Economic Systems & Structures
"Poland's Return to Capitalism"From the Socialist Bloc to the European Union
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Poland's transformation from socialism to capitalism has brought with it immense political changes. This book analyses the changes to the country since 1989 in their historical and geo-political framework. It looks at how the absorption of Poland into the international capitalist system has transformed the country. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 134 mm. Weight: 414g.
Author: Rae, Gavin
ISBN: 1845114744
Publisher: I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists"How Open Financial Markets Challenge the Establishment and Spread Prosperity to Rich and Poor Alike
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The authors of this volume explore how financial markets free ingenuity, make nations competitive and are the basis for broadening prosperity. With illustrations. Hardback, 288 pages. Size: 236 x 156 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: Rajan, Raghuram G. Zingales, Luigi
ISBN: 0712621318
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"Islam and Capitalism"
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"Saqi Essentials" series; Presents a rebuttal of the cultural reductionism of Max Weber and others who have tried to explain the politics and society of the Middle East by reference to some unchanging entity called 'Islam,' typically characterised as instinctively hostile to capitalism. This work looks at the facts, analysing economic texts with his customary common sense. Paperback, 309 pages. Size: 210 x 135 mm. Weight: 361g.
Author: Rodinson, Maxime
ISBN: 0863564712
Publisher: Saqi Books
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Economic Systems & Structures
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"Deregulation and Competition"Lessons From the Airline Industry
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Chronicles the evolution of the airline industry and explains what lies ahead for airlines across the globe. This book discusses a paradigm shift, the reason being linked to the big-bang approach to deregulation. Taking the US airline industry as an in-depth case study, it states that there are lessons to be learned from the US. With illustrations. Hardback, 348 pages. Size: 222 x 145 mm. Weight: 561g.
Author: Sheth, Jagdish N. Allvine, Fred C. Uslay, Can Dixit, Ashutosh
ISBN: 0761935967
Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd
Date: 2007 (India)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"Economics for Everyone"A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism
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Provides non-specialist readers with the information they need to understand how capitalism works. This book explores key concepts such as finance, competition and wage labour and their importance to everyday life. It also seeks to answer questions such as: 'do workers need capitalists?', 'why does capitalism harm the environment?', and more. With 25 cartoons. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 220 x 137 mm. Weight: 450g.
Author: Stanford, Jim
ISBN: 0745327508
Publisher: Pluto Press
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Undergraduate Economic Systems & Structures
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"Knowing Capitalism"
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"Published in Association With Theory, Culture & Society" series; The book traces the rise of this circuit back to the 1960s when a series of institutions locked together to interrogate capitalism, to the present day, when these institutions are moving out to the Pacific basin and beyond. Paperback, 264 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 89g.
Author: Thrift, Nigel
ISBN: 141290059X
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 2005 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"Nature"An Economic History
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From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This work offers an exploration of the facts and theories of biology, economics, and geology to show how processes common to all economic systems govern evolution as surely as they do the human economy. New ed. Paperback, 464 pages. Size: 233 x 159 mm. Weight: 659g.
Author: Vermeij, Geerat J.
ISBN: 069112793X
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"Capitalist China"Strategies for a Revolutionized Economy
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Discusses the risks and opportunities created by China's development into a major economic power. With index. Hardback, 250 pages. Size: 239 x 165 mm. Weight: 575g.
Author: Woetzel, Jonathan R.
ISBN: 0470821086
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"The Origin of Capitalism"A Longer View
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In this work, the author reminds us that capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor is it simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a product of very specific historical conditions. Rev ed. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 197 x 140 mm. Weight: 243g.
Author: Wood, Ellen Meiksins
ISBN: 1859843921
Publisher: Verso Books
Date: 2002 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Systems & Structures
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"The Support Economy"Why Corporations Are Failing Individuals and the Next Episode of Capitalism
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Business is broken and can't be fixed because 'managerial' capitalism has grown hopelessly out of touch with the people it should be serving. This book explores this chasm between people and the corporations. New ed. Paperback, 480 pages. Size: 200 x 129 mm. Weight: 522g.
Author: Zuboff, Shoshana Maxmin, James
ISBN: 0142003883
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Economic Systems & Structures
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"Advances in Behavioral Economics"
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"Roundtable Series in Behavioral Economics" series; Behavioral economics has become virtually mainstream, and is well represented in prominent journals and top economics departments. This book assembles some of the most important papers on behavioral economics published since around 1990. With 50 line illus. 25 tables.. Paperback, 776 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 1057g.
Author: (Camerer, Colin, ed.)
ISBN: 0691116822
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2003 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Theory & Philosophy
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"Advances in Understanding Strategic Behaviour"Game Theory, Experiments and Bounded Rationality
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This volume contains sixteen original articles documenting recent progress in understanding strategic behaviour. In their variety they reflect an entire spectrum of coexisting approaches: from orthodox game theory via behavioral game theory, bounded rationality and economic psychology to experimental economics. With illustrations. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 119g.
Author: (Huck, Steffen, ed.)
ISBN: 140394167X
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Theory & Philosophy
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"Behavioral Economics and Its Applications"
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Behavioral economics has revolutionized the way economists view the world. This volume makes the case for a greater use of behavioral ideas in six fields - public economics, development, law and economics, health, wage determination, and organizational economics. It is intended policymakers, sociologists, psychologists, as well as economists. With 50 line illus.. Hardback, 336 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 609g.
Author: (Diamond, Peter, ed.)
ISBN: 0691122849
Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date: 2007 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Theory & Philosophy
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"The Cambridge Companion to Keynes"
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"Cambridge Companions to Philosophy" series; A wide range of contributors explain the links between Keynes's philosophy and his economics. With 1 figure. Paperback, 342 pages. Size: 229 x 153 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Backhouse, Roger E., ed.)
ISBN: 052160060X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Theory & Philosophy
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"Complexity Hints for Economic Policy"
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"New Economic Windows" series; Provides some alternative pattern generators, which can supplement existing approaches by providing an alternative way of finding patterns than be obtained by the traditional scientific approach. With 20 black & white illustrations, 40 black & white tables. Hardback, 333 pages. Weight: 763g.
Author: (Salzano, Massimo, ed.)
ISBN: 8847005337
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Italy
Date: 2007 (Italy)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Economic Theory & Philosophy
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