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Book SynopsisHonoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching willingness to question conventional wisdom as to how this should be done. Four overarching themes recur in Keith Griffin's work and this book: the need to both eradicate poverty and redress inequalities in the distribution of wealth within and among nations; the impact of growth on inequality, and conversely inequality's impact on growth; the political economy of policy-making; and the need for openness to heterogeneity in both analytic tools and in policy recommendations. The volume begins with an introduction by the editors followed by a paper by Keith Griffin. In succeeding chapters the contributors explore strategies for reducing poverty and inequality, and provide perspectives on issues such as human development, the rural/urban divide in China, and biodiversity and sustainability. Students, researchers, policymakers and NGO analysts exploring issues in development economics, development studies, alternative economic systems, globalization, environmental sustainability, inequality and well-being will find this book of great interest.Trade Review'. . . it is this reviewer's opinion that the papers in this volume are of a very high scientific standard. Those professionals and graduate students who want to enter the area of economic development in a serious way will find this volume extremely useful.' -- Theodore P. Lianos, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics'This volume provides a very high quality set of papers on the relationship between globalization and human development. . . any one with interest in this wide ranging subject matter would find the volume an interesting and engaging read.' -- Global Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Robert Pollin A Witness of Two Revolutions Keith B. Griffin PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE DEVELOPMENT 1. The Fall in Chinese Poverty: Issues of Measurement, Incidence and Cause Carl Riskin 2. The Rural–Urban Divide and the Evaluation of Political Economy in China John Knight, Li Shi and Lina Song 3. Socialist Fetters? Land Tenure and Economic Growth in Post-Mao Rural China Mark D. Brenner PART II: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL POVERTY 4. A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture James K. Boyce 5. The Impact of Policy Reforms on Rural Poverty in Brazil: Evidence from Three States in the 1990s Steven M. Helfand and Edward S. Levine 6. Has Columbia Finally Found an Agrarian Reform that Works? Albert Berry PART III: DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 7. Death and Development Bob Sutcliffe 8. On Comparing Functioning Bundles and Capability Sets Prasanta K. Pattanaik 9. Environment, Poverty and Development Charles Perrings PART IV: GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY 10. Globalization and the Transition to Egalitarian Development Robert Pollin 11. Gender Equality, Public Finance and Globalization Diane Elson 12. Class Transition in the Age of Globalization: Examples from the Rural Sectors in India and Kenya Anjan Chakrabarti, Stephen Cullenberg and Mwangi wa Gîthînji 13. What Will Become of the Welfare State? Victor D. Lippit PART V: STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY 14. The Structure and Distribution of Personal Income and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Bangladesh During the 1990s Azizur Rahman Khan and Binayak Sen 15. Poverty as Injustice: Refocusing the Policy Agenda Rehman Sobhan 16. Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Neoliberalism Terry McKinley Appendix: Curriculum Vitae for Professor Keith B. Griffin Index

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Book SynopsisThis two-volume set offers an extraordinary precis of classic articles on the general equilibrium theory of incomplete markets.The first volume presents the contributions to the theory of incomplete markets over a finite horizon. Many of the papers focus on two-period economies. This setting provides the simplest version of the incomplete-market model. However, the study of incomplete markets has evolved from finite to infinite horizon economies. The second volume examines the interesting new technical and conceptual issues that arise from the exploration of incomplete market economies over an open-ended future.The editors have written new, authoritative introductions to each volume, which provide a comprehensive overview and informative discussion of the issues.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Finite Horizon Economies Acknowledgements Introduction to Volume I Michael J.P. Magill and Martine Quinzii PART I THE CLASSICS 1. K.J. Arrow (1964), ‘The Role of Securities in the Optimal Allocation of Risk-bearing’ 2. Peter A. Diamond (1967), ‘The Role of a Stock Market in a General Equilibrium Model with Technological Uncertainty’ 3. Roy Radner (1972), ‘Existence of Equilibrium of Plans, Prices, and Price Expectations in a Sequence of Markets’ 4. Jacques H. Drèze (1974), ‘Investment Under Private Ownership: Optimality, Equilibrium and Stability’ 5. Oliver D. Hart (1975), ‘On the Optimality of Equilibrium when the Market Structure is Incomplete’ PART II EXISTENCE OF EQUILIBRIUM IN EXCHANGE ECONOMIES 6. David Cass (2006), ‘Competitive Equilibrium with Incomplete Financial Markets’ 7. Michael J.P. Magill and Wayne J. Shafer (1990), ‘Characterisation of Generically Complete Real Asset Structures’ 8. Darrell Duffie and Wayne Shafer (1985), ‘Equilibrium in Incomplete Markets: I. A Basic Model of Generic Existence’ 9. M.D. Hirsch, M. Magill and A. Mas-Colell (1990), ‘A Geometric Approach to a Class of Equilibrium Existence Theorems’ PART III PRODUCTION AND THE STOCK MARKET 10. Steinar Ekern and Robert Wilson (1974), ‘On the Theory of the Firm in an Economy with Incomplete Markets’ 11. Roy Radner (1974), ‘A Note on Unanimity of Stockholders’ Preferences among Alternative Production Plans: A Reformulation of the Ekern-Wilson Model’ 12. Sanford J. Grossman and Oliver D. Hart (1979), ‘A Theory of Competitive Equilibrium in Stock Market Economies’ PART IV SUB-OPTIMALITY OF COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIA 13. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1982), ‘The Inefficiency of the Stock Market Equilibrium’ 14. John D. Geanakoplos and Heraklis M. Polemarchakis (1986), ‘Existence, Regularity, and Constrained Suboptimality of Competitive Allocations when the Asset Market is Incomplete’ 15. J. Geanakoplos, M. Magill, M. Quinzii and J. Drèze (1990), ‘Generic Inefficiency of Stock Market Equilibrium when Markets are Incomplete’ 16. Alessandro Citanna, Atsushi Kajii and Antonio Villanacci (1998), ‘Constrained Suboptimality in Incomplete Markets: A General Approach and Two Applications’ PART V NOMINAL SECURITIES, INDETERMINACY AND REAL EFFECTS OF MONEY 17. John Geanakoplos and Andreu Mas-Colell (1989), ‘Real Indeterminacy with Financial Assets’ 18. David Cass (1992), ‘Sunspots and Incomplete Financial Markets: The General Case’ 19. Piero Gottardi and Atsushi Kajii (1999), ‘The Structure of Sunspot Equilibria: The Role of Multiplicity’ 20. M. Magill and M. Quinzii (1992), ‘Real Effects of Money in General Equilibrium’ 21. Pradeep Dubey and John Geanakoplos (2003), ‘Monetary Equilibrium with Missing Markets’ PART VI SECURITY STRUCTURE 22. David Cass and Alessandro Citanna (1998), ‘Pareto Improving Financial Innovation in Incomplete Markets’ 23. Ronel Elul (1999), ‘Welfare-improving Financial Innovation with a Single Good’ 24. Gabrielle Demange and Guy Laroque (1995), ‘Optimality of Incomplete Markets’ 25. Michael Magill and Martine Quinzii (1997), ‘Which Improves Welfare More: A Nominal or an Indexed Bond?’ 26. Pradeep Dubey, John Geanakoplos and Martin Shubik (2005), ‘Default and Punishment in General Equilibrium’ Name Index Volume II: Infinite Horizon Economies Acknowledgements Introduction to Volume II Michael J.P. Magill and Martine Quinzii PART I EXISTENCE OF EQUILIBRIUM, PONZI SCHEMES AND ASSET PRICE BUBBLES 1. Michael Magill and Martine Quinzii (1994), ‘Infinite Horizon Incomplete Markets’ 2. Alejandro Hernández D. and Manuel S. Santos (1996), ‘Competitive Equilibria for Infinite-Horizon Economies with Incomplete Markets’ 3. Michael Magill and Martine Quinzii (1996), ‘Incomplete Markets over an Infinite Horizon: Long-lived Securities and Speculative Bubbles’ 4. Manuel S. Santos and Michael Woodford (1997), ‘Rational Asset Pricing Bubbles’ 5. Aloisio Araujo, Mário Rui Páscoa and Juan Pablo Torres-Martínez (2002), ‘Collateral Avoids Ponzi Schemes in Incomplete Markets’ 6. Fernando Alvarez and Urban J. Jermann (2000), ‘Efficiency, Equilibrium, and Asset Pricing with Risk of Default’ PART II STATIONARY EQUILIBRIA 7. D. Duffie, J. Geanakoplos, A. Mas-Colell and A. McLennan (1994), ‘Stationary Markov Equilibria’ 8. Felix Kubler and Karl Schmedders (2003), ‘Stationary Equilibria in Asset-Pricing Models with Incomplete Markets and Collateral’ PART III EFFECT OF INCOMPLETE MARKETS ON ALLOCATIONS, WELFARE AND PRICES 9. Mark Huggett (1993), ‘The Risk-Free Rate in Heterogeneous-Agent, Incomplete-Insurance Economies’ 10. S. Rao Aiyagari (1994), ‘Uninsured Idiosyncratic Risk and Aggregate Saving’ 11. Per Krusell and Anthony A. Smith, Jr. (1998), ‘Income and Wealth Heterogeneity in the Macroeconomy’ 12. David K. Levine and William R. Zame (2002), ‘Does Market Incompleteness Matter?’ 13. John Heaton and Deborah J. Lucas (1996), ‘Evaluating the Effects of Incomplete Markets on Risk Sharing and Asset Pricing’ 14. George M. Constantinides and Darrell Duffie (1996), ‘Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Consumers’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisDino Falaschetti and Michael Orlando unify the treatment of the many deeply related topics in money and banking in this wide-ranging book. By continually building on the assumption that economic actors are maximizers, they explain how monetary and financial services, as well as related governance mechanisms, influence economic performance. In this manner, Money, Financial Intermediation and Governance not only lets readers make sense of today's monetary authorities and financial markets, it lets them see through superficial complexities to the fundamental influences that will shape those organizations for years to come. Mastering this analytical process is important for scholars and professionals, as well as individuals who are interested in their own financial security. Successful readers will enjoy an enduring ability to productively anticipate, respond to, and even shape macroeconomic and related political developments. This book's greatest contribution may thus be to help readers enjoy the lasting advantages of becoming careful thinkers. This book is an ideal text for undergraduate, graduate and MBA students in courses on banking and financial markets as well as in macroeconomics. It is also a useful resource for researchers and professionals in the financial, legal and policy sectors.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Antoine Martin Introduction Part I: The Economic Method of Inquiry 1. Modeling 2. Foundation 3. A Model Economy Part II: Money in a Static Economy 4. What is Money? 5. Money and the Level of Economic Well-being Part III: Money in a Dynamic Economy 6. Money in a Classical Economy 7. Money in a Keynesian Economy 8. Should Monetary Policy be Active? 9. Is Monetary Policy Active? Part IV: Governing Money 10. Measuring Monetary Services 11. Organizing the Production of Monetary Services 12. The Case of the ‘Fed’ Part V: Intermediation, Governance and Economic Performance 13. Asymmetric Information 14. Financial Intermediaries and their Governance 15. Corporate Governance 16. Financial Development and Economic Performance Questions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMario Amendola and Jean-Luc Gaffard argue that all too often, markets and technology are treated as two magic words that will open the door to a wealth of riches. An increasing number of governments appear to be aiming for a pure market economy in order to reap the benefits of a benevolent technology that promises the most spectacular advances. Both markets and technology can certainly be considered essential economic factors, but which market and what technology? Is the current prevailing view of competition without restraints and privatisation at all costs actually the essence of the market? This book maintains that the dominant view mistakes the relationship between growth and technical change and, as a consequence, the role of the market in this context. The authors argue that once the issue is analysed in the proper light, the usual ingredients of the dominant policy recipe - zero inflation, balanced budgets, privatisations, deregulation of all markets, extreme flexibility - may not actually be the appropriate ones.The Market Way to Riches will appeal to academics from many branches of economics including heterodox, evolutionary and macroeconomics and those with an interest in economic growth generally. Policy makers influencing economic growth will also find much to engage them.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Market and Technology 2. Is Technology the Heart of the Matter? 3. Market and Competition 4. Paradoxes and Dilemmas 5. Walking a Feasible Path, Not Heading for the Stars 6. Market and the State References Appendix: Models and Simulations A1 The Benchmark Model A2 Macroeconomic Changes A3 Industry Changes Index

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Book SynopsisWhat macroeconomic requirements must Turkey meet in its quest to accede to the European Union? This book, with its distinguished contributors - well-known economists and policymakers - examines and analyses these macroeconomic challenges confronting Turkey. Although the focus is on the specific situation of Turkey, the lessons are informative for other candidate countries and the findings directly relevant to the process of European integration.The book is divided into four parts: fiscal policies and sustainability of public finances monetary policy challenges preconditions for euro adoption sustainable regimes of capital movements. Each topic is studied in two consecutive papers, concentrating first on the challenges faced by the countries of the EU, and then by Turkey. Several papers review the experiences from the previous round of EU accession and the implications of these for Turkey.Macroeconomic Policies for EU Accession will appeal to policymakers, bureaucrats and academics interested in the macroeconomic problems of EU accession and European integration.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Erdem Başçı, Sübidey Togan and Jürgen von Hagen 1. Opening Remarks Süreyya Serdengeçti and Anne O. Krueger 2. Fiscal Policies and Sustainability of Public Finances in the European Union Jürgen von Hagen Comments Taner M. Yiğit 3. Fiscal Policy Challenges, Sustainability of Public Finances and EU Accession: The Case of Turkey Graham C. Scott Comments Erdem Başçı 4. Monetary Policy in the Euro Area: Lessons from Five Years of the ECB and then Implications for Turkey Fabio Canova and Carlo Favero Comments Hakan Berument 5. Monetary Policy Challenges for Turkey in the European Union Accession Process Fatih Özatay Comments Ricardo Hausmann 6. Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Poland During EU Accession Lucjan T. Orlowski Comments Ali M. Kutan 7. Preconditions for a Successful Euro Adoption Paul De Grauwe Comments Ali Hakan Kara 8. Managing Capital Inflows: Eastern Europe in an Asian Mirror Barry Eichengreen and Omar Choudhry Comments Fatma Taşkın 9. Current Account Sustainability: The Case of Turkey Sübidey Togan and Hasan Ersel Comments Manfred J.M. Neumann 10. Macro Policy Challenges for Turkey: Some Comments Marco Buti, Max Watson, Pierre van der Haegen and Ricardo Hausmann 10.1 Growth and Stability During Convergence: Experiences of EU Member States Marco Buti and Max Watson 10.2 Macroeconomic Challenges for EU Accession: The Case of Turkey Pierre van der Haegen 10.3 Macro Policy Challenges for Turkey: Some Comments Ricardo Hausmann Index

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Book SynopsisThe most influential and controversial economist of the twentieth century, John Maynard Keynes was the leading founder of modern macroeconomics, and was also an important historical figure as a critic of the Versailles Peace Treaty after World War I and an architect of the Bretton Woods international monetary system after World War II. This comprehensive Companion elucidates his contributions, his significance, his historical context and his continuing legacy. Prominent scholars examine Keynes's life and major writings, his theories and contributions, influences on the development of his thought, his interactions with his contemporaries, his followers and critics, the lasting significance of his work and the changing fortunes of Keynesianism in different countries.The concise but thorough and comprehensive entries are arranged in eight parts: Life and Work, Influences, Major Works, Economic Analysis, Critics and Contemporaries, Associates, Legacy and Impact, and Keynesianism in Various Countries. The Companion will serve as the standard reference work for all those interested in John Maynard Keynes, in the economics of Keynes and in the history of macroeconomics.Contributors include: N. Aslanbeigui, M. Assous, R. Backhouse, I. Barens, D. Besomi, P. Bini, M. Boianovsky, H. Bortis, M. Boumans, V. Caspari, V. Chick, P. Clarke, P. Davidson, J.B. Davis, R.W. Dimand, R. Dos Santos Ferreira, S. Dow, M.J. Flanders, J. Forder, M. Forstater, D. Glasner, R. Gomez Betancourt, C. Goodhart, P. Groenewegen, H. Hagemann, O. Hamouda, G.C. Harcourt, I. Hardeen, E. Hein, S. Hollander, P. Howitt, S. Howson, S.D. Kasper, P. Kerr, J. King, H. Klausinger, J. Kregel, P. Kriesler, H.D. Kurz, M. Lavoie, B. Littleboy, L. Magnusson, M.C. Marcuzzo, A. Millmow, D.E. Moggridge, A. Molavi Vassei, J. Neville, R. O'Donnell, G. Oakes, L. Ramrattan, S. Rivot, G. Rubin, M. Sawyer, R. Skidelsky, R.P. Smith, P. Spahn, M. Szenberg, A. Thirlwall, G. Tilly, H.-M. Trautwein, M. Wakatabe, L.R. Wray, W. YoungTrade Review‘This volume is an excellent reference book on Keynes and Keynesian economics.’ -- Ivo Maes, Journal of European Integration History‘Keynes’s life and thought is a very large and multidimensional subject. To understand it we need to hear from multiple interpretive voices and the Elgar Companion certainly provides that.’ -- Tony Aspromourgos, The History of Economics Review'Imaginatively edited and extremely wide-ranging, this always readable and sometimes provocative collection vividly displays the depth, breadth and persistence of Keynes's influence on our discipline: particularly recommended as a reliable cure for the intellectual indigestion so often brought on by overindulging in any of today's DSGE heavy diets.' --David Laidler, University of Western Ontario, Canada'To create a macroeconomics for this century, economists cannot do better than to build on the legacy of Keynes, the great economist of the last century. The Elgar Companion to John Maynard Keynes provides essential background, context, and analysis for understanding Keynes's work. I wish it had been available when I was preparing my own contribution to the rejuvenation of ideas that were revolutionary when Keynes propounded them more than 80 years ago and remain revolutionary to this day.' --Stephen Marglin, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: LIFE AND WORK 1. John Neville Keynes Heinrich Bortis 2. Florence Ada Keynes Indra Hardeen 3. Lydia Lopokova Indra Hardeen 4. The Bloomsbury Group Victoria Chick 5. The India Office Donald Moggridge 6. World War I Donald Moggridge 7. Keynes and British Financial Policy in the Inter-war period Donald Moggridge 8. World War II Donald Moggridge 9. Before and After Bretton Woods June Flanders PART II: INFLUENCES 10. G.E. Moore John Davis 11. Bertrand Russell John Davis 12. Ludwig Wittgenstein John Davis 13. Frank P. Ramsey John Davis 14. Thomas Robert Malthus Samuel Hollander 15. Alfred Marshall Peter Groenewegen 16. Knut Wicksell Mauro Boianovsky 17. John Atkinson Hobson John King 18. Irving Fisher Robert W. Dimand PART III: MAJOR WORKS 19. A Treatise on Probability Rod O’Donnell 20. Indian Currency and Finance Rebecca Gomez-Betancourt 21. The Economic Consequences of the Peace Robert W. Dimand 22. A Tract on Monetary Reform Robert W. Dimand 23. The Economic Consequences of Mr. Churchill Robert W. Dimand 24. The End of Laissez-Faire Sherry Davis Kasper 25. Am I a Liberal? Robert W. Dimand 26. Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren Harald Hagemann 27. A Treatise on Money Ingo Barens 28. Essays in Biography Geoff Harcourt 29. Lectures on ‘The Monetary Theory of Production’ and ‘The General Theory of Employment' Robert W. Dimand 30. The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money Robert Skidelsky 31. How to Pay for the War Peter Spahn PART IV: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 32. The Quantity Theory of Money Arash Molavi Vassei 33. The Multiplier Robert W. Dimand 34. Say’s Law Harald Hagemann 35. Effective Demand Paul Davidson 36. Unemployment Sylvie Rivot 37. Wages and Employment Harald Hagemann 38. Consumption and Saving Volker Caspari 39. Investment, Expectations and the Marginal Efficiency of Capital Jan Kregel 40. Liquidity Preference Victoria Chick 41. Risk and Uncertainty Sheila Dow 42. IS-LM Warren Young 43. The Finance Motive Jan Kregel 44. The Keynes-Sraffa-Hayek Controversy Heinz D. Kurz 45. Econometrics: The Keynes-Tinbergen controversy Marcel Boumans and Neil De Marchi 46. Trade Cycle Daniele Besomi 47. Mercantilism Lars Magnusson 48. Imperfect Competition Rodolphe Dos Santos Ferreira PART V: Critics and contemporaries 49. Arthur Cecil Pigou Nahid Aslanbeigui and Guy Oakes 50. Dennis Holme Robertson Mauro Boianovsky and Charles Goodhart 51. Joseph Alois Schumpeter Harald Hagemann 52. Lionel Robbins Susan Howson 53. Ralph George Hawtrey David Glasner 54. Friedrich August Hayek Hansjörg Klausinger 55. Bertil Ohlin Hans-Michael Trautwein 56. William H. Beveridge Robert W. Dimand 57. Michal Kalecki Malcolm Sawyer PART VI: ASSOCIATES 58. Piero Sraffa Heinz Kurz 59. Roy Forbes Harrod Daniele Besomi 60. Richard Ferdinand Kahn Maria Cristina Marcuzzo 61. Joan Violet Robinson Prue Kerr 62. James Edward Meade Susan Howson 63. Colin Clark Alex Millmow 64. Richard Stone Ron P. Smith 65. Lorie Tarshis Robert W. Dimand 66. David Champernowne Mauro Boianovsky PART VII: LEGACY AND IMPACT 67. John Richard Hicks Omar Hamouda 68. G.L.S. Shackle Bruce Littleboy 69. Alvin Harvey Hansen Roger E. Backhouse 70. Mabel Timlin Robert W. Dimand 71. Paul Anthony Samuelson Roger E. Backhouse 72. Lawrence Klein Robert W. Dimand 73. Franco Modigliani Michael Szenberg and Lall Ramrattan 74. Robert M. Solow Michael Assoũs 75. James Tobin Robert W. Dimand 76. Nicholas Kaldor A.P. Thirlwall 77. Milton Friedman Sylvie Rivot 78. Harry Gordon Johnson Donald Moggridge 79. Don Patinkin Goulven Rubin 80. Robert W. Clower Peter Howitt 81. Axel Leijonhufvud Hans-Michael Trautwein 82. Hyman Minsky L. Randall Wray 83. Sidney Weintraub Paul Davidson 84. Post-Keynesian Economics Eckhard Hein and Marc Lavoie 85. New Keynesian Macroeconomics Peter Spahn 86. The Phillips Curve James Forder 87. The Rise, Fall, and Return of the ‘Master’ Peter Clarke PART VIII: KEYNESIANISM IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES 88. Keynesianism in the United Kingdom Geoff Tily 89. Keynesianism in the United States Mathew Forstater 90. Keynesianism in Canada Robert W. Dimand 91. Keynesianism in Germany Harald Hagemann 92. Keynesianism in France Goulven Rubin 93. Keynesianism in Italy Piero Bini 94. Keynesianism in Japan Masazumi Wakatabe 95. Keynesianism in Australia John W. Neville and Peter Kriesler Index

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Book SynopsisIn his 'New Guide' to The General Theory, Mark G. Hayes presents Keynes's illustrious work as a sophisticated Marshallian theory of the competitive equilibrium of the economy as a whole. This unique book takes full account of the nature of time and money and illustrates that The General Theory remains highly relevant to the teacher and advanced student of modern macroeconomics. The Economics of Keynes introduces several interpretative innovations to resolve many puzzles presented in the literature of the last 70 years. It is designed to be read in parallel with The General Theory and will allow modern readers to find their bearings before plunging into an in-depth analysis of major themes contained in The General Theory. The key areas in which this 'New Guide' differs from the familiar exposition of current macroeconomics textbooks are also explicitly identified. The author reaches positive and hopeful conclusions for the development of economic theory and policy.Promoting a thorough understanding of the legitimate domain of equilibrium analysis and a renewed commitment to the possibility of genuinely full employment, this book will provide an illuminating and fascinating read for anyone wishing to appreciate fully the value of The General Theory. More specifically, academics and advanced students of macroeconomics across the board - classical, orthodox, Post Keynesian and heterodox - interested in a fresh attempt to connect The General Theory with modern macroeconomics will find this book to be the ideal tool.Trade Review'Hayes has succeeded in bringing a fresh and stimulating look to Keynes's classic work. I recommend this book to his fellow economists.' -- Paul Dalziel, Economic Issues'Designed to be read along with The General Theory, The Economics of Keynes is an ideal companion to enhance one's understanding of that classic work. A must for anyone who truly wants to call themselves an expert on economics.' -- Midwest Book Review'Hayes's guide to The General Theory is very much better than most, and is strongly recommended. . .' -- J.E. King, History of Economics Review'Mark Hayes has thought long and deeply about Keynes's General Theory and has developed a refreshingly original viewpoint which is bound to stimulate lively discussion and debate.' -- Victoria Chick, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Five Propositions of The General Theory Prologue 1. Two Theories of Employment 2. Definitions and Ideas 3. The Propensity to Consume 4. The Inducement to Invest 5. Employment, Money and the Price-Level 6. Policy Implications Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisErudite, accessible and lucidly written, this book provides a stimulating introduction to the careers and main published works of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics. It will prove to be an invaluable reference book on key figures in economics and their path-breaking insights. The vignettes should also encourage the reader to sample some of the Laureates' original works and gain a better understanding of the context in which new ideas were first put forward. Original features of the book include: a foreword by Professor Mark Blaug a review of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, including a biographical guide to potential future winners a table summarising the Laureates': year and country of birth; university and year of their first and higher degrees; their affiliation at the time of the award; broad field of study; and Prize citation comprehensive individual entries on each of the Laureates (including their photographs), covering their careers and main published works a glossary of selected associations, awards, institutions and societies. Written primarily for undergraduate and postgraduate students, this is also a book that many teachers and lecturers will want on their shelves. It will prove to be an invaluable reference tool for anyone wanting to understand how past events and individuals have helped mould contemporary economics.Trade Review'. . . this book will continue to share shelf-space next to my current textbooks. As a librarian, such utility makes this a desirable addition to any educator's collection. As a history of economic thought book, Vane and Mulhearn have brought together a breadth of information that can be found through disparate sources but at a cost of effort and, especially for students, qualitative decisions regarding sources. . . The convenience of their starting methodology, breadth over depth coverage, and clear intention of writing to an audience of students makes this a useful text.' -- Kirk Douglas Johnson, Journal of the History of Economic Thought'The essays summarizing the main achievements of the prize winners are well written and to the point. They are short enough that they never cause the reader to lose interest, but substantive enough to let you know what the winners' accomplishments amount to. These compact, factually accurate essays mark the real value of the book as a reference work. . . there is little for which to fault the authors. Vane and Mulhearn have done a very nice job with the book, and it is an added bonus that it includes a formal portrait photograph of each prize winner.' -- Bradley W. Bateman, History Political Economy'. . . Vane and Mulhearn have produced a useful reference work.' -- John Quiggin, Economic Analysis and Policy'This collection has the capacity to surprise the reader. You learn all sorts of new and sometimes admirable things about these economists and about the richness of the profession that is often obscured from students of the subject.' -- John Lodewijks, History of Economics ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword by Mark Blaug The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics: A Biographical Overview 1969: Ragnar Frisch 1969: Jan Tinbergen 1970: Paul Samuelson 1971: Simon Kuznets 1972: John Hicks 1972: Kenneth Arrow 1973: Wassily Leontief 1974: Gunnar Myrdal 1974: Friedrich von Hayek 1975: Leonid Kantorovich 1975: Tjalling Koopmans 1976: Milton Friedman 1977: Bertil Ohlin 1977: James Meade 1978: Herbert Simon 1979: Theodore Schultz 1979: Arthur Lewis 1980: Lawrence Klein 1981: James Tobin 1982: George Stigler 1983: Gerard Debreu 1984: Richard Stone 1985: Franco Modigliani 1986: James Buchanan 1987: Robert Solow 1988: Maurice Allais 1989: Trygve Haavelmo 1990: Harry Markowitz 1990: Merton Miller 1990: William Sharpe 1991: Ronald Coase 1992: Gary Becker 1993: Robert Fogel 1993: Douglass North 1994: John Harsanyi 1994: John Nash Jr. 1994: Reinhard Selten 1995: Robert Lucas Jr. 1996: James Mirrlees 1996: William Vickrey 1997: Robert Merton 1997: Myron Scholes 1998: Amartya Sen 1999: Robert Mundell 2000: James Heckman 2000: Daniel McFadden 2001: George Akerlof 2001: Michael Spence 2001: Joseph Stiglitz 2002: Daniel Kahneman 2002: Vernon Smith 2003: Robert Engle 2003: Clive Granger 2004: Finn Kydland 2004: Edward Prescott Glossary of Selected Associations, Awards, Institutions and Societies References Index

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Book SynopsisPopulation aging is a global phenomenon that influences not only the industrialized countries of Asia and the West, but also many middle- and low- income countries that have experienced rapid fertility decline and achieved long life expectancies. This book explores how workers and consumers are responding to population aging and examines how economic growth, generational equity, trade and international capital flows are influenced by population aging. The contributors draw on the experience of the developing and industrialized worlds and on countries in Asia, North America, and Europe. They offer new evidence about micro-level responses of labor force participation, earnings, and savings to actual and/or perceived demographic change. Their broad perspective on population aging spans the entire demographic transition and demonstrates the importance of effective policy response in the early stages of population aging. Also included are policy analyses that explore the use of tax policy, financial reform, and policies targeting immigration and procreation. This insightful study will prove invaluable to students and scholars of population economics, public sector economics, welfare economics, social economics, and public finance. Pension analysts and government policymakers will find the material of great practical use.Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Economic and Policy Implications of Population Aging Robert Clark, Andrew Mason and Naohiro Ogawa PART II: POPULATION AGING AND LABOR MARKETS 2. Population Aging, Changing Retirement Policies and Lifetime Earnings Profiles in Japan Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa and Rikiya Matsukura 3. Firm Productivity, Work-force Age and Educational Structure in Austrian Industries in 2001 Alexia Prskawetz, Bernhard Mahlberg and Vegard Skirbekk 4. The Effect of Subjective Survival Probabilities on Retirement and Wealth in the United States David E. Bloom, David Canning, Michael Moore and Younghwan Song PART III: SAVING AND WEALTH 5. Modeling the Effects of Population Aging on Consumption in the Presence of Intergenerational Transfers Heinrich Hock and David N. Weil 6. Transfers, Capital and Consumption Over the Demographic Transition Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee 7. Effects of Age Structure on Investment, Saving and Trade Thomas Lindh and Bo Malmberg 8. Population Aging and Health Care Spending in Japan: Public- and Private-sector Responses Naohiro Ogawa, Andrew Mason, Maliki, Rikiya Matsukura and Kazuro Nemoto PART IV: POLICY 9. Procreation, Migration and Tradable Quotas David de la Croix and Axel Gosseries 10. Australia’s Future Fund: A Social Welfare Analysis Ross Guest 11. Is Asia Prepared for an Aging Population? Peter S. Heller Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook aims to provide an overview of regular survey activities, as well as to show how survey results can be used scientifically in the context of business-cycle analysis and forecasting. Examples of various business surveys are described in detail, starting with their objectives, the questions they pose, how they are weighted and extrapolated and the representativeness of their results. A detailed scientific examination of the explanatory value of the data is also made in order to demonstrate their potential usefulness. The Handbook has three parts: firstly, it presents the importance of business surveys for empirical research. Secondly, selected surveys are introduced in detail such as the Ifo Business Survey and the Ifo Investment Survey, and thirdly, a broad spectrum of studies - on the consequence of the survey results - is presented. The significance of the surveys applies equally to business cycle analysis and to forecasting. An array of modern methods of time series analysis and econometric model construction is used in these investigations.This book will be of interest to an audience comprising members of institutions conducting business surveys, scientists using survey results to analyse and forecast business cycles, and students of empirical economic research.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: PHENOMENON OF BUSINESS CYCLES 1. The Importance of Representative Surveys of Enterprises for Empirically Oriented Business Cycle Research Gernot Nerb PART II: BUSINESS SURVEYS OF THE IFO INSTITUTE 2. Business Survey in Manufacturing Wolfgang Ruppert 3. Business Survey in Services Harald Blau 4. Investment Survey in Manufacturing Annette Weichselberger 5. World Economic Survey Anna Stangl 6. Innovation Survey Horst Penzkofer PART III: ANALYTICAL AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SURVEY DATA 7. Short-Term Industry Branch Forecasting Based on the Results of the Ifo Business Survey Georg Goldrian 8. The Significance of the Ifo Business Survey Data at the Regional Level Georg Goldrian 9. Suitability of WES Data for Forecasting Inflation Sandra Hamella and Harry Haupt 10. Methods of Economic Forecasting and Business Cycle Indicators Wolfgang Nierhaus and Jan-Egbert Sturm 11. Evaluation and Development of Composite Leading Indicators Based on Harmonised Business and Consumer Surveys Jürg D. Lindlbauer 12. A Leading Indicator Composed of Survey Data: Appropriate Construction and Prognostic Significance Georg Goldrian 13. Can the Ifo Business Climate Indicator Improve Short-Term GDP Forecasts? Erich Langmantel 14. The Accuracy of Turning Point Predictions with the Ifo Business Climate Christian Hott, André Kunkel and Gernot Nerb 15. A Leading Indicator for Equipment Investment Joachim Gürtler 16. Ifo Survey on Employment Plans: Sectoral Evaluation Klaus Abberger 17. On the Methodology of Business Cycle Analysis Stefan Mittnik and Klaus Wohlrabe Index

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Book SynopsisEduardo Wiesner's book makes an important contribution to the understanding of development by blending together the interdependent issues of (i) macroeconomic performance and volatility, (ii) equity and distributive justice, (iii) fiscal deficits and the redistributive effectiveness of social public expenditures, and (iv) the demand for the 'right' institutions and for policy reform in Latin America. It does this by examining recent macroeconomic crises from a political economy perspective, and finds that information is the critical algorithm that links together the demand for macroeconomic stability, macroeconomic performance and, ultimately, distributive justice. This volume is geared toward those interested in the political economy of development and policy reform in general and in Latin America, including academics, policy makers, and the general reader.Trade Review'This book is a must read for anyone interested in policy reforms in Latin America. The author combines tremendous experience in the field and deep knowledge of economic theory: a rare combination.' -- Alberto Alesina, Harvard University, US'One of the key contributions of this book is its insistence on the importance of policy, institutional and political accountability for evaluating and enhancing macroeconomic performance and for reducing inequality.' -- John B. Taylor, Stanford University and Hoover Institution, US'Dr Wiesner combines a command of modern political and economic theories and detailed knowledge of Latin America to clarify why reform of policies and institutions has proved so difficult in that region. His general conclusion is that initial conditions of inequality and poverty reduce the demand for reform, but he finds that the process manifests itself differently in different countries. He identifies several necessary conditions for breaking out of these vicious circles. Scholars and practitioners alike can learn from his impressively thorough and detailed analysis.' -- Avinash K. Dixit, Princeton University, US'This book argues insightfully that underdevelopment is the result of the political economy difficulties some countries have in the effectiveness of public expenditures in general and of social pro-poor expenditures in particular. The policy implication is that reform strategies should focus on identifying the "wrong" political incentives in public expenditures.' -- Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Conceptual Framework Introduction 1. Overview: The Current Status and Prospects of the Reform Process 2. The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Making in Latin America Part II: Country Narratives and Comparative Economics 3. Argentina: Blinded by Hindsight – The Economics and Politics of Learning 4. Brazil: The Market Enhancing Role of Political Economy Factors 5. Chile: The Right Mix of Policies and Institutions 6. Colombia: Fairness Perception and the Political Tolerance for Macroeconomic Policy Reform 7. Costa Rica: The Effectiveness of Political Economy Compromise 8. Peru: From Macroeconomic Volatility to Credibility Building References Index

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Book SynopsisThe fading explanatory power of earlier development theories in providing a satisfactory account of diverse developmental experiences has necessitated a new framework to understand economic development. Bilin Neyapti presents this new framework, known as New Development Economics (NDE), which combines new institutional economics with collective action theory to explain the dynamic interaction between institutions and economic development.Besides reviewing earlier development theories and the fundamental building blocks of NDE, the author uses the NDE framework to present theoretical underpinnings and panel evidence on the effectiveness of fiscal and monetary institutions. The book incorporates the essential elements of institutional theory and highlights the issues pertaining to the measurement of institutional characteristics and the empirical analyses involving such measurement. It provides the theoretical framework of and empirical evidence on fiscal institutions, covering budgetary rules and procedures as well as fiscal decentralization, and reviews the theoretical framework for monetary institutions such as central bank independence, currency boards, monetary unions and inflation targeting in addition to providing empirical evidence on their effectiveness. The role of bank regulation and supervision is also investigated. This path-breaking and original book will prove a fascinating read for a wide-ranging audience including academics, think tanks, international development agencies and policymakers within the fields of development, economics, heterodox economics and money, banking and finance.Trade Review'Bilin Neyapti provides a framework for understanding some of the most important issues confronting the world's economy today. Viewing the government as a social planner charged with the task of delivering sustainable development as a public good, she examines features of global markets such as central bank independence, inflation targeting, monetary unions, and currency boards, in each case evaluating the capacity of the relevant institutions to deliver efficiency, equality, and stability over the long term. Neyapti's broad-ranging and ambitious book should be of value to anyone interested in the development and improvement of the institutions undergirding the world's financial system.' -- - Geoffrey P. Miller, New York University Law School, US'Poor nations have learned the hard way that there is no greater threat to their economic development than macroeconomic crises. Avoiding macro instability in turn depends on good monetary and fiscal institutions. This book by Bilin Neyapti - part textbook, part treatise - is a terrific synthesis of the relevant literature and an excellent addition to it.' -- Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. A Modified Approach to Development Economics 2. The Model and Empirics 3. Fiscal Institutions and Empirical Evidence 4. Institutions of Monetary Policy and the Financial Sector: Theory and Evidence Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the 1990s, labour productivity growth accelerated in the United States, yet slowed down in other industrialised countries, reversing a three decade long tendency of convergence. The book explores this phenomenon. It first identifies the methodological and statistical problems involved in measuring productivity and making cross-country comparisons in this area. Then the role of factor accumulation for the diverging trends across the OECD world, with a particular focus on the dispersion of information and communication technology (ICT), is reviewed. In-depth studies of single countries provide further insights regarding growth trends in the United States, Japan, Germany, and France. Finally, empirical investigations regarding the determinants of productivity growth at an international level complement the analyses. The results stress that public infrastructure and education, employment rates and working hours, and ICT spending play an important role in explaining the existing differences in levels and changes of productivity. This comprehensive book, on recent research regarding international gaps in productivity growth, will be of great interest to policy advisors and academics, political decision-makers and students of economics, business administration, international business and international policy.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Measuring and Explaining Productivity Gaps Between Developed Countries Gilbert Cette, Michel Fouquin, Hans-Werner Sinn 1. Comparing Growth in GDP and Labour Productivity: Measurement Issues Nadim Ahmad, François Lequiller, Pascal Marianna, Dirk Pilat, Paul Schreyer and Anita Wölfl 2. The Breaks in Per Capita Productivity: Trends in a Number of Industrial Countries Tristan-Pierre Maury and Bertrand Pluyaud 3. ICT Diffusion and Potential Output Growth Gilbert Cette, Jacques Mairesse, Yusuf Kocogluc 4. Yeasty Investment and Mushroom Productivity Growth: An Industry Perspective on European and American Performance, 1987–2003 Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer 5. Growth Patterns in the OECD Area: Evidence from the Aggregate, Industry and Firm Level Dirk Pilat 6. Information Technology and the G7 Economies Dale W. Jorgenson 7. Productivity, Innovation and ICT in Old and New Europe Bart van Ark and Marcin Piatkowski 8. Information Technology and the Japanese Economy Dale W. Jorgenson and Kazuyuki Motohashi 9. Outsourcing and Productivity Growth: Sectoral Evidence from Germany Theo Eicher, Thomas Fuchs and Hans-Günther Vieweg 10. Determinants of Productivity per Employee: An Empirical Estimation using Panel Data Nicolas Belorgey, Rémy Lecat and Tristan-Pierre Maury 11. Labour Quality and Skill Biased Technological Change in France Johanna Melka and Laurence Nayman Index

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Book SynopsisIn most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market. Achim Kemmerling illustrates that tax-based redistribution and employment are not incompatible, and that the shift away from redistribution has not occurred on grounds of economic efficiency. He goes on to show that a long-term shift from capital to labour taxation has provoked conflicts of interests between workers that have weakened the political cause of tax-based redistribution.This interdisciplinary account of the political economy of taxing low wages explains the historical and structural origins of political tensions between different types of workers and their effects on the performance of labour markets. As such, it will strongly appeal to a wide-ranging audience, including academics, students and researchers with a special interest in political science, political economy, labour markets and the economics of taxation. Practitioners in the field of labour market, social and tax policies interested in the normative consequences of taxation for the labour market will also find the book to be of great interest.Trade Review'Kemmerling deftly intertwines the efficiency theory of taxation with the political basis of taxing the working poor. . . This commendable effort in interdisciplinary study and the comparative analysis of taxation is an essential reference for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as faculty and professionals of economics, political science, and taxation systems of Europe.' -- S. Chaudhuri, Choice'Taxing the Working Poor is an inspiring read for political scientists and economists interested in the relationship between taxation and employment. Based on an elegant combination of econometric analysis and historical case studies, it shows that the alleged trade-off between employment and progressive taxation has political rather than economic roots.' -- Philipp Genschel, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany'What are the economic and political forces which generate different regimes of tax on labour? What are the implications for the labour market of these different regimes? And does globalisation bring a halt to tax-based redistribution? Achim Kemmerling tackles these and other important questions in this significant book.' -- Malcolm Sawyer, University of Leeds, UK'We have been distracted from the detailed problems of financing the welfare state by the tired old twentieth-century debate between libertarian tax minimisers and maximal socialist collectivisers. We have to move on. The welfare state has to be accepted and the detailed problems of taxation to sustain it have to be addressed. This well-researched and fascinating book addresses the political and institutional origins of different tax systems and points to viable strategies of redistribution and reform.' -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Comparative Welfare State Analysis of Tax Mixes 3. The Economics of Taxing Labour 4. Political Economy Applied to Tax Mixes 5. Empirical Evaluation 6. Conclusion: Employment and Redistribution are Not Incompatible Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including carbon trading, revenue recycling, and reorientation of private and social investment are analyzed, providing insight into new paths for economic development with flat or negative carbon emissions. These issues will be crucial to macroeconomic and development policies in the twenty-first century.What are the likely economic effects of climate change? What are the costs of substantial action to avert climate change? What economic policies can be effective in responding to climate change? The debate has broad implications for public policy. However, it also raises fundamental questions about economic analysis itself, and moves issues of environmental policy from the microeconomic to the macroeconomic level. Taking global climate change seriously requires a re-examination of macroeconomic goals. Economic growth has been closely linked to expanded use of energy, primarily fossil fuels. The assumption of continuing economic growth, in turn, leads economists to discount future costs, including the generational impacts of climate change. Challenging conventional concepts of growth implies different development paths both for rich and poor nations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world to address these issues. Scholars, researchers and students of economics and development studies along with policymakers and non-governmental organizations will find this insightful book of great interest.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin PART I: THE SCOPE OF THE CHALLENGE 1. Understanding the Challenge of Global Warming Lloyd J. Dumas 2. The New Climate Economics: The Stern Review versus its Critics Frank Ackerman 3. Economics and Climate Change: Resilience, Equity, and Sustainability Neva R. Goodwin 4. The Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World Paul Baer, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha PART II: MACROECONOMIC THEORY PERSPECTIVES 5. The Economic Fundamentals of Global Warming Duncan K. Foley 6. Energy Productivity, Labor Productivity, and Global Warming Lance Taylor 7. Macroeconomics and Sustainable Development: Applying the Sustainomics Framework Mohan Munasinghe 8. Ecological Macroeconomics: Consumption, Investment and Climate Change Jonathan M. Harris PART III: POLICY OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE 9. Cap and Dividend: How to Curb Global Warming While Promoting Income Equity James K. Boyce and Matthew Riddle 10. Policies for Funding a Response to Climate Change Brian Roach 11. The New EU Emissions Trading Scheme: A Blueprint for the Global Carbon Market? Christian Egenhofer 12. Implementation of Sustainable Development in Poland Andrzej Kassenberg 13. Climate Change from the Investor’s Perspective Adam Seitchik Index

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Book SynopsisPost Keynesian analyses of monetary production have not given much attention to households as institutions, while a good deal of the literature in feminist economics discusses households in a strictly microeconomic context, with little consideration of monetary phenomena. This book, a unique study of the capitalist economy, utilizes a distinctive combination of Post Keynesian, institutional, and gender analysis to examine household economics in capitalist society in order to flesh out the gaps in each. The author poses questions that cut across rigidly determined areas of inquiry, such as gender and money, and micro- and macroeconomic analysis. She grounds the discussion of households and their social and financial relations within a monetary theory of production, and provides many methodological, theoretical, and policy formulation insights to establish a framework that illuminates current problems of household debt.Trade Review'Zdravka Todorova's book breaks new ground in three heterodox traditions. Todorova combines post Keynesian monetary theory of production (specifically a neo-Chartalist approach) with original institutional economics (specifically the Veblen-Ayres framework) with a feminist analysis of the role of gender that includes households, production and finance in capitalist economies in an integrated framework. Her success in developing this analysis involves both substantive theoretical and methodological advances in all three approaches to understanding the economy. Her project is simply astonishing in scope. . . This book is a major accomplishment. . . Money and Households in a Capitalist Economy is a very important book. It is well written and well argued. Every post Keynesian, institutionalist and feminist economist should read it. The European Association for Political Economy and the Association for Evolutionary Economics awarded the International Prize commemorating the 150th anniversary of Thorstein Veblen's birth to Zdravka Todorova for this book.' -- William Waller, Heterodox Economics Newsletter'Todorova bridges the gap between feminist economics and macroeconomics in this pathbreaking work. Presenting an in-depth analysis of the relationship between monetarist theory and gender issues, Todorova traces the earliest history of monetary theory and its lack of gender analysis, and presents a lucid theory of the importance and consequence of embedding feminist economics in a macroeconomic framework. Informative and enthusiastic, the book is written in a clear, easy-to-read style. Apart from being a significant contribution toward discovering previously unexplored synergies between two branches of economics, the book also offers a major boost to feminist economics. More specifically, the contention that monetary theory is not separate from, but linked with, feminist studies is powerful. Essential.' -- S. Chaudhuri, Choice'Dr Todorova is part of a new vanguard of multi-hats heterodox economists and it is this vanguard that will determine the future developments in heterodox economics. Money and Households in a Capitalist Economy breaks new ground integrating microeconomic and macroeconomic approaches to household consumption and finance, while providing a gendered analysis.' -- Frederic S. Lee, University of Missouri, Kansas City, US'Dr Todorova successfully extends what is widely known as the "UMKC approach" to monetary theory into entirely new areas, namely, feminist economics and the study of the household. She provides perhaps the clearest and most concise explication of the chartal money view, and shows how it helps us to understand the role played by the household in the modern capitalist economy. She sheds new light on our current situation.' -- L. Randall Wray, University of Missouri - Kansas City, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Frederic S. Lee and L. Randall Wray 1. Introduction 2. The Place of Households in the Post Keynesian Theory of Monetary Production 3. Introducing Gender in Post Keynesian Economics 4. Towards a Gendered Post Keynesian–Institutional Analysis 5. Institutional Change, Households, and the State 6. Social Intelligence and Households Under Capitalism: Conclusions and Further Explorations Reference Index

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Book SynopsisIn his 'New Guide' to The General Theory, Mark G. Hayes presents Keynes's illustrious work as a sophisticated Marshallian theory of the competitive equilibrium of the economy as a whole. This unique book takes full account of the nature of time and money and illustrates that The General Theory remains highly relevant to the teacher and advanced student of modern macroeconomics. The Economics of Keynes introduces several interpretative innovations to resolve many puzzles presented in the literature of the last 70 years. It is designed to be read in parallel with The General Theory and will allow modern readers to find their bearings before plunging into an in-depth analysis of major themes contained in The General Theory. The key areas in which this 'New Guide' differs from the familiar exposition of current macroeconomics textbooks are also explicitly identified. The author reaches positive and hopeful conclusions for the development of economic theory and policy.Promoting a thorough understanding of the legitimate domain of equilibrium analysis and a renewed commitment to the possibility of genuinely full employment, this book will provide an illuminating and fascinating read for anyone wishing to appreciate fully the value of The General Theory. More specifically, academics and advanced students of macroeconomics across the board - classical, orthodox, Post Keynesian and heterodox - interested in a fresh attempt to connect The General Theory with modern macroeconomics will find this book to be the ideal tool.Trade Review'Hayes has succeeded in bringing a fresh and stimulating look to Keynes's classic work. I recommend this book to his fellow economists.' -- Paul Dalziel, Economic Issues'Designed to be read along with The General Theory, The Economics of Keynes is an ideal companion to enhance one's understanding of that classic work. A must for anyone who truly wants to call themselves an expert on economics.' -- Midwest Book Review'Hayes's guide to The General Theory is very much better than most, and is strongly recommended. . .' -- J.E. King, History of Economics Review'Mark Hayes has thought long and deeply about Keynes's General Theory and has developed a refreshingly original viewpoint which is bound to stimulate lively discussion and debate.' -- Victoria Chick, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Five Propositions of The General Theory Prologue 1. Two Theories of Employment 2. Definitions and Ideas 3. The Propensity to Consume 4. The Inducement to Invest 5. Employment, Money and the Price-Level 6. Policy Implications Epilogue References Index

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Book SynopsisWith recent turmoil in financial markets around the world, this unique and up-to-date book addresses a number of challenging issues regarding monetary policy, financial markets and macroeconomic policy. While some of the chapters address the recent crisis as well as adjustments to the Basel Accord, others analyse the required changes to the conduct of monetary and fiscal policies. The distinguished authors offer an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of macroeconomics and provide alternative policies to deal with a number of persistent modern-day problems. Offering an interesting analysis of current economic issues from a Post-Keynesian perspective, this book will appeal to academics and graduate students of macroeconomics and financial markets.Trade Review‘The volume Credit, Money and Macroeconomic Policy edited by Claude Gnos and Louis-Philippe Rochon, represents a most important contribution to our understanding of the nature and role of credit and money in modern economies. It deals with some of the most pressing issues of our time; as such it constitutes an invaluable guide for the comprehension of the effects of the last twenty years of inflation targeting policies.’ -- Giuseppe Fontana, University of Leeds, UK and University of Sannio, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Claude Gnos and Louis-Philippe Rochon PART I: ENDOGENOUS MONEY AND FINANCIAL CRISIS 1. A Minsky Moment? The Subprime Crisis and the ‘New’ Capitalism Riccardo Bellofiore and Joseph Halevi 2. Lessons from the 1929 Crash and the 1930s Debt Deflation: What Bernanke and King Learned, and What They Could Have Learned Robert W. Dimand 3. The Collapse of Securitization: From Subprimes to Global Credit Crunch Robert Guttmann PART II: MONETARY POLICY AND POLICY RULES 4. From Monetary to Fiscal Policy Rule: A Matter of Adjustment or Choice? Theodore T. Koutsobinas 5. Money Creation, Employment and Economic Stability: The Monetary Theory of Unemployment and Inflation Alain Parguez 6. Monetary Policy Without Reserve Requirements: Central Bank Money as Means of Final Payment on the Interbank Market Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi 7. Post-Keynesian Interest Rate Rules and Macroeconomic Performance: A Comparative Evaluation Louis-Philippe Rochon and Marc Setterfield PART III: MONETARY POLICY UNDER THE BASEL II ACCORD 8. Basel II: A New Regulatory Framework for Global Banking Robert Guttmann 9. The Basel II Influence on the Money Supply Process: A Comparative Analysis of the Eurozone and the United States Stelios Karagiannis, Yannis Panagopoulos and Aristotelis Spiliotis 10. Implications of Basel II for National Development Banks Rogério Sobreira and Patricia Zendron PART IV: INFLATION TARGETING, NEW CONSENSUS MACROECONOMICS AND MACROECONOMIC POLICY 11. Inflation Targeting Drawbacks in the Absence of a ‘Natural’ Anchor: A Keynesian Appraisal of the Fed and ECB Policies from 1999 to 2006 Angel Asensio 12. Fiscal Policy in the Macroeconomic Policy Mix: A Critique of the New Consensus Model and a Comparison of Macroeconomic Policies in France, Germany, the UK and Sweden from a Post-Keynesian Perspective Eckhard Hein and Achim Truger 13. Re-thinking Macroeconomic Policies Malcolm Sawyer 14. Turkish Monetary Policy in a Post-Crises Era: A Further Case of ‘New Consensus’? Ulaş Şener 15. Instability and Uncertainty in Cognitive Capitalism Andrea Fumagalli and Stefano Lucarelli Index

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Book SynopsisThis engaging book contains a set of original contributions to the much-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress.It explores the mutual relationships between living standards, social habits, education and health systems, labour market regulation and participatory rules on one hand, and the growth of the economy on the other. These mutual relationships underpin the differences between long-run growth rates in different countries, and in their variations through time. The book also analyses fundamental historical, empirical and theoretical aspects of the many self-reinforcing mechanisms of growth, such as poverty traps or industrial take-offs. It offers a lively representation of the reasons why no lasting economic growth is possible without wider institutional, intellectual and ethical progress. Uncommitted to a specific overall economic theory, the contributors freely discuss their understanding of specific aspects of this complex subject.This stimulating integrated analysis of the main social drivers of economic growth will strongly appeal both to academic and practising economists, and to postgraduate students interested in growth theory and social studies.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Arrigo Opocher and Neri Salvadori 1. Does Economic Growth Ultimately Lead to a ‘Noble Life’? A Comparative Analysis of the Predictions of Mill, Marshall and Keynes Arrigo Opocher 2. The Debate on Education Financing in the Classical Perspective Mario Pomini 3. The Role of the Public Sector in the Thought of Hyman Minsky Giuseppe Mastromatteo 4. Economic Progress and the Standard of Life: Notes on a Dynamic Approach to Needs and Consumption Davide Gualerzi 5. The Need for Standards in Students’ Grading Valentino Dardanoni and Salvatore Modica 6. Education and Endogenous Growth in the Neoclassical Tradition Mario Pomini 7. Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model Thomas Bassetti 8. Child Mortality Decline, Inequality and Economic Growth Tamara Fioroni 9. Health Funding, Inequality and Economic Growth Davide Dottori 10. Education, Change in Consumer Preferences and Growth Renato Balducci 11. Unemployment in a System of Labour-managed Firms Bruno Jossa 12. Regulated Wage Economy and Taxation Systems: A Long-run Welfare and Growth Theoretical Analysis and a Policy Exercise Luciano Fanti and Luca Gori 13. Sustainable Development and Energy Trends Simone Borghesi and Alessandro Vercelli 14. Human Needs, Sustainable Development and Public Policy: Learning from K.W. Kapp (1910–1976) Tommaso Luzzati 15. Participatory Planning of Economic Development: The Co-evolution of Economic Theory and Policy Martina Pignatti Morano 16. Political and Economic Interaction: Income Distribution and Economic Growth Francesco Purificato Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon, which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who in the post-war period analyzed regional inequalities, structural change and dualism, and the modern literature on economic growth. The latter has emphasized the existence of multiple equilibria, bifurcations and various types of dynamic complexity, and clarified the conditions for the emergence of phenomena such as cumulative causation, path dependence and hysteresis. These are the typical ingredients of structural change, economic development or underdevelopment.Investigating the 'mechanisms of economic development', this book will be of great interest to researchers and postgraduate students, especially those oriented towards the study of structural and geographical aspects of economic growth and development.Trade Review'. . . this book provides a coherent picture of new developments and applications in economic geography with regards to explaining structural change. There is a healthy mix of new theoretical developments and elaborations of the foundational neoclassical economic models, economic growth models, econometric modeling, and hypothesis testing.' -- Dayton M. Lambert, The Review of Regional Studies'The volume is carefully edited and has a nice general format. The index at the end should be of great help for people looking for specific topics. . . it is quite likely that scholars on geography and structural change will find at least some chapter quite relevant to their own research.' -- Ola Olsson, Papers in Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Pasquale Commendatore, Neri Salvadori and Massimo Tamberi PART I: THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS: ASPECTS OF LOCATION AND SPECIALIZATION 1. Footloose Capital and Productive Public Services Pasquale Commendatore, Ingrid Kubin and Carmelo Petraglia 2. FDI, Mode of Entry and Corporate Governance Giuseppina Maria Chiara Talamo 3. Natural Resources and Social Conflict: An Explanation of Sub- Saharan Countries’ Stagnation Davide Fiaschi 4. The Changing Location of European Industry: A Twofold Geographical Perspective Eleonora Cutrini 5. Specialize Rightly or Decline Alessia Lo Turco and Massimo Tamberi 6. South–South Regional Trade Agreements, Comparative Advantage and Industrial Growth: Evidence from MERCOSUR Countries Alessia Lo Turco PART II: THE PROCESS OF STRUCTURAL CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF DUALISM 7. Myrdal, Growth Processes and Equilibrium Theories Carlo Panico and Maria Olivella Rizza 8. The Legacy of Dualism in New Growth Theory Salvatore Capasso and Maria Rosaria Carillo 9. Distribution of Agricultural Surplus and Industrial Takeoff Ennio Bilancini and Simone D’Alessandro 10. Dualism and the Big Push Giovanni Valensisi 11. Labour Productivity and Technological Capability: An Econometric Analysis on the Italian Regions Giulio Guarini Index

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Book SynopsisFinancial globalisation has made the formulation of monetary policy in emerging market economies increasingly complicated. This timely set of studies looks at the turmoil in global financial markets, which, coupled with volatile inflation, poses serious challenges for central banks in these countries. The book features a number of specially commissioned new papers from both front-line policymakers and researchers in developing and emerging market economies, which tackle the difficult issues currently being debated with increasing urgency by monetary policy theorists and policymakers around the world. They address questions such as: 'What monetary policy framework is most suitable for emerging market countries to confront the new challenges while they continue to open up to trade and financial flows?', 'What are the linkages between monetary stability and financial stability?' and 'Is inflation targeting or a fixed exchange rate regime preferable for developing and emerging markets?' Providing unique insights on the interaction between the theory and practice of monetary policy in emerging markets, this book will be of great interest to academics and students of economics, economic policy and development economics. Policymakers will also find this to be a useful and thought-provoking read.Table of ContentsContents: PART I: FRAMEWORKS FOR MONETARY POLICY 1. Monetary Policy Challenges for Emerging Market Economies Gill Hammond, Ravi Kanbur and Eswar Prasad 2. The Pursuit of Monetary and Financial Stability in Emerging Market Economies Bandid Nijathaworn and Piti Disyatat 3. Implementation of Inflation Targets in Emerging Markets José De Gregorio 4. Whatever Became of the Monetary Aggregates? Charles Goodhart 5. Fear of Appreciation: Exchange Rate Policy as a Development Strategy Eduardo Levy-Yeyati and Federico Sturzenegger 6. Aid Reversals, Credibility and Macroeconomic Policy Edward Buffie, Christopher Adam, Stephen O’Connell and Catherine Pattillo PART II: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES 7. The Nexus between Monetary and Financial Stability: The Experience of Selected Asian Economies Sukudhew Singh 8. A Framework for Independent Monetary Policy in China Marvin Goodfriend and Eswar Prasad 9. Monetary Policy Transmission in India Rakesh Mohan and Michael Patra 10. Inflation Targeting and Exchange Rate: Notes on Brazil’s Experience Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Daniela Silva Pires and Wenersamy Ramos de Alcântara 11. Czech Experience with Inflation Targeting Ludek Niedermayer 12. Monetary and Fiscal Policy Mix in Serbia: 2002–07 Diana Dragutinovic 13. Aid Volatility, Monetary Policy Rules and the Capital Account in African Economies Christopher Adam, Stephen O’Connell and Edward Buffie 14. Regional Asymmetries in the Impact of Monetary Policy on Prices: Evidence from Africa David Fielding 15. Monetary Policy and Inflation Modeling in a More Open Economy in South Africa Janine Aron and John Muellbauer 16. Inflation Management and Monetary Policy Formulation in Ghana Nii Kwaku Sowa and Philip Abradu-Otoo 17. Monetary Policy in Zambia: Experience and Challenges Denny H. Kalyalya Index

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Book SynopsisEduardo Wiesner's book makes an important contribution to the understanding of development by blending together the interdependent issues of (i) macroeconomic performance and volatility, (ii) equity and distributive justice, (iii) fiscal deficits and the redistributive effectiveness of social public expenditures, and (iv) the demand for the 'right' institutions and for policy reform in Latin America. It does this by examining recent macroeconomic crises from a political economy perspective, and finds that information is the critical algorithm that links together the demand for macroeconomic stability, macroeconomic performance and, ultimately, distributive justice. This volume is geared toward those interested in the political economy of development and policy reform in general and in Latin America, including academics, policy makers, and the general reader.Trade Review'This book is a must read for anyone interested in policy reforms in Latin America. The author combines tremendous experience in the field and deep knowledge of economic theory: a rare combination.' -- Alberto Alesina, Harvard University, US'One of the key contributions of this book is its insistence on the importance of policy, institutional and political accountability for evaluating and enhancing macroeconomic performance and for reducing inequality.' -- John B. Taylor, Stanford University and Hoover Institution, US'Dr Wiesner combines a command of modern political and economic theories and detailed knowledge of Latin America to clarify why reform of policies and institutions has proved so difficult in that region. His general conclusion is that initial conditions of inequality and poverty reduce the demand for reform, but he finds that the process manifests itself differently in different countries. He identifies several necessary conditions for breaking out of these vicious circles. Scholars and practitioners alike can learn from his impressively thorough and detailed analysis.' -- Avinash K. Dixit, Princeton University, US'This book argues insightfully that underdevelopment is the result of the political economy difficulties some countries have in the effectiveness of public expenditures in general and of social pro-poor expenditures in particular. The policy implication is that reform strategies should focus on identifying the "wrong" political incentives in public expenditures.' -- Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Conceptual Framework Introduction 1. Overview: The Current Status and Prospects of the Reform Process 2. The Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy Making in Latin America Part II: Country Narratives and Comparative Economics 3. Argentina: Blinded by Hindsight – The Economics and Politics of Learning 4. Brazil: The Market Enhancing Role of Political Economy Factors 5. Chile: The Right Mix of Policies and Institutions 6. Colombia: Fairness Perception and the Political Tolerance for Macroeconomic Policy Reform 7. Costa Rica: The Effectiveness of Political Economy Compromise 8. Peru: From Macroeconomic Volatility to Credibility Building References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the causes, costs and benefits of inflation. It argues that while the cause of inflation is essentially monetary, the costs and benefits of inflation lie in inflation's distortion of the economy's responses to real shocks.The book begins by securing the Quantity Theory of Money from certain critiques. The theory is defended from the 'fiscal theory of the price level' by a refinement of the theory of money demand, and from post Keynesianism by the construction of a theory of the supply of inside money. To cope with the endogeneity of outside money, a simple and tractable neo-Wicksellian theory of inflation is advanced, which is shown to exhibit a striking homology with the Quantity Theory. The author then traces the costliness of inflation, not to any disturbance of the money market, but to the damage inflation does to the bond market's function of sharing out disturbances to consumption caused by technological shocks. The same damage, however, imparts an egalitarian dynamic to the accumulation of wealth, which will not occur without risky inflation.The Causes, Costs and Compensations of Inflation will be of great interest to policy makers, central bankers, researchers, and both post-graduate and undergraduate students in macroeconomics, money and banking.Trade Review'It is difficult to give justice to this intriguing book within the confines of a short review.' -- Ernst Juerg Weber, History of Economics Review'Coleman's book provides an impressively clear, lively, and intuitive discussion of three of the most important issues in all of monetary economics. I recommend it highly to all readers with an interest in these issues.' -- Peter N. Ireland, Journal of Economic Literature'William Coleman's book offers a highly original and insightful discussion of the state of modern monetary theory. Professor Coleman covers difficult issues with a lightness of touch that makes for a very readable discussion. It will benefit students as well as professional economists and policymakers.' -- Kevin Dowd, University of Nottingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Preliminaries 1. A Statement of the Problem Part II: Inflation in a Risk Free World 2. The Theory of the Demand for Money 3. A Theory of the Supply of Money 4. The Quantity Theory of Money 5. Inflation Without a Quantity of Money: The Wicksellian Approach Part III: Inflation in a Risky World 6. Technological Risk and the Social Function of Real Debt 7. Monetary Risk and the Social Function of Money Debt 8. The Quantity Theory in a Risky World 9. Wicksellianism in a Risky World Part IV: The Cost of Inflation 10. The Cost of Inflation as the Cost of Moneylessness 11. The Cost of Inflation as the Cost of Creditlessness 12. A Summarization of Results References Index

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Book SynopsisGeorge Warde Norman was a Director of the Bank of England from 1821 to 1872, a key figure behind the Bank Charter Act of 1844, and one of the founders of the Political Economy Club. In 1821 G.W. Norman began an essay on taxation as part of the utilitarian programme. His vision was for increased human happiness through a wholesale reform of the revenue system founded upon direct taxation in the form of a comprehensive property tax. He continued to work on the essay over many years, never losing his faith in the utilitarian ideal or his belief in the property tax solution as the key to fiscal happiness. This book represents G.W. Norman's final thoughts, themselves a manifestation of a significant element in the development of 19th century policy and institutions. This edition of a hitherto unknown work demonstrates the importance of utilitarianism to liberal thinking on taxation. As such, this unique book will appeal to specialists in the history of economic thought and to historians, especially those with an interest in the history of public finance, an area in which G.W. Norman's contribution has been almost entirely overlooked. Providing a new and previously unexploited source, it should also prove to be a fascinating read for postgraduates working in these fields.Trade Review'. . . the book is an interesting take on the role and purpose of taxation. . .' -- Sheila Killian, Tax Justice Focus'. . . Denis O'Brien has provided us with a gem of a book, aided by his long-standing acquaintance and knowledge of this fascinating Norman tax manuscript. . . In short, this book cannot be ignored by those interested in the history and nature of tax reform.' -- Peter Groenewegen, History of Economics ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: Introduction 1. Political Economy and Taxation 2. Advantages of Taxation Part II: Qualities of Taxation 3. Taxes and Other Sources of Revenue 4. Computability 5. Simplicity 6. Frugality in Collection 7. Constancy 8. Divisibility 9. Popularity 10. Noninterference 11. Equality 12. Uncorruptiveness 13. Unvexatiousness 14. Unevasibility Part III: Review of Existing or Supposed Taxes 15. Motive Influencing the Framers of Taxes 16. General Observations on Indirect Taxes 17. Custom House Duties 18. The Excise Monopolies 19. Taxes on Particular Classes or Persons 20. Direct Taxes on Objects of Luxury 21. Taxes on Travelling and the Conveyance of Intelligence 22. Taxes on Justice 23. Taxes on the Transfer of Property, on Knowledge, on Prudence, on Ingenuity, and on Health 24. Taxes on Rent, Tythe, Land Tax 25. Continuation of Taxes on Rent, Poor Rate, House and Window Tax 26. The Poll-Tax 27. Legacy Duty and Stamp Duty on Probates of Wills 28. The Assessed Taxes and Stamp Duties 29. Turnpike and Bridge Tolls, Barrières and Harbour and Light Dues 30. Taxes on Vices 31. The Income Tax in England 32. An Improved Property Tax 33. Proposals for Reform Index

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Book SynopsisAs Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change, along with the changes that are happening simultaneously within the economics profession. The authors argue that modern economics can no longer usefully be described as ?neoclassical?, but is much better described as complexity economics. The complexity approach embraces rather than assumes away the complexities of social interaction. The authors also argue that despite all the problems with previous European academic structures, those structures allowed for more diversity than exists in US universities, and thus were often ahead of US universities in exploring new cutting-edge approaches. The authors further argue that by trying to judge themselves by US-centric measures and to copy US universities, the European economics profession is undermining some of the strengths of the older system ? strengths on which it should be building. While the authors agree that European economics needs to go through major changes in the coming decade, they argue that by building on Europe?s strengths, rather than trying to follow a US example, Europe will be more likely to become the global leader in economics in the coming decades rather than a second-rate copy of the US. The book begins with two chapters spelling out the authors? view of the changes in economics and European economics. This is followed by 11 interviews with a diverse set of innovative European economists from a range of European countries. In the interviews these European economists reflect on the ongoing changes in economics generally and in European economics specifically. These interviews demonstrate how the economics profession is moving away from traditional neoclassical economics into a dynamic set of new methods and approaches (incorporating work in behavioral economics, experimental economics, evolutionary game theory and ecological approaches, complexity and nonlinear dynamics, methodological analysis, and agent-based modelling) that the authors classify as complexity economics. This fascinating and easy-to-read book will prove a stimulating and thought-provoking read for those with an interest in economics, European education, and the nature of academic disciplines generally.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Future of European Economics 1. European Economics at a Crossroads 2. The Complexity Revolution in Economics Part II: Conversations 3. Alan Kirman 4. Ernst Fehr 5. Cars Hommes 6. Mauro Gallegati and Laura Gardini 7. Tönu Puu 8. Søren Johansen and Katarina Juselius 9. Geoffrey Hodgson 10. Joan Martínez Alier 11. Robert Boyer Part III: Reflections 11. János Kornai 12. Reinhard Selten Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change, along with the changes that are happening simultaneously within the economics profession. The authors argue that modern economics can no longer usefully be described as ?neoclassical?, but is much better described as complexity economics. The complexity approach embraces rather than assumes away the complexities of social interaction. The authors also argue that despite all the problems with previous European academic structures, those structures allowed for more diversity than exists in US universities, and thus were often ahead of US universities in exploring new cutting-edge approaches. The authors further argue that by trying to judge themselves by US-centric measures and to copy US universities, the European economics profession is undermining some of the strengths of the older system ? strengths on which it should be building. While the authors agree that European economics needs to go through major changes in the coming decade, they argue that by building on Europe?s strengths, rather than trying to follow a US example, Europe will be more likely to become the global leader in economics in the coming decades rather than a second-rate copy of the US. The book begins with two chapters spelling out the authors? view of the changes in economics and European economics. This is followed by 11 interviews with a diverse set of innovative European economists from a range of European countries. In the interviews these European economists reflect on the ongoing changes in economics generally and in European economics specifically. These interviews demonstrate how the economics profession is moving away from traditional neoclassical economics into a dynamic set of new methods and approaches (incorporating work in behavioral economics, experimental economics, evolutionary game theory and ecological approaches, complexity and nonlinear dynamics, methodological analysis, and agent-based modelling) that the authors classify as complexity economics. This fascinating and easy-to-read book will prove a stimulating and thought-provoking read for those with an interest in economics, European education, and the nature of academic disciplines generally.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Future of European Economics 1. European Economics at a Crossroads 2. The Complexity Revolution in Economics Part II: Conversations 3. Alan Kirman 4. Ernst Fehr 5. Cars Hommes 6. Mauro Gallegati and Laura Gardini 7. Tönu Puu 8. Søren Johansen and Katarina Juselius 9. Geoffrey Hodgson 10. Joan Martínez Alier 11. Robert Boyer Part III: Reflections 11. János Kornai 12. Reinhard Selten Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHonoring Keith Griffin's more than 40 years of fundamental contributions to the discipline of economics, the papers in this volume reflect his deep commitment to advancing the well-being of the world's poor majority and his unflinching willingness to question conventional wisdom as to how this should be done. Four overarching themes recur in Keith Griffin's work and this book: the need to both eradicate poverty and redress inequalities in the distribution of wealth within and among nations; the impact of growth on inequality, and conversely inequality's impact on growth; the political economy of policy-making; and the need for openness to heterogeneity in both analytic tools and in policy recommendations. The volume begins with an introduction by the editors followed by a paper by Keith Griffin. In succeeding chapters the contributors explore strategies for reducing poverty and inequality, and provide perspectives on issues such as human development, the rural/urban divide in China, and biodiversity and sustainability. Students, researchers, policymakers and NGO analysts exploring issues in development economics, development studies, alternative economic systems, globalization, environmental sustainability, inequality and well-being will find this book of great interest.Trade Review'. . . it is this reviewer's opinion that the papers in this volume are of a very high scientific standard. Those professionals and graduate students who want to enter the area of economic development in a serious way will find this volume extremely useful.' -- Theodore P. Lianos, South-Eastern Europe Journal of Economics'This volume provides a very high quality set of papers on the relationship between globalization and human development. . . any one with interest in this wide ranging subject matter would find the volume an interesting and engaging read.' -- Global Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction James K. Boyce, Stephen Cullenberg, Prasanta K. Pattanaik and Robert Pollin A Witness of Two Revolutions Keith B. Griffin PART I: PERSPECTIVES ON CHINESE DEVELOPMENT 1. The Fall in Chinese Poverty: Issues of Measurement, Incidence and Cause Carl Riskin 2. The Rural–Urban Divide and the Evaluation of Political Economy in China John Knight, Li Shi and Lina Song 3. Socialist Fetters? Land Tenure and Economic Growth in Post-Mao Rural China Mark D. Brenner PART II: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL POVERTY 4. A Future for Small Farms? Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture James K. Boyce 5. The Impact of Policy Reforms on Rural Poverty in Brazil: Evidence from Three States in the 1990s Steven M. Helfand and Edward S. Levine 6. Has Columbia Finally Found an Agrarian Reform that Works? Albert Berry PART III: DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 7. Death and Development Bob Sutcliffe 8. On Comparing Functioning Bundles and Capability Sets Prasanta K. Pattanaik 9. Environment, Poverty and Development Charles Perrings PART IV: GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITY 10. Globalization and the Transition to Egalitarian Development Robert Pollin 11. Gender Equality, Public Finance and Globalization Diane Elson 12. Class Transition in the Age of Globalization: Examples from the Rural Sectors in India and Kenya Anjan Chakrabarti, Stephen Cullenberg and Mwangi wa Gîthînji 13. What Will Become of the Welfare State? Victor D. Lippit PART V: STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY 14. The Structure and Distribution of Personal Income and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Bangladesh During the 1990s Azizur Rahman Khan and Binayak Sen 15. Poverty as Injustice: Refocusing the Policy Agenda Rehman Sobhan 16. Economic Policies and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Neoliberalism Terry McKinley Appendix: Curriculum Vitae for Professor Keith B. Griffin Index

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Book SynopsisComplexity research draws on complexity in various disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and current overview of applications of complexity theory in economics. The 15 chapters, written by leading figures in the field, cover such broad topic areas as conceptual issues, microeconomic market dynamics, aggregation and macroeconomics issues, econophysics and financial markets, international economic dynamics, evolutionary and ecological-environmental economics, and broader historical perspectives on economic complexity.This Handbook presents perspectives at a broad and high level of current cutting edge research in complexity, and will be of great interest to academics concerned with all aspects of economics and in particular economic theory, macroeconomics and evolutionary economics.Trade Review'This volume is a solid introduction to the topics of economic complexity for both the general economist and provides new results that will interest the economists already well versed in the field of economic complexity.' -- Troy Tassier, Eastern Economic Journal'Complexity theory, complexity science, a general theory of complex systems: these subjects are the height of fashion and for good reason and so a book with this title is very welcome. . . a valuable book, particularly because the chapter-by-chapter bibliographies are a major resource. . . the strength of the book lies in its historical reviews and the bibliographies that support them. . . it will be an important reference book and will contribute to the larger complexity project yet to be undertaken.' -- Alan Wilson, Environment and Planning BTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEWS 1. Introduction J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. 2. Complexity and the Economy W. Brian Arthur 3. Computational and Dynamic Complexity in Economics J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. 4. A Computable Economist’s Perspective on Computational Complexity K. Vela Velupillai PART II: MARKET DYNAMICS 5. Bounded Rationality and Learning in Complex Markets Cars H. Hommes 6. Oligopoly Dynamics Michael Kopel PART III: MACROECONOMIC ISSUES 7. Complexity and Aggregation Alan Kirman 8. On Simplicity and Macroeconomic Complexity Richard H. Day PART IV: ECONOPHYSICS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS 9. Applications of Statistical Physics in Finance and Economics Thomas Lux 10. On the Analysis of Time Series with Nonstationary Increments Joseph L. McCauley, Kevin E. Bassler and Gemunu H. Gunaratne PART V: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 11. Exchange Rate Dynamics: A Nonlinear Survey Frank H. Westerhoff 12. Complex Systems Modeling and International Development Hans-Peter Brunner and Peter Allen PART VI: EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL-ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS 13. Subgame Perfection in Evolutionary Dynamics with Recurrent Perturbations Herbert Gintis, Ross Cressman and Thijs Ruijgrok 14. Complex Dynamics in Ecological-Economic Systems J. Barkley Rosser, Jr. PART VII: BROADER HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES 15. Complexity and Austrian Economics Roger Koppl 16. Complexity and the History of Economic Thought David Colander Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book focuses on the current global financial crisis and the inadequacies of the economic theories being used to guide policy. In so doing, it tackles the economic theories that have been used firstly to understand its causes and thereafter to contain the damage it has brought. The contributors bring together different perspectives from across the entire spectrum of economic opinion to examine what is likely to be the single most important economic problem of our time. The unifying feature is that all of the authors disagree with the standard mainstream neo-classical models being applied in attempting to comprehend what has gone on and then, more importantly, to devise policies to bring this recession to an end. The problems that modern macroeconomics may have caused in being the basis for economic policy are addressed, and it is concluded that the deepening problems found in economies across the developed world are not due to governments having refused to take the advice of their economic advisors but are in many respects due to their actually having taken this advice. Suggesting alternative ways of understanding how economies work so that other types of policies might be used instead, this book will prove a fascinating read not just for scholars and policy-makers concerned with our macroeconomic and financial problems but for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of our contemporary economic debate.Trade Review‘This admirable and comprehensive collection should prove of interest to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the financial crisis.’ -- Tyler Cowen, George Mason University, US‘The Great Crash of 2008 has raised profound questions concerning the orientation of modern economics and the adequacy of its theory. Those justifiably looking for alternatives will find this book invaluable. It contains a rich array of alternative perspectives on the crisis, and it will hopefully help stimulate the further theoretical developments that are so urgently required.’ -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Steven Kates 1. The Ordinary Economics of an Extraordinary Crisis Peter J. Boettke and William J. Luther 2. Did Bernanke’s ‘Creditism’ Aggravate the Financial Crisis of 2008? Tim Congdon 3. Toward a New Sustainable Economy Robert Costanza 4. Looking at the Crisis through Marx – Or Is It the Other Way About? Ben Fine 5. Incentive Divergence and the Global Financial Crisis J. Patrick Gunning 6. The Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomic Disorder: An Austrian Perspective on the Great Recession of 2008 Steven Horwitz 7. The Crisis in Economic Theory: The Dead End of Keynesian Economics Steven Kates 8. The Coming Depression and the End of Economic Delusion Steve Keen 9. Reflections on the Global Financial Crisis J.E. King 10. An Islamic Economic Perspective on the Global Financial Crisis Mervyn Lewis 11. Bankers Gone Wild: The Crash of 2008 Robert E. Prasch 12. The Governance of Financial Transactions Martin Ricketts 13. Excess Debt and Asset Deflation Jan Toporowski 14. An Institutionalist Perspective on the Global Financial Crisis Charles J. Whalen 15. Minsky, the Global Money-Manager Crisis, and the Return of Big Government L. Randall Wray Index

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Book SynopsisThis highly original contribution examines one of the most controversial concepts in the history of economics - the true meaning of the Law of Markets. This has been a contentious issue since the publication of Keynes's General Theory, but has also divided economists since it first emerged almost two centuries ago in the writings of James Mill. This book discusses the change in the understanding of the nature of the business cycle wrought by the General Theory whose major innovation in overturning Say's Law was to introduce demand deficiency into mainstream economic thought.The volume provides a robust and innovative exposition of the crucial point of division between classical and Keynesian economics, demonstrating that the role of demand deficiency was the fundamental issue at stake. Steven Kates first discusses Keynes's interpretation of Say's Law before documenting its development within classical theory. He then charts the development of post-General Theory interpretations of Say's Law, challenging Keynes's definition which was captured in the phrase 'supply creates its own demand'. The author also attempts to unravel the vast literature on the progress made by Keynes between his Treatise on Money published in 1930 and the General Theory, published six years later. He suggests that the crucial point in the origins of the General Theory was Keynes's discovery of Malthus's writings on Say's Law at the very depths of the Great Depression in 1932.This provocative book will be required reading for scholars and students interested in the history of economic thought, the history of macroeconomics and the Keynesian revolution.Trade Review'Say's Law and the Keynesian Revolution is a book par excellence. I have never encountered a text that explains the business cycle so cogently and provides a thorough repudiation of Keynesian economics to boot. It is a great contribution to economic literature.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Say’s Law in the Structure of the General Theory 2. J.-B. Say, James Mill and Robert Torrens 3. David Ricardo 4. John Stuart Mill 5. Say’s Law in English Classical Theory 6. Say’s Law in the Classical Theory of the Business Cycle 7. Keynes’s Discovery of Say’s Law 8. Influences Deepening Keynes’s Understanding of Say’s Law 9. The Early Post-General Theory Evolution of Say’s Law 10. Modern Interpretations of Say’s Law 11. Critics of the Modern Interpretation 12. Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWorld economic performance over the last 50 years has been spectacular. The postwar period has witnessed impressive growth rates in Western Europe and Japan, and in recent times China and India. This new book discusses these issues and tackles topical questions such as; what are the socio-economic and institutional factors that have contributed to this impressive performance? Will China and India continue to grow at the same rate over the next two decades? What are the prospects for Japan, the US and other advanced economies? The book brings together contributions by eminent scholars including the late Angus Maddison, Professors Justin Lin, Bob Gordon, Ross Garnaut, Bart van Ark and others to provide answers to these fascinating questions. The chapters analyse the economic performance of selected countries including China, India, Japan, Indonesia and the US, as well as Western Europe, Latin America and developing countries as a group. The time period of the study is from 1850 to the present and includes forecasts to 2030.This well-documented book will be of considerable interest to development economists and country specialists working on countries such as China and India, economic historians who are interested in explaining the growth performance of countries, economists and economic statisticians who are interested in the measurement issues, and international organizations such as the OECD, World Bank and the UN. General readers and non-specialists who are interested in the world economic performance will also find much to interest them in this book.Contributors include: D. Blades, K. Fukao, R. Garnaut, R.J. Gordon, A.A. Hofman, D. Lal, A. Maddison, S. Menshikov, M. O'Mahony, D.S.P. Rao, O. Saito, A. Szirmai, M.P. Timmer, B. van Ark, P. van der Eng, F. Villarreal, H.X. Wu, J. Yifu LinTrade Review‘All in all, this extensive volume reads well, is thought provoking, and will stimulate further research. Angus would be certainly proud. I can only recommend you to rush to your library and get a copy before someone else does. You will not regret it!’ -- Leandro Prados de la Escosura, EH. Net‘Not only is this excellent collection of papers a fitting tribute to Angus Maddison, it is also a great resource for thinking about future patterns of global economic growth - both in the BRICS and the OECD - based on key insights from historical experience.’ -- Nicholas Crafts, University of Warwick, UK‘Angus Maddison may no longer be with us, but his spirit is very much alive. This collection of essays - including one by Maddison himself - shows how the methods he pioneered continue to shed new light on the comparative performance of nations and inspire successive generations of scholars.’ -- Barry Eichengreen, University of California at Berkeley, US‘The distinguished editors, leading authorities in the field of comparative quantitative economic development, have gathered a stellar group of authors to address arguably the most challenging question of our time: understanding development dynamics over time and across countries. They are to be congratulated for this comprehensive, stimulating and insightful volume. It is a fitting tribute to the late Angus Maddison, an intellectual giant in the study of long-term economic development, to whom the book is dedicated.’ -- Hal Hill, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction D.S. Prasada Rao and Bart van Ark 2. Six Transformations in China: 960–2030 Angus Maddison 3. The Needham Puzzle, the Weber Question and China’s Miracle: Long Term Performance since the Sung Dynasty Justin Yifu Lin 4. An Indian Miracle? Deepak Lal 5. Analysis of Russian Performance since 1990 and Future Outlook Stanislav Menshikov 6. Japan’s Alternating Phases of Growth and Future Outlook Kyoji Fukao and Osamu Saito 7. Making the International System Work for the Platinum Age Ross Garnaut 8. Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth in Indonesia Pierre van der Eng 9. Explaining Success and Failure in Economic Development Adam Szirmai 10. Past, Present and Future Economic Growth in Latin America André A. Hofman and Francisco Villarreal 11. Europe’s Productivity Performance in Comparative Perspective: Trends, Causes and Projections Bart van Ark, Mary O’Mahony and Marcel P. Timmer 12. Revisiting US Productivity Growth over the Past Century with a View of the Future Robert J. Gordon Epilogue: Life and Work of Angus Maddison Confessions of a Chiffrephile Angus Maddison Research Objectives and Results, 1952–2002 Angus Maddison A Story Behind Each Number – Angus Maddison (1926–2010) Derek Blades, Bart van Ark and Harry X. Wu Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China's rise and the consequent policy challenges.The expert contributors illustrate that the rise of China and its integration with the rest of the world is one of the most important developments in the global economy. Over the past thirty years or so, China's economy has grown at nearly ten percent per annum with the expansion of the modern, export-oriented industrial sector, to become the third largest economy in the world and the second largest in trade. This book reviews the economic growth of East Asian countries since the 1990s and the various impacts that the rise of China has had on these countries. In particular, it addresses policy challenges faced in coping with the rise of China and maintaining economic growth.This timely book will strongly appeal to academics and researchers focusing on East Asia and China as well as those interested in international trade, development and economic growth.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Takatoshi Ito and Chin Hee Hahn PART I: CHINA AS A GROWTH ENGINE OF ASIA AND THE WORLD 1. Post-1990s’ East Asian Economic Growth Danny Quah 2. China’s Economic Rise and its Impact Zhang Yunling 3. China’s Rise and East Asian Economies: Towards a Sino-Centric Regional Grouping? John Wong PART Ⅱ: IMPACTS ON KOREA’S ECONOMY 4. Understanding the Post-Crisis Growth of the Korean Economy: Growth Accounting and Cross-Country Regessions Chin Hee Hahn and Sukha Shin 5. The Economic Growth of Korea Since the 1990s: Identifying Contributing Factors from Demand and Supply Sides Seok-Kyun Hur PART Ⅲ: IMPACTS ON KOREAN FIRMS AND WORKERS 6. China’s Rise and Production and Investment Growth in Korean Manufacturing Industries: Channels and the Effects Chin Hee Hahn and Yong-Seok Choi 7. The Impact of Outward FDI on Export Activities: Evidence from the Korean Case Siwook Lee 8. The Rise of the Chinese Economy and Korea’s Job Growth Dae Il Kim PART Ⅳ: IMPACTS ON OTHER COUNTRIES 9. The Rise of China and the Sustained Recovery of Japan Shin-ichi Fukuda 10. East Asian Production Networks and the Rise of China Fukunari Kimura 11. The Rise of China and Structural Change in Thailand Kanit Sangsubhan Index

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Book SynopsisOver coming decades, changes in population age structure will have profound implications for the macroeconomy - influencing economic growth, generational equity, human capital, saving and investment, and the sustainability of public and private transfer systems. How the future unfolds will depend on key actors in the generational economy: governments, families, financial institutions, and others. This path-breaking book provides a comprehensive analysis of the macroeconomic effects of changes in population age structure across the globe. The result of a substantial seven-year research project involving over 50 economists and demographers from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States, the book draws on a new and comprehensive conceptual framework - National Transfer Accounts - to quantify the economic lifecycle and economic flows across generations. It presents comprehensive estimates of both public and private economic flows between generations, and emphasizes the global nature of changes in population age structure which are affecting rich and poor countries alike. This unique and informative book will prove an invaluable reference tool for a wide ranging audience encompassing: students, researchers, and academics in fields such as demography, aging, public finance, economic development, macroeconomics, gerontology and national income accounting; policymakers and advisers focusing on areas of the public sector such as education, health, pensions, other social security programs, tax policy, and public debt; and policy analysts at international agencies such as the World Bank, the IMF and the UN.Trade Review‘While there already exists a crowded body of publications addressing the effect of an aging population on the economy, this monograph is most outstanding in presenting a global, in-depth analysis of the implications thereby generated for 23 developed and developing countries. . . Scholars, researchers, and practitioners everywhere will benefit immensely from this comprehensive work.’ -- H.I. Liebling, Choice‘Ron Lee and Andrew Mason’s Population Aging and the Generational Economy is a demographic and economic tour-de-force. Their collaborative, intercontinental. . . study of aging, consumption, labor supply, saving, and private and public transfers is the place to go to understand global aging and its myriad and significant economic challenges and opportunities.’ -- – Laurence Kotlikoff, Boston University, US‘The culmination of. . . work by Lee, Mason, and their collaborators from around the world to extend Samuelson’s framework to accommodate realistic demography, empirical measurement of age-specific earnings, consumption, tax payments, and benefit receipts, the studies. . . demonstrate the power of this integrated economic-demographic framework to advance our understanding of critical public policy challenges faced by countries at different stages of demographic transition and population aging.’ -- Robert Willis, University of Michigan, US‘Lee and Mason have done scholars and practitioners a magnificent service by undertaking this comprehensive, compelling, and supremely innovative examination of the economic consequences of changes in population age structure. The book is a bona fide crystal ball. It will be a MUST READ for the next decade!’ -- David Bloom, Harvard School of Public Health, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS 1. Population Aging and the Generational Economy: Key Findings Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee 2. Theoretical Aspects of National Transfer Accounts Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason 3. Introducing Age into National Accounts Andrew Mason and Ronald Lee 4. Lifecycles, Support Systems, and Generational Flows: Patterns and Change Ronald Lee and Andrew Mason PART II: COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF AGE AND THE MACROECONOMY 5. Labor Income Over the Lifecycle Sang-Hyop Lee and Naohiro Ogawa 6. Consumption Over the Lifecycle: An International Comparison An-Chi Tung 7. The Rise of the Intergenerational State: Aging and Development Tim Miller 8. Private Transfers in Comparative Perspective Ronald Lee and Gretchen Donehower 9. Asset-based Flows from a Generational Perspective Andrew Mason, Naohiro Ogawa, Amonthep Chawla and Rikiya Matsukura PART III: COUNTRY STUDIES OF AGE AND THE MACROECONOMY A. Overviews of the Generational Economy 10. How Intergenerational Transfers Finance the Lifecycle Deficit in Spain Concepció Patxot, Elisenda Rentería, Miguel Sánchez-Romero and Guadalupe Souto 11. National Transfer Accounts for Austria: Low Levels of Education and the Generosity of the Social Security System Jože Sambt and Alexia Prskawetz 12. The Significance of Inter-age Economic Transfers in Chile Jorge Bravo and Mauricio Holz 13. The Economic Lifecycle and Intergenerational Redistribution in Mexico  Iván Mejía-Guevara 14. National Transfer Accounts for Finland Risto Vaittinen and Reijo Vanne B. The Economic Lifecycle 15. The Changing Shape of the Economic Lifecycle in the United States, 1960 to 2003 Ronald Lee, Gretchen Donehower and Tim Miller 16. Labor Income and Consumption Profiles: The Case of Germany Fanny A. Kluge 17. Slovenia: Independence and the Return to the Family of European Market Economies Jože Sambt and Janez Malačič 18. Changes in Patterns of Philippine Lifecycle Consumption and Labor Income between 1994 and 2002  Rachel H. Racelis and J.M. Ian Salas 19. National Transfer Accounts for Kenya: The Economic Lifecycle in 1994 Germano Mwabu, Moses K. Muriithi and Reuben G. Mutegi C. Systems of Intergenerational Flows 20. Intergenerational Resource Allocation in the Republic of Korea Chong-Bum An, Young-Jun Chun, Eul-Sik Gim, Namhui Hwang and Sang-Hyop Lee 21. Idiosyncrasies of Intergenerational Transfers in Brazil Cassio M. Turra, Bernardo L. Queiroz and Eduardo L.G. Rios-Neto 22. The Changing Patterns of China’s Public Services Ling Li, Qiulin Chen and Yu Jiang 23. Intergenerational Redistribution in Sweden’s Public and Private Sectors Daniel Hallberg, Thomas Lindh, Gustav Öberg and Charlotte Thulstrup 24. Public Transfer Flows between Generations in Uruguay Marisa Bucheli and Cecilia González 25. The Structure of Generational Public Transfer Flows in Nigeria Adedoyin Soyibo, Olanrewaju Olaniyan and Akanni O. Lawanson 26. The Role of Familial Transfers in Supporting the Lifecycle Deficit in India Laishram Ladusingh and M.R. Narayana D. Issues Related to the Generational Economy 27. The Elderly as Latent Assets in Aging Japan Naohiro Ogawa, Rikiya Matsukura and Amonthep Chawla 28. Living Arrangements and Support for the Elderly in Taiwan An-Chi Tung and Nicole Mun Sim Lai 29. Transfer Accounts in Costa Rica’s Mixed Economy Under Rapidly Changing Demographic Conditions Luis Rosero-Bixby, Paola Zúñiga-Brenes and Andrea Collado 30. The Support System for Indonesian Elders: Moving Toward a Sustainable National Pension System Maliki 31. Incorporating Time into the National Transfer Accounts: The Case of Thailand Mathana Phananiramai 32. National Transfer Accounts in Hungary: Contribution Asset and Returns in a Pay-as-you-go Pension Scheme Róbert I. Gál, Vera Gergely and Márton Medgyesi PART IV: APPENDIX TABLES Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisDefining 'social entrepreneurship' has in the past proved problematic, and debate continues concerning what it does and does not entail and encompass. This unique book frames the debates surrounding the phenomenon and argues that many of the difficulties relating to the study of social entrepreneurship are rooted in methodological issues. Highlighting these issues, the book sets out ideas and implications for researchers using alternative methodologies. Contributors expertly present practical guides for researchers, setting out appropriate strategies and methods that can be adopted to explore and understand social entrepreneurship. Chapters deal with research strategies such as storytelling, action research and the case study, as well as the methods appropriate for understanding discourse, large data sets, and networks. The book also explores some challenges for researchers, and will be of particular interest to early career researchers or researchers first approaching the field. Contributors: M. Bachmann, S. D'Alessandro, K. Kumar, A.F. McKenny, J. Ormiston, J. Ruskin, F. Salignac, R.G. Seymour, J.C. Short, C. Steyaert, M. Tasker, G. Tyge Payne, C. Webster, L. Westberg, H. WinzarTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Richard G. Seymour PART I: CURIOSITY 1. Understanding the Social in Social Entrepreneurship Richard G. Seymour 2. Researching Social Entrepreneurship Richard G. Seymour PART II: POSTURE 3. Listening to Narratives Chris Steyaert and Michel Bachmann 4. Participating in Research Mathew Tasker, Linda Westberg and Richard G. Seymour 5. Bounding Research Settings K. Kumar and Jarrod Ormiston PART III: GATHERING 6. Discourse Analysis Fanny Salignac 7. Social Network Analysis Cynthia Webster and Jennifer Ruskin 8. Surveys and Data Sets Steven D’Alessandro and Hume Winzar 9. Drawing and Verifying Conclusions Richard G. Seymour PART IV: VOICE 10. The Challenge for Researchers Aaron F. McKenny, Jeremy C. Short and G. Tyge Payne Index

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Book SynopsisIn the midst of the current world economic crisis, many claim there is a necessity to return to the Marxian and Keynesian traditions in order to better understand the dynamics of market economies. This book is an important step in that direction. It presents a critical examination of the foundations of macroeconomics as developed in the traditions of Marx, Keynes and Kalecki, which are contrasted with the current mainstream. Particular attention is given to the problem of market forms and their relevance for macroeconomics. Professional economists and postgraduate students in economics, in particular those concerned with macroeconomics and the history of economic thought in the 20th century, will find this insightful resource invaluable. This book should be required reading for a large proportion of the economics profession who are dissatisfied with the mainstream.Contents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Marxian Notion of a Monetary Economy and the Critique of Say's Law 3. General Overproduction Crises 4. Keynes s Critique of Say s Law 5. Keynesian Underemployment Equilibria 6. A Critique of Keynes s Microfoundations 7. Kaleckian Macroeconomics: An Outline 8. The Problem of Market Forms in Modern Macroeconomics 9. Concluding Remarks A. A Formalization of Marx s Schemes of Reproduction B. Effects of Wage Changes in Keynes s Model C. Price Determination and Income Distribution in KaleckiTrade Review‘Unemployment, Recession and Effective Demand is a fine example of how critical analysis and debate about fundamental issues should be carried on. Claudio Sardoni does not pull his punches, but he criticises with courtesy in a learned and fair-minded way. His writings are a role model of proper procedure allied with cumulative persuasion through weight of evidence, sound scholarship and argument.’ -- From the foreword by G.C. Harcourt’There is a great deal to comment in this book. The structure of the argument is concise and easy to follow. Sardoni leads the reader logically from one point to the next in such a way that there is little doubt where we have been, where are we going, or why. The line between ''principles of'' and ''recent controversies in'' can be exceedingly fine when treating complex theoretical issues in brief, but it is a line that Sardoni walks with aplomb. This approach makes the book perfectly accessible to all readers with advanced economic training; in fact, there is much to be gained even by specialists in the field from Sardoni's argument. Given the structure of the book, it is ideally suited for young researchers of the graduate or post-graduate level, and even for neoclassical economists shaken by the most recent failure of mainstream models. It appears that this notion is in the back of Sardoni's mind when he composed chapter 8, which culminates in an appeal to greater plurality in economics. It may be, though, that this optimism is misplaced. Casual inspection of the recent literature published in''reputable'' journals unfortunately shows mainstream economists to be doing exactly what Sardoni advises them against through the ''uncritical reproduction of essentially the same model, enriched by some minor variations''.’ -- James Andrew Felkerson, Review of Keynesian Economics’This volume is a welcome update of an earlier book, Marx and Keynes on Economic Recession, published in 1987.’ -- Jo Michell, Eronomk IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by G.C. Harcourt Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Marxian Notion of a Monetary Economy and the Critique of Say's Law 3. General Overproduction Crises 4. Keynes’s Critique of Say’s Law 5. Keynesian Underemployment Equilibria 6. A Critique of Keynes’s Microfoundations 7. Kaleckian Macroeconomics: An Outline 8. The Problem of Market Forms in Modern Macroeconomics 9. Concluding Remarks A. A Formalization of Marx’s Schemes of Reproduction B. Effects of Wage Changes in Keynes’s Model C. Price Determination and Income Distribution in Kalecki Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and comprehensive 'modern guide' presents state-of-the-art surveys covering the main areas of macroeconomics and economic policy by well-known post-Keynesian authors. The chapters explore intriguing and important issues including: the history and methods of post-Keynesian economics money, credit and central banks growth and income distribution post-Keynesian macroeconomics as an alternative to the New Consensus the macroeconomics of unemployment and labor market issues European economic policies open economy models of distribution and growth international monetary and global economics financialisation and financial crisis. This well-documented book will prove to be the essential guide for researchers and graduate students in macroeconomics and political economy. It will also prove inspiring to a wider audience interested in modern Keynesian macroeconomics. Contributors:P. Arestis, R.A. Blecker, A.K. Dutt, G.A. Dymski, E. Hein, H. Herr, D.R. Howell, M. Lavoie, O. Onaran, E. StockhammerTrade Review’For more than a decade, most macroeconomists convinced themselves they were witnessing a "Great Moderation". Many Keynesians saw instead the accumulation of a fragility and potential instability that have become dramatically manifest since 2007. The premise of this book is that the financial crisis and Great Recession necessitate a revival of Keynesian macroeconomics, emphasizing the central roles of effective demand, money and finance in modern capitalism. Comprising essays on all aspects of macroeconomic theory and policy, the book will prove invaluable for scholars and graduate students seeking to acquaint themselves with the frontiers of modern Keynesian macroeconomics.’ -- Mark Setterfield, Trinity College’The essays in this book are of the highest quality and give a substantial account of a strand of current heterodox thought.’ -- Victoria Chick, Wirtschaft und GesellschaftTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Eckhard Hein and Engelbert Stockhammer 1. History and Methods of Post-Keynesian Economics Marc Lavoie 2. Money, Credit and Central Banks in Post-Keynesian Economics Marc Lavoie 3. Growth and Income Distribution: A Post-Keynesian Perspective Amitava Krishna Dutt 4. Keynesian Economics and the New Consensus in Macroeconomics Philip Arestis 5. A Post-Keynesian Macroeconomic Model of Inflation, Distribution and Employment Eckhard Hein and Engelbert Stockhammer 6. The Macroeconomics of Unemployment Engelbert Stockhammer 7. Institutions, Aggregate Demand and Cross-Country Employment Performance: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives and the Evidence David R. Howell 8. European Economic and Monetary Union Policies from a Keynesian Perspective Philip Arestis 9. Open Economy Models of Distribution and Growth Robert A. Blecker 10. Globalisation, Macroeconomic Performance and Distribution Özlem Onaran 11. International Monetary and Financial Architecture Hansjörg Herr 12. ‘Financialisation’, Distribution and Growth Eckhard Hein 13. Keynesian Approaches to Financial Crisis Gary A. Dymski Index

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Book SynopsisThe authors and editors of this book challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and social equity. Policies including carbon trading, revenue recycling, and reorientation of private and social investment are analyzed, providing insight into new paths for economic development with flat or negative carbon emissions. These issues will be crucial to macroeconomic and development policies in the twenty-first century.What are the likely economic effects of climate change? What are the costs of substantial action to avert climate change? What economic policies can be effective in responding to climate change? The debate has broad implications for public policy. However, it also raises fundamental questions about economic analysis itself, and moves issues of environmental policy from the microeconomic to the macroeconomic level. Taking global climate change seriously requires a re-examination of macroeconomic goals. Economic growth has been closely linked to expanded use of energy, primarily fossil fuels. The assumption of continuing economic growth, in turn, leads economists to discount future costs, including the generational impacts of climate change. Challenging conventional concepts of growth implies different development paths both for rich and poor nations. This volume brings together contributions from scholars around the world to address these issues. Scholars, researchers and students of economics and development studies along with policymakers and non-governmental organizations will find this insightful book of great interest.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin PART I: THE SCOPE OF THE CHALLENGE 1. Understanding the Challenge of Global Warming Lloyd J. Dumas 2. The New Climate Economics: The Stern Review versus its Critics Frank Ackerman 3. Economics and Climate Change: Resilience, Equity, and Sustainability Neva R. Goodwin 4. The Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World Paul Baer, Tom Athanasiou and Sivan Kartha PART II: MACROECONOMIC THEORY PERSPECTIVES 5. The Economic Fundamentals of Global Warming Duncan K. Foley 6. Energy Productivity, Labor Productivity, and Global Warming Lance Taylor 7. Macroeconomics and Sustainable Development: Applying the Sustainomics Framework Mohan Munasinghe 8. Ecological Macroeconomics: Consumption, Investment and Climate Change Jonathan M. Harris PART III: POLICY OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE 9. Cap and Dividend: How to Curb Global Warming While Promoting Income Equity James K. Boyce and Matthew Riddle 10. Policies for Funding a Response to Climate Change Brian Roach 11. The New EU Emissions Trading Scheme: A Blueprint for the Global Carbon Market? Christian Egenhofer 12. Implementation of Sustainable Development in Poland Andrzej Kassenberg 13. Climate Change from the Investor’s Perspective Adam Seitchik Index

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Book SynopsisThis thoroughly revised and updated second edition of a highly acclaimed and authoritative reference work introduces the major concepts in the field of Keynesian economics.The comprehensive Encyclopedia features accessible, informative and provocative contributions by leading international scholars working in the tradition of Keynes. It brings together widely dispersed yet theoretically congruent ideas, presents concise biographies of economists who have contributed to the debate on Keynes and the Keynesian Revolution, and outlines the basic principles, models and tools used to discuss the economic consequences of The General Theory. Longer entries on specific topics associated with Keynes and the Keynesian Revolution analyse the principal factors that contributed to The General Theory, the economics of Keynes and the rise and apparent decline of Keynesian economics in greater detail.The second edition will ensure that An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics will remain the best single reference source on Keynesian economics and will continue to be welcomed by academics, students and teachers of economics as well as by scholars in related social sciences and government policymakers.Contributors: J. Adams, M.S. Aguirre, C. Amsler, D.A. Anderson, J. Aschheim, H. Azari-Rad, J. Barbour, B. Bechtold, S.E. Beck, D. Besomi, R.A. Black, C.E. Bohanon, B.W. Bolch, M.D. Bordo, B.M. Braun, W. Breit, T.A. Burczak, N.J. Burnett, D.A. Campbell, T. Caporale, C. Carey, T. Cate, S. Chapple, H.R. Christensen, N. Churchman, G.E. Clayton, D. Colander, J. Cornwall, W. Darity Jr., J.B. Davis, R.W. Dimand, S. Dow, A.K. Dutt, B.T. Elmslie, D.W. Findlay, J. Fleck, J.L. Ford, C.S. Fraley, E.N. Gamber, R.W. Garrison, M.G. Giesbrecht, G. Gilbert, M.J. Gootzeit, F. Guo, P. Groenewegen, F. Guo, L.J. Haber, D.L. Hammes, G.C. Harcourt, R.L. Hetzel, D.J. Hoaas, B.K. Hobbs, R.P.F. Holt, L.M. Hooks, J.B. Horowitz, Y.S. Huang, T.M. Humphrey, W.K. Hutchinson, J.P. Jacobsen, S.A. Jacobsen, D.W. Jansen, M.C.W. Janssen, A. John, L.E. Johnson, L. Jonung, V. Kapuria-Foreman, S. Kates, A.B. Kline, V. Kumar, W.E. Laird, D. Landreth, H. Landreth, R. Leeson, R.D. Ley, A. Maneschi, J.N. Marshall, P.H. Matthews, M.J. McCrickard, R. McCulloch, E.J. McKenna, A. Millmow, P. Mizen, D.E. Moggridge, M.R. Montgomery, G.H. Moore, J. Morgan, A.R. Moshtagh, L.S. Moss, N.R. Noble, L. Noyd, R.I. Obar, T. Palivos, D.B. Papadimitriou, J.E. Payne, T.P. Potiowsky, J.R. Presley, M. Rahnama-Moghadam, L. Ramrattan, S. Rashid, R.J. Rotheim, H. Samavati, W.J. Samuels, P.A. Samuelson, R.J. Sandilands, F. Schneider, L. Servén, Y. Shionoya, S. Simkins, N.T. Skaggs, R. Skidelsky, R.M. Solow, L.C. Spector, F.G. Steindl, Q. Su, L.P. Syll, M. Szenberg, G.S. Tavlas, H.-M. Trautwein, H. Uzawa, H.R. Vane, K.I. Vaughn, A.I. Veramallay, D.A. Walker, C. Waller, L.S. Wilson, J.S. Wood, L.R. Wray, W.P. Yohe, J.T. Young, D.C. ZannoniTrade ReviewAcclaim for the first edition: 'The book will also be of some interest to serious scholars, partly because it includes biographies of many economists too young to have been included in the New Palgrave, such as Dornbusch, Fisher, Herschel Grossman, Kregel, Lucas, and Robert Townsend. It also includes some very interesting longer essays.' --Peter Howitt, The Economic Journal --Elizabeth Webster, Economic Record'This reviewer found using this source exhilarating and endowed with additional interest in view of the 1997 discussion on the inclusion or noninclusion of Keynesian economics in introductory economics textbooks. The editors should be applauded for helping to preserve a part of intellectual heritage.' --Bogdan Mieczkowski, American Reference BooksTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Second Edition Absolute Income Hypothesis Accelerator Principle Ackley, Hugh Gardner Adjustment Mechanisms of the Basic Classical and Keynesian Models Aggregate Demand–Aggregate Supply Model and Diagram Arrow, Kenneth J. Austrian School of Economics Automatic Stabilizers Balance of Payments: Keynesian and Monetarist Approaches Baumol, William J. Bloomsbury Group Boulding, Kenneth E. Bretton Woods Brown, Arthur J. Brunner, Karl Burns, Arthur F. Business Cycle Theory (I) Business Cycle Theory (II) Cagan, Phillip D. Cambridge Circus Cassel, Gustav Champernowne, David G. Chicago School of Economics Clark, Colin Classical Economics Clower, Robert W. Consumption and the Consumption Function Coordination Failures and Keynesian Economics Crowding Out Currie, Lauchlin Davidson, Paul Deficits: Cyclical and Structural Demand Management Depression, The Great Dillard, Dudley Domar, Evsey D. Dornbusch, Rudiger Dual Decision Hypothesis Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models Econometric Models, Macroeconomic Economics of Keynes and of his Revolution, Key Elements of the Economics, The Art of Edgeworth, Francis Y. Employment Act of 1946 Expectations, Theories of Fellner, William J. Fiscal Policy Fischer, Stanley Friedman, Milton Frisch, Ragnar Full Employment Budget Functional Finance Galbraith, John K. Gesell, Silvio Government Investment Programs (the Socialization of Investment) Grossman, Herschel I. Haavelmo, Trygve Hahn, Frank H. Hansen, Alvin H. Harcourt, Geoff C. Harrod, Sir Roy Hawtrey, Sir Ralph Hayek, Friedrich A. von Heckman, James J. Heller, Walter W. Henderson, Sir Hubert D. Hicks, Sir John R. Incomes Policies Inflation Interest, Theories of International Clearing Union IS/LM Model and Diagram Johnson, Harry Gordon Jorgenson, Dale W. Kahn, Lord Richard F. Kaldor, Lord Nicholas Kalecki, Michał Keynes, John Maynard Keynes, John N. Keynes and Probability Keynes, The Influence of Burke and Moore on Keynes?, What Remains of Keynes’s Economics, National Income Accounting Activism and Keynesian Cross Keynesian Economics, Deficit Finance in Keynesian Indicators Keynesian Revolution Keynesianism in America Klein, Lawrence R. Kregel, Jan A. Kuznets, Simon Lausanne, The School of Leijonhufvud, Axel Lender of Last Resort Leontief, Wassily W. Lerner, Abba P. Life Cycle Hypothesis Lipsey, Richard G. Liquidity Trap Lucas, Jr., Robert E. Lucas Critique Lundberg, Erik Machlup, Fritz Malinvaud, Edmond Markowitz, Harry M. Marshall, Alfred Marshall and Keynes McFadden, Daniel Meade, James E. Meltzer, Allan H. Merton, Robert C. and Myron S. Scholes Metzler, Lloyd A. Microfoundations of Macroeconomics Minsky, Hyman P. Modigliani, Franco Monetary Policy Monetizing the (Federal) Debt Money Multiplier Effect Mundell, Robert A. Mundell–Fleming Model Myrdal, Gunnar Neoclassical Synthesis (Bastard Keynesianism) New Classical School of Economics New Keynesian Macroeconomics Niemeyer, Sir Otto E. Ohlin, Bertil Okun, Arthur M. Okun’s Law Permanent Income Hypothesis Phillips, A.W.H. Phillips Curve Pigou, Arthur C. Post Keynesian School of Economics Post Walrasian Economics Prospect Theory Quantity Theory of Money Real Balance Effect Relative Income Hypothesis Ricardian Equivalence Ricardo Effect Robbins, Lord Lionel Robertson, Sir Dennis H. Robinson, Joan Rothschild, Kurt W. Samuelson, Paul A. Say’s Law Schumpeter, Joseph A. Schwartz, Anna J. Shackle, G.L.S. Sharpe, William F. Solow, Robert M. Sraffa, Piero Stein, Herbert Stockholm School of Economics Stone, Sir John Richard N. Structured Financial Products Swan, Trevor W. Tarshis, Lorie Tobin, James Townsend, Robert Treasury View Viner, Jacob Weintraub, Sidney White, Harry D. Wicksell, Knut

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book focuses on the current global financial crisis and the inadequacies of the economic theories being used to guide policy. In so doing, it tackles the economic theories that have been used firstly to understand its causes and thereafter to contain the damage it has brought. The contributors bring together different perspectives from across the entire spectrum of economic opinion to examine what is likely to be the single most important economic problem of our time. The unifying feature is that all of the authors disagree with the standard mainstream neo-classical models being applied in attempting to comprehend what has gone on and then, more importantly, to devise policies to bring this recession to an end. The problems that modern macroeconomics may have caused in being the basis for economic policy are addressed, and it is concluded that the deepening problems found in economies across the developed world are not due to governments having refused to take the advice of their economic advisors but are in many respects due to their actually having taken this advice. Suggesting alternative ways of understanding how economies work so that other types of policies might be used instead, this book will prove a fascinating read not just for scholars and policy-makers concerned with our macroeconomic and financial problems but for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of our contemporary economic debate.Trade Review‘This admirable and comprehensive collection should prove of interest to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the financial crisis.’ -- Tyler Cowen, George Mason University, US‘The Great Crash of 2008 has raised profound questions concerning the orientation of modern economics and the adequacy of its theory. Those justifiably looking for alternatives will find this book invaluable. It contains a rich array of alternative perspectives on the crisis, and it will hopefully help stimulate the further theoretical developments that are so urgently required.’ -- Geoffrey M. Hodgson, University of Hertfordshire, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Steven Kates 1. The Ordinary Economics of an Extraordinary Crisis Peter J. Boettke and William J. Luther 2. Did Bernanke’s ‘Creditism’ Aggravate the Financial Crisis of 2008? Tim Congdon 3. Toward a New Sustainable Economy Robert Costanza 4. Looking at the Crisis through Marx – Or Is It the Other Way About? Ben Fine 5. Incentive Divergence and the Global Financial Crisis J. Patrick Gunning 6. The Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomic Disorder: An Austrian Perspective on the Great Recession of 2008 Steven Horwitz 7. The Crisis in Economic Theory: The Dead End of Keynesian Economics Steven Kates 8. The Coming Depression and the End of Economic Delusion Steve Keen 9. Reflections on the Global Financial Crisis J.E. King 10. An Islamic Economic Perspective on the Global Financial Crisis Mervyn Lewis 11. Bankers Gone Wild: The Crash of 2008 Robert E. Prasch 12. The Governance of Financial Transactions Martin Ricketts 13. Excess Debt and Asset Deflation Jan Toporowski 14. An Institutionalist Perspective on the Global Financial Crisis Charles J. Whalen 15. Minsky, the Global Money-Manager Crisis, and the Return of Big Government L. Randall Wray Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative and important book develops a new framework for analysing exchange that takes place within and outside markets over the course of development. The authors argue that development and social and economic progress are greatly enhanced by a fluent and efficient exchange system. Conversely, the process of development encourages and facilitates trade. The authors introduce the concept of exchange configurations to capture the multiplicity of settings within which exchange occurs and the many different forms exchange and transactions can take. The book shows how exchange configurations can help to identify the factors that constrain the exchange process and lead to the formulation of effective reforms. It then uses a historical analysis of systems of exchange during different phases of development over the last two millennia to illustrate different exchange configurations. Exchange and Development will appeal to students at both the graduate and undergraduate level in the fields of economic development, international trade, microeconomics, institutional economics and economic history. Researchers in universities and policy makers in governments and international agencies will also draw much benefit from the entirely novel approach formulated in this book.Trade Review‘Characterizing and understanding why and how economic actors exchange goods and services is undoubtedly one of the most important concerns of economics. Cornelisse and Thorbecke provide us with a framework to better understand the bewildering diversity of forms of exchange according to items transacted, actors involved, and environments where exchanges occur. This is done by developing the novel concept of exchange configurations. This relatively simple lens makes for a fascinating re-interpretation of the long and complex process of economic development.’ -- Alain de Janvry, University of California at Berkeley, US‘The authors of this volume are spot on when they note that “the perspective alters drastically when it is realized that economic exchange as it occurs in the real world is a laborious and costly process with uncertain and imperfect outcomes”. We all have a lot to learn from this highly original, thought provoking contribution to our understanding of the very core of economic and development thinking.’ -- Finn Tarp, United Nations University - World Institute for Development Economics Research, Finland and University of Copenhagen, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Concept of Exchange Configuration 3. Terms and Concepts for an Analysis of Exchange 4. Elements of Exchange 5. A Typology of Exchange Configurations 6. Systems of Exchange in Different Phases of Development 7. The Dynamic Forces in Exchange Configurations 8. Some Concluding Messages Index

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Book SynopsisIn this challenging book, John King makes a sustained and comprehensive attack on the dogma that macroeconomic theory must have 'rigorous microfoundations'. He draws on both the philosophy of science and the history of economic thought to demonstrate the dangers of foundational metaphors and the defects of micro-reduction as a methodological principle. Strong criticism of the microfoundations dogma is documented in great detail, from some mainstream and many heterodox economists and also from economic methodologists, social theorists and evolutionary biologists. The author argues for the relative autonomy of macroeconomics as a distinct 'special science', cooperating with but most definitely not reducible to microeconomics. The Microfoundations Delusion will prove a stimulating and thought-provoking read for scholars, students and researchers in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and history of economic thought.Trade Review'This excellent book documents the creation of what has become the first commandment of orthodox macroeconomics: that microeconomic theory provides its foundation because this is the most secure form of economic knowledge. By contrast, John King shows conclusively that microeconomics cannot play such a role when assessed by the criteria of logic, or of science, or of economics itself. Indeed, he goes further and demonstrates that the microfoundations dogma detracts from knowledge about how economies actually operate, and instead generates patently false conclusions. Moreover, the dogma is shown to have blinded orthodox economists from even seeing the possibility of typical macroeconomic crises, and has disarmed them in formulating policies that would eliminate actual crises. The book therefore deals with a topic at the very heart of the present debacle in the world economy.' --Michael Howard, University of Waterloo, Canada'A generation ago Dudley Dillard wrote a famous article on the ''barter illusion in classical and neoclassical economics''. Now John King has gone a step further and written about the microfoundations delusion. The illusion has been with us for a very long time, the delusion is of more recent vintage. Together they have blocked a basic understanding of macroeconomic and monetary phenomena at a time when they are most urgently needed. This is a book that had to be written, and we are fortunate that it is John King who has written it. Essential reading for our times.' --John Smithin, York University, Canada'King's book, apart from its rather contentious conclusion that there is no inherent hierarchy between micro and macro, covers, every issue relevant to the debate majestically and in great detail. It is this reviewer s sense that, should the profession choose to engage with this book in a substantial and sustained way, these methodological questions which have lurked underneath the surface of economic discourse since at least Keynes s time can finally and once and for all be resolved.' --Philip Pilkington, Review of Keynesian EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Microfoundations and the Philosophy of Science 2. Microfoundations as a (Bad) Metaphor 3. Microfoundations as Micro-reduction 4. Two Case Studies: Biology and Social Science Part II: Microfoundations in the History of Economics and Other Social Sciences 5. ‘Microfoundations’ in the Literature of Economics, Part I: 1936–1975 6. ‘Microfoundations’ in the Literature of Economics, Part II: 1975–2012 7. Crossing the Border: ‘Microfoundations’ in the Other Social Sciences Part III: Dissenting Voices 8. The Dissenters, Part I: The Post Keynesians 9. The Dissenters, Part II: Mainstreamers, Austrians and Institutionalists 10. The Economic Methodologists and Microfoundations 11. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisHousing markets are at the centre of the recent global financial turmoil. In this well-researched study, a multidisciplinary group of leading analysts explores the impact of the crisis within, and between, countries.The impacts of the so-called global crisis are, in fact, highly uneven for both households and institutions. This unique book investigates why this is the case as well as emphasizing the consequences. It encompasses the experiences of all the major economies, including: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the UK, the USA and Vietnam, highlighting and comparing a wide range of housing systems and crisis impacts.Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis will strongly appeal to academics and postgraduate students in social policy, urban studies, public policy, economics, sociology and human geography. In addition, anyone with a general interest in globalization, neoliberalism and the changing nature of contemporary capitalist societies, as well as those with particular interests in housing markets and housing policy, will find this book enriching and enlightening.Trade Review‘Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis: The Uneven Impact on Households brings together a diverse set of researchers from a solid mix of countries, culminating in an accessible, methodologically sound and engaging edited collection. Given this, and as a first-attempt at examining the GFC comparatively in terms of its impacts on households, this book is a much welcomed addition to the urban studies discourse broadly, and empirical work on the GFC specifically.’ -- Dylan Simone, Urban Studies‘Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis is worth reading for policymakers (in central banks, governments or municipalities) who are in charge of the introduction of regulatory or fiscal measures in the housing sector. I enjoyed reading this small and handy book and recommend that researchers and political decision makers involved in housing buy it, read it and finally recommend it to others as a means of achieving a more global insight.’ -- Karin Wagner, International Journal of Housing PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Households, Homeownership and Neoliberalism Ray Forrest 2. Effects of the Recent Credit Cycle on Homeownership Rates Across Households: What We Know and What We Expect Doug Duncan and Cesar Costantino 3. The Credit Crunch in the UK: Understanding the Impact on Housing Markets, Policies and Households Peter Williams 4. Housing in Iceland in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis Jón Rúnar Sveinsson 5. Housing Wealth, Debt and Stress Before, During and After the Celtic Tiger Michelle Norris and Nessa Winston 6. Housing in the Netherlands Before and After the Global Financial Crisis Richard Ronald and Kees Dol 7. Housing Policy and the Economic Crisis – The Case of Hungary József Hegedüs 8. The Impacts of the Global Financial Crisis on Housing and Mortgage Markets in Australia: A View from the Vulnerable Mike Berry, Tony Dalton and Anitra Nelson 9. Rebuilding Housing Polices in Response to the Current Crisis. Is Homeownership the Solution? David Thorns 10. The Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on Households: The Case of Urban Vietnam Hoang Huu Phe 11. Housing Policy Issues in South Korea Since the Global Economic Crisis: Aspects of a Construction-Industry-Dependent Society Soo-hyun Kim 12. Towards a Post-Homeowner Society? Homeownership and Economic Insecurity in Japan Yosuke Hirayama 13. Business Nearly as Usual: The Global Financial Crisis and its Impacts on Households in Hong Kong Ngai-Ming Yip 14. The Impact of the Financial Crisis on China’s Housing Market Jianping Ye and Chao Sun 15. Concluding Discussion – Where to Now? Ray Forrest Appendix: Selected Key Indicators Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative and important book develops a new framework for analysing exchange that takes place within and outside markets over the course of development. The authors argue that development and social and economic progress are greatly enhanced by a fluent and efficient exchange system. Conversely, the process of development encourages and facilitates trade. The authors introduce the concept of exchange configurations to capture the multiplicity of settings within which exchange occurs and the many different forms exchange and transactions can take. The book shows how exchange configurations can help to identify the factors that constrain the exchange process and lead to the formulation of effective reforms. It then uses a historical analysis of systems of exchange during different phases of development over the last two millennia to illustrate different exchange configurations. Exchange and Development will appeal to students at both the graduate and undergraduate level in the fields of economic development, international trade, microeconomics, institutional economics and economic history. Researchers in universities and policy makers in governments and international agencies will also draw much benefit from the entirely novel approach formulated in this book.Trade Review‘Characterizing and understanding why and how economic actors exchange goods and services is undoubtedly one of the most important concerns of economics. Cornelisse and Thorbecke provide us with a framework to better understand the bewildering diversity of forms of exchange according to items transacted, actors involved, and environments where exchanges occur. This is done by developing the novel concept of exchange configurations. This relatively simple lens makes for a fascinating re-interpretation of the long and complex process of economic development.’ -- Alain de Janvry, University of California at Berkeley, US‘The authors of this volume are spot on when they note that “the perspective alters drastically when it is realized that economic exchange as it occurs in the real world is a laborious and costly process with uncertain and imperfect outcomes”. We all have a lot to learn from this highly original, thought provoking contribution to our understanding of the very core of economic and development thinking.’ -- Finn Tarp, United Nations University - World Institute for Development Economics Research, Finland and University of Copenhagen, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction and Overview 2. The Concept of Exchange Configuration 3. Terms and Concepts for an Analysis of Exchange 4. Elements of Exchange 5. A Typology of Exchange Configurations 6. Systems of Exchange in Different Phases of Development 7. The Dynamic Forces in Exchange Configurations 8. Some Concluding Messages Index

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Book SynopsisOn the Brink of Deglobalization addresses the breakdown of international trade and capital flows in 2008/09 and challenges the mainstream narrative for the world trade collapse. Detailed chapters on international finance, fragmentation of production, protectionism and earlier episodes of collapsing trade reveal data that contradicts conventional explanations and demonstrates that the trade collapse was driven by the shock of (perceived) trade uncertainty. Peter van Bergeijk discusses why trade barriers and import substitution are seen as solutions during depressions while presenting empirical evidence demonstrating the risks of such policies. This book provides a broad, historical and statistical analysis relevant to understanding the recent world trade collapse. Being the first comprehensive analysis of the risks and drivers of deglobalization, this unique and challenging book will appeal to trade economists, trade policymakers and analysts as well as those involved in international business.Trade Review'Peter van Bergeijk has written a fascinating book on the recent trade collapse, that in size can only be compared to the (trade) crises of the 1930s. There are at least two reasons to read the book. The first is to get a better understanding why the world has witnessed a dramatic decline of international trade. Peter van Bergeijk systematically analyzes the standard explanations that are given for this collapse, for example those put forward by the WTO, and concludes that most are wrong or unconvincing, and provides his own thought provoking explanation: risk and uncertainty. The second reason to read the book is that it provides all those interested in international trade a clear and interesting introduction to understand the world of international trade and learn a great deal along the way, and not only about the recent trade collapse.' -- Steven Brakman, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Setting the Stage 2. From Peak to Trough 3. The Trade Finance Confusion: Tales of Capital, Finance, Credit and Trade 4. The International Value Chain Myth 5. Protectionism is Just Around the Corner! 6. An Alternative Hypothesis: The Forgotten Role of Trade Uncertainty 7. Let Us Test the Theories 8. Too Early to Tell? References Index

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Book SynopsisThis title brings together the most significant modern contributions to the literature on globalization and inequality. The editor's selection, set in context by an authoritative introduction, uses broad analyses and important case studies to illustrate the impact on levels of inequality of previous periods of globalization and of the current era of globalization. The research review further focuses on the issues of openness and inequality, and concludes with several benchmark papers that examine global levels of inequality. This timely book will be an invaluable resource for anyone concerned with this vital relationship, including teachers, doctoral students and researchers.Trade Review‘This outstanding book maps the debates about globalization and inequality: how globalization impacts national inequality and how an open global economy shapes inequality within and across the borders of states. Branko Milanovic’s collection will become the authoritative source on these complex issues.’ -- David Held, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Branko Milanovic PART I PAST GLOBALIZATION(S) AND INEQUALITY 1. François Bourguignon and Christian Morrisson (2002), ‘Inequality Among World Citizens: 1820–1992’ 2. Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2003), ‘Does Globalization Make the World More Unequal?’, and Lant Pritchett, ‘Comment’ 3. Jeffrey G. Williamson (1997), ‘Globalization and Inequality, Past and Present’ 4. Thomas Piketty and Emmanuel Saez (2006), ‘The Evolution of Top Incomes: A Historical and International Perspective’ PART II NATIONAL INEQUALITIES IN THE CURRENT ERA OF GLOBALIZATION 5. Martin Ravallion (2003), ‘Inequality Convergence’ 6. Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Tony Addison and Sampsa Kiiski (2004), ‘Income Distribution Changes and Their Impact in the Post-Second World War Period’ 7. Andrea Brandolini and Timothy M. Smeeding (2006), ‘Patterns of Economic Inequality in Western Democracies: Some Facts on Levels and Trends’ 8. Sebastian Leitner and Mario Holzner (2008), ‘Economic Inequality in Central, East and Southeast Europe’ 9. Leonardo Gasparini, Guillermo Cruces and Leopoldo Tornarolli (2011), ‘Recent Trends in Income Inequality in Latin America’ 10. Angus Deaton and Jean Dreze (2002), ‘Poverty and Inequality in India: A Re-Examination’ 11. Ravi Kanbur and Xiaobo Zhang (2005), ‘Fifty Years of Regional Inequality in China: a Journey Through Central Planning, Reform, and Openness’ PART III OPENNESS AND INEQUALITY 12. Matthew Higgins and Jeffrey G. Williamson (2002), ‘Explaining Inequality the World Round: Cohort Size, Kuznets Curves, and Openness’ 13. Antonio Spilimbergo, Juan Luis Londoño and Miguel Székely (1999), ‘Income Distribution, Factor Endowments, and Trade Openness’ 14. Steve Dowrick and Jane Golley (2004), ‘Trade Openness and Growth: Who Benefits?’ 15. Branko Milanovic (2005), ‘Can We Discern the Effect of Globalization on Income Distribution? Evidence from Household Budget Surveys’ 16. Julien Gourdon, Nicolas Maystre and Jaime de Melo (2008), ‘Openness, Inequality and Poverty: Endowments Matter’ PART IV GLOBAL INEQUALITY 17. Branko Milanovic (2006), ‘Global Income Inequality: A Review’ 18. Branko Milanovic (2002), ‘True World Income Distribution, 1988 and 1993: First Calculation Based on Household Surveys Alone’ 19. Xavier Sala-i-Martin (2006), ‘The World Distribution of Income: Falling Poverty and …Convergence, Period’ 20. Bob Sutcliffe (2004), ‘World Inequality and Globalization’ 21. Anthony B. Atkinson and Andrea Brandolini (2010), ‘On Analyzing the World Distribution of Income’ 22. Sudhir Anand and Paul Segal (2008), ‘What Do We Know about Global Income Inequality?’

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Book SynopsisThe 2008-10 financial crisis and the global recession it created is a complex phenomenon that warrants detailed examination. The various essays in this book utilise several alternative paradigms to provide a plausible explanation and a credible cure. Great detail is given to this important analysis from different theoretical perspectives, presenting a clearer understanding of what went wrong and expounding misinterpretations of current theories and practices. Fourteen insightful chapters by eminent scholars investigate the background of the crisis and draw lessons for economic theory and policy. They largely illustrate that the roots of the recession lie in the financial sector which, over the past few decades, has expanded considerably in terms of both size and complexity. They show that financial innovation has decoupled the real and financial sectors - not always to the benefit of economic stability - and argue that financial markets should be regulated more astutely in order to reinforce transparency and accountability. The book concludes that economics as a science should give proper weight to financial variables and integrate them into its models. This fascinating and thought-provoking volume will prove a challenging read for academics, students and researchers in the fields of economics, money, finance and banking, and the history of economics. It will also prove invaluable for economic policymakers at all levels.Trade Review‘The First Great Recession of the 21st Century, fascinating, insightful and thought-provoking, will prove a challenging read for academics, students and researchers in the fields of economics, money, finance and banking, and the history of economics. It will also prove invaluable for economic policymakers at all levels.’ -- Sir Readalot.orgTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Óscar Dejuán, Eladio Febrero and Maria Cristina Marcuzzo PART I: ECONOMISTS ON TRIAL 1. Who Predicted the Crisis and What Can We Learn from Them? Dirk J. Bezemer 2. A Brief Note on Economic Recessions, Banking Reform and the Future of Capitalism Jesús Huerta de Soto 3. Understanding Crisis: On the Meaning of Uncertainty and Probability Ekaterina Svetlova and Matthias Fiedler 4. Financial Crisis and Risk Measurement: The Historical Perspective and a New Methodology Gumersindo Ruiz and Ramón Trías 5. Did Economic Analysis Fail in the Current Financial Crisis? Julio Segura PART II: WHAT DOES HISTORY TELL US? 6. Does the Current Global Crisis Remind us of the Great Depression? Sunanda Sen 7. Innovation, Growth, Cycles and Finance: Three (or Four or More) Stories from the 1930s and their Lessons Catherine P. Winnett and Adrian B. Winnett 8. Epic Recession and Economic Theory Jack Rasmus 9. Did Asset Prices Cause the Current Crisis? Edith Skriner 10. The Role of the History of Economic Thought in the Development of Economic Theory and Policy Steven Kates PART III: COUNTRY CASES IN A GLOBAL CRISIS 11. Testimony to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission by Alan Greenspan Editorial note 12. Long-term Depression and New Markets: Economists and the 2008 Recession Davide Gualerzi 13. Manifestations of the Global Crisis in a Small Open Economy Ivars Brīvers 14. The Aftermath of a Long Decade of Real Nil Interest Rates (Spain 1996–2008) Óscar Dejuán and Eladio Febrero Index

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Book SynopsisOn the Brink of Deglobalization addresses the breakdown of international trade and capital flows in 2008/09 and challenges the mainstream narrative for the world trade collapse. Detailed chapters on international finance, fragmentation of production, protectionism and earlier episodes of collapsing trade reveal data that contradicts conventional explanations and demonstrates that the trade collapse was driven by the shock of (perceived) trade uncertainty. Peter van Bergeijk discusses why trade barriers and import substitution are seen as solutions during depressions while presenting empirical evidence demonstrating the risks of such policies. This book provides a broad, historical and statistical analysis relevant to understanding the recent world trade collapse. Being the first comprehensive analysis of the risks and drivers of deglobalization, this unique and challenging book will appeal to trade economists, trade policymakers and analysts as well as those involved in international business.Trade Review'Peter van Bergeijk has written a fascinating book on the recent trade collapse, that in size can only be compared to the (trade) crises of the 1930s. There are at least two reasons to read the book. The first is to get a better understanding why the world has witnessed a dramatic decline of international trade. Peter van Bergeijk systematically analyzes the standard explanations that are given for this collapse, for example those put forward by the WTO, and concludes that most are wrong or unconvincing, and provides his own thought provoking explanation: risk and uncertainty. The second reason to read the book is that it provides all those interested in international trade a clear and interesting introduction to understand the world of international trade and learn a great deal along the way, and not only about the recent trade collapse.' -- Steven Brakman, University of Groningen, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Setting the Stage 2. From Peak to Trough 3. The Trade Finance Confusion: Tales of Capital, Finance, Credit and Trade 4. The International Value Chain Myth 5. Protectionism is Just Around the Corner! 6. An Alternative Hypothesis: The Forgotten Role of Trade Uncertainty 7. Let Us Test the Theories 8. Too Early to Tell? References Index

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