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Post Keynesian analyses of monetary production have not given much attention to households as institutions, while a good deal of the literature in feminist economics discusses households in a strictly microeconomic context, with little consideration of monetary phenomena. This book, a unique...
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1. Introduction -- Section I the distribution of foodstuffs -- 2. Costa rica -- 3. Armenia -- 4. Mali -- 5. Zambia -- Section II the distribution of pharmaceuticals -- 6. Jamaica -- 7. Vietnam -- Section III the distribution of services: international money transfers and tv programmes -- 8....
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"This informative book deconstructs two key myths in economic theory and policy: that inflation is always a monetary problem, and that inflation can be contained by raising interest rates. Imad A. Moosa identifies many of the causes of the cost of living crisis and proposes policy reforms to...
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Recommended readings (Machine generated): Gustav Cassel (1916), 'The Present Situation of The Foreign Exchanges', Economic Journal, XXVI (101), March, 62-5 -- Gustav Cassel (1920), 'Further Observations on the World's Monetary Problem', Economic Journal, XXX (117), March, 39-45 -- Yihui Lan...
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This up-to-date book demonstrates how the purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies are being increasingly used in place of exchange rates for a variety of purposes. These include: comparisons of real income, measurements of global inequality and poverty, calculation of the human...
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The Golden Constant is a unique examination of how gold's purchasing power has remained consistent over the centuries. First published in 1977, this new edition has additional material to bring it up to date. The book is the only in-depth examination of how the purchasing power of gold has...
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Concerns about natural resource scarcity, together with the increased awareness of environmental problems, has led to widespread interest in green accounting, which attempts to extend the standard national accounts to include the yields from natural and environmental resources. For this volume,...
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Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP...
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This book considers the possibility of adjusting traditional economic measures of income and welfare to account for natural resource extraction and environmental degradation. It presents and reviews the limitations of an operational method for measuring income from resource extraction in both...
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As Europe moves toward an integrated academic system, European economics is changing. This book discusses that change …
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