Readings in Political Economy – serie
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Scandinavian Unexceptionalism
Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism
Häftad, 2015
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
139 kr
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Scandinavian countries have been praised for their high levels of welfare provision and their economic and social outcomes. It is true that they are successful by most reasonable measures. However, Scandinavia's success story predated the welfare state. For example, Sweden began to fall behind as …
Classical Liberalism - A Primer
Häftad, 2015
144 kr
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Classical liberalism is one of the most important political and social philosophies. Indeed, this set of ideas was crucial in bringing the modern world into existence. It fostered a political climate in which economies were free to develop and government limited in scope, essential conditions for …
Forever Contemporary
The Economics of Ronald Coase
Häftad, 2015
295 kr
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Ronald Coase is one of the most important economists of the twentieth century. Amongst other great achievements, Coase taught us why firms exist and how we can better understand how to solve environmental problems. He also made a profound contribution to our understanding of the provision of …
Federal Britain
The Case for Decentralisation
Av Philip Booth
Häftad, 2015
202 kr
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The UK has the most centralised system of government amongst major economies. This results in poorer services, lower economic growth and higher taxes. We have also developed an approach to devolution that is incoherent and unstable. This short book proposes an entirely new set of constitutional …
Policy Stability and Economic Growth
Lessons from the Great Recession
Häftad, 2016
202 kr
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John Taylor is one of the foremost economists of our generation. His ideas were implemented in central banks across the world during the period of price stability, economic growth and financial stability that followed the 1980s. This period culminated in the financial crisis of 2008 which was …
The Economics of International Development: Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor
Häftad, 2016
202 kr
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Foreign aid and overseas military intervention have been important and controversial political topics for over a decade. The government's controversial target to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid has been widely welcomed by some, but strongly criticised by others. Furthermore, …
Sea Change
How Markets and Property Rights Could Transform the Fishing Industry
Häftad, 2017
202 kr
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Government management of fisheries has been little short of disastrous. In many regions, valuable fish stocks have collapsed as a result of overfishing. Ill-conceived regulation also means that every year millions of tons of edible fish are thrown back dead into the sea. While an absence of …
