Economics
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Quantitative Studies of the Renaissance Florentine Economy and Society
Richard T. Lindholm
The book is a collection of nine quantitative studies about Renaissance Florentine economy and society. Topics include plague outbreaks, interest rates, wealth distribution, taxes and subsidies, art history, neighbourhood segregation, competitive markets and monopoly power, women’s work and business risk.
Anthem Press
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9781783086368
January 2017
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£115.00 / $115.00The book is a collection of nine quantitative studies about Renaissance Florentine economy and society. Topics include plague outbreaks, interest rates, wealth distribution, taxes and subsidies, art history, neighbourhood segregation, competitive markets and monopoly power, women’s work and business risk.
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The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope
Bengt-Åke Lundvall
‘The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope’ offers original insights in processes of innovation and learning and draws implications for economic theory and public policy. The book introduces the reader to important concepts such as innovation systems and the learning economy. It throws new light on economic development and opens up horizons for a new kind of economics – the economics of hope.
Anthem Press
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9781783085965
December 2016
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£140.00 / $140.00‘The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope’ offers original insights in processes of innovation and learning and draws implications for economic theory and public policy. The book introduces the reader to important concepts such as innovation systems and the learning economy. It throws new light on economic development and opens up horizons for a new kind of economics – the economics of hope.
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‘Report on the Agrarian Law’ (1795) and Other Writings
Edited by Gabriel Paquette, Álvaro Caso Bello
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos'Report on the Agrarian Law' (1795) and Other Writings is the first modern English translation of perhaps the greatest work of the Spanish Enlightenment, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos’s Informe de la Ley Agraria (1795, Report on the Agrarian Law). Informe de la Ley Agraria is a major work of political economy as well as a beautifully crafted philosophical history of Spain’s political development until the eighteenth century.
Anthem Press
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9781783086290
December 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Report on the Agrarian Law’ (1795) and Other Writings is the first modern English translation of perhaps the greatest work of the Spanish Enlightenment, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos’s Informe de la Ley Agraria (1795, Report on the Agrarian Law). Informe de la Ley Agraria is a major work of political economy as well as a beautifully crafted philosophical history of Spain’s political development until the eighteenth century.
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South–South Trade and Finance in the Twenty-First Century
Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence
Omar Dahi, Firat Demir
This book examines the rise of South–South economic relations while including a historical, theoretical, and empirical examination that attempts to both place current South–South relations within their historical trajectory and examine in what ways current South–South relations differ from previous attempts such as ‘new-regionalism’.
Anthem Press
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9781783085859
October 2016
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£115.00 / $115.00This book examines the rise of South–South economic relations while including a historical, theoretical, and empirical examination that attempts to both place current South–South relations within their historical trajectory and examine in what ways current South–South relations differ from previous attempts such as ‘new-regionalism’.
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On Commerce and Usury (1524)
Martin Luther
introduction and notes by Philipp Robinson RössnerThis volume presents Martin Luther’s contribution to the modern economic sciences, providing a detailed introduction and revised translation of his 1524 pamphlet, ‘On Commerce and Usury’ (‘Von Kauffshandlung vnd Wucher’).
Anthem Press
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9781783083855
September 2015
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume presents Martin Luther’s contribution to the modern economic sciences, providing a detailed introduction and revised translation of his 1524 pamphlet, ‘On Commerce and Usury’ (‘Von Kauffshandlung vnd Wucher’).
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Bread, Politics and Political Economy in the Reign of Louis XV
Second Edition
Steven L. Kaplan
foreword by Sophus A. ReinertA new edition of Kaplan’s landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on comprehensive archival, Kaplan’s classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform.
Anthem Press
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9780857285102
September 2015
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£145.00 / $145.00A new edition of Kaplan’s landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on comprehensive archival, Kaplan’s classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform.
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The Stakes of Regulation
Perspectives on 'Bread, Politics and Political Economy' Forty Years Later
Steven L. Kaplan
This engaging work functions as extended critical essay in dialogue with the republication of ‘Bread, Politics and Political Economy’ (1976), focused on 18th-century France, dealing with the fraught question of regulation in its multiples guises: economic, social, political, cultural and psychological.
Anthem Press
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9781783084760
August 2015
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£130.00 / $130.00This engaging work functions as extended critical essay in dialogue with the republication of ‘Bread, Politics and Political Economy’ (1976), focused on 18th-century France, dealing with the fraught question of regulation in its multiples guises: economic, social, political, cultural and psychological.
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Green Growth, Smart Growth
A New Approach to Economics, Innovation and the Environment
Ralf Fücks
foreword by Anthony Giddens
translated by Rachel HarlandAdvances a proactive response to the dangers of climate change, which can only be overcome by decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption and focusing on a new approach to efficiency, innovation and policymaking.
Anthem Press
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9781783084739
June 2015
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£29.95 / $29.95Advances a proactive response to the dangers of climate change, which can only be overcome by decoupling economic growth from environmental consumption and focusing on a new approach to efficiency, innovation and policymaking.
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Central Banking at a Crossroads
Europe and Beyond
Edited by Charles Goodhart, Daniela Gabor, Jakob Vestergaard, Ismail Ertürk
This book reflects on the innovations that central banks have introduced since the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers to improve their modes of intervention, regulation and resolution of financial markets and financial institutions.
Anthem Press
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9781783083046
December 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book reflects on the innovations that central banks have introduced since the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers to improve their modes of intervention, regulation and resolution of financial markets and financial institutions.
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The Military and Denied Development in the Pakistani Punjab
An Eroding Social Consensus
Shahrukh Rafi Khan, Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
with Sohaib BodlaThis book explores retrogressive agrarian interventions by Pakistan’s military in the Punjab and details the social resentment and resistance it has initiated.
Anthem Press
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9781783082896
November 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores retrogressive agrarian interventions by Pakistan’s military in the Punjab and details the social resentment and resistance it has initiated.
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The New Olive Branch (1820) and Selected Essays
Mathew Carey
Edited by Lawrence A. PeskinOne of the most important and neglected works of early American economics, Mathew Carey’s “The New Olive Branch” offers insight into political economy as it happened in early America, and provides an excellent example of resistance to Adam Smith and classical economics.
Anthem Press
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9781783081554
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00One of the most important and neglected works of early American economics, Mathew Carey’s “The New Olive Branch” offers insight into political economy as it happened in early America, and provides an excellent example of resistance to Adam Smith and classical economics.
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Economic Development and Financial Instability
Selected Essays
Jan A. Kregel
Edited by Rainer Kattel
foreword by G. C. HarcourtJan A. Kregel is one of the most important post-Keynesian economists alive. These essays deal with topics ranging from financial crisis in developing countries to today’s financial regulations in the US. This key collection examines crises and their impact on growth from post-Keynesian and Minskyean perspectives.
Anthem Press
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9781783083824
October 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00Jan A. Kregel is one of the most important post-Keynesian economists alive. These essays deal with topics ranging from financial crisis in developing countries to today’s financial regulations in the US. This key collection examines crises and their impact on growth from post-Keynesian and Minskyean perspectives.
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Tobacco Control and Tobacco Farming
Separating Myth from Reality
Edited by Wardie Leppan, Natacha Lecours, Daniel Buckles
This book exposes the myths behind tobacco industry claims that implementing policies aimed at curbing tobacco consumption will negatively affect farmers and that no economically sustainable alternatives exist.
Anthem Press
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9781783082933
September 2014
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£99.00 / $99.00This book exposes the myths behind tobacco industry claims that implementing policies aimed at curbing tobacco consumption will negatively affect farmers and that no economically sustainable alternatives exist.
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Ricardo’s Gauntlet
Economic Fiction and the Flawed Case for Free Trade
Vishaal Kishore
‘Ricardo’s Gauntlet’ advances a critique of the mainstream economic case for international free trade. Taking apart the cluster of interconnected and mutually enforcing ‘economic fictions’ upon which the argument for free trade relies, the book challenges the case where it is thought to be strongest, exposing both its fragility and the urgent need for alternatives.
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9781783082995
September 2014
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£19.95 / $19.95‘Ricardo’s Gauntlet’ advances a critique of the mainstream economic case for international free trade. Taking apart the cluster of interconnected and mutually enforcing ‘economic fictions’ upon which the argument for free trade relies, the book challenges the case where it is thought to be strongest, exposing both its fragility and the urgent need for alternatives.
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Africa and Economic Policy
Developing a Framework for Policymakers
Ferdinand Bakoup
This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in Africa.
Anthem Press
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9781783080199
August 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries, particularly those in Africa.
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Financial Engineering of Climate Investment in Developing Countries
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action and How to Finance It
Søren E. Lütken
This book applies past climate finance experience and a clear understanding of financing sources and techniques to the development of financial engineering strategies for the new Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in developing countries.
Anthem Press
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9781783080182
June 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00This book applies past climate finance experience and a clear understanding of financing sources and techniques to the development of financial engineering strategies for the new Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in developing countries.
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Climate Change and Global Equity
Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth A. Stanton
In this timely collection of essays, Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton show that the impact of inaction on climate change will be far worse than the cost of ambitious climate policies.
Anthem Press
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9781783080205
June 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00In this timely collection of essays, Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton show that the impact of inaction on climate change will be far worse than the cost of ambitious climate policies.
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Liberalization, Financial Instability and Economic Development
Yılmaz Akyüz
Weighing up the costs and benefits of economic interdependence in a finance-driven world, this book argues that globalization has been oversold to the Global South, and that the South should be as selective about globalization as the North.
Anthem Press
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9781783082292
May 2014
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£130.00 / $130.00Weighing up the costs and benefits of economic interdependence in a finance-driven world, this book argues that globalization has been oversold to the Global South, and that the South should be as selective about globalization as the North.
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Quakernomics
An Ethical Capitalism
Mike King
foreword by Sir Adrian CadburyCombining commercial success with philanthropy and social activism, ‘Quakernomics’ offers a compelling model for corporate social responsibility in the modern world.
Anthem Press
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9780857281128
April 2014
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£19.95 / $19.95Combining commercial success with philanthropy and social activism, ‘Quakernomics’ offers a compelling model for corporate social responsibility in the modern world.
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Re-balancing China
Essays on the Global Financial Crisis, Industrial Policy and International Relations
Peter Nolan
‘Re-balancing China’ addresses three key sets of issues in China’s political economy: the impact of the global financial crisis, the challenge of globalization for the nation’s industrial policy, and the potential conflict that might arise from the West’s fears of China’s growing economic and military power.
Anthem Press
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9781783081264
February 2014
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Re-balancing China’ addresses three key sets of issues in China’s political economy: the impact of the global financial crisis, the challenge of globalization for the nation’s industrial policy, and the potential conflict that might arise from the West’s fears of China’s growing economic and military power.
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Economics of the 1%
John F. Weeks
How much do economists really know? In most cases, they claim to have profound knowledge but in fact understand little and obscure almost everything. This book exposes the myths of mainstream economics and explains why current policies fail to serve the interests of the vast majority of people in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. Instead, they serve the few, increasing inequality and poverty.
Anthem Press
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9780857281081
January 2014
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£19.95 / $19.95How much do economists really know? In most cases, they claim to have profound knowledge but in fact understand little and obscure almost everything. This book exposes the myths of mainstream economics and explains why current policies fail to serve the interests of the vast majority of people in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. Instead, they serve the few, increasing inequality and poverty.
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Torkel Aschehoug and Norwegian Historical Economic Thought
Reconsidering a Forgotten Norwegian Pioneer Economist
Mathilde C. Fasting
This book explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.
Anthem Press
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9780857280756
October 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the economic thought of prominent Norwegian legal theorist and politician Torkel Halvorsen Aschehoug (1822–1909) during the last decades of the nineteenth century, focusing on his historical-empirical approach to economics.
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The Clash of Globalizations
Essays on the Political Economy of Trade and Development Policy
Kevin P. Gallagher
Collecting and synthesizing a series of essays on the political economy of trade and development policy, this book explores the following research questions: to what extent is the global trading regime reducing the ability of nation states to pursue policies for financial stability and economic growth; and what political factors explain such changes in policy space over time, across different types of trade treaties and across nations?
Anthem Press
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9780857283276
July 2013
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£115.00 / $115.00Collecting and synthesizing a series of essays on the political economy of trade and development policy, this book explores the following research questions: to what extent is the global trading regime reducing the ability of nation states to pursue policies for financial stability and economic growth; and what political factors explain such changes in policy space over time, across different types of trade treaties and across nations?
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An Outline of Financial Economics
Satya R. Chakravarty
“An Outline of Financial Economics” presents a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of finance and economics. The book follows an analytical and geometric methodology, explaining technical terms and mathematical operations in clear, nontechnical language, and providing intuitive explanations of the mathematical results.
Anthem Press
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9780857285072
May 2013
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£130.00 / $130.00“An Outline of Financial Economics” presents a systematic treatment of the theory and methodology of finance and economics. The book follows an analytical and geometric methodology, explaining technical terms and mathematical operations in clear, nontechnical language, and providing intuitive explanations of the mathematical results.