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Central Asia and the Silk Road : Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia

Barisitz, Stephan - 2017

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and...

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Suspicions of Markets : Critical Attacks from Aristotle to the Twenty-First Century

Rutherford, Donald - 2016

In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...

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An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations : Dynamic Developments and the Origins of Civilizations

Guo, Rongxing - 2017

This book applies an economic approach to examine the driving forces behind the dynamic behaviors of developing nations. Taking into account initial conditions and environmental and external factors often oversimplified by historians and anthropologists, Guo finds that the rise and fall of...

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Accounting, Capitalism and the Revealed Religions : A Study of Christianity, Judaism and Islam

Joannidès de Lautour, Vassili - 2017

capitalism have religious roots far beyond the Protestant ethic …Chapter 1) The Book and the Spirits of Capitalism -- Chapter 2) The Book as the Spirits of Accounting -- Chapter 3 …

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Economics of the Anthropocene Age

Figueroa, Adolfo - 2017

This book uses Figueroa’s unified theory of capitalism to explain how economic growth has led to a new epoch, the …

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The Bad Faith in the Free Market : The Radical Promise of Existential Freedom

Bloom, Peter - 2018

, this book boldly reconsiders market freedom. Bloom argues that present day capitalism has robbed us of our individual and … our radical freedom to choose how we live and what we can become. Since the Great Recession, capitalism has been … ideology, subjectivity and power, specifically as they relate to broader discourses and everyday practices of capitalism and …

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The Effects of Political Institutions on Varieties of Capitalism

Arsenault, Matthew P. - 2017

strong correlation exists between varieties of political regimes and varieties of capitalism: majoritarian political regimes …1. Political Institutions and Varieties of Capitalism -- 2. A Political Approach to Explaining Variation in Capitalist … Systems -- 3. A Mixed-Method Approach to Capitalist Variation -- 4. A Quantitative Analysis of Varieties of Capitalism -- 5 …

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The Global Debt Crisis and Its Socioeconomic Implications : Creating Conditions for a Sustainable, Peaceful, and Just World

Rabie, Mohamed - 2018

This fascinating and ambitious book proposes a new strategy ("the Ramo Plan") to tackle the current global socioeconomic crisis. Issuing a direct challenge to the status quo, the author lays out a bold set of policies to overcome the West-East divide and lead us to a more successful and secure...

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The Towers of New Capital: Mega Townships in India

Tiwari, Piyush (ed.) - 2016

Based on the study of a number of large mega township projects under development on the urban fringes of Delhi and Ahmedabad, The Towers of New Capital is an enquiry into how these 'global fixes' are leading to territorial reorganization. What are the social and economic impacts of large mega...

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Shadow Banking and the Rise of Capitalism in China

Collier, Andrew - 2017

capitalism in China - barely regulated, highly risky, yet tolerated by Beijing. They have been permitted to flourish because many … companies cannot get access to formal bank loans. It is the Wild West of banking in China. If we define capitalism as economic … and the private economic. But it is precisely this divide that makes Shadow Banking an important to the rise of capitalism …

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