Understanding American Economic Decline

Michael A. Bernstein
Hardcover - $180.95

The public has been painfully aware of the economy's stagnation for a long time. In this major new volume, leading thinkers in the social sciences directly confront the various economic difficulties facing the United States today. Underlying each ess ...

Understanding American Economic Decline

Michael A. Bernstein
Paperback - $71.95

This collection of essays, written by leading scholars, presents a systematic analysis of the nation's economic woes. The authors furnish more than hard-hitting criticisms of the U.S. economy. They also attempt to offer solutions of America's most pr ...

The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity, and Growth : Nigeria and Indonesia

David Bevan
Hardcover - $208.95

This volume analyzes and compares economic growth in Nigeria and Indonesia during the period from 1950 to 1985, addressing questions as to why one country was so much more successful than the other. Providing some surprising answers for those who bel ...

ASEAN Business in Crisis

Mhinder Bhopal
Hardcover - $317.95

The impact of the Asia crisis has contributed to the debate about the need for regulation of global markets. This book outlines the events leading up to and during the Financial Crisis of 1997 and assesses the responses of the financial contagion. Th ...

Tropical Africa

Tony Binns
Paperback - $73.95

Tropical Africa occupies a marginal position in the global economic system, yet it covers an area larger than North and Central America. The region has seemingly insurmountable problems, and an inadequate understanding of its peoples and environments ...

Population Matters : Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World

Nancy Birdsall
Paperback - $106.95

Does rapid population growth diminish countries' economic development prospects? Do policies aimed at reducing high fertility help families escape poverty? These questions have been at the heart of policy debates since the time of Malthus, and have b ...

How the West Grew Rich : The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World

L. E. Jr. Birdzell
Paperback - $53.95

"How did the West--Europe, Canada, and the United States--escape from immemorial poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being when other societies remained trapped in an endless cycle o"

Targeting Development : Critical Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals

Richard Black
Paperback - $113.95

A new global consensus has emerged that stresses that the objective of development is to end global poverty. This consensus is accompanied by a bold new set of targets - global poverty to be halved by 2015, along with universal primary education, the ...

Japan's New Economy @ Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century '

Magnus Blomstrom
Paperback - $152.95

This volume fills an important gap in the existing economic literature. While much has been written about Japan's pre-1990s institutions and economic performance, this text is unique in its forward-looking orientation - trying to understand not only ...

Japan's New Economy : Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century

Magnus Blomstrom
Hardcover - $397.95