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Reform of the international institutions : the IMF, World Bank and the WTO

Coffey, Peter - 2006

The seemingly endless problems encountered by the IMF, WTO and World Bank provide major reasons for seeking reform … institutions from American and European points of view. The authors emphasise the need for making the IMF and World Bank more … narrower focus in the mission of the World Bank and the IMF. In the case of the WTO, they call for a democratic reform of the …

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The future of the international monetary system

Uzan, Marc (contributor) - 2005

international monetary system and the future role of the IMF … : the IMF, the G7, G10 and G20 …

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The debt crisis of the 1980s : law and political economy

Sgard, Jérôme - 2023

the IMF is explored in detail, but the book also documents the tense and often coercive interactions with commercial banks … as well as on the continuing resistance to the IMF-led strategy among G7 governments. How debt contracts were …, including the former heads of the US Federal Reserve and the IMF. Archives from the IMF, the New York Federal Reserve, the Bank …

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A short history of ethics and economics : the Greeks

Alvey, James E. - 2011

Arising from a disenchantment with mainstream economics--a dissatisfaction that is widespread today--A Short History of Ethics and Economics sketches the emergence and decline of the ethical tradition of economics and the crisis of modern economics. In doing so, James Alvey focuses on four of...

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Economic integration and public policy in the European Union

Paraskevopoulos, Christos C. (ed.); Grinspun, Ricardo (ed.); … - 1996

This collection of essays is a state-of-the-art analysis of key issues confronting the European Union. Identifying European economic integration as one of the defining features of modern international economics, the authors examine many aspects and consequences of this integration which remain...

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Competition and regulation in electricity markets : an Edward Elgar research review

Eyre, Sebastian (contributor); … - 2016

Recommended readings (Machine generated): F.P. Ramsey (1927), 'A Contribution to the Theory of Taxation', Economic Journal, 37 (145), March, 47-61 -- Harold Hotelling (1938), 'The General Welfare in Relation to Problems of Taxation and of Railway and Utility Rates', Econometrica, 6 (3), July,...

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Transformational change in higher education : positioning colleges and universities for future success

d'Ambrosio, Madeleine (contributor); … - 2007

Balancing the challenges of today with the promise of tomorrow : a presidential perspective / F. King Alexander -- Strengthening the academic presidency : recommendations for presidents and governing boards / Robert M. O'Neil -- Aligning institutional vision with policymakers' and the public's...

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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue

Stabile, Donald - 2007

1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and...

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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness

Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor); … - 2007

productivity in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States -- 8. Assessing Japan's industrial competitiveness by … amongst these five countries sheds new light on the industrial competitiveness of growing Asian economies compared to Japan …

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Handbook of worldwide postal reform

Campbell, James I. (contributor); … - 2008

The postal and delivery sector has been the subject of considerable interest in recent years. This Handbook brings together a number of contributions directed at understanding developments in the field of postal reform. The authors review the experience and plans of individual countries to...

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