Democracy and Growth in the Twenty-first Century: The Diverging Cases of China and Italy, Grillo Francesco, Nanetti Raffaella Y.
Автор: Piketty Thomas Название: Capital in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 067443000X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674430006 Издательство: Harvard University Press Рейтинг: Цена: 5378.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The main driver of inequality-returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth-is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty`s findings in this ambitious, original, rigorous work will transform debate and set the agenda for the next generation of thought about wealth and inequality.
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global history of inequality from the Stone Age to today, Walter Scheidel shows that inequality never dies peacefully. Inequality declines when carnage and disaster strike and increases when peace and stability return. The Great Leveler is the first book to chart the crucial role of violent shocks in reducing inequality over the full sweep of human history around the world.
Ever since humans began to farm, herd livestock, and pass on their assets to future generations, economic inequality has been a defining feature of civilization. Over thousands of years, only violent events have significantly lessened inequality. The "Four Horsemen" of leveling--mass-mobilization warfare, transformative revolutions, state collapse, and catastrophic plagues--have repeatedly destroyed the fortunes of the rich. Scheidel identifies and examines these processes, from the crises of the earliest civilizations to the cataclysmic world wars and communist revolutions of the twentieth century. Today, the violence that reduced inequality in the past seems to have diminished, and that is a good thing. But it casts serious doubt on the prospects for a more equal future.
An essential contribution to the debate about inequality, The Great Leveler provides important new insights about why inequality is so persistent--and why it is unlikely to decline anytime soon.
Автор: Kitching Gavin Название: Capitalism and Democracy in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 0367354918 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367354916 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The shift of manufacturing away from the West allied to the pressure to keep costs down, has led to economic inequality, service industry employment and public sector austerity. This short book makes a connection between recent `tectonic shifts` in the world economy and the political problems currently confronted by western democracies.
Описание: Yao and Xiaming present the work of leading economists of China, who put forward new research findings and new thinking on a wide range of issues connected with the problem of sustaining China's economic growth.
Описание: Yao and Xiaming present the work of leading economists of China, who put forward new research findings and new thinking on a wide range of issues connected with the problem of sustaining China`s economic growth.
Автор: Bolt, Paul J.; Cross, Sharyl N. Название: China, Russia, and Twenty-First Century Global Geopolitics ISBN: 0198719515 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198719519 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 15523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines the contemporary Chinese-Russian relationship and how the evolving Sino-Russian strategic partnership affects world order issues.
How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainability
Never before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we measuring, and thus managing, the right things--those that will help us solve the real social, economic, political, and environmental challenges of the twenty-first century? In Measuring Tomorrow, Eloi Laurent argues that we need to move away from narrowly useful metrics such as gross domestic product and instead use broader ones that aim at well-being, resilience, and sustainability. By doing so, countries will be able to shift their focus away from infinite and unrealistic growth and toward social justice and quality of life for their citizens.
The time has come for these broader metrics to become more than just descriptive, Laurent argues; applied carefully by private and public decision makers, they can foster genuine progress. He begins by taking stock of the booming field of well-being and sustainability indicators, and explains the insights that the best of these can offer. He then shows how these indicators can be used to develop new policies, from the local to the global.
An essential resource for scholars, students, and policymakers, Measuring Tomorrow covers all aspects of well-being--including health, education, and the environment--and incorporates a broad range of data and fascinating case studies from around the world: not just the United States and Europe but also China, Africa, the Middle East, and India.
Описание: This attempt at a `Capital for the 21st century` asks how commodities, money and capital have changed. Combining Soviet and post-Soviet critical Marxism with Western Marxism and political economy with culture and theorizes knowledge and information commodification; simulacra markets; financialization; creative work; and market fundamentalism. -- .
Название: Development Economics in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 1848935382 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848935389 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 23734.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: These essays explore the origins and evolution of development economics. Comparative perspectives are explored and analysed, including those of Keynes, Hirschman, Krugman and Stiglitz. Ultimately development economics is situated within current debates among economists and historians of economic thought, providing a platform for future research.
Описание: In the United States and much of the world there is a palpable depression about the prospect of overcoming the downward spiral created by the tyranny of wealth and privilege and establishing a truly democratic and sustainable society. It threatens to become self-fulfilling. In this trailblazing new book, award-winning author Robert W. McChesney argues that the weight of the present is blinding people to the changing nature and the tremendous possibilities of the historical moment we inhabit. In Blowing the Roof off the Twenty-First Century, he uses a sophisticated political economic analysis to delineate the recent trajectory of capitalism and its ongoing degeneration. In exciting new research McChesney reveals how notions of democratic media are becoming central to activists around the world seeking to establish post-capitalist democracies. Blowing the Roof off the Twenty-First Century also takes a fresh look at recent progressive political campaigns in the United States. While conveying complex ideas in a lively and accessible manner, McChesney demonstrates a very different and far superior world is not only necessary, but possible.
Автор: S. Hua; S. Guo Название: China in the Twenty-First Century ISBN: 1349538345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349538348 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 4191.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this edited volume, leading scholars from US and China analyze the challenges and opportunities for China in the 21st century, each emphasizing particular dimensions of politics, economics, political culture, and foreign policy. Issues examined include: social harmony and statecraft , media and political culture, and legality in foreign trade.
Описание: Providing a unique level of coverage, this book provides a comprehensive survey of the political and economic development of the countries of the former Soviet Union, from the mid-1990s onwards.
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