This valuable and engaging new book bears eloquent testimony to A.P. Thirlwall's substantial contribution to economics over the last 40 years. The volume does not attempt to provide a comprehensive review of such a prolific figure, but rather demonstrates the considerable influence that his work...

This timely and authoritative book explains the rise and fall of economies in Asia, Central America and Europe since 1980 and discusses these crises in the context of continuing economic globalization. This updated and fully revised edition includes a detailed account of the Mexican crisis of...

Introduction -- 1. Financial globalization since the 1970s -- 2. Financial instabilities and trends in the 1980s -- 3. Financial instabilities and trends in the 1990s -- 4. The 2007- crisis: common patterns and new thinking -- 5. A human ecology economics (HEE) framework for the analysis of...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Spoilers -- 2. Setting the stage -- 3. Deglobalization is not new! -- 4. What drives deglobalization? -- 5. Is deglobalization good or bad? -- 6. The future of deglobalization -- References -- Index.

The conventional utility-based approach to microeconomics is now nearly a century old and although frequently criticised, it has yet to be replaced. On the Reappraisal of Microeconomics offers an alternative approach that overcomes most of the objections to orthodox theory, whilst offering some...

pt. I. Properties of macroeconomic data -- pt. II. Models for macroeconomic data analysis -- pt. III. Estimation and evaluation frameworks in macroeconomics -- pt. IV. Applications I : dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models -- pt. V. Applications II : vector autoregressive models -- pt....

An economic recession can affect the aggregate well-being of a population. This highly regarded and timely book shows a significant increase in the mean levels of distress and dissatisfaction in the work place in recent years. -- In particular, increasing job demands, intrinsic job insecurity...

This inspiring book posits that followers are the key to understanding the leadership phenomenon. It analyses leader--follower dynamics in social and organizational settings and in politics which will strongly appeal to students of social psychology, sociology, management and political sciences....