Описание: -Piketty unleashed on real-time economics is a revelation.- -- Guardian
Thomas Piketty's work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality. Without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies will concentrate wealth in an ever smaller number of hands. For years, this critical challenge to democracy has been the focus of Piketty's monthly newspaper columns, which pierce the surface of current events to reveal the economic forces underneath. Why Save the Bankers? brings together selected columns from the period bookended by the September 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers and the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015. In crystalline prose, Piketty examines a wide range of topics, and along the way he decodes the European Union's economic troubles, weighs in on oligarchy in the United States, wonders whether debts actually need to be paid back, and discovers surprising lessons about inequality by examining the career of Steve Jobs. Coursing with insight and flashes of wit, these brief essays offer a view of recent history through the eyes of one of the most influential economic thinkers of our time. -Anyone with an interest in politics, monetary policy, or international diplomacy will get a kick out of Piketty's clear discussion.- -- Shelf Awareness
-If you have been influenced by Piketty's landmark work on inequality, make sure to read this next.- -- Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything
Автор: Ogilvie, Sheilagh Название: The European Guilds ISBN: 0691137544 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691137544 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic history
Guilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. They were sometimes viewed as efficient institutions that guaranteed quality and skills. But they also excluded competitors, manipulated markets, and blocked innovations. Did the benefits of guilds outweigh their costs? Analyzing thousands of guilds that dominated European economies from 1000 to 1880, The European Guilds uses vivid examples and clear economic reasoning to answer that question.
Sheilagh Ogilvie's book features the voices of honorable guild masters, underpaid journeymen, exploited apprentices, shady officials, and outraged customers, and follows the stories of the "vile encroachers"--women, migrants, Jews, gypsies, bastards, and many others--desperate to work but hunted down by the guilds as illicit competitors. She investigates the benefits of guilds but also shines a light on their dark side. Guilds sometimes provided important services, but they also manipulated markets to profit their members. They regulated quality but prevented poor consumers from buying goods cheaply. They fostered work skills but denied apprenticeships to outsiders. They transmitted useful techniques but blocked innovations that posed a threat. Guilds existed widely not because they corrected market failures or served the common good but because they benefited two powerful groups--guild members and political elites.
Exploring guilds' inner workings across eight centuries, The European Guilds shows how privileged institutions and exclusive networks shape the wider economy--for good or ill.
Автор: Carlo Monticelli Название: Reforming Global Economic Governance ISBN: 0815363478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815363477 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6889.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Global economic and financial governance has undergone deep reform, transforming international institutions and groups, such as the International Monetary Fund and the G20. This book investigates the new, unsettled order now prevailing, driven by the change in the balance of power between advanced economies and key emerging economies.
Автор: Hufbauer, Gary Clyde et al Название: Economic Sanctions Reconsidered ISBN: 0881324124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780881324129 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4337.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Economic sanctions continue to play an important role in the response to terrorism, nuclear proliferation, military conflicts, and other foreign policy crises. This title delves into the rich experience of sanctions in the 20th century to harvest lessons on how to use sanctions more effectively.
Автор: You-il Lee, John Benson, Ying Zhu, Chang-Jae Lee, Название: Political Economy of New Regionalism in Northeast Asia: Dynamics and Contradictions ISBN: 113893898X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138938984 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 15541.00 р. 22202.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: The book is the first attempt to offer a holistic and integrated exploration of the political-economic framework underpinning economic regionalism. In doing so it provides a much-needed contribution to the literature on international political economy, international relations and Asian political economy in relation to economic regionalism.
Автор: Steed, Christopher Название: A question of inequality : the politics of equal worth ISBN: 1788311531 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788311533 Издательство: Macmillan Рейтинг: Цена: 16300.00 р. 23285.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Inequality is widening. In the twenty-first century, the gap between those who have more and those who have less is growing: 1 per cent of the world owns as much as the other 99 per cent. Should we be worried? Christopher Steed, author of the acclaimed A Question of Worth, argues that inequality does indeed matter: that economic fairness is one of the defining issues of our time. In a world conditioned by social media, enabling intensified social comparison, the anxieties and effects of contemporary inequality are a cause for huge concern. Despite a wealth of research around inequality most studies have concentrated on its quantitative aspects. In A Question of Inequality, Christopher Steed is concerned with exploring why inequality matters, what it means for those who find themselves victims of it, and what can be done about it. He probes what it means to experience inequality, drawing out case studies on the effects of poverty. In proposing a theory of social relativity the author provides new insights into the effects and meaning of inequality and makes an original and important contribution to a key issue facing the world today.
Автор: Bertola, Luis; Ocampo, Jose Antonio Название: The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence ISBN: 0199662142 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199662142 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive and accessible overview of the economic history of Latin America over the two centuries since Independence. It considers its principal problems and the main policy trends and covers external trade, economic growth, and inequality.
Автор: Blaug, Mark Название: Economic theory in retrospect ISBN: 0521577012 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521577014 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11563.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book, first published in 1997, is a history of economic thought from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes - but it is a history with a difference. Firstly, it is a history of economic theory, not of economic doctrines. Secondly, it includes detailed Reader`s Guides to nine of the major texts of economics.
Автор: Combes, Pierre-philippe Mayer Название: Economic geography ISBN: 0691139423 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691139425 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 14573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a fresh perspective on spatial disparities. This book provides an introduction to economic geography and includes history and background of the field of spatial economics.
Автор: Salverda, Wiemer; Nolan, Brian; Smeeding, Timothy Название: The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality ISBN: 0199606064 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199606061 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6018.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality presents a new and definitive analysis of economic inequality in developed countries. Bringing together the world`s top scholars, this comprehensive and authoritative volume contains an impressive array of original research on topics in economic inequality.
Автор: Acemoglu Daron, Robinson James A. Название: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy ISBN: 0521671426 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521671422 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is the first to use modern social science methodology systematically to explain why some countries are democracies while others are not. Why does democracy sometimes persist and consolidate while other times it collapses? The treatment shows that whether or not a society becomes democratic depends on several factors.
Автор: Capra Название: The Systems View of Life ISBN: 1316616436 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316616437 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4118.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Taking a broad sweep through history and across scientific disciplines, this volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Life`s biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions are presented and its philosophical, spiritual, and political implications discussed.
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