun *\u003cbr\u003eI am sometimes asked what a biologist is doing at the Ministry of Finance. The answer is simple: there is no better place for a biologist than working with finance. With the monumental challenges we are facing, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, mainstream finance needs to become truly sustainable. This implies that a larger skillset is needed for those dealing with economics. This textbook contributes to the change needed. * Per Bolund, Minister for Financial Markets in Sweden *\u003cbr\u003eThe investment decisions of today shape our future. We have a choice. Do we maximise short-term returns, or create long-term sustainable value? It is becoming increasingly clear that society is reaching ecological and social boundaries, and that we can only prosper if we respect these boundaries. 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They show the need for competition and the fight against rents. They advocate a regulated capitalism that will allow us to keep society prosperous and the planet green. They explain, in short, how to manage the creative destruction that over the past two centuries has brought to our society a previously unimaginable prosperity. Provocative and rigorous, this book is an important milestone in our reflections on the future of our societies. A must-read. -- Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureate, Toulouse School of Economics\u003cbr\u003eThe term ‘creative destruction’ expresses a contradiction at the core of capitalism; creation brings innovation, growth, and prosperity while the destruction that it demands engenders resistance and stagnation. Philippe Aghion, Céline Antonin, and Simon Bunel are the leaders in exploring and understanding this story of action and reaction. Their insights are essential if policy is to restore growth in today’s faltering capitalism. -- Angus Deaton, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences\u003cbr\u003eAnyone curious about where modern capitalism is going and whether economic growth can be sustained should read this book. In accessible prose, based on cutting-edge economic analysis, the authors dissect the dynamics of the modern economies. They show brilliantly how capitalism in the twenty-first century is indeed as creative as it is destructive, and how innovation will affect modern economies and hence the life of every human on the planet, for better and for worse. Deeply researched and intelligently written, this is a genuine \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University\u003cbr\u003ePhilippe Aghion has been the leader of modern growth theory for the last three decades. 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It was a pleasure to read this well-written book, which is full of easy examples and background data. -- Paul Frijters * Economic Record *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865486700887,"sku":"9780674292093","price":16.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674292093.jpg?v=1722274201"},{"product_id":"the-wealth-of-a-nation-9780691247014","title":"The Wealth of a Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865555153239,"sku":"9780691247014","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691247014.jpg?v=1722274539"},{"product_id":"geopolitical-economy-9780745329925","title":"Geopolitical Economy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRadically reinterprets the historical evolution of the world order, as a multi-polar world emerges from the dust of the financial and economic crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'You are not likely to find a better contemporary history of the world's economy than this one' -- Jeff Madrick, Editor, Challenge\u003cbr\u003e'Shatters the stale notions that characterise traditional international political economy' -- Professor Ilene Grabel, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA\u003cbr\u003e'Desai has given us an essential work on global political economy, deftly weaving together a critical history of the US dollar, a devastating critique of global hegemony theory, and a rethinking of Marxian and Keynesian ideas about global economic crisis' -- Gary Dymski, Leeds University Business School and University of California, Riverside\u003cbr\u003e'This impressive book powerfully questions the conventional wisdoms of both the right and the left about US hegemony, globalisation, and the 'new American empire'. 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I have every confidence that every student of the global economy and polity will greatly benefit by studying this outstanding monograph' -- Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Founder-Director of the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata and former Reserve Bank Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta\u003cbr\u003e'A critical and vivid analysis of what she aptly calls the geopolitical economy of capitalism which will be attractive as a textbook for international political economy courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels and a thrilling read for readers at large' -- Makoto Itoh, Professor emeritus of The University of Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e'A clear-eyed and incisive look at some of the central concerns in the world today. This book will persuade and engage you.' -- Jayati Ghosh, Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Executive Secretary of the International Development Economics Associates (IDEAS).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements  \u003cbr\u003e  List of Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003e  1. Introduction: Why Geopolitical Economy? \u003cbr\u003e  2. The Materiality of Nations\u003cbr\u003e  3. The US Imperial Career\u003cbr\u003e  4. Ambition and Realities\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Retrospection of Hegemony Stability Theory\u003cbr\u003e  6. Renewal?\u003cbr\u003e  7. Globalisation?\u003cbr\u003e  8. Empire?\u003cbr\u003e  9. 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Read this book' -- Steve Keen, Professor and Head, School of Economics, Politics \u0026amp; History, Kingston University, London, U.K.\u003cbr\u003e'Helps us understand what the newspapers never explain: how these economic crises are a product of the inequalities and incapacity for social foresight that is capitalism's everyday economics' -- Hilary Wainwright, editor of Red Pepper\u003cbr\u003e'Quite simply the best critical introduction to economics you can find' -- Frank Stilwell, Professor Emeritus of Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia\u003cbr\u003e'Clear, compelling, lively and anger-provoking, all at once' -- Robert Pollin, Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, U.S.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction: Why Study Economics?\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Preliminaries\u003cbr\u003e  1. 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Now science is telling us that the Holocene Epoch in the geological time scale ended, replaced by a new more dangerous Anthropocene Epoch, which began around 1950. The Anthropocene Epoch is characterized by an “anthropogenic rift” in the biological cycles of the Earth System, marking a changed reality in which human activities are now the main geological force impacting the earth as a whole, generating at the same time an existential crisis for the world’s population.  What caused this massive shift in the history of the earth? In this comprehensive study, John Bellamy Foster tells us that a globalized system of capital accumulation has induced humanity to foul its own nest. The result is a planetary emergency that threatens all present and future generations, throwing into question the continuation of civilization and ultimately the very survival of humanity itself. Only by addressing the social aspects of the current planetary emergency, exploring the theoretical, historical, and practical dimensions of the capitalism’s alteration of the planetary environment, is it possible to develop the ecological and social resources for a new journey of hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Bellamy Foster has returned Marxism to a serious and sincere engagement with nature. He is as adept at navigating the latest scientific literature as he is comfortable with the immense body of Marxist theory. 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