Prosperity Without Progress
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
Steele at Drury Lane
Steele at Drury Lane by John Loftis offers a comprehensive study of Richard Steele's pivotal role as both playwright and reformer in the early eighteenth-century London theater. Appointed by George I as governor of Drury Lane in 1714, Steele was entrusted with the unusual responsibility of supervising repertory and purging plays of offensive material--an appointment that reflected contemporary anxieties over declining standards on the stage. Loftis situates Steele within this climate of reform, showing how his longstanding critiques in the Tatler and the Spectator translated into managerial authority at the Royal Company of Comedians. Through incisive analysis of Steele's writings, his governance, and his culminating play The Conscious Lovers, Loftis demonstrates how Steele sought to replace the satiric edge of Restoration comedy with a model of "exemplary" drama designed to elevate public taste and encourage virtue, even as his managerial performance was uneven. Beyond Steele's own career, the book illuminates wider debates about theatrical regulation, censorship, and artistic integrity in the period. Loftis explores Steele's 1720 suspension by the Lord Chamberlain, an episode that sparked a vigorous pamphlet war and laid bare the unresolved tensions between patentees and royal authority in managing London's theaters. The controversy over Steele's governorship, along with the critical reception of The Conscious Lovers, signaled a decisive turning point in the long struggle to reform the English stage. Blending literary criticism with theater history, Loftis shows that Steele's career--though often marked by contradiction--was central to the evolution of eighteenth-century drama, bridging Restoration wit and the rise of sentimental comedy. This volume thus provides both a focused portrait of Steele's Drury Lane years and a broader account of the contested cultural politics of the Georgian stage. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1952.
The Pacific Coast Maritime Shipping Industry, 1930-1948
The Pacific Coast Maritime Shipping Industry, 1930-1948: Volume I: An Economic Profile offers a meticulous examination of an industry pivotal to the economic and historical development of the United States' West Coast. Spanning nearly two decades, the book explores the fluctuations in cargo tonnage, vessel arrivals, and employment levels that characterized the maritime shipping industry during a period marked by economic depression, global conflict, and post-war readjustment. Against the backdrop of strikes, labor disputes, and shifting trade dynamics, the authors craft a detailed narrative that highlights the industry's struggles to adapt to post-war realities, including its failure to sustain pre-war levels of activity despite the West Coast's broader economic boom. The study serves both as an economic history and a methodological guide, addressing the challenges of reconstructing the industry's performance through fragmented and inconsistent data. By focusing on key metrics such as cargo tonnage and vessel activity, the authors reveal the underlying trends and structural issues that plagued the industry. This first volume lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of the causes behind these patterns, promising a comprehensive analysis in the subsequent volume. It is an indispensable resource for economists, historians, and policymakers seeking to understand the economic and social forces shaping maritime commerce in the mid-20th century. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1952.
Better Prosperity
This timely and thoughtful volume tracks the American experiment with special attention to justice and prosperity. Its wide-ranging survey begins with historical notes and culminates with reflections on twenty-first century chaos and confusion. Lies, fabrications, and simplistic thinking now complicate and confuse the nation-to the despair of millions. In that light, this essay imagines frontiers of justice, based on truth and intelligence, that might kindle a workable consensus and a brighter era of affluence. Referencing germane insights from economics, sociology, psychology, and social choice, the issue is whether justice and prosperity might come together in a virtuous cycle. The author is cautiously hopeful, noting barriers and obstructions that are likely to threaten any such blossoming. While assessing issues of the day, the author ponders several enduring questions: - Does prosperity thrive best with minimal, timid government? - Can a new social norm, more devoted to justice and less to unfettered liberty, lead to a workable political consensus? - Might a blossoming of fresh thinking bring America back to the table of respectful compromise? In the end, all Americans operate in a constitutional setting, and in that context, everyone participates in shaping the nation and its prosperity. Join the author as he considers how we can promote a more truthful and respectful brand of capitalism.
Steele at Drury Lane
Steele at Drury Lane by John Loftis offers a comprehensive study of Richard Steele's pivotal role as both playwright and reformer in the early eighteenth-century London theater. Appointed by George I as governor of Drury Lane in 1714, Steele was entrusted with the unusual responsibility of supervising repertory and purging plays of offensive material--an appointment that reflected contemporary anxieties over declining standards on the stage. Loftis situates Steele within this climate of reform, showing how his longstanding critiques in the Tatler and the Spectator translated into managerial authority at the Royal Company of Comedians. Through incisive analysis of Steele's writings, his governance, and his culminating play The Conscious Lovers, Loftis demonstrates how Steele sought to replace the satiric edge of Restoration comedy with a model of "exemplary" drama designed to elevate public taste and encourage virtue, even as his managerial performance was uneven. Beyond Steele's own career, the book illuminates wider debates about theatrical regulation, censorship, and artistic integrity in the period. Loftis explores Steele's 1720 suspension by the Lord Chamberlain, an episode that sparked a vigorous pamphlet war and laid bare the unresolved tensions between patentees and royal authority in managing London's theaters. The controversy over Steele's governorship, along with the critical reception of The Conscious Lovers, signaled a decisive turning point in the long struggle to reform the English stage. Blending literary criticism with theater history, Loftis shows that Steele's career--though often marked by contradiction--was central to the evolution of eighteenth-century drama, bridging Restoration wit and the rise of sentimental comedy. This volume thus provides both a focused portrait of Steele's Drury Lane years and a broader account of the contested cultural politics of the Georgian stage. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1952.
The Pacific Coast Maritime Shipping Industry, 1930-1948
The Pacific Coast Maritime Shipping Industry, 1930-1948: Volume I: An Economic Profile offers a meticulous examination of an industry pivotal to the economic and historical development of the United States' West Coast. Spanning nearly two decades, the book explores the fluctuations in cargo tonnage, vessel arrivals, and employment levels that characterized the maritime shipping industry during a period marked by economic depression, global conflict, and post-war readjustment. Against the backdrop of strikes, labor disputes, and shifting trade dynamics, the authors craft a detailed narrative that highlights the industry's struggles to adapt to post-war realities, including its failure to sustain pre-war levels of activity despite the West Coast's broader economic boom. The study serves both as an economic history and a methodological guide, addressing the challenges of reconstructing the industry's performance through fragmented and inconsistent data. By focusing on key metrics such as cargo tonnage and vessel activity, the authors reveal the underlying trends and structural issues that plagued the industry. This first volume lays the groundwork for a deeper exploration of the causes behind these patterns, promising a comprehensive analysis in the subsequent volume. It is an indispensable resource for economists, historians, and policymakers seeking to understand the economic and social forces shaping maritime commerce in the mid-20th century. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1952.
The Mexican Petroleum Industry, 1938-1950
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1956.
Rationality
About this book: Inspired by Nassim N. Taleb's works The Black Swan, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game, Klaus Grobys explores how rationality and irrationality are manifested in human behavior across various domains of human life. The stories discussed in this book are based on real-life observations. This work deals with political incorrectness, the presence of concentration in virtually all domains of human life, the carelessness of industries manifested in profit-maximizing at the expense of simple folks, and various other issues that many authors typically avoid. The objective of this book is first to acquaint the reader with a new perspective concerning the concept of rationality and second to equip the reader to identify traps set up by profit-maximizing industries and self-serving lobbies.
The Economics of the Long Period
This book provides a non-technical introduction to Unified Growth Theory (UGT), that is, the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. It first focuses on the canonical example of regime shift: the transition from the regime of Malthusian stagnation to the modern regime of sustained economic growth. Then, it broadens the perspectives on historical change by examining other regime shifts involving institutional and environmental forces. This book fills a gap in the market by providing a more accessible treatment of UGT and invites readers to explore ideas of continuity and discontinuity in history.
Business Acceleration Mastery
Business owners have a lot to think about. They need to create a product or service, find customers, and build a team. With so much on their plate, it's easy to overlook the importance of Business Acceleration. Business Acceleration is the process of growing your business quickly and efficiently. It can be a game-changer for Business Owners, but only if they take the right steps. The first step is to develop the right mindset. A Business Owner needs to be confident, positive, and committed to their business. Without this mindset, Business Acceleration will be difficult. The second step is to find the right tools. Business Owners need to identify the areas where they need help and find the resources that can help them grow their business. Lastly, Business Owners need to take action. Business Acceleration requires consistent effort and dedication. If Business Owners are willing to put in the work, they can achieve amazing results.
Business Acceleration Mastery
Business owners have a lot to think about. They need to create a product or service, find customers, and build a team. With so much on their plate, it's easy to overlook the importance of Business Acceleration. Business Acceleration is the process of growing your business quickly and efficiently. It can be a game-changer for Business Owners, but only if they take the right steps. The first step is to develop the right mindset. A Business Owner needs to be confident, positive, and committed to their business. Without this mindset, Business Acceleration will be difficult. The second step is to find the right tools. Business Owners need to identify the areas where they need help and find the resources that can help them grow their business. Lastly, Business Owners need to take action. Business Acceleration requires consistent effort and dedication. If Business Owners are willing to put in the work, they can achieve amazing results.
The Mexican Petroleum Industry, 1938-1950
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1956.
Prosperity Without Progress
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1984.
International Trade and Central Planning
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.
Economic Development of Communist China
Economic Development of Communist China: An Appraisal of the First Five Years of Industrialization analyzes the rapid economic transformation in China between 1952 and 1957 under the First Five-Year Plan. Drawing from Chinese-language sources, the study focuses on the development of heavy industries like steel, with production rising from 1.35 million tons in 1952 to 5.24 million tons by 1957. Soviet aid played a pivotal role, contributing to the construction of 156 industrial projects, including those in mining, energy, and machinery. The overarching goal was to establish a socialist society through industrialization, with heavy industry being prioritized over consumer welfare. The plan set ambitious targets, including surpassing the United Kingdom in steel production by 1972, though it acknowledged the secondary importance of consumer goods. While the industrial progress was notable, the study critiques the uneven development, particularly in agriculture. Despite the rapid industrial growth, agricultural investment remained disproportionately low compared to the focus on industrial sectors. The government's approach to socialization, including collectivization and price control, faced challenges in its execution. Although some sectors, like industry and trade, were effectively socialized by 1956, agriculture and other private sectors remained slower to fully transform. The study highlights the complexities of the socialist transition, questioning the sustainability of such rapid industrialization and its broader economic implications. It underscores the critical role of state control, Soviet assistance, and planned economic strategies in shaping China's industrial trajectory. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1959.
Pilot Project, India
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1958.
The Kenyan Cut Flower Industry & Global Market Dynamics
Investigates the production, trade and consumption of the bouquets sold in European supermarkets and the consequences of this for the globalised economy. From a macro-perspective, it appears that the cut flower industry has changed into a buyer-driven value chain with corporate retailers as the new lead firms. Yet, as this book shows, this is insufficient to explain how new trade relations come into being, and the consequences of this, not only for global economics, but for the producers, climate change and rural livelihoods. As the retailers and wholesalers of the flower industry in the West linked directly to producers in the Global South, trade relations changed fundamentally, and this critical new book explores the complexities of the power asymmetries and the way in which corporate retailers have shaped the market to promote their own interests, as well as the role non-economic actors played. This book examines in detail the situation at Lake Naivasha, Kenya, which has played a central part within this new market order. Since the 1970s, the area has developed into one of the most important production areas for the ready-made bouquets that sell so cheaply in European supermarkets. For the flower growers themselves, however, coping with the new conditions of supply and demand, the new market order has brought financial precariousness. Farms needed to be flexible in the production and marketing of their flowers. Yet while they were able to expand their production and achieve more stable employment conditions, this has not resulted in significantly higher remuneration. The rapidly changing economic situation has also had a profound impact, not only on local stakeholders, but on the environment, where there is intensified competition for resources and new production technologies. Published in association with the Collaborative Research Centre FUTURE RURAL AFRICA, funded by the German Research Council (DFG).
Capitalist Peace
A wide-ranging history of modern America that argues that free trade has been an engine of US foreign policy and the key to global prosperity. Surprisingly, exports and imports, tariffs and quotas, and trade deficits and surpluses are central to American foreign relations. Ever since Franklin D. Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression, the United States has linked trade to its long-term diplomatic objectives and national security. Washington, DC saw free trade as underscoring its international leadership and as instrumental to global prosperity, to winning wars and peace, and to shaping the liberal internationalist world order. Free trade, in short, was a cornerstone of an ideology of "capitalist peace." Covering nearly a century, Capitalist Peace provides the first chronologically sweeping look at the intersection of trade and diplomacy. This policy has been pursued oftentimes at a cost to US producers and workers, whose interests were sacrificed to serve the purpose of grand strategy. To be sure, capitalists sought a particular type of global trade, which harnessed the market through free trade. This liberal trade policy sought the common good as defined by the needs, aims, and strengths of the capitalist and democratic world. Leaders believed that free trade advanced private enterprise, which, in turn, promoted prosperity, democracy, security, and attendant by-products like development, cooperation, integration, and human rights. The capitalist peace took liberalization as integral to cooperation among nations and even to morality in global affairs. Drawing on new research from the Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush presidential libraries, as well as business/ industry and civic association archives, Thomas W. Zeiler narrates this history from the road to World War II, through the Cold War, to the resurgent protectionism of the Trump era and up to the present. Offering a new interpretation of diplomatic history, Capitalist Peace shows how US power, interests, and values were projected into the international arena even as capitalism brought both positive and negative results to the global order.
Progress without Planning
From the time of Confederation into the twentieth century, Ontario hurtled headlong into prosperity, reaping the benefits of abundant natural resources, favourable conditions for agriculture, access to shipping routes, proximity to American markets, and burgeoning markets of its own. In this second volume of the province's economic history, Ian Drummond, working with a group of economic historians from across Ontario, presents a comprehensive review of the explosive growth of Ontario's economy from 1867 to 1939. Emphasizing the structural transformation and development that affected the whole provincial economy, Drummond examines agriculture, mining, oil and gas, manufacturing, urban growth, the auto industry, railways, canals, and finance and commerce. In large part departing from both the traditional staples interpretation of Canadian development and the newer emerging neo-Marxist orthodoxy, he presents a balanced and lucid account of a pivotal period in Ontario's development
Economics for Helen
In perfectly simple language--which Helen aged sixteen, or anyone else could under-stand without perplexity--Belloc explains the intricacies of economics and what is meant by such terms as wealth, capital, exchange, money, labor, etc and discusses the interaction of each upon each other in an entirely impartial manner. He explains the economic systems prevailing in the world today, comparing them with those of the past or of the possible future--and all in a way that will bring you enlightenment as well as "Helen."
Money and Empire
Charles Kindleberger ranks as one of the twentieth century's best known and most influential international economists. This book traces the evolution of his thinking in the context of a 'key-currency' approach to the rise of the dollar system, here revealed as the indispensable framework for global economic development since World War II. Unlike most of his colleagues, Kindleberger was deeply interested in history, and his economics brimmed with real people and institutional details. His research at the New York Fed and BIS during the Great Depression, his wartime intelligence work, and his role in administering the Marshall Plan gave him deep insight into how the international financial system really operated. A biography of both the dollar and a man, this book is also the story of the development of ideas about how money works. It throws revealing light on the underlying economic forces and political obstacles shaping our globalized world.
Blockchain and the Commons
While acknowledging the significant contributions that can be made through commons-based peer production, this book provides a critical examination of the commons with the aim of contributing to their long-term sustainability. In particular, the book examines the relation of Blockchain to the commons.
Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Have you wondered how companies decide the price of their products? What factors do companies consider while allocating their resources? How does consumer behavior affect the factors of production?Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know has the answers to all your questions. The book shows how the demand of consumers affects the market supply and how price is a major determinant of them. Next, the book goes on to explain consumer behavior with the help of cardinal and ordinal utility approaches. The book dives deep into the functions of markets and the roles that they play in a booming or receding economy. Lastly, it touches upon the topic of international trade and its advantages for a country. It contains plenty of examples that are relevant to the real world which will make it easier for you to grasp the concepts. Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is a go-to guide for understanding all the crucial concepts that form the building blocks of microeconomics. After reading this book, readers will: Understand the basic concepts of MicroeconomicsLearn the relationship between demand and supplyGet to know the various types of marketsDiscover how prices of goods and services are determinedUnderstand the theory of factor pricingAppreciate policy decisions related to taxation, interest rate, and international tradeAbout the SeriesMicroeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is part of the Self-Learning Management Series. This series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons and covers every aspect of business, from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations across any and every industry. Each book includes fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles, and practical ways of application of the subject matter.
Depression Economics in the 21st Century
Mainstream economics has never been more vulnerable to a loss of trust. From liberal economic thought to Keynesian macroeconomic theory, the limitations of the thoughts have become more and more obvious in reality. The most frustrated by the decline in the practical value of the theories are those determined liberals who have tried to modify the old theories. It has been repaired to make up for it in many ways, but it doesn't seem to make sense. Economics needs new ideas. The content of this book is the focus of current economics. What is the theory of debt? The relationship between low or negative interest rates and high debt & inflation? The failure of monetary and fiscal policies? Why does TFP tend to decline? What are the internal factors of economic development and population growth? This book gives a theoretical explanation of these phenomena and problems. It belongs to the frontier research of macroeconomics and has urgent practical needs.
Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Have you wondered how companies decide the price of their products? What factors do companies consider while allocating their resources? How does consumer behavior affect the factors of production?A go-to guide to understanding the building blocks of MicroeconomicsMicroeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know has the answers to all your questions. The book shows how the demand of consumers affects the market supply and how price is a major determinant of them. Next, the book goes on to explain consumer behavior with the help of cardinal and ordinal utility approaches. The book dives deep into the functions of markets and the roles that they play in a booming or receding economy. Lastly, it touches upon the topic of international trade and its advantages for a country. It contains plenty of examples that are relevant to the real world which will make it easier for you to grasp the concepts.Microeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted To Know is a go-to guide for understanding all the crucial concepts that form the building blocks of microeconomics.After reading this book, readers will: Understand the basic concepts of MicroeconomicsLearn the relationship between demand and supplyGet to know the various types of marketsDiscover how prices of goods and services are determinedUnderstand the theory of factor pricingAppreciate policy decisions related to taxation, interest rate, and international tradeAbout the SeriesMicroeconomics Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is part of the Self-Learning Management Series. This series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons and covers every aspect of business, from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations across any and every industry. Each book includes fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles, and practical ways of application of the subject matter.
Crack the Funds Raining Code
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Rebuild
This book addresses almost all the problems that the stationers of today face and provide a clearcut solution to all these problems. Whether you have to handle a huge number of items, or almost every function (purchase/sales/operations) of business, or you find it difficult to train the right manpower, or struggle with the space crunch to display all your products, this book is exclusively yours. In addition to these, This book is also for those who find it challenging to manage inventories, inventory/ sales ratio is very high which results in more capital requirement to run the business and whose net profits usually touch the bottom due to stiff competition. Arun Arora is Managing Director & CEO of World One, India's leading file manufacturing company. His journey with stationery industry began three decades ago. After completing education, he joined his uncle's business of file manufacturing in the stationery hub of DelhiChawri Bazar. He was fascinated to see so many varieties of stationery articles there & the possibility to innovate & create meaningful products. The author has worked with many big retailers and stationery manufacturers across the globe, including the world's biggest retailer Walmart. In 2013, he got the "Best Partner Award" in office supply category by none other than Walmart. Today, he lives stationery with every breath of life.
Opportunity
OPPORTUNITY - The Journey from You to Yes is a part of the Leverage Model based on the design thinking approach for an enterprise. Atul has devised this easy to implement success model for businesses after having worked closely with many entrepreneurs, solopreneurs and small businesses across the country. This easy to follow book is the result of his travels across the length and breadth of India over three years, He has given his all to writing this book that is a clear road map to success. "OPPORTUNITY - The Journey from You to Yes" will enable you to create new realities all around you. It is Atul's gift and contribution to your success in business. What you are about to read has the potential to alter the way you conduct your business radically. This book teaches you to create and sustain opportunities and to build profits while serving your clients to their delight. Atul is an Unconventional Entrepreneur who believes all businesses can experience exponential growth, provided they are designed well. He spends most of his time building eGrowth - The Leverage Platform, a Sales & Marketing Ecosystem (SME) for MSMEs. An Engineer, MBA of 25 years vintage, Atul has travelled extensively across the globe and driven 80,000 km by road across India to discover the pulse of MSMEs. This indepth knowledge renders him an authority on how small businesses work. Atul has evolved as a handson entrepreneur who has adapted to the rapidly changing marketplace - from Snail mail to Email to the 'Cloud' work culture. He is a smalltown boy who had the fortune to work with the market leaders throughout his career. He defines a CEO as one who consistently looks for COLLABORATION EXCELLENCE OPPORTUNITIES. Atul has presented at and been the Key Note Speaker at various prestigious Industry Bodies, Startup Ecosystems, Talk Shows, Networking Platforms, Corporate Platforms and Business Advisory Platforms.
The Road Towards DemocraCity
This book discusses the challenges faced by the homo resaliens and his need for a transition to a more sustainable social, economic, and environmental system. It fills a gap in the existing literature and provides a new perspective by changing the etymology of the word resilience: no more resiliere, but resalio. By comparing and analysing the relevant literature, the author has coined the term homo resaliens (resilient man), in contrast to the failure of the homo oeconomicus, the corruption of the homo politicus, the incompleteness of homo sustinens, and the limits of homo ecologicus. Opening a new debate in which the role of academia and res publica are fundamental to safeguard human communities and future generations, this book will greatly assist governments that wish to understand the socio-political and economic implication of resilience in terms of social inclusiveness and long termsocial and environmental sustainability.
The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy
The Routledge Handbook to Global Political Economy provides a comprehensive guide to how Global Political Economy (GPE) is conceptualized and researched around the world. Including contributions that range from traditional International Political Economy (IPE) to GPE approaches, the Handbook gathers the investigations, varying perspectives and innovative research of more than sixty scholars from all over the world.Providing undergraduates, postgraduates, teachers and researchers with a complete set of traditional, contending and regional perspectives, the book explores current issues, conceptual tools, key research debates and different methodological approaches taken.Structured in five parts methodologically correlated, the book presents GPE as a field of global, regional and national research: - historical waves and diverse ontological axes;- major theoretical perspectives;- beyond traditional perspectives;- regional inquiries;- research arenas.Carefully selected contributions from both established and upcoming scholars ensure that this is an eclectic, pluralist and multidisciplinary work and an essential resource for all those with an interest in this complex and rapidly evolving field of study.
Cooperation Networks and Economic Development
For most Western audiences, Cuba is a touristic paradise stuck in time and virtually detached from world technology networks by the US embargo - anything but a hub of industrial innovation and high value-added biotechnology.
What Was Neoliberalism?
Eminent scholar-activist Neil Davidson's brilliance is on full display in this posthumous work, a timely and prescient introduction to the neoliberal era.While it is widely agreed that neoliberalism arose in the wake of the global economic crisis of the 1970s, there remains much debate about how to understand its significance and even how to define it. Is it best seen as an ideology of free market fundamentalism, a series of policy decisions gutting the public sector and breaking unions, or as an era of capitalist development with its own logicBringing his considerable intellectual breadth and characteristic generosity to bear on this question, Neil Davidson shows that to truly appreciate what is unique about neoliberalism, and what marks it out as a continuation of capitalism more generally, it is necessary to examine its social dimensions. What Was Neoliberalism? holds fast to Davidson's conviction that thoroughly understanding the past means being better prepared for the struggles of the future.
Merchants, Market and Monarchy
This book explores the vital role of merchants within early modern China. Unlike European merchants, their Sino-colleagues have long been regarded as certain social pariahs after pre-Qin period, despite the fortune they made. The key mission of this monograph is to investigate whether the standing of merchants in the Ming Empire has been improved compared with their predecessors. Generally, their status is reflected in state-merchant relationship and their role in the market, which can be found in miscellaneous economic activities such as market monopoly, commercial taxation, international trade, and consumption.This book aims to be of relevance to students and researchers interested in early modern history, eastern commerce, Ming merchants, and contemporary global affairs.
Shifting Patterns of Agricultural Trade
This book is a pivotal publication that seeks to improve food security in the conditions of escalating protectionism in global agricultural trade. The authors argue that global trade systems have been increasingly distorted by emerging trade tensions between major actors such as the US, China, the EU, and Russia, as well as trade policies in many other countries. In view of the most recent disruption of global food supply chains due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the book examines the effects of administrative restrictions, tariff escalations, and other forms of protectionism on food security. Over the decades, food security concerns have been emerging, along with the growth of the world population. More than two billion most impoverished people in the world spent up to 70% of their disposable income on food. In 2020, the running pandemic has unraveled accumulated problems. As many countries rely on agricultural imports, lockdowns and disrupted food production and supply chains tremendously threaten food security of those nations. Agricultural trade was already slowing in 2019 before the virus struck, weighed down by trade tensions, and decelerating economic growth. The spread of the virus and strict quarantine measures trigger economic decline that results in food prices rises and volatilities. Due to the pandemic, nearly all regions will suffer double-digit decline in trade volumes 2020. The virus will be defeated, but the effects of the protectionism outbreak would have a much longer-lasting impact on agricultural production, international supply chains, and food security worldwide. In this publication, the authors probe into many of the choices that link national, regional, and global policies extensively with the provision of food security for all in the new era of post-virus global trade. Since studying global agricultural trade has a multinational application, its outcomes might be shared with a broad international network of stakeholders, including research institutions, universities, and individual researches. The book is appropriate for government officials, policymakers, and businesses of many countries. Adaptation of research outcomes and solutions to the situation in particular countries and various collaboration formats will let to increase the visibility of the publication and to elaborate new practices and solutions in the sphere of establishing sustainable food security.
Chile, Peru, and the California Gold Rush of 1849
This compelling book delves into how the gold discovery reshaped economies, societies, and migration patterns in South America. Through vivid accounts, it examines the allure of California's riches that sent thousands of Chileans and Peruvians across treacherous seas, while highlighting the unique cultural exchanges that emerged in the mining camps. The narrative also captures the ripple effects back home, from economic booms to social challenges, as gold rush fever redefined global connections. Rich in historical detail, this study also uncovers the ingenuity and resilience of Latin Americans who ventured to California, often facing prejudice and hardship. It provides a dual lens--charting their influence on California's development and the gold rush's transformative effects on Chilean and Peruvian economies. Essential reading for history enthusiasts, this work illuminates a fascinating chapter in the shared histories of the Americas, where ambition and opportunity bridged continents during one of the 19th century's most pivotal events. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Accounting for Carbon
The ability to accurately monitor, record, report and verify greenhouse gas emissions is the cornerstone of any effective policy to mitigate climate change. Accounting for Carbon provides the first authoritative overview of the monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) of emissions from the industrial site, project and company level to the regional and national level. It describes the MRV procedures in place in more than fifteen of the most important policy frameworks - such as emissions trading systems in Europe, Australia, California and China, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - and compares them along key criteria such as scope, cost, uncertainty and flexibility. This book draws on the work of engineers and economists to provide a practical guide to help government and non-governmental policymakers and key stakeholders in industry to better understand different MRV requirements, the key trade-offs faced by regulators and the choices made by up-and-running carbon pricing initiatives.
The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development
A systemic account of how institutions shape economic development Institutions matter for economic development. Yet despite this accepted wisdom, new institutional economics (NIE) has yet to provide a comprehensive look at what constitutes the institutional foundation of economic development (IFED). Bringing together findings from a range a fields, from development economics and development studies to political science and sociology, The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development explores the precise mechanisms through which institutions affect growth. Shiping Tang contends that institutions shape economic development through four "Big Things" possibility, incentive, capability, and opportunity. From this perspective, IFED has six major dimensions: political hierarchy, property rights, social mobility, redistribution, innovation protection, and equal opportunity. Tang further argues that IFED is only one pillar within the New Development Triangle (NDT): sustained economic development also requires strong state capacity and sound socioeconomic policies. Arguing for an evolutionary approach tied to a country's stage of development, The Institutional Foundation of Economic Development advances an understanding of institutions and economic development through a holistic, interdisciplinary lens.
Critical Junctures in Mobile Capital
During the recent financial crisis, the conflict between sovereign states and banks over who controls the creation of money was thrown into sharp relief. This collection investigates the relationship between states and banks, arguing that conflicts between the two over control of money produces critical junctures. Drawing on Max Weber's concept of 'mobile capital', the book examines the mobility of capital networks in contexts of funding warfare, global bubbles and dangerous instability disengaged from social-economic activity. It proposes that mobile capital is a primary feature of capitalism and nation states, and furthermore, argues that the perennial, hierarchical struggles between states and global banks is intrinsic to capitalism. Featuring authors writing from an impressively diverse range of academic backgrounds (including sociology, geography, economics and politics), Critical Junctures in Mobile Capital presents a variety of analyses using current or past examples from different countries, federations, and of differing forms of mobile capital.
Understanding Economic Change
Although the economy has always been changing, ever more innovations now seem to accelerate the transformation process. Are there any laws governing the incessant global change? Does it accord with our intentions and desires and make us happier? Do our institutions and our democracies cope with the challenges? How does economic theory explain what is going on? In this volume, experts in the field discuss the advances that evolutionary economics has made in exploring questions like these. The broad range of topics include a review of the development of the field: its conceptual and methodological characteristics are outlined; problems posed by macroeconomic evolution and the institutional challenges are highlighted; and, last but not least, the implications of the evolution of the economy for wellbeing and sustainability are addressed. Taken together, the contributions demonstrate the potential of an evolutionary paradigm for making sense of economic change and for assessing its consequences.
Democratizing Money?
A lack of confidence in monetary institutions after the recent financial crash has led to a resurgence of public debate on the topic of monetary reform, reaching a level of political prominence unprecedented since the period after the Great Depression. Whether privatizing money with Bitcoin, regionalizing it with regional currencies, or turning it into a state monopoly with either sovereign money or 'Modern Monetary Theory, the only economic utopians able to draw public attention in our post-crash world seem to be monetary reformers. Weber provides the first proper economic analysis of these modern monetary reform proposals, exposing their flaws and fallacies through critical examination. From academics studying the political economy of finance to economic sociologists studying financial institutions, this book will appeal to scholars and students interested in monetary reform proposals and the viability of alternative currency systems, and more broadly, readers seeking a contemporary understanding of what money is and how it works today.
Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis
In the years since the subprime financial crisis of 2007-2011, we have learned a number of important lessons about the crisis, and have subsequently applied appropriate legislation, such as increased capital ratios and systematic stress testing, in order to combat it. However, it would be naive to suggest that such measures have put an end to the possibility of future crises. In this book, senior figures in economics, risk Management, and the banking sector use active research and policy debates to offer a wide perspective on what the next financial crisis may look like and what can be done about it from a regulatory point of view. By first exploring issues of macroeconomic policy, and then studying cutting-edge methodologies, challenging important aspects of testing financial practice, this book will be an essential read for all those studying and researching financial crises, financial regulation and macroprudential policy-making.
Aid for Trade in Asia and the Pacific
This report explores how aid for trade can be modernized to support Asia and the Pacific's recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. Aid for trade has an important role to play in supporting pandemic recovery, especially for the region's lower-middle-income and least developed countries. Aid for trade can help by supporting forward-looking trade and digital policies that reduce vulnerability, strengthen resilience, and foster economic growth. This report looks at how aid for trade should be modernized so it reflects new economic and trade realities including the risk of global value chains disruptions, preference erosion, the emergence of new digital technologies, and the rising need for regional cooperation.
Guidance Note on State-Owned Enterprise Reform in Sovereign Projects and Programs
This publication provides guidance to support efforts to reform state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in developing Asia. Under its Strategy 2030, ADB is committed to SOE reform in its developing member countries (DMCs). The publication reviews the significance of SOEs in Asia and the Pacific, the role of SOE reform in ADB's strategy, and related requirements for sovereign projects. SOE challenges are also assessed with a focus on projects, policy-based loans (PBLs), and sector programs. Although the publication is designed to guide ADB staff in their work with SOEs through sovereign projects, PBLs, and technical assistance, it may also be of use to DMC officials and SOE boards and management.
Jay瓊rthashastra
How does the story of King Pandu slaying a deer relate to the economic theory of indifferent utility? What is the Root Cause Analysis behind the slaying of King Jarasandha? When offered a choice, did Arjuna's preference of having Krishna on his side over the Narayani Sena happen as a result of Monotonic Preference?Enter the wildly fascinating world of the great Indian epic Thee Mahabharata and re-explore the tenets and moral principles highlighted in these stories from completely diverse perspectives. Explaining fundamental microeconomic theories through the stories of The Mahabharata, Jayarthashastra posits conventional graphs and diagrams in correspondence to the nuances of the story. Utilising the stories from the epic, this book seeks to explore the behaviour of its characters, analyse their actions and decisions in accordance with the laws of Microeconomics.An attempt to offer a new perspective of looking at The Mahabharata, Jayarthashastra seeks to present a seamless amalgamation of stories that are centuries old and social science that is relatively 'modern' in its methodology; all to prove that the human experience is always the same irrespective of time, location or our perceived ideas of modernity and progress.
Chile, Peru, and the California Gold Rush of 1849
This compelling book delves into how the gold discovery reshaped economies, societies, and migration patterns in South America. Through vivid accounts, it examines the allure of California's riches that sent thousands of Chileans and Peruvians across treacherous seas, while highlighting the unique cultural exchanges that emerged in the mining camps. The narrative also captures the ripple effects back home, from economic booms to social challenges, as gold rush fever redefined global connections. Rich in historical detail, this study also uncovers the ingenuity and resilience of Latin Americans who ventured to California, often facing prejudice and hardship. It provides a dual lens--charting their influence on California's development and the gold rush's transformative effects on Chilean and Peruvian economies. Essential reading for history enthusiasts, this work illuminates a fascinating chapter in the shared histories of the Americas, where ambition and opportunity bridged continents during one of the 19th century's most pivotal events. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1973.
Decoding the Rise of Made-In-China: Why the Continuity of Catch-Up Ladder Ultimately Matters
This book provides a novel theoretical framework to explain the real source of competitive advantage of Chinese manufacturing. More importantly, such a framework can be generalized to analyze the potential of catch-up for large emerging economies in the globalization era. The book also provides insights for policy makers to rethink their design of policies.The rise of Made-in-China products has been widely attributed to low labour cost advantage and imitation advantage. However, as these two advantages are nearly innate to all late-developing countries, they cannot be regarded as the key factors that drive the rapid growth of China's manufacturing industry, or China's economy, over the past few decades. In this book, the author proposed a theory -- 'the catch-up ladders theory', to explain the rise of China's manufacturing industry. The manufacturing advancement of any country is in essence a process of catching-up in both market and technology, during which enterprises will form a ladder-like holistic structure due to their differences in capabilities, technology and market positioning. In light of this, the continuity of the catch-up ladder will greatly determine the catch-up efficiency of an industry and even a country at large. Such a perspective is more applicable to large emerging economies, especially those with over one hundred million population and thus huge potential domestic market demand.
Natural Resource Pricing and Rents
This book examines the economics of natural resource markets and pricing, as well as the field of natural resource economics in general. It presents the key contributions to this field of research, including the pioneering works and contemporary studies. The book highlights the basic principles and ideas underlying theoretical models of resource pricing. The models considered in the book underline the fundamental determinants of resource prices and the economic nature of rents for non-renewable and renewable resources. Besides the classical theory of exhaustible resource economics, the book includes several issues that are of high importance for global economic growth, such as the transition to alternative energy and the economics of climate change. The authors also consider the issues of commodity pricing and a resource cartel's activity that are relevant to the world oil market.The book provides analytical solutions illustrated with numerical examples. It allows an intuitive understanding of the subject and the model inferences through graphical illustrations and an informal introduction. It, therefore, is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of resource prices, resource markets, and resource economics.
The Political Economy of Hydropower Dependant Nations
This book aims to inform better energy policy in hydropower dependent countries which are vulnerable to climate shocks. It focuses on the impact of increasing energy insecurity as global warming affects a fifth of the world population living in hydropower dependent countries facing drought. It uses Zambia as a case study.The book offers supply-side and demand-side recommendations at the national, continental, and global level and contains original data collected to highlight the impact of power outages on manufacturing firms.
