Services Unbound
Services are a new force for innovation, trade, and growth in East Asia and Pacific. The dramatic diffusion of digital technologies and partial policy reforms in services--from finance, communication, and transport to retail, health, and education--is transforming these economies. The result is higher productivity and changing jobs in the services sector, as well as in the manufacturing sectors that use these services. A region that has thrived through openness to trade and investment in manufacturing still maintains innovation-inhibiting barriers to entry and competition in key services sectors. 'Services Unbound: Digital Technologies and Policy Reform in East Asia and Pacific' makes the case for deeper domestic reforms and greater international cooperation to unleash a virtuous cycle of increased economic opportunity and enhanced human capacity that would power development in the region.
Floor Rules
A compelling account of how markets really govern themselves, and why they often baffle and outrage outsiders One of the reasons many people believe financial markets are lawless and irrational--and rigged--is that they follow two sets of rules. The official rules, set by law or by the heads of the exchanges, exist alongside the unofficial rules, or floor rules--which are the ones that actually govern. Break the official rules and you may be fined or jailed; break the floor rules and you'll suffer worse: you will be ostracized. Regulations vary across markets, but the floor rules are remarkably consistent. This book, offering compelling stories of market disturbances in which insider rules played a key role, shows readers, without excessive moralizing, how markets really govern themselves. It is a study of the norms, customs, values, and operating modes of the insiders at the center of the financial markets that trade money, stocks, bonds, futures, and other financial derivatives. The core insiders who rule trading markets are a relatively small group who exert disproportionate influence on financial systems. Mark W. Geiger examines the historical roots of the culture of financial markets, describes the role insiders play in today's high finance, and suggests where this peculiar, ingrown culture is heading in an era of constant technological change.
An Economic History of the First German Unification
The central question of this book is whether and how such state formation did in fact contribute to economic development.
Refeudalization and the Crisis of Civilization
Discussing the civilizatory crisis and processes of refeudalization this volume brings into dialogue two of the most creative approaches, in Olaf Kaltmeier and Edgardo Lander, to rethink capitalism in the 21st century.
Foreign Direct Investments in Emerging Asia
This book is a collection of essays investigating the reconfiguration of FDI flows to the Emerging Asian economies of ASEAN, China and India following the pandemic and recent FDI policy reforms.
The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System
The Disintegration of the Soviet Economic System (1992) examines in detail the collapse of the Soviet economic system, and is set in its political context, both international and domestic. The collapse is looked at from a macroeconomic point of view, both real and financial, as well as from a mesoeconomic viewpoint.
The Impact of Soviet Shipping
The Impact of Soviet Shipping (1987) is a detailed analysis of the operations and impact of Soviet shipping. Using new data sources and drawing on discussions with Soviet shipping managers, the book provides a valuable insight into the workings of the Soviet merchant fleet.
Energy Reviews
Energy Reviews: Unified Gas Supply System of the USSR (1985) explores some important aspects of the development and operation of the unified gas system of the Soviet Union.
Soviet Agriculture in Perspective
Soviet Agriculture in Perspective (1969) examines the framework of Soviet agriculture and in analysing Soviet agricultural policy, it looks at the appropriate volume of agricultural output, the need for massive capital investment, the level of prices and costs, and the optimum size of a farm.
The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum
The Enigma of Soviet Petroleum (1980) provides an analysis of the relevance of the Soviet planning system to oil production levels: why it is that planning has been the source of so many petroleum industry problems, and the nature of the measures that are being taken to overcome them.
Social Sector Development and Governance
This volume explores the impact of good governance upon social sectors' development in India and other selected economies of the world.Economic development in the true sense depends on the development of different social sectors like education, healthcare, gender equality, etc., as well as economic factors. Good governance makes the sectors perform well on the one hand, and helps in economic growth and development on the other. Conversely, bad or weak governance in the form of corruption and low effectiveness of the governments, may lead to poor performance of the sectors, and low growth and backwardness of the economies. This book explores the associations between different social sectors' performances with quality of governance, and growth and development of different economies and groups in detail and establishes theoretical and empirical examinations for the individual economies and groups from the different corners of the globe with the help of new theories and latest data.This book will be useful for students and researchers in the fields of Economics, Sociology, Political Studies, Public Finance, International Relations, Social Sciences as well as policy makers and think tanks.
The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform
The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform (1988) is a collection of essays in honour of Alec Nove and covers such topics as Leon Trotsky, Navrozov, Soviet Investment criteria, Soviet Agricultural, and economic politics under Andropov and Chernenko.
Agape Leadership
In "Agape Leadership," readers discover the extraordinary power of leading with unconditional love. This concise guide explores how Agape leadership positively impacts teams and organizations and fosters personal growth and fulfillment for the leader. Key Highlights: Agape Love Defined: Gain a clear understanding of Agape love and its role as the foundation of transformative leadership.The Leader's Mindset: Learn how to cultivate an Agape leader's mindset rooted in empathy, compassion, and genuine concern for others.Leading by Example: Explore real-world examples of leaders who've harnessed Agape love to create positive change and inspire thriving teams.Personal Transformation: Discover how practicing Agape leadership leads to personal growth, increased emotional intelligence, and a more profound sense of purpose.Practical Guidance: Receive actionable steps and tools to infuse Agape love into your leadership style effectively."Agape Leadership" is your guide to becoming a leader who transforms teams and lives through the power of love and empathy.
The Bioeconomy
The bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important in public policies. Therefore the bioeconomy should become a major new industry, outlining the possibility of a post-fossil future. This book is the first attempt to depict the origins, formation and challenges of this new industry.
The Evolution of China's Political Economy
This book presents the reader with a clear picture of China's economy and how it compares to other advanced economies, mainly the United States. The book unwraps the key features and structures of China's economy. Moreover, it examines and shows the similarities and differences in comparison with other like economies.
How European Citizens Understand the Economy
This book argues that the European public sphere functions to help citizens understand complex economic issues and discuss them meaningfully across borders. Through original research conducted on citizens' perceptions of European economic issues, it explores a mechanism that allows people to make sense of such complex issues.
Post-Keynesian Theories of the Firm
This book revisits Kalecki's theory of the firm is located to show that it constitutes fertile theoretical ground on which to systematically understand the resultant indeterminacy when firms operate under conditions of radical uncertainty.
Economic Policy, COVID-19 and Corporations
This book addresses the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Central and East European countries and examines the effect the pandemic has had on organizations in the region. It covers companies' responses to the crisis, the role of institutions in stabilizing markets, and the reshaping of global business trends.
The Soviet Union Looks Ahead
The Soviet Union Looks Ahead (1930) is the official statement of the five-year economic plan put forward by the Soviet Union, a plan involving the radical reconstruction of the entire production system of Russia.
The Soviet Far East
The Soviet Far East (1990) examines the largest economic region in the Soviet Union, the Far East. The region is explored in all its geographical and economic complexity, including its development, history, analysis of its environment, and of the region's vital strategic significance to the Soviet Union.
Soviet Geography
Soviet Geography (1935) presents a comprehensive account of the economic development of the USSR as it stood at the time. It deals with the main changes in the distribution of the productive forces of the country and discusses their significance. It examines industry, agriculture, material resources, forestry, energy generation.
Soviet Management and Labor Relations
Soviet Management and Labor Relations (1988) examines the official model of Soviet labor relations and the operational reality. It deals with the main aspects of the official model of labor relations and legislation; Soviet management practices, labor relations, industrial relations, strategic behaviour, collective actions.
Agricultural Co-operation in the Soviet Union
Agricultural Co-operation in the Soviet Union (1929) examines agriculture in the USSR as the government was restructuring all national economic life and enterprise on a state socialist basis. It looks at the significance of farming co-operatives in Soviet agricultural planning and the work of the agricultural co-operatives.
Economic Trends in Soviet Russia
Economic Trends in Soviet Russia (1930) examines the economic position of the USSR a decade after the Revolution. It displayed the contradictions evident in an economy that had been isolated from the world economy while undergoing great changes, and where the government was taking control over all aspects of economic life.
Russia and America
Russia and America (1987) examines the divergence between two countries organised on diametrically opposed economic principles - one centrally-planned, state-dominated, the other a highly decentralised market economy, free from significant government intervention.
The Socialist Industrial State
The Socialist Industrial State (1976) examines the state-socialist system, taking as the central example the Soviet Union - where the goals and values of Marxism-Leninism and the particular institutions, the form of economy and polity, were first adopted and developed.
Price Analysis of China's Carbon Emissions
This book explores the determination of China's carbon emission targets, especially with regard to the allocation of responsibility of China's import and export carbon emissions, and carbon emission quota allocations across different time periods, industries, and regions.
Feudal Capitalism and the Innovation Economy
The key argument of this book is that even if we see a development towards feudal capitalism, a more just and moral capitalism can be restored through various social mechanisms such as changes in the institutional framework, the development of a balanced form of globalization and re-establishing social cohesion and equality of opportunity.
New Economic Theory
The standard economic theory, despite its many advantages, has a significant weakness: it is only of limited applicability to the economic reality of practice. Therefore, the book presents a new economic theory that is completely oriented towards the reality of economic practice. In this new theory, human beings are not just actors but constitute the central element from which the theory and everything else derive: work, production, consumption, demand, supply, exchange, trade, markets, stock exchanges, money, state economics, and global economics with all their complexities. Unlike the standard model, the new theory employs a holistic approach in its methodology. With this new and differentiated economic perspective and mindset, the new theory is capable of initiating a paradigm shift in the discipline of economics.
Boom
A timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blueprint for accelerating innovation. "Read this book for the alternative history of our age." --Peter Thiel, investor and author of Zero to One "A must-read for those who seek to build the future." --Marc Andreessen, cofounder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitz From the Moon landing to the dawning of the atomic age, the decades prior to the 1970s were characterized by the routine invention of transformative technologies at breakneck speed. By comparison, ours is an age of stagnation. Median wage growth has slowed, inequality and income concentration are on the rise, and scientific research has become increasingly expensive and incremental. Why are we unable to replicate the rate of progress of past decades? What can we do to reinvigorate innovation? In Boom, Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber take an inductive approach to the problem. In a series of case studies tracking some of the most significant breakthroughs of the past 100 years--from the Manhattan Project and the Apollo program to fracking and Bitcoin--they reverse-engineer how transformative progress arises from small groups with a unified vision, vast funding, and surprisingly poor accountability. They conclude that financial bubbles, while often maligned as destructive and destabilizing forces, have in fact been the engine of past breakthroughs and will drive future advances. In other words: Bubbles aren't all bad. Integrating insights from economics, philosophy, and history, Boom identifies the root causes of the Great Stagnation and provides a blueprint for accelerating innovation. By decreasing collective risk aversion, overfunding experimental processes, and organizing high-agency individuals around a transcendent mission, bubbles are the key to realizing a future that is radically different from the present. Boom offers a definite and optimistic vision of our future--and a path to unleash a new era of global prosperity.
The Soviet Economy
The Soviet Economy (1983) examines the long-term prospective growth of the USSR's economy. It looks at the Soviet economy's growth process at an advanced stage of development, and assesses how it would evolve in the period ahead.
Reversing Deforestation
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism. Although forest losses are alarming, broader trends are bending in the direction of forest recovery. In this book, Brent Sohngen and Douglas Southgate address the long-term recovery of forests in Latin America. The authors synthesize trends in demography, agricultural development, and technological change, and argue that slower population growth and increasing crop and tree yields-in conjunction with protecting local ownership of natural resources-have encouraged forest transition. This book explores how market forces, ownership arrangements, and the enforcement of property rights have influenced this shift from net deforestation to net afforestation. Forest transitions have happened before, such as the recovery of tree-covered habitats in Europe and the United States. Signs of a similar transformation in land use are now present in Latin America. Ending deforestation requires a strengthening of forest dwellers' property rights while ensuring that biodiversity conservation is no longer treated as a value-less externality. The resulting forest landscape, actively managed for ecosystem services, will be more resilient, as is needed to overcome climate change.
Development, Transformations and the Human Condition
This book looks at concepts that form the core of development economics and political economy and brings together perspectives that explore the inextricable relationship between development and human rights, social movements and the call for social transformation.
Wrecking Activities at Power Stations in the Soviet Union
Wrecking Activities at Power Stations in the Soviet Union (1933) is a valuable historical document that presents a verbatim report of the trials of various Soviet and British engineers and workers accused of acts of sabotage against the Soviet energy infrastructure.
Reversing Deforestation
Dire reports of surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon appear often in international headlines, with commentators decrying the destruction of tree-covered habitats as an act of environmental vandalism. Although forest losses are alarming, broader trends are bending in the direction of forest recovery. In this book, Brent Sohngen and Douglas Southgate address the long-term recovery of forests in Latin America. The authors synthesize trends in demography, agricultural development, and technological change, and argue that slower population growth and increasing crop and tree yields-in conjunction with protecting local ownership of natural resources-have encouraged forest transition. This book explores how market forces, ownership arrangements, and the enforcement of property rights have influenced this shift from net deforestation to net afforestation. Forest transitions have happened before, such as the recovery of tree-covered habitats in Europe and the United States. Signs of a similar transformation in land use are now present in Latin America. Ending deforestation requires a strengthening of forest dwellers' property rights while ensuring that biodiversity conservation is no longer treated as a value-less externality. The resulting forest landscape, actively managed for ecosystem services, will be more resilient, as is needed to overcome climate change.
Labour in Transition
Labour in Transition (1992) examines the massive transformations undertaken by state socialist regimes at the end of the 1980s. It traces developments in the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and China, in particular the impact of changes in the labour process and broader political economy.
Monetary Economics in Emerging and Developing Countries
This book provides theoretical underpinnings and critical issues relating to various aspects of monetary theory including the role of money, monetary systems, money supply, demand for money, central banking, monetary policy, and the instruments for its implementation in emerging and developing countries.
The Economic Development of the USSR
The Economic Development of the USSR (1982) examines the economic advances the Soviet Union made as the first major economy to adopt full-scale socialist planning. It provides an impartial assessment of the merits and defects of the Soviet planning system, which also served as a model for many other Communist countries.
The Communist Economic Challenge
The Communist Economic Challenge (1965) examines the substantial industrial development in the Soviet Union, and evaluates the reality of the Soviet claims that its growth was a mark of the 'inherent superiority' of its economic system over capitalism.
The Second Five-Year Plan of Development of the U.S.S.R.
The Second Five-Year Plan of the Development of the U.S.S.R. (1934) contains a summary of the achievements of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan and the provisions of the Second Five-Year Plan.
More than Bouncing Back
As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream scholarship, critical issues of conceptualization and use emerge. This is particularly true at the intersection of community development practice and community resilience theory. This book teases out limitations with current conceptualizations of community resilience, offers enhanced and alternative conceptualizations, and presents compelling case studies of new conceptualizations in action. This book is a starting place for scholarly conversations about the role of community resilience in community development practice. The frameworks presented here, will continue to gain more support in academic and non-academic arenas as resilience rhetoric increases in popularity. However, it is crucial for community practitioners to use these frameworks to actively cultivate resilience in their communities by building adaptive capacity in systematic ways. To move the field of community resilience forward, it is critical to understand the nuances of context and conditions in communities and how broader conceptualizations of resilience account for and utilize context to build adaptive capacity. This book was originally published as a special issue in the journal Community Development.
Transformation, Agency and the Economy
Producing, buying, selling, inventing, destroying, caring, imagining, failing - with their everyday practices, people bring about what we call 'the economy'. In order to both understand and transform these practices in the context of mounting socio-ecological challenges, respective knowledge on economic practices becomes crucial. Yet, when it comes to the respective scientific discipline - economics - such knowledge is limited due to a long-standing tradition of favouring abstraction and modelling over assessing real-world economic action. By contrast, this book draws the contours of an economics grounded in real-world phenomena and experiences by outlining the foundations of a Grounded Economics. Building on the philosophical traditions of pragmatism, phenomenology and critical realism, and basic concepts from institutional thought and social scientific practice theories, the book provides a consistent framework to grasp the economy as an 'unfolding process'. By putting forward a strong account of economic agency, the framework allows to identify and differentiate between multiple pathways for social transformations. The book addresses readers from all branches of the social sciences seeking a new vision for economic research, particularly within political economy, heterodox economics, science studies and economic sociology.
Rethinking Culture and Creativity in the Digital Transformation
This book discusses the role of digital technologies in the growth and development of cultural organizations and the creative sector. It includes contributions by authoritative scholars who address this topic through different perspectives, methodologies and approaches.
Soviet Central Asia
Soviet Central Asia (1989) explores the economic development of the four republics of Central Asia that suffered under Moscow's economic policies - Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kirghizia and argues that the region serves as a prime example of the failure of Soviet regional development policies.
Nonlinear Trending Time Series
Trends often play a dominant role in many empirical time series data, but do we truly understand these trends? What challenges arise when dealing with complex, nonstationary trending time series? How do we model such trends in fields like economics, finance, and climate change?This book provides an overview of recently developed models for trending time series and introduces new nonlinear, nonparametric, and semiparametric methods. Specifically, it offers practical approaches to address the problem of endogeneity in linear trending regression models where the trend component is either weak or strong. Additionally, it proposes a testing procedure for identifying common trends across multiple time series and includes illustrative examples from economics, finance, and climate change.As a practical toolbox, this book equips analysts with essential methods for investigating trends in their research and applications.
Unleash Prosperity In Africa
Imagine being part of a movement that not only changes lives but helps address the world's most urgent challenge - ending poverty! For far too long, Africa has been held back by the weight of colonization, slavery, and apartheid, leaving many feeling powerless in the face of the crippling poverty. But Africa stands at a pivotal point. With its abundant resources and vibrant, youthful population, the continent has immense potential for change.The question is: How can you and I help unlock that potential?The book Unleash Prosperity in Africa introduces the concept of Afriternergy(TM) - a unifying energy that builds on the spirit of Ubuntu and rallies Africans from all walks of life toward a shared mission of transforming poverty into prosperity. This ground-breaking book also offers practical steps to help you create prosperity for yourself, your family, your team, and your community. In Unleash Prosperity in Africa, you'll discover how to: 1. Harness Afriternergy(TM)️to tap into Africa's transformative collective strength.2. Take practical, actionable steps to move from poverty to prosperity for yourself, your family, and your community.3. Be part of the global solution to end poverty, starting with your own actions. It's time for all of us to play our part. Together, we can create a prosperous future for Africa. About the Author Nomvuyo Bengane is a visionary entrepreneur, business coach, and mentor dedicated to unlocking Africa's vast potential. As the founding director of BizOil Institute, she empowers entrepreneurs, organizations, and communities to discover their purpose and achieve lasting prosperity. Known as the 'Oil Lady, ' her transformative programs inspire individuals to live with purpose and make a lasting impact.Nomvuyo also founded Purpose Masters, a community of Alumni of her programs who support each other to live purposefully. She is co-director of the Entrepreneurial Planning Institute (EPI), where she strengthens Africa's entrepreneurial ecosystem by equipping Entrepreneurs Supporting Entrepreneurs (ESEs) to empower township entrepreneurs and drive economic transformation through digital adoption.She is the founder of the concept of Afriternergy(TM)️, a force uniting Africans to transform poverty into prosperity. As a speaker, facilitator, and mentor, Nomvuyo shares practical, purpose-driven strategies that help individuals create prosperity and lasting impact for themselves, their families, and their communities.
The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North
The Northern Sea Route and the Economy of the Soviet North (1956) evaluates the commercial value of the route on the basis of a detailed study of the economy of the Soviet North. While the primary focus is on economic, strategic and material grounds, it looks at the non-economic motives for Soviet activity in the Arctic.
