various dimensions embracing world wars, regional conflicts, terrorism and the role of peacekeeping in conflict prevention …

1. 'Destruction ... and misery' : the First World War -- 2. The Great Depression, 1929-33 -- 3. The Second World War as …The First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes …, the collapse of the Soviet command economy and third world disasters are discussed in this comprehensive book. The …

Contents: Preface -- 1. War is a racket: in memory of Smedley Butler -- 2. The causes of war -- 3. War versus peace …: the outcome of a binary process -- 4. Imperialism as an enterprise -- 5. Wars of aggression and false flags -- 6. War … profiteering, the military-industrial complex and the deep state -- 7. A taxonomy of war profiteers -- 8. Banks as war profiteers …

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of …. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various … alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post …

Schwert and Robert F. Stambaugh (1987), 'Expected Stock Returns and Volatility', Journal of Financial Economics, 19 (1 …), September, 3-29 -- 6. G. William Schwert (1989), 'Why Does Stock Market Volatility Change Over Time?', Journal of Finance, XLIV … between the Expected Value and the Volatility of the Nominal Excess Return on Stocks', Journal of Finance, XLVIII (5 …

, Kaleckians and other heterodox economists from the developed and developing world. Post Keynesian literature has long been …

After barely half a century of experience, Islamic banking has become established as a niche industry across the world …

centuries wine was very much a European product. While that is still the case today--three-quarters of world wine production …, consumption and trade involve Europe and most of the rest involves just a handful of New World countries settled by Europeans …pt. 1. Overview -- pt. 2. The old world -- pt. 3. The new world -- pt. 4. Other emerging markets …