Economics
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Thorstein Veblen
Economics for an Age of Crises
Edited by Erik S. Reinert, Francesca L. Viano
The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world's most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance.
Anthem Press
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9781843318583
December 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00The book presents state-of-the-art scholarship on Thorstein Veblen, one of the world’s most influential social scientists. It explores hitherto neglected aspects of his life, works and historical relevance.
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A Guide to Marx’s ‘Capital’ Vols I–III
Kenneth Smith
This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.
Anthem Press
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9780857285065
November 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book provides a comprehensive guide to all three volumes of Karl Marx’s ‘Capital’, with advice on further reading and points for further discussion.
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Economists and the Powerful
Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards
Norbert Häring, Niall Douglas
This book explores the workings of the modern global economy – in which competition is imperfect and influence of power is ubiquitous – and reveals the vast difference between the true workings of capitalism and the myths that mainstream economics would have us believe.
Anthem Press
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9780857285461
October 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book explores the workings of the modern global economy – in which competition is imperfect and influence of power is ubiquitous – and reveals the vast difference between the true workings of capitalism and the myths that mainstream economics would have us believe.
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Knowledge Governance
Reasserting the Public Interest
Edited by Leonardo Burlamaqui, Anna Célia Castro, Rainer Kattel
foreword by Richard NelsonIn order to move beyond the international intellectual property rights regime in both theory and practice, this volume offers the novel approach of “knowledge governance” as a way to understand the role of knowledge in growth and development.
Anthem Press
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9780857285355
October 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00In order to move beyond the international intellectual property rights regime in both theory and practice, this volume offers the novel approach of “knowledge governance” as a way to understand the role of knowledge in growth and development.
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Europe’s Unfinished Currency
The Political Economics of the Euro
Thomas Mayer
The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union is a unique historical experiment, as no monetary union of sovereign states has survived to date. This book explores how it could work, and develops scenarios of how things might evolve in case of failure.
Anthem Press
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9780857285485
October 2012
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£26.95 / $26.95The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) of the European Union is a unique historical experiment, as no monetary union of sovereign states has survived to date. This book explores how it could work, and develops scenarios of how things might evolve in case of failure.
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The Politics of Enlightenment
Constitutionalism, Republicanism, and the Rights of Man in Gaetano Filangieri
Vincenzo Ferrone
translated by Sophus A. ReinertWritten by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
Anthem Press
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9780857289704
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00Written by one of Italy’s leading historians, this book analyses the Neapolitan nobleman Gaetano Filangieri and his seven-volume ‘Science of Legislation’ in their historical context, expounding on his legacy for the histories of constitutional republicanism, liberalism, and political economy.
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Competitiveness and Development
Myth and Realities
Mehdi Shafaeddin
foreword by Erik S. Reinert‘Competitiveness and Development’ provides an insightful analysis of the confusions surrounding the concept of competitiveness in the context of developing countries, and proposes how these countries can attain competitiveness at a high level of development.
Anthem Press
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9780857284600
September 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Competitiveness and Development’ provides an insightful analysis of the confusions surrounding the concept of competitiveness in the context of developing countries, and proposes how these countries can attain competitiveness at a high level of development.
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Globalization, the Human Condition and Sustainable Development in the Twenty-first Century
Cross-national Perspectives and European Implications
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
foreword by Ulrich BrandThis book, based on a 175-nation study, investigates the relevance of dependency theory to the success of eight different dimensions of development, and argues that the pro-globalist policies of the European Commission are the greatest threat to Europe’s future developmental performance.
Anthem Press
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9780857284105
May 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This book, based on a 175-nation study, investigates the relevance of dependency theory to the success of eight different dimensions of development, and argues that the pro-globalist policies of the European Commission are the greatest threat to Europe’s future developmental performance.
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Marxism in Dark Times
Select Essays for the New Century
Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
This volume is a collection of essays on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in the ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism.
Anthem Press
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9789380601199
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume is a collection of essays on an alternative understanding of Marxism, anchored in the ideas of humanism, democracy and pluralism.
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Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy
Toward Inclusive and Green Growth
Edited by Hal Hill, Muhammad Ehsan Khan, Juzhong Zhuang
‘Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy: Toward Inclusive and Green Growth’ analyzes the critical development constraints facing the country, and proposes policy options to help overcome these constraints and set the country on a path of high and sustained inclusive economic growth in the medium term.
Anthem Press
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9780857284471
February 2012
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy: Toward Inclusive and Green Growth’ analyzes the critical development constraints facing the country, and proposes policy options to help overcome these constraints and set the country on a path of high and sustained inclusive economic growth in the medium term.
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La economía de la Iniciativa Yasuní-ITT
Cambio climático como si importara la termodinámica
Joseph Henry Vogel
foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky
translated by Iván Humberto Jiménez-WilliamsEl cambio climático se presta a la economía política. Vogel ha construido un argumento a favor de llevar a los países ricos en carbono, pero pobres económicamente, a través del cuello de botella de la economía de vaquero y hacia el “comercio en el derecho de emisiones” de los países Anexo I del Protocolo de Kioto. Ecuador sirve como el modelo.
Anthem Press
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9780857284624
January 2012
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£99.00 / $99.00El cambio climático se presta a la economía política. Vogel ha construido un argumento a favor de llevar a los países ricos en carbono, pero pobres económicamente, a través del cuello de botella de la economía de vaquero y hacia el “comercio en el derecho de emisiones” de los países Anexo I del Protocolo de Kioto. Ecuador sirve como el modelo.
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A ‘Short Treatise’ on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1613)
Antonio Serra
Edited by Sophus A. Reinert‘A ‘Short Treatise’ on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations’ presents, for the first time, an English translation of Antonio Serra’s ‘Breve Trattato’ (1613), one of the most famous tracts in the history of political economy.
Anthem Press
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9780857289735
July 2011
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£115.00 / $115.00‘A ‘Short Treatise’ on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations’ presents, for the first time, an English translation of Antonio Serra’s ‘Breve Trattato’ (1613), one of the most famous tracts in the history of political economy.
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Greece’s ‘Odious’ Debt
The Looting of the Hellenic Republic by the Euro, the Political Elite and the Investment Community
Jason Manolopoulos
This book analyses the causes of the current Eurozone and Greek crisis. Jason Manolopoulos combines his experience of the global financial system, European politics and Greek society, to explore the economic policies, historical legacy, psychological biases that have shaped an ongoing drama.
Anthem Press
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9780857287717
May 2011
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£29.95 / $29.95This book analyses the causes of the current Eurozone and Greek crisis. Jason Manolopoulos combines his experience of the global financial system, European politics and Greek society, to explore the economic policies, historical legacy, psychological biases that have shaped an ongoing drama.
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Why the World Economy Needs a Financial Crash and Other Critical Essays on Finance and Financial Economics
Jan Toporowski
These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out, its social, economic and cultural consequences, and the limitations of policy in the face of economic stagnation induced by financial inflation.
Anthem Press
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9780857289599
December 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out, its social, economic and cultural consequences, and the limitations of policy in the face of economic stagnation induced by financial inflation.
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South of the Crisis
A Latin American Perspective on the Late Capitalist World
Juan E. Corradi
The book offers an unorthodox account of why and how global capitalism has entered a phase of unsustainable crises of accumulation and legitimacy, and examines the different exit strategies open to Latin American countries.
Anthem Press
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9781843318538
November 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00The book offers an unorthodox account of why and how global capitalism has entered a phase of unsustainable crises of accumulation and legitimacy, and examines the different exit strategies open to Latin American countries.
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Taiwan Today
Edited by Anita Sharma, Sreemati Chakrabarti
Inspired by a conference titled 'Taiwan Today' organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, this collection analyses contemporary India-Taiwan economic relations.
Anthem Press India
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9780857289667
August 2010
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£99.00 / $99.00Inspired by a conference titled ‘Taiwan Today’ organized by the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, this collection analyses contemporary India-Taiwan economic relations.
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Why the Economists Got It Wrong
The Crisis and Its Cultural Roots
Alessandro Roncaglia
The book illustrates the development of the financial crisis and traces its cultural origins in mainstream economics. The Keynesian theory of uncertainty and Minsky's concept of financial fragility provide an alternative interpretation of past events and future policy developments.
Anthem Press
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9780857289629
August 2010
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£19.95 / $19.95The book illustrates the development of the financial crisis and traces its cultural origins in mainstream economics. The Keynesian theory of uncertainty and Minsky’s concept of financial fragility provide an alternative interpretation of past events and future policy developments.
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An Anatomy of the Financial Crisis
Blowing Tumbleweed
Nashwa Saleh
How did the US financial crisis snowball into USD 15 trillion global losses? This book offers a clear synthesis and original analysis of the various factors that led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010, and is intended as a supplementary course text for undergraduate and postgraduate students in finance or finance-related courses.
Anthem Press
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9780857289612
August 2010
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£24.95 / $24.95How did the US financial crisis snowball into USD 15 trillion global losses? This book offers a clear synthesis and original analysis of the various factors that led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010, and is intended as a supplementary course text for undergraduate and postgraduate students in finance or finance-related courses.
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Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia
Measurement, Policy Issues, and Country Studies
Edited by Juzhong Zhuang
'Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia' examines why Asia needs inclusive growth, what policy ingredients an inclusive growth strategy entails, and how such a strategy can lead to benefits of growth being more equitably shared.
Anthem Press
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9781843318453
May 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia’ examines why Asia needs inclusive growth, what policy ingredients an inclusive growth strategy entails, and how such a strategy can lead to benefits of growth being more equitably shared.
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The Hidden Form of Capital
Spiritual Influences in Societal Progress
Edited by Peter L. Berger, Gordon Redding
'The Hidden Form of Capital' presents evidence from several parts of the changing world about how the realm of the spirit affects the economy.
Anthem Press
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9781843318323
April 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘The Hidden Form of Capital’ presents evidence from several parts of the changing world about how the realm of the spirit affects the economy.
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Capital Without Borders
Challenges to Development
Edited by Ashwini Deshpande
This volume examines different facets of international capital movements - the role of openness, the implications of large inflows of foreign capital and the impact of regulatory frameworks - from the point of view of the global South.
Anthem Press
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9781843318385
April 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00This volume examines different facets of international capital movements – the role of openness, the implications of large inflows of foreign capital and the impact of regulatory frameworks – from the point of view of the global South.
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National Systems of Innovation
Toward a Theory of Innovation and Interactive Learning
Edited by Bengt-Åke Lundvall
‘National Systems of Innovation’ presents a new perspective on the dynamics of the national and the global economy.
Anthem Press
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9781843318828
January 2010
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£115.00 / $115.00‘National Systems of Innovation’ presents a new perspective on the dynamics of the national and the global economy.
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India and the Global Financial Crisis
Managing Money and Finance
Y. V. Reddy
‘India and the Global Financial Crisis’ offers a collection of key speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and provides insights into the challenges facing the management of India's calibrated integration within the global economy.
Anthem Press
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9781843318019
January 2010
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£99.00 / $99.00‘India and the Global Financial Crisis’ offers a collection of key speeches delivered by Reddy during his tenure as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, and provides insights into the challenges facing the management of India’s calibrated integration within the global economy.
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The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative
Climate Change as if Thermodynamics Mattered
Joseph Henry Vogel
foreword by Graciela Chichilnisky
prologue by José Manuel HermidaClimate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient.
Anthem Press
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9781843318781
January 2010
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£99.00 / $99.00Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Through the lens of thermodynamics, the payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní is equitable and efficient.