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The Elgar companion to Ronald H. Coase
Ménard, Claude, 1944- (contributor);  … - 2016
Ronald H. Coase, one of the most innovative and provocative economists of the twentieth century, has had a lasting … Companion, 31 leading economists, social scientists and legal scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, offer the first global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419854
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Conversations on growth, stability and trade : an historical perspective
Snowdon, Brian - 2002
1. Introduction : the world economy in historical perspective -- 2. Economic growth and development : a very long-run view -- 3. Growth theories : old and new -- 4. Managing aggregate economic instability : from Keynes to Lucas -- 5. International economic integration in the Second Global Age.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420073
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Educating economists : the Teagle discussion on re-evaluating the undergraduate economics major
Colander, David C. (contributor);  … - 2009
The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850646
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Reflections on the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2002
, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of … another chapter in the legacy of the interwar generation of economists and is intended as a token of gratitude for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852119
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Exemplary economist : Volume I, North America
Backhouse, Roger (ed.); Middleton, Roger (ed.) - 2000
These volumes gather together a selection of autobiographical essays written by significant economists whose work is … on introductions to volumes in the Edward Elgar series Economists of the Twentieth Century (which collects together the … key papers of these economists). This volume focuses on leading economists who were born, or have spent the greater part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473819
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Economics, entropy, and the environment : the extraordinary economics of Nicholas Georgesçu-Roegen
Beard, Thomas Randolph; Lozada, Gabriel A. - 1999
This extraordinary book provides a critical review of the work of Nicholas Georgesçu-Roegen in conventional economics, environmental economics and methodology. Particular attention is paid to the role of thermodynamics in Georgesçu-Roegen's economics
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473827
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Creating resilient economies : entrepreneurship, growth and development in uncertain times
Vorley, Tim (contributor); Williams, Nick (contributor) - 2017
Contents: 1. Introduction / Nick Williams and Tim Vorley -- Part I : The resilience of entrepreneurs, industrial sectors and cities -- 2. Strategies for resilience in entrepreneurship: building resources for small business survival after a crisis / Rachel Doern -- 3. The resilience of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419938
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Reshaping India in the new global context
Jain, Subhash C.; Kedia, Ben L. - 2017
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. India gains independence -- 3. Birth of the Republic of India -- 4. India's survival -- 5. Independent India -- 6. Contemplating the future -- 7. In search of a dream -- 8. Restarting India: job creation -- 9. Restarting India: enhancing agriculture,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419951
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Strategic competition, dynamics, and the role of the state : a new perspective
Moudud, Jamee K. - 2010
Oxford Economists" Research Group's microeconomic analysis and a variant of the stock-flow consistent framework. In a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850798
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Handbook of sustainable development
Neumayer, Eric (contributor); Atkinson, Giles (contributor);  … - 2007
This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be achieved. Twenty years on from the publication of the seminal Brundtland Report, it has become clear that formidable challenges confront policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851467