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The Korean economy beyond the crisis
Eichengreen, Barry (contributor);  … - 2004
Providing an integrated analysis of the event and its consequences, the chapters in the book consider the causes of the crisis, the response of the US government and International Monetary Fund, adjustments in the Korean monetary and fiscal policies, and the success of financial and corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850860
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Macroeconomic theory and its failings : alternative perspectives on the global financial crisis
Kates, Steven (contributor) - 2010
"This innovative book focuses on the current global financial crisis and the inadequacies of the economic theories being used to guide policy. In so doing, it tackles the economic theories that have been used firstly to understand its causes and thereafter to contain the damage it has brought."...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851868
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Reflections on the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2002
This book explores the most prominent economic explanations of the Great Depression and how it affected the lives, experiences, and subsequent thinking of economists who lived through that era. Presented in interview format, this collection of conversations with Moses Abramovitz, Morris Adelman,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852119
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Liberalism in crisis? : European economic governance in the age of turbulence
Villafranca, Antonio (contributor);  … - 2009
During the current economic crisis recurring questions on the validity of the liberal economic system have resurfaced concerning the role of the state and the free market, the proactive use of fiscal policies, economic nationalism, and environmental sustainability. However, due to the depth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850645
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Malaysian business in the new era
Nyland, Chris (ed.); Smith, Wendy (ed.); Smyth, Russell (ed.) - 2001
This volume explores Malaysian business in the era that began with the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1999. The contributions, by a broad range of international experts, are informed by a wish to identify what Malaysia needs to do to sustain economic growth, remain internationally competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473772
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Beyond the Asian crisis : pathways to sustainable growth
Chowdhury, Anis (contributor); Islam, Iyanatul (contributor) - 2001
As Southeast and Northeast Asia recover from the Asian crisis and return to a state of growth, the authors of this book assess the lessons to be learned from the crisis to achieve sustainable development in the future. While the importance of each factor contributing to the crisis varies from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851204
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Crisis and recovery in Malaysia : the role of capital controls
Athukorala, Premachandra - 2001
The prime focus of the book is on Malaysia's radical policy decision to pursue an independent recovery path, cut off from world markets by a system of capital control, as a viable alternative to the conventional market centred approach. The analysis suggests that, against the initial dire...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851549
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The seminal works of the Great Depression
Parker, Randall E. - 2011
, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. -- Parker, R.E. (2007), The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at … the Economics of the Interwar Era, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. -- Parker, R.E. (forthcoming …, USA: Edward Elgar. -- Perez, C. (2002), Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852314
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Financial crises and recession in the global economy
Allen, Roy E. - 1999 - 2nd ed
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851704
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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness
Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor);  … - 2007
1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420031