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The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economicsthe dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today''s rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic philosophers begins with Adam Smith and continues through to the present day. It examines the contributions each one made to our understanding of the role of the economist, the science of economics and economic theory. Boxes in each chapter highlight little-known and entertaining facts about the economists'' personal lives that had an influence on their work.The fourth edition adds coverage of modern monetary theory, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, minimum wage debates, Schumpeter and socialism, Malthus and immigration, and more.The Making of Modern Economics is a valuable, engaging text for courses in the history of economic thought and political economy.

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Book SynopsisHistory reveals countless attempts by great minds to solve lifeâs paradoxes. But what if these attempts miss the point? What if paradox is life?Contrary to the supposedly sublime linear logic that underpins our prevalent modes of theoretical and empirical enquiry, in this fascinating book, organizational anthropologist Tom Vine charts the pervasiveness of paradox across the academy: from arithmetic to zoology. In so doing, he reflects on the concept of paradox as a widespread existential âpatternâ, a pattern which holds significant metatheoretical and pedagogical potential. Paradoxes, he argues, are not inconveniences or âfault lines in our common-sense worldâ but are coded into our very existence. Paradoxes thus present their own vital logics that shape our lives: they thwart moral and ideological uniformity; they even out subjective experience between âthe havesâ and âthe have notsâ; and they shed light on the opaque concepts of consciousness and agency.This book will appeal to anybody with a curious mind, particularly scholars and students with an interest in one or more of the following: complexity theory, critical pedagogies, ethnography, nonlinear dynamics, organization theory, and systems theory.Trade Review‘In this lively, eclectic and consistently stimulating book, Tom Vine identifies the remarkable prevalence of paradox in human life and offers a spirited defence of embracing its peculiar logic. Against the conventional wisdom of means-ends reasoning and calculative rationality, Vine argues that paradox reveals fractures in our common-sense that we would do well to explore and exacerbate rather than eradicate or resolve. Taking an ethnographic, transdisciplinary, wide angle view, Vine’s primary focus is the lived experience of paradox: our counterintuitive tendency to embrace contrary positions and the unfathomable longing to act against our own best interests. In a world that is being re-contoured by rapid advances in artificial intelligence and information technology, Tom Vine’s book is an ardent appeal to the humanising power of paradox.’Jill Marsden, Professor of Literature and Philosophy, University of Bolton, UK‘This book represents the active and loving embrace of paradox in art, society, organization, nature and ontology but it also (paradoxically) describes the relationship between author and textual material as grappling, staggering, discombobulating and thorny. Take paradox away from the thinker and you have the tame professor yet (paradoxically) to outwit paradox would be accepting a Faustian pact. Paradox is a vague rule of sociology wherein (paradoxically) there is no universally accepted rule book on anything. Vine has produced a text that is both broad and deep, where we are allowed to see paradox at work, everywhere and at every time. It forcibly opens our eyes just as the reader might want to blink and slink back into a less-pressing, logical and linear comfortableness. It is to be highly commended for its smooth disruptiveness.’Gibson Burrell, Professor of Organization Theory, University of Manchester, UK ‘In this important and wide-ranging book Tom Vine makes a strong case for the unique human capacity to entertain one thing and its opposite at the same time. He demonstrates how this is not a result of flawed thinking, but is crucial for exploring complex experience. Vine shows us how paradoxical thinking manifests in the full range of human activity; from art to science, and from pedagogy to the ethics involved in navigating between competing goods.’Christopher Mowles, Professor of Complexity and Management, University of Hertfordshire, UK 'This book is both stimulatingly provocative and deeply questioning of much of the literature on the bureaucratic phenomenon. Tom Vine advances a Deleuzian perspective on bureaucracy as an ‘emergent and immanent force’ in late modernism. Repetitive and recurrent ‘differences’ within and across its operational planes require life-skills in their positive resolution. In presenting his arguments he draws from a wide range of alternative perspectives.'Ray Loveridge, Professor Emeritus, Aston University, UK'Tom Vine's erudite and engagingly personal reexamination of bureaucracy offers compelling alternatives to the familiar debate on 'post-bureaucracy' and the pejorative caricatures of bureaucracy in popular management literature. Rather than arguing for or against bureaucracy, Dr Vine's unique approach is to ask how people in organisations experience, navigate and make sense of this phenomenon. He combines autoethnography, literary criticism and expansive scholarship to develop a phenomenology of bureaucracy. Written with refreshing style and a colourful wit, his book offers invaluable insights for the critical study of contemporary organisations.'Dr Samuel Mansell, University of St Andrews, UKTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I: The Pervasiveness of Paradox; 2. Paradox and Art; 3. Paradox and Society; 4. Paradox and Organization; 5. Paradox and Nature; 6. Paradox and Ontology; Part II: The Pedagogical Potential for Paradox; 7. Pedagogical Logic I: Paradox Thwarts Moral Closure; 8. Pedagogical Logic II: Paradox Elicits Egalitarian Inertia; 9. Pedagogical Logic III: Paradox Augments Understanding of Agency; 10. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisProviding an account of the development of economic thought, this book explores the extent to which economic ideas are rooted in moral values. Adopting an approach rooted in pragmatism', the work explores key questions which have been considered by economists since the classical political economists. These include: what degree of priority ought to be granted to property rights among all individual liberties; whether uncertainties in economic life justify investing political authorities with the power to stabilize business cycles; whether it is better to trust entrepreneurial initiatives to resolve societal dilemmas or to centralize policy-making in the hands of a benevolent government. The chapters argue that economic thought has evolved from an emphasis on sympathy (as defined by Adam Smith) and that there has more recently been a rediscovery of the significance of sympathy reinvented as fair reciprocity in the wake of the emergence of behavioural economics and its coTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction CHAPTER 2 Classical Political Economy: The Age of “Sympathy”? CHAPTER 3 Neoclassical Economics: Economics as Pure Science? CHAPTER 4 The Political Economy of “Market Failures” CHAPTER 5 The Birth of Macroeconomics CHAPTER 6 The Political Economy of Government Failures CHAPTER 7 Neoliberalism and Its Discontents CHAPTER 8 The Way Forward

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Book SynopsisThe modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age.This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius' writing and explores how Consolation offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. These economic considerations resonate with a range of heterodox economic perspectives, such as Ecological and Buddhist Economics. The fundamental revaluations gained through Boethius pose a critique of mainstream neoclassical and neoliberal economics: to consumerism, avarice, growth and technologTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Consolation in Context 3. The Consolation of Philosophy 4. Consolation as Economy's Foundation 5. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn the work of most classical economists including Smith and Keynes theory was often embedded in application. But from the second half of the last century on, mainstream economics styled itself as pure economics, where the theory is presented in a very abstract form detached from any application. This book maintains that economics is a social science whose mission is to explain and, when possible, predict, phenomena of the real-world economy. The book argues that the first step to restoring economics as a social science is to define what issues economics should address. Only after this research agenda is established should the appropriate methodology be chosen, not the other way around. In this respect, examples from other social sciences as well as from natural sciences are considered more appropriate models for economics rather than physics. Moreover, the need for a closer interaction with psychology, sociology and other social sciences is required to restore the discipline to tTrade Review"That economics desperately needs a new paradigm is finally recognized throughout the world in and out of academia. Neoclassical economists had nothing useful to say about the devastating financial crisis, the immense challenges of globalization, an inordinate level of inequality, the threat of ecological catastrophes, and the rise of right-wing anti-democratic populism. Thus, it should be evident to everybody that the neoliberal dogma has brought the world to a watershed moment. Beker’s masterful new book on real-world economics sheds light on how to reorient our thinking to avoid further disasters, shed neoliberal dogma, and become masters of our fate."John Komlos, Professor Emeritus, University of Munich, author of Foundations of Real-World Economics "Economics needs to analyse the major issues ranging from environmental degradation and the climate emergency, poverty and inequality, food security and financial crises, and aid policy development addressing these issues. This book challenges economists to broaden the scope of their discipline by restoring economic analysis as a social science through interdisciplinarity and study of history and institutional environment to . It shows how a pluralist approach to education, drawing on the many alternative schools of thought within economics and political economy, would enrich the understanding of economic phenomena."Malcolm Sawyer, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Leeds, UK Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, PREFACE, Chapter 1. WHY ECONOMICS WENT ASTRAY, Chapter 2. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, Chapter 3. WHAT CAN ECONOMICS LEARN FROM OTHER SCIENCES?, Chapter 4. THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH IN THE CLASSICS, Chapter 5. MARSHALL AND WALRAS , Chapter 6. THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION, Chapter 7. THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION: FROM FRIEDMAN AND LUCAS TO ARROW-DEBREU, Chapter 8. FROM THE REAL BUSINESS CYCLE THEORY TO THE NEW KEYNESIANISM, Chapter 9. ECONOMICS AS A REAL-WORLD SOCIAL SCIENCE, Chapter 10. THE NEED FOR PLURALISM IN ECONOMICS, Chapter 11. NORMATIVE ECONOMICS, Chapter 12. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, APPENDIX

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Book SynopsisOver the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline. It has done so by putting the human back into economics, by recognizing that people sometimes make mistakes, care about others and are generally not as cold and calculating as economists have traditionally assumed. The results have been exciting and fascinating, and have fundamentally changed the way we look at economic behavior.This textbook introduces all the key results and insights of behavioral economics to a student audience. Ideas such as mental accounting, prospect theory, present bias, inequality aversion and learning are explained in detail. These ideas are also applied in diverse settings, such as auctions, stock market crashes, charitable donations and health care, to show why behavioral economics is crucial to understanding the world around us. Consideration is also given to what makes people happy, and how we can potentially nudge people to be happier.This new edition Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. An introduction to behavioral economics Part II: Economic behavior 2. Simple heuristics for complex choices 3. Choice with risk 4. Choosing when to act 5. Learning from new information 6. Interacting with others 7. Social preferences Part III: Origins of behavior 8. Evolution and culture 9. Neuroeconomics Part IV: Welfare and policy 10. Happiness and utility 11. Policy and behavior

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Book SynopsisMicroeconomic Principles and Problems offers a comprehensive introduction to all major perspectives in modern microeconomics, including mainstream and heterodox approaches. By providing multiple views of markets and how they work, readers will be better able to understand and analyze the complex behaviors of consumers, firms, and government officials, as well as the likely impact of a variety of economic events and policies.Most principles textbooks cover only mainstream economics and neglect the rich contextual analysis of heterodox economists. Heterodox material is presented as complementary to mainstream economics: understanding both approaches yields the deepest level of understanding. The book covers standard models, and includes substantial coverage of existing economic realities, featuring case studies and descriptive data. The book includes some coverage of all major heterodox schools of thought. This second edition incorporates new and expanded material on intTable of ContentsPart I: Economics: A Pluralist Definition 1. What is Economics? 2. Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost Part II: The Evolution of Economic Systems and Economic Thought 3. The Evolution of Pre-Capitalist Economic Systems 4. Adam Smith and the Rise of Capitalism 5. Karl Marx and the Dark Ages of Capitalism 6. Thorstein Veblen and Monopoly Capitalism 7. Keynes and Mixed Market Capitalism 8. Modern Economic Systems Part III: Markets, supply, and demand 9. Markets and how they work 10. Applications of Supply and Demand 11. Consumer and Supplier Behavior Part IV: Market Structures and Corporations 12. Different types of market structures 13. Theories of firm behavior 14. Perfect Competition and competitive markets 15. Monopoly and Monopoly Power 16. Monopolistic Competition 17. Oligopoly and Strategic Behavior 18. Corporations and their role in society Part V: Government Intervention in Microeconomic Markets 19. Market Failure and Government Failure 20. The Economics of the Environment and Climate Change 21. Public Goods and Services Part VI: Labor markets and inequality 22. Working for a Living 23. Inequality, a key modern issue Part VII: International Microeconomics 24. International Microeconomics

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Book SynopsisThe emerging conflict between the US and China has an inherent tendency towards a development of deglobalization. It is the historical prerequisites for this deglobalization that are examined in this book. These assumptions are largely based on what is termed the second wave of globalization, based on increasing technological competition between the US and China, as well as China''s expansion along the New Silk Road.In this book, the author makes a distinction between the Old Globalization and the New Globalization. The Old Globalization was characterized by competition over costs in general and wage costs in particular, while the New Globalization is categorized by new competencies and skills, especially technological capabilities and technological innovations. The second wave, which is driven by technological innovations, lays the foundation for a counter-strategy on the part of the US to stem the Chinese technological expansion. It is this new strategy that confines the seTable of Contents1. Towards deglobalization 2. Technological innovations drive deglobalization 3. Deglobalization: A new economic world order (USA-China)

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to do public policy ethics today? How should philosophers engage with ethical issues in policy-making when policy decisions are circumscribed by political and pragmatic concerns? How do ethical issues in public policy differ between areas such as foreign policy, criminal justice, or environmental policy?The Routledge Handbook of Ethics and Public Policy addresses all these questions and more, and is the first handbook of its kind. It is comprised of 41 chapters written by leading international contributors, and is organised into four clear sections covering the following key topics: Methodology: philosophical approaches to public policy, ethical expertise, knowledge, and public policy Democracy and public policy: identity, integration and inclusion: voting, linguistic policy, discrimination, youth policy, religious toleration, and the family Public goods: defence and foreign policy, development and clTrade Review'The public urgently needs to regain the possibility of open-ended, principled discussion about public policy. Relatedly, those training future policy-makers need ways to go beyond offering isolated "ethics modules," as if policy could generally really be made solely by consulting facially neutral technocratic methods. Addressing both of these needs, this volume beautifully demonstrates, across a great variety of policy issues, how philosophical reflection that engages with concrete problems can offer insights that facilitate and enrich democratic discussion about what we should be trying to do.' - Henry S. Richardson, Georgetown University, USA 'The ethics of public policy grew out of political philosophy but has expanded so as to claim its own identity. But there is no work that defines the method, domain, and scope of the ethics of public policy. This Handbook does just that. It is the long-awaited manifesto for a new discipline in philosophy.' - Iwao Hirose, McGill University, Canada 'The public urgently needs to regain the possibility of open-ended, principled discussion about public policy. Relatedly, those training future policy-makers need ways to go beyond offering isolated "ethics modules," as if policy could generally really be made solely by consulting facially neutral technocratic methods. Addressing both of these needs, this volume beautifully demonstrates, across a great variety of policy issues, how philosophical reflection that engages with concrete problems can offer insights that facilitate and enrich democratic discussion about what we should be trying to do.' - Henry S. Richardson, Georgetown University, USA 'The ethics of public policy grew out of political philosophy but has expanded so as to claim its own identity. But there is no work that defines the method, domain, and scope of the ethics of public policy. This Handbook does just that. It is the long-awaited manifesto for a new discipline in philosophy.' - Iwao Hirose, McGill University, Canada Table of ContentsIntroduction Annabelle Lever and Andrei Poama PART 1: Ethics for Public Policy: Models and Methods 1. Method in Philosophy and Public Policy: Applied Philosophy versus Engaged Philosophy Jonathan Wolff 2. The Public Role of Ethics and Public Policy Jeffrey Howard 3. Application or Construction? Two Types of Public Policy Ethics Andrei Poama 4. Public Policy and Normative Methods Albert Weale 5. Models, Mechanisms, Metrics: The Entanglement of Methods of Policy Inquiry with Democratic Possibilities Susan Orr and James Johnson 6. Ethical Expertise and Public Policy John Harris and David Lawrence PART 2: Public policy and the basics of government 7. Security and Police Ethics John Kleinig 8. More than Privacy: Thinking Ethically about Public Area Surveillance Benjamin Goold 9. Ethics and Criminal Justice Policy Matt Matravers 10. Territoriality and Personality: Concepts and Normative Considerations Helder de Schutter 11. What is public space for? Political imaginaries and policy implications Bernardo Zacka 12. The Ethics of Education Policies David Steiner 13. The Ethics of Tax Policy Ira K. Lindsay 14. The Ethics of Central Banking François Claveau, Peter Dietsch, and Clément Fontan 15. Ethics and Foreign Policy Michael Blake 16. Justice and Trade Policy Andrew Walton 17. Democratic Values and the Limits of War Christopher Kutz PART 3: Public policy, inclusion and solidarity 18. The Political Ethics of Political Campaigns Dennis F. Thompson 19. Should Voting Be Compulsory? Democracy and the Ethics of Voting Annabelle Lever and Alexandru Volacu 20. The Ethics of Anti-Corruption Policies Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti 21. The Ethics of Anti-Discrimination Policies Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen 22. Race, Racism, and Social Policy Albert Atkin 23. Gender-egalitarian policies in the workplace and the family Anca Gheaus 24. Disability, Democratic Equality, and Public Policy Daniel Putnam 25. The Ethics of Indigenous Rights Teddy Harrison and Melissa S. Williams 26. The Ethics of Reparations Policies Alasia Nuti and Jennifer M. Page 27. The Ethics of Anti-Poverty Policies Jonathan Wolff 28. The Democratic Ethics of a Minimum Income Stuart White 29. Public Engagement in Health Policy: Mapping Aims and Approaches Matthew McCoy and Ezekiel J. Emanuel 30. The Ethics of Death Policies Søren Holm PART 4: Public policy, diversity and sustainability 31. Ethics of Family Reunification Iseult Honohan 32. Are Civic Integration Tests Justifiable? A Three-Step Test Bouke de Vries 33. The Ethics of Language Policies Astrid von Busekist 34. The Ethics of Toleration and Religious Accommodations Aurelia Bardon and Emanuela Ceva 35. Freedom and destiny: how new technologies are influencing ethics and policy of abortion Giulia Cavaliere and John Harris 36. Towards a Democratic Ethics of Youth Policies Juliana Bidadanure 37. Measuring Intergenerational Justice for Public Policy Pieter Vanhuysse and Jörg Tremmel 38. Development and Climate Ethics Darrell Moellendorf 39. The Ethics of Waste Policy Ivo Wallimann-Helmer 40. The Ethics of Behavioural Public Policy Robert Lepenies and Magdalena Małecka 41. Ethics, Neuroscience and Public Policy: A Case Study of Raising Neuroscientists’ Awareness of the Problem of Dual Use Simon Whitby and Malcolm Dando

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1959, this book contains in straightforward language a general account of the major variables significant for the analysis of economic development. It stresses above all the quantitative aspects of the economic growth of nations, and establishes a series of propositions on growth patterns based on empirical data from the USA & Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Australasia. In arriving at his conclusions, the author makes use of national income and its components in emerging and developed economies. Table of Contents1. The Meaning and Measurement of Economic Growth 2. The Necessary Condition 3. Findings on Industrial Structure of Labor Force and National Product 4. Capital Formation Proportions – A Cross-Section View 5. The Problem of Size 6. The Tasks of Theory

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Book SynopsisThis volume, originally published in 1984, analyzes the impact of the 1973-74 oil price increases on the Appalachian coal industry in the USA, which would otherwise have suffered large output reductions as a result of sulfur emission restrictions. Although focussed on a particular geographical region and timeframe, this book has enduring relevance as it analyzes and discusses many of the issues which are still facing the ailing coal mining industries both in the USA and globally: the advent of new energy forms, increased competition from cheaper sources, strict pollution legislation and the impact that all of these issues have on productivity and employment. Table of Contents1. Introduction and Summary 2. Survey of Demand for Appalachian Coal 3. Patterns of Competition in Appalachian Coal Markets 4. Electric Utility Demand for Appalachian Coal 5. Non-Utility Demand for Appalachian Coal Appendix 5A. Forecasting Equations and Time Trends 6. Sulfur Emission Restrictions 7. OPEC's Price Increases.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1907, this substantial volume emerged as guidance to those involved in international trade at the time of the British Empire, with a focus on seafaring commerce and its hazards. Its dedication to Herbert H. Asquith and support from the International Law Association suggest it was an authoritative text. The author aims to provide a full exposition of the rules of International Law which governed the commercial relations of the subjects of neutral and belligerent nations. Produced with lawyers, shipowners, shippers and public servants in mind, it covers issues including contraband, blockades, capture and rescue.Table of Contents1. Chapter 1. Contraband. 2. Chapter 2. Blockade. 3. Chapter 3. Continuous Voyage. 4. Chapter 4. Carriage of Property at Sea, Enemy’s Goods in Neutral Ships and Neutral Goods in Enemy’s Ships. 5. Chapter 5. Right of Search, or Right of Visit and Search. 6. Chapter 6. Formalities of Visit and Search. 7. Chapter 7. Capture and Condemnation. 8. Chapter 8. Formalities of Capture. 9. Chapter 9. Recapture and Rescue.

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Book SynopsisThis title was first published in 2001. An important critical study of the theories of dependency both past and present. Since the theories of dependency are based on the Marxian notion of exploitation and backwardness, the book starts with the elaboration of the Marxian theory of development and underdevelopment. The book analyses various concepts and precepts of dependency as well as critically discussing the individual theories of Baran, Frank, Amin, Emmanuel, Prebisch and Singer. The contributions of more recent writers including Furtado, Kay, Wallerstein and Marini are also considered. The main focus of the book lies in the thorough analysis of all the important traditional as well as modern theories of dependency. The main message of the present book is that the phenomenology of dependency is still relevant as a methodology of study of development and underdevelopment. The book incorporates some pressing contemporary issues to give fresh flavour to the old dependency debate. A spTrade Review’The fundamental message of the present book is that the theory of dependency is still relevant, alive and kicking...a real contribution.’ Associate Professor Mohd. Isa Haji Bakar, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia '...Ghosh has produced a very useful eclectic study of dependency, which is jargon free and therefore accessible to undergraduates, whilst postgraduates will find it an invaluable text...the last chapter is the most original chapter in the book, and here he is able to link the various theoretical issues discussed in earlier chapters, with issues confronting Third World governments...' Democracy and DevelopmentTable of ContentsThe ontology of dependency; Karl Marx on development and underdevelopment; Paul Baran’s analysis of economic backwardness and economic growth; Andre Gunder Frank’s analysis of development of underdevelopment; Samir Amin on unequal development; The structuralist models; The theories of unequal exchange; The peripheral writers on dependency; Contemporary issues in the dependency debate; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Companion to Cultural Property contains new contributions from scholars working at the cutting edge of cultural property studies, bringing together diverse academic and professional perspectives to develop a coherent overview of this field of enquiry. The global range of authors use international case studies to encourage a comparative understanding of how cultural property has emerged in different parts of the world and continues to frame vital issues of national sovereignty, the free market, international law, and cultural heritage. Sections explore how cultural property is scaled to the state and the market; cultural property as law; cultural property and cultural rights; and emerging forms of cultural property, from yoga to the national archive. By bringing together disciplinary perspectives from anthropology, archaeology, law, Indigenous studies, history, folklore studies, and policy, this volume facilitates fresh debate and broadens our understanding of thiTable of Contents1. IntroductionHaidy Geismar and Jane AndersonPart OneLegal Orderings of Cultural Property2. Heritage vs. Property: Contrasting Regimes and Rationalities in the Patrimonial FieldValdimar Tr. Hafstein and Martin Skrydstrup3. The Criminalisation of the Illicit Trade in Cultural PropertyAna Filipa Vrdoljak 4. Implementation of the 1970 UNESCO Convention by the United States and Other Market NationsPatty Gerstenblith5. Protection not Prevention: The Failure of Public Policy to Prevent the Looting and Illegal Trade of Cultural Property from the Mena Region (1990-2015) Neil Brodie6. A Paradox of Cultural Property: NAGPRA and (Dis)PossessionSusan BentonPart TwoMuseums, Archives and Communities7. NAGPRA, CUI and Institutional Will Rae Gould8. Betting on the Raven: Ethical Relationality and Nuxalk Cultural PropertyJennifer Kramer9. Whose Story is This? Complexities and Complicities of Using Archival FootageFred Myers10. The Archive of the Archive: the Secret History of the Laura Boulton CollectionAaron Fox11. Touching the Intangible: Reconsidering Material Culture in the Realm of Indigenous Cultural Property ResearchGeorge NicholasPart ThreeLocal Histories12. On the Nature of Patrimonio: Cultural Property in Mexican ContextsSandra Rozental13. Making and Unmaking Heritage Value in ChinaShu Li Wang and Michael Rowlands14. Object Movement: UNESCO, Language and the Exchange of Middle Eastern ArtifactsMorag Kersel15. Cultures of Property: Ghanaian Culture in Intellectual and Cultural PropertyBoatema BoatengPart FourCultural Property Beyond the State16. Culture as a Flexible Concept for the Legitimation of Policies in the European UnionStefan Groth and Regina Bendix17. The Bible as Cultural Property? A Cautionary TaleNeil Asher Silberman18. Being pre-Indigenous: Kin, Accountability and Cultural Property Beyond TraditionPaul Tapsell19. Frontiers of Cultural Property in the Global SouthRosemary CoombeSection FiveNew and Experimental Forms of Cultural Property20. Who Owns Yoga? Transforming Traditions as Cultural PropertySita Reddy21.Bones, Documents and DNA: Cultural Property at the Margins of the LawLee Douglas22. Collaborative Encounters in Digital Cultural Property: Tracing Temporal Relationships of Context and LocalityJane Anderson and Maria Montenegro23. Animating Language: Continuing Inter-Generational Indigenous Language KnowledgeShannon Faulkhead, John Bradley and Brent McKee24. Ancestors for Sale in Aotearoa New ZealandMarama Muru Lanning

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Book SynopsisThe present macroeconomic crisis has demonstrated that a deeper understanding of the importance of relevant macroeconomic theories and methods is wanting. Additionally, lack of methodological awareness is behind much of the disagreement within macroeconomics which, looked upon from outside, often appears incomprehensible.The Handbook gives a structured presentation of the study of principles and procedures by which macroeconomics is researched, taught and communicated both within academia and to a wider audience, and why specific theories, research strategies and teaching are preferred. The principles of selecting theory relevant to real-world problems are the core of methodology. This book contains a broad range of arguments behind theory construction and appraisal and the consequences of these choices within the field of macroeconomics.An international range of experts provide clear analysis of key concepts, ideas and principles to give academics, studeTrade Review“Within the bulk of the existing literature on economic methodology the distinctive methodological questions concerning the methodology of macroeconomics, despite their relevance, have been so far comparatively neglected. This comprehensive Handbook eventually fills the gap in a way that would be hard to beat. It deserves, therefore, to be warmly recommended to all readers with an interest in the methodology and philosophy of economics, in the history of economic thought and, last but not least, in macroeconomics per se.”Andrea Salanti, University of Bergamo“Due to the economic crises of recent years there is an increasing interest by students to look for answers outside the mainstream macroeconomic understanding. As such, students are not only looking for an alternative theoretical macroeconomic universe, they are also increasingly interested in methodological aspects of macroeconomic theory. With the publication of Routledge Handbook of Macroeconomic Methodology students with an interest in Macroeconomic Theory and the History of Economic Thought are offered an updated advanced book on a huge number of relevant methodological questions.”Finn Olesen, Aalborg University, DenmarkTable of ContentsIntroduction: The scope and content of the Handbook I. Philosophy of Science Perspectives I.1. Methodological Individualism and Macroeconomics I.2. Deduction, Induction and Abduction I.3. Instrumentalism I.4 From positivism to naturalism in macroeconomics I.5. Holism & Fallacy of Composition I.6. Macroeconomics and Ethics II. Concepts II.1 Time in Macroeconomics II.2 Uncertainty and Macroeconomic Methodology II.3 Path dependency II.4 Equilibrium II.5 Causality and macroeconomics II.6 Microeconomic foundation of macroeconomics II.7 Open and closed systems II.8. Money and Macroeconomic Methodology III. Schools of Thought III.1. Classical Political Economy III.2. Neoclassical Macroeconomics III.3. Keynes’s Macroeconomic Method III.4. Post Keynesian Methodology III.5. The Austrian Denial of Macroeconomics III.6. What was Marx’s Method, actually? III.7. Methodological Pluralism in Macroeconomics IV. Models, Econometrics and Measurement IV.1. Use of Mathematics in macroeconomic analysis IV.2. Explanation and Forecasting IV.3. Using macroeconomic models in policy practice IV.4. Traditional Methods of Macroeconometrics IV.5. Macroeconometrics: Cointegrated VAR Method IV.6. National Accounts and Macroeconomic Methodology V. Communicating Macroeconomics V.1. The rhetorical perspective on macroeconomics V.2. Teaching Macroeconomic Methodology

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics presents a comprehensive overview of the latest work on economic theory and policy from a pluralistic' heterodox perspective. Contributions throughout the Handbook explore different theoretical perspectives including: Marxian-radical political economics; Post Keynesian-Sraffian economics; institutionalist-evolutionary economics; feminist economics; social economics; Régulation theory; the Social Structure of Accumulation approach; and ecological economics. They explain the structural properties and dynamics of capitalism, as well as propose economic and social policies for the benefit of the majority of the population. This book aims, firstly, to provide realistic and coherent theoretical frameworks to understand the capitalist economy in a constructive and forward-looking manner. Secondly, it delineates the future directions, as well as the current state, of heterodox economics, and then provides botTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction The State of the Art and Challenges for Heterodox Economics Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester, and Carlo D’Ippoliti Part II: The Theoretical Cores of Heterodox Economics Social Provisioning Process: A Heterodox View of the Economy Tae-Hee Jo and Zdravka Todorova The Social Surplus Approach: Historical Origins and Present State Nuno Ornelas Martins Accumulation Regimes Agnès Labrousse and Sandrine Michel Monetary Theories of Production Marco Veronese Passarella The Principle of Effective Demand: Marx, Kalecki, Keynes, and Beyond Eckhard Hein Heterodox Theories of Value: A Brief History Ajit Sinha Theories of Prices and Alternative Economic Paradigms Carlo D’Ippoliti Heterodox Theories of Distribution Scott Carter The Micro-Macro Link in Heterodox Economics Claudius Gräbner and Jakob Kapeller Part III: The Anatomy of Capitalism Society and Its Institutions John F. Henry Heterodox Economics and Theories of Interactive Agency Mary V. Wrenn Households in Heterodox Economic Theory Zdravka Todorova A Heterodox Theory of the Business Enterprise Tae-Hee Jo Heterodox Theories of Business Competition and Market Governance Tuna Baskoy A Marxian Understanding of the nature and Form of Dominant Capitalist Legal Institutions Lorraine Talbot Money and Monetary Regimes Pavlina R. Tcherneva Banks in Developing Countries Radha Upadhyaya Shadow Banking Benjamin Wilhelm The Informal Economy in Theory and Policy: Prospects for Well-being Elizabeth Hill Inequality and Poverty Marcella Corsi and Giulio Guarini Part IV: The Dynamics of the Capitalist Socio-Economic Structure The Accumulation of Capital: An Analytical and Historical Overview Ramaa Vasudevan A Heterodox Reconstruction of Trade Theory Yan Liang Analyzing the Organization of Global Production: Thoughts from the Periphery Víctor Ramiro Fernández and Gabriel Brondino Labor Processes and Outcomes: An Institutional-Heterodox Framework Siobhan Austen Heterodox Theories of the Business Cycle Matías Vernengo Heterodox Theories of Economic Growth Özgür Orhangazi Financialization and the Crises of Capitalism Petra Dünhaupt Theories of International Development: The Post Keynesian and Marxian Alternatives John Marangos Energy, Environment, and the Economy Anders Ekeland and Bent Arne Sæther Part V: Transforming the Capitalist Social Provisioning Process An Exit Strategy from Capitalism’s Ecological Crisis Lynne Chester Restructuring Financial Systems with Human Advancement in Mind Wesley C. Marshall Rethinking the Role of the State Anna Klimina The Twenty-First Century Capitalist Revolution: How the Governance of Large Firms Shapes Prosperity and Inequality Jordan Brennan Achieving Full Employment: History, Theory, and Policy John Marsh, Timothy Sharpe, and Bruce Philp Social Welfare and Social Control Andrew Cumbers and Robert McMaster Part VI: Conclusion Heterodox Economics as a Living Body of Knowledge: Community, (In)Commensurability, Critical Engagement, and Pluralism Jamie Morgan and John Embery

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Book SynopsisInternational economic theories emerged within particular social, economic and political frameworks and were developed as solutions to the problems of contemporary economics. In order to understand the increasingly complex and interdependent state of today's international economy, we need to realise the importance of those theories that came before. However, many international economics textbooks do not place the theories they discuss within this historical context.Theories of International Economics aims to redress the balance by taking a pluralistic approach, presenting with authority both orthodox and heterodox international economic theories. Each chapter shows the necessarily interdependent nature of schools of international economic theories by including an historical component that shows how each school of thought developed, why it developed and what it has to say about the contemporary world. This text examines a wide range of theories with an emphasis on theTrade Review'This remarkable book sets out the theories of international trade of no fewer than eleven schools of thought, from mercantilism to feminism, taking in Ricardo, Marx, Veblen, Hayek, Keynes, Krugman and many others on the way. It is an outstanding example of what can be achieved by taking a pluralist approach to economic theory, and it should be read by anyone with the slightest interest in international economics.' — John E. King La Trobe University and Federation University Australia‘Theories of International Economics offers a masterly and comprehensive guide in clear and accessible terms. It's quite a journey - from mercantilism to feminism - but in contrast with other surveys Lichtenstein keeps past histories and global diversities well in mind. In that way his book is balanced, critical and highly recommended.’ — Terrell Carver, Professor of Political Theory, University of Bristol, UK‘This text is a rare gem. It has everything you need: historical context, thorough coverage of contemporary issues, careful treatment of orthodox and heterodox approaches and lucid prose throughout.’ — William M. Dugger, Professor of Economics, The University of Tulsa, USA'This is just the type of pluralist textbook that is now increasingly in demand. Peter Lichtenstein offers an admirably broad-ranging account of several different approaches to international economics, building on an account of the history of thought in this area and of the real economic context. The text will be welcome, not only to students seeking an accessible pluralist text, but also to the general reader.' — Sheila Dow, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling and Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria, UK‘The financial crisis has given support to the suspicion that economic orthodoxy has become stagnant and irrelevant. Lichtenstein’s book offers a unique and sorely-needed alternative that not only does a marvelous job in capturing the essence of mainstream and heterodox theory, but in a manner that is clear and set in the relevant historical, institutional, and social context. It should be on every pluralist's bookshelf.’ — John T. Harvey, Professor of Economics, Texas Christian University, USATable of Contents1 Introduction 2 Mercantilism and Neo-Mercantilism 3 Classical Trade Theory –Smith and Ricardo 4 Neoclassical Trade Theory 5 The New Orthodoxy – Trade Theory Recast 6 Classical and Keynesian International Economics 7 Austrian International Economics 8 Institutionalist International Economics 9 Post Keynesian International Economics 10 Marxian Theories of Imperialism and Capitalist Development 11 Marxian and Sraffian Theories of Unequal Exchange 12 Gender and Feminist Trade Theory

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an empirically grounded alternative to prevailing macroeconomic orthodoxy. Using evidence from behavioral economics and insights from Keynesian and institutionalist traditions, it is essential reading for graduate students, researchers and professional economists who have become critical of graduate-level macroeconomic theory.Table of Contents1. Introduction: the state of macroeconomics; 2. The Lucas critique and representative agents; 3. Household consumption and saving; 4. Saving in a corporate economy; 5. Phillips curves and the natural rate of unemployment; 6. Fairness, money illusion and path dependency; 7. Earnings inequality, power bias and mismatch; 8. Macroeconomic adjustment and Keynes' instability argument; 9. Growth and cycles; 10. Endogenous growth cycles with or without price flexibility; 11. Secular stagnation and functional finance; 12. Concluding comments: evidence-based macroeconomics and economic theory; Index.

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Book SynopsisChina is hot. The world sees a glorious future for this sleeping giant, three times larger than the United States, predicting it will blossom into the world's biggest economy by 2010. According to Chang, however, a Chinese-American lawyer and China specialist, the People's Republic is a paper dragon. Peer beneath the veneer of modernization since Mao's death, and the symptoms of decay are everywhere: Deflation grips the economy, state-owned enterprises are failing, banks are hopelessly insolvent, foreign investment continues to decline, and Communist party corruption eats away at the fabric of society. Beijing's cautious reforms have left the country stuck midway between communism and capitalism, Chang writes. With its impending World Trade Organization membership, for the first time China will be forced to open itself to foreign competition, which will shake the country to its foundations. Economic failure will be followed by government collapse. Covering subjects from party p

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Book Synopsis Building Dignified Worlds investigates social movements that do not simply protest but actively forge functional alternatives. Gerda Roelvink takes actor network and performativity theories of action as starting points for thinking about how contemporary collectives bring the new into being.Trade Review"A fantastic contribution to contemporary post-structuralist geographic thought that elaborates new politics of social change."—Marianna Pavlovskaya, Hunter College, SUNY"Building Dignified Worlds is a lively and inspiring book that journeys among collectives who invent and experiment with new forms of economic organizations."—Michel Callon, École des mines de Paris"Roelvink’s writing effortlessly carries the reader from beginning to end."—Environment & Planning D: Society and SpaceTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction: Geographies of Collective Action1. The Discontents of Knowing Neoliberalism2. Spatializing Economic Concerns3. Affective Collective Action4. Transforming Markets5. Dignified Humanity, Dignified WorldConclusion: Doing Research TogetherAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSince the end of the Great Recession in 2009 the central banks of the advanced countries have taken unprecedented actions to reflate and stimulate their economies. There have been significant differences in the timing and pace of these actions, and they have had spillover effects on the strategies of other advanced countries. This book focuses on these issues.

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Book SynopsisThis work analyzes the influence of the economic historian Walt Whitman Rostow's theory of the stages of economic growth on US foreign policy during the 1950s and 1960s. It culminates in a case study of Rostow's influence on President Kennedy's Alliance for Progress to develop Latin America.

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Book SynopsisHow can cities promote economic mobility, advance equity, and drive growth? Through an analysis of best practices, proven policies, and case study examples, this volume offers practical insights into how communities can expand opportunity for more citizens and boost economic expansion. The book provides real world examples of successful place-based and people-based strategies.

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Book SynopsisHere is a fresh, intriguing, and, above all, authoritative book about how our sometimes hidden positions in various social structures—our human networks—shape how we think and behave, and inform our very outlook on life.Inequality, social immobility, and political polarization are only a few crucial phenomena driven by the inevitability of social structures. Social structures determine who has power and influence, account for why people fail to assimilate basic facts, and enlarge our understanding of patterns of contagion—from the spread of disease to financial crises. Despite their primary role in shaping our lives, human networks are often overlooked when we try to account for our most important political and economic practices. Matthew O. Jackson brilliantly illuminates the complexity of the social networks in which we are—often unwittingly—positioned and aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of why we are who we are.

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Book SynopsisHarry Gunnison Brown was born in 1880 and died in 1975. He was part of a important group of American economists that included Herbert J. Davenport, E.R.A. Seligman, J. B. Clark, Alvin S. Johnson, Frank A. Fetter, Richard T. Ely and Frank Knight. In some ways Brown represented an orthodoxy in economics that was slipping away as neoclassical economics assumed a particular shape. For example, Brown argued for the separate influences of both land and capital goods on the pricing of goods and services and did not follow the trend in orthodox circles of considering land just another form of capital. Brown supported land value taxation at a time when the leading economists of his day rejected Henry George's ideas and the possibility of Georgist economics. Ryan explores the work of Harry Gunnison Brown, one the most important innovators in American economic history Summarizes Brown's theoretical insights as well as the intellectual contexts in which they were developed Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments to this Edition. 1. Introduction. 2. Land as a Factor of Production. 3. Capital and Interest T heories. 4. Monetary Economics. 5. Taxation. 6. Land Value Taxation. 7. Regulation and Rate-Making. 8. International Trade and Finance. 9. Contributions as an Educator. 10. Conclusion. Books, Articles and Letters by Harry Gunnison Brown. Co-Edited or Co-Authored Books and Articles. Secondary Sources. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe chief communication officer at a Fortune 500 multinational corporation today faces the challenges of a rapidly changing global economy, a revolution in communications channels fueled by the Internet, and a substantially transformed understanding of what a 21st-century corporation stands for. This book provides an accessible framework for describing these forces and the specific communication challenges that they have thrown at the global corporation. The text reviews the evolution of society's response to the development of the modern company and the corporate communication practices that grew up in response to it, as well as examining the impact of globalization, Web 2.0 and the networked enterprise on current corporate relationships with key stakeholders such as customers, employees, shareholders, communities and regulators. In examining these forces and how they are interwoven, the authors offer insights and strategies for deploying effective communication as a strategic buTrade Review«Goodman and Hirsch’s book is essential reading for corporate communications executives. Insightful and practical, it will help them become better counselors to their CEOs, better partners with their C-suite colleagues, and better leaders of their own organizations.» (Dick Martin, Executive Vice President, AT&T (retired); Author, ‘Secrets of the Marketing Masters’) «In situating corporate communication issues and practices within the context of globalization, rapid technological change, and the networked organization, Goodman and Hirsch offer readers a compelling and necessary discussion of the forces influencing corporate communication, and they utilize a host of contemporary examples to do so. This book is a must read for researchers and practitioners interested in business, corporate communication, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and environment society governance (ESG) on the global stage. Goodman and Hirsch encourage us all to think carefully about what effective corporate communication should look like in the 21st century.» (Stacey L. Connaughton, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Purdue University) «In today’s global environment, there is no function within a major corporation more important than what is commonly called corporate communication. This new book, ‘Corporate Communication: Strategic Adaptation for Global Practice’, written by Goodman and Hirsch, supports that conclusion with comprehensive and convincing evidence. Large companies cannot succeed today without successfully managing relationships with their key constituencies in the context of what is desired by those constituencies. Previously, only the CEO him or herself has been in a position to view all of those audiences with a balanced view of what is ethical and correct behavior. The fully developed corporate communication function of today has evolved to work side by side with the CEO and Boards of Directors. The function not only influences what and how a company speaks, but also how it acts. The Goodman/Hirsch book makes that case more strongly than any text written in the past. It should be must reading for not only the professional communicator but for all CEOs and Boards of Directors to see the unique and priceless value the corporate communication function can bring to the corporate table today.» (James E. Murphy, Retired Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Accenture; Chairman & CEO of Murphy & Co.) «Goodman and Hirsch capture not only the theory and organization of corporate communication, but its true heart and soul, even as they show you how to ground this practice in a wholly changed and changing world.» (Raymond C. Jordan, Corporate Vice President Public Affairs & Corporate Communications, Johnson & Johnson)«Goodman and Hirsch’s book is essential reading for corporate communications executives. Insightful and practical, it will help them become better counselors to their CEOs, better partners with their C-suite colleagues, and better leaders of their own organizations.» (Dick Martin, Executive Vice President, AT&T (retired); Author, ‘Secrets of the Marketing Masters’) «In situating corporate communication issues and practices within the context of globalization, rapid technological change, and the networked organization, Goodman and Hirsch offer readers a compelling and necessary discussion of the forces influencing corporate communication, and they utilize a host of contemporary examples to do so. This book is a must read for researchers and practitioners interested in business, corporate communication, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and environment society governance (ESG) on the global stage. Goodman and Hirsch encourage us all to think carefully about what effective corporate communication should look like in the 21st century.» (Stacey L. Connaughton, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Purdue University) «In today’s global environment, there is no function within a major corporation more important than what is commonly called corporate communication. This new book, ‘Corporate Communication: Strategic Adaptation for Global Practice’, written by Goodman and Hirsch, supports that conclusion with comprehensive and convincing evidence. Large companies cannot succeed today without successfully managing relationships with their key constituencies in the context of what is desired by those constituencies. Previously, only the CEO him or herself has been in a position to view all of those audiences with a balanced view of what is ethical and correct behavior. The fully developed corporate communication function of today has evolved to work side by side with the CEO and Boards of Directors. The function not only influences what and how a company speaks, but also how it acts. The Goodman/Hirsch book makes that case more strongly than any text written in the past. It should be must reading for not only the professional communicator but for all CEOs and Boards of Directors to see the unique and priceless value the corporate communication function can bring to the corporate table today.» (James E. Murphy, Retired Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Accenture; Chairman & CEO of Murphy & Co.) «Goodman and Hirsch capture not only the theory and organization of corporate communication, but its true heart and soul, even as they show you how to ground this practice in a wholly changed and changing world.» (Raymond C. Jordan, Corporate Vice President Public Affairs & Corporate Communications, Johnson & Johnson)

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Book SynopsisThis Policy Research Report examines one specific policy approach to improving effective coverage: financial incentives in the form of performance-based financing (PBF) or financial incentives to health workers on the front lines.

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Book SynopsisHow to Make Finance a Force for GoodJust as Thomas Piketty offered a sweeping critique and progressive reassessment of capitalism, former World Bank Group chief financial officer Bertrand Badré looks at the destructive role finance played in the global economic crisis of 2007-2008 and offers a bold prescription for making it a force for good. Badré describes how finance can be harnessed to help us solve many of the world''s biggest problems--climate change, poverty, infrastructure rebuilding, and more. As he writes, "When controlled and used intelligently, with benevolence and inventiveness, finance can accomplish great things."

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Book SynopsisTo perceive Adam Smith's place in the stream of Enlightenment philosophy is to gain an indispensable insight into our own condition as denizens of the liberal capitalist society. Before Smith was the author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, he was the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The earlier work establishes Smith unmistakably as among those thinkers who aspired to describe the human condition in terms of motivation, of cause and effect, thus in terms of the principles of nature itself, of nature as mechanism, not nature as edifying teleology. Precisely because morality was not to be traced to any homiletic beyond nature or to a volition with nature, the thinkers of the modern order assumed responsibility for locating the ground of true moral virtue within mechanical nature alone. And just as the locating of mankind within a remorseless system of cause and effect could be the reduction of humanity to the status of robotic slavery, it became the self-assigned task of the thinkers in question to demonstrate that the natural order was one not of etiological bondage but of freedom in an elevated sense. The intention of Polity and Economy is to present Adam Smith as author of liberal capitalism, as propounder within an order that converts the natural self-preference of every living thing into an instrument of goodness, prosperity, and freedom - as long as our deployment of natural means does not, in the organization and conduct of society, violate the truths of nature itself. This edition of Polity and Economy revises the original with cross-references from the standard Glasgow editions and adds two further essays not in the original: 'Adam Smith and Political Philosophy' and 'The Invisible Hand: Moral and Political Considerations.'Table of ContentsNote to the Present Edition Preface Introduction 1. The General Foundation of Smith's System 2. Freedom, History, and the Commercial Order 3. The Problem of Smith's Intention 4. Adam Smith and Political Philosophy 5. The Invisible Hand: Moral and Political Considerations Index Notes

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Book SynopsisIt is typically taken for granted that African economies perform poorly, but there are a small but significant number of success stories on the continent. This study explores what accounts for Africa's average stagnation, and for the wide regional variations in developmental fortunes.

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Book SynopsisIn this provocative and groundbreaking work, fourth-generation family business steward Frederick Tsao outlines an original vision for a new consciousness of life in the quantum era.Integrating the best of Eastern wisdom and Western science with decades of deep experience, Tsao articulates a new definition of well-being as a life journey to systemic coherence. He argues that each of us must make one conscious choice to undertake an inward journey to find inner peace and love. Along this journey are infinite possibilities for inner coherence and harmony to come into alignment with the world around us, caring for each other and the one planet we inhabit.Businesses will be at the very forefront of this transformation. From economics and politics to technological innovation and the way governments are run, every aspect of human culture will be reshaped to prioritize our collective well-being and happiness.As each one of us has a part to play in this paradigm shift, One Choice, One World invites you to join the movement and embrace the collective awakening now. The future is in our hands!Table of Contents Preface Introduction Part ONE: the Global Awakening Chapter One From the Evolutionary History of Humanity to a Change Theory The Emergence of a Common Worldview Integrating Western Science and Eastern Traditions Our Change Theory Experiencing Chaos As We Evolve to a New System Awakening to Humanity's Evolutionary Energy The Signs of Awakening to a New System New Consciousness of Life, Ethics, and Our Responsibilities Reaching the Tipping Point Chapter Two The Particular Example of China What the Rise of China Tells Us About the Relationship Between Well-Being and Governance The Chinese Cultural Paradigm Evolutionary Force in the Course of Chinese History From Primitive Chaos to the Heyday of Ideas: Laying the Foundation for a Worldview The Inheritance of Worldview and Modern Development Democratic Centralism as the Fundamental Principle People-Centered Core Ideas The Guiding Theory of Family, State, and World Five-Year Plans Show the Way The Culture of Harmony and Stability as Prosperity From a Characteristic Chinese Socialist Market Economy to a Community of a Shared Future for Mankind Chapter 3 A Vision of Quantum Leadership The Emergence of Quantum Leadership Quantum Leadership and a Shift in Consciousness Quantum Leadership and the Quantum Paradigm The Ontological Divide An Inner Life Journey How Do We Get There? A Practice of Self-Cultivation Part TWO: The Era of an Economy of Well-being and Happiness Chapter 4 From the Cosmos, the Universe, and Usto a New Theory of Well-Being Revisiting Humanity's Existential Question Moving Toward a Renewed Model of Well-Being Living Well to Achieve Mindful Living A Design for the Economy of Well-Being and Happiness Infrastructure Design and Planning for Living New Relationships with Our Environment and Energy Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship New Technology Powers Media and Social Media Moving Toward a New Economic Paradigm Chapter 5 A Renewed Economic Model of Social Transformation and Integration A New Culture Drives the New Economics Global Trade Integration Creating One Currency Based on Direct Trade Integration Needs Technology The New Role of Business Shaping a Different Economic Paradigm A Vision of the Future Well-Being and Happiness Economy Part THREE: Our future is Now Chapter 6 Discovering One Choice, One World Awakening Sharing My Story My Journey A Time of Discoveries Creating Octave My Calling Endnotes addendum The Chinese Historical Path Timeline China's Path from the First Dynasty in Chinese History, Established in 2070 BCE, to the Present Government of the People's Republic of China Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisFrom the Foreword by Don Edward Beck, PhD: Books about subjects like economics are rarely written from the perspective of human or cultural evolution. Seldom, if ever, does a reader come across a narrative with pioneering methods that reframe a specialized discipline through a wide-cultural whole systems approach. This is precisely what Said E. Dawlabani does in this revolutionary book, Memenomics: The Next-Generation Economic System. This is a book that reframes the issues of competing economic and political ideologies and places them into an evolutionary new paradigm. This is a book about change done right. It is no secret that today we are dealing with a great political divide that threatens many of our democratic institutions. Right and left ideologies have becomes polarized camps that seem to be worlds apart.Trade Review"I was asked to share my thoughts on some of the most important books on the future of capitalism. Here is number 1: Memenomics: The Next-Generation Economic System--It is a rich and illuminating re-thinking of evolutionary economics by an outstanding American-Lebanese thinker. Said E. Dawlabani is a meta-economist and a key practitioner of the emerging science of value systems. This book is a must-read for those looking to understand systemic change." -- Jean Houston, Ph.D."In MEMEnomics, cultural creative Said E. Dawlabani provides a resource to help us safely navigate this dark passage to a healthier future. Dawlabani, a macroeconomics expert, exploits the frontier science of biomimicry to offer a pioneering value-system's approach to modeling the conscious evolution of business." -- Bruce H. Lipton, PhD, Cell biologist and best-selling author of The Biology of Belief"Said Elias Dawlabani has opened the door to this crucial topic with a groundbreaking conversation about the stages of development of people and societies, and the emerging economic systems needed to fit the life conditions we face. Read this book--and join the conversation about healthy change." -- Cindy Wigglesworth, Author of SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence; President, Deep Change, Inc.

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Book Synopsis"Engrossing, exciting [...] This book compels us to rethink our approaches to economics ..." —Literary Review of Canada"Thought-provoking and creative" — Julie Nelson, author of Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics"Meme Wars is a Molotov cocktail tossed into the boardroom. "— Calgary HeraldFrom the editor and magazine that started and named the Occupy Wall Street movement, Meme Wars: The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics is an articulation of what could be the next steps in rethinking and remaking our world that challenges and debunks many of the assumptions of neoclassical economics and brings to light a more ecological model. Meme Wars aims to accelerate the shift into this new paradigm that takes into account psychonomics, bionomics, and other aspects of our physical and mental environment that are often left out in discussions of economics. Like Adbusters, the book will be image heavy and full-color throughout. Lasn calls it "a textbook for the future" that provides the building blocks, in texts and visuals, for a new way of looking at and changing our world. Through an examination of alternative economies, Lasn hopes to spur students to become "barefoot economists" and to see that a humanization of economics is possible. Meme Wars will include contributions from Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Samuelson, George Akerlof, Lourdes Benería, Julie Matthaei, Manfred Max-Neef, David Orrell, Paul Gilding, Mathis Wackernagel and the father of ecological economics Herman Daly, among others.Based on ideas that were presented in a special issue of Adbusters entitled "Thought Control in Economics: Beyond the Growth Paradigm / An Activist Toolkit," Meme Wars will help move forward the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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Book SynopsisMany of the worldâs economic ills - short-termism, compulsory growth pressure, cyclical recessions, unrelenting concentration of wealth, and erosion of social capital can be traced to our competitive money system, in which there is built-in economic scarcity and never enough money for people to pay off their debts. We need an economic system that is both cooperative and competitive, with each balancing and complimenting the other. Lietaer and Dunne tell how such a balanced system can be created and, in fact, how it is already being built in many places around the world. Individual citizens, entrepreneurs, businesses, communities, and governments are creating new cooperative money systems that link unused resources with unmet needs. Over the past 30 years there has been a tremendous growth of cooperative currencies from fewer than 100 in 1980 to over 4,000 today. But we need many more of them spread more consistently all over the globe. We also need more large-scale cooperative currencies. The emergent cooperative currency movement needs to grow up. Dodging the dogma of both left or right Rethinking Money provides the roadmap for this to happen.

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Book Synopsis"The Commons" is a generic term that denotes everything we share. The commons includes our entire life support system, both natural and social. The air and oceans, the web of species, wilderness and flowing water â all are parts of the commons. So too are language and knowledge, sidewalks and public squares, the stories of childhood, the processes of democracy. Some parts of the commons are gifts of nature, others the product of human creativity and endeavor. Some are new, such as the Internet, others are as ancient as soil and calligraphy. But they all âœbelongâ to all of us, if that is the word. No one has exclusive rights. We inherit them jointly and hold them in trust for those who come after us.This short but comprehensive work examines the history and tragic loss of the commons and discusses how we can bring them back at a time when privatization and ownership are economic mantras. By examining institutions, communities, and educational systems as well as the ways in which communities and even nations are governed, the authors make a plea for a more sustainable, healthier, and socially beneficial future for all by establishing and thriving in the commons.

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Book SynopsisA new, critical biography of Scottish thinker Adam Smith, acknowledged as the father of capitalism and developer of the concept of the 'invisible hand'.

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Book SynopsisThe City, as London's financial centre is known, is the world's biggest international banking and foreign exchange market, shaping the development of global capital. It is also, as this groundbreaking book reveals, a crucial part of the mechanism of power in the world economy. Based on the author's twenty years' experience of City dealing rooms, The City is an in-depth look at world markets and revenues that exposes how this mechanism works. All big international companies-not just the banks-utilize this system, and The City shows how the operations of the City of London are critical both for British capitalism and for world finance. Tony Norfield details, with shocking and insightful research, the role of the US dollar in global trading, the network of British-linked tax havens, the flows of finance around the world and the system of power built upon financial securities. Why do just fifty companies now have control of a large share of world economic production? The City explains how this situation came about, examining the history of the world economy from the post-war period to the present day.Trade ReviewNorfield writes from a position of experience: he has worked in the belly of the beast, and the book is the better for it...In The City, he has done the research and pulled together the financial statistics that explain how the bloodsucking works. * Financial Times *With heaps of empirical research and a clear style of argumentation, he demonstrates that the City isn't a "satellite of Wall Street" as many think, but its own beast, using Britain's imperialist privilege to extract value from the world economy. Much of the book is directed against bad arguments made by the liberal-left - the distinction between "productive" capitalism and"casino" banking; the populist vitriol against "the banks"- which Norfield believes aren't just analytically false but let capitalism off the hook. * Vice *This book does the seemingly impossible: rendering finance's mysteries transparent to the average reader, and at the same time delivering a penetrating analysis of the global economic system that will enlighten even experts. Tony Norfield has written a truly exciting and important book. -- Paul Mattick, author of Business as UsualTheCity is a valuable addition to the critical analysis of the financialisation of our world. And Tony Norfield is an experienced and radical guide to London's role in this process. This book should be required reading for both bankers and activists alike. -- Joris Luyendjik, author of Swimming with Sharks: My Journey into the World of the BankersA timely and insightful book...It is an excellent read foranyone seriously wanting to consider the financial system * Scottish Business Insider *How many Marxists are at work in the dealing rooms of the City? Presumably they keep their heads well down. Tony Norfield is-or was-one. Twenty years a trader at the centre of the financial web, he has married the insights into the workings of the system he gained to a thorough Marxist understanding of political economy. The result is this fascinating book. * Morning Star *Tony Norfield has had20 years experience in City of London financial dealing rooms, for ten years asan executive director and global head of FX strategy in a major European bank.He went on to complete a PhD in economics at SOAS, London. Above all, he is aMarxist. It's a perfect recipe for an excellent book on modern Britishimperialism and the features of global finance in the 21st century. -- Michael Roberts, author of The Long DepressionNorfield's unusual clarity as both an analyst and expositor is reflected in his ability to lay out for his readers an easy-to-grasp introduction to how finance works today in the process of offering a detailed historically-rooted account of the multiple hierarchies and privileged relationships through which global economic domination is constructed and reproduced. The City is a tour de force, which will soon be recognized as a formidable challenge to conventional wisdom and an essential contribution in its own right. -- Robert Brenner, author of The Economics of Global Turbulence

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