Part I -- Foundation and Key concepts -- GCC Country Risk and the " Arab Spring " -- Country Risk assessments -- Part II : Indicators of Country Risk analysis -- Indicators of Financial Risk -- Determinants of Country economic risk -- Country political risk contents -- Part III : GCC Country...

Greece's economy symbolizes in many ways the Eurozone's economic problems and divergent interests as it amasses most of the economic disadvantages characterizing the Eurozone's economy itself. This book presents the economic and political challenges to Greece and the EU member states

The International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series explores the latest developments in political economy. This twelfth volume presents a collection of eight papers, examining the origins of the international financial crisis of 2007/2008 and the great recession by focusing on emerging...

Praise for the first edition: 'The new book by Michael Mitsopoulos and Theodore Pelagidis offers insightful analysis of the Greek drama. It makes fascinating reading and well demonstrates that the blame is widely shared.' André Sapir, University Professor, Université libre de Bruxelles,...

Part I- The Crisis: Micro-Macro Perspective -- Chapter1- Pathology of the Crisis -- Chapter 2- Sub-Prime Debt Imbroglio : Risks-Rewards of Financial Sophistication -- Chapter 3- Policy Response -- Chapter 4- Why Is the Economy Not Taking Off? -- Chapter 5- Euro-Sclerosis: Causation and Control...

Introduction -- Part I: History, Methodology, and their Current Relevance -- Making the Most of Anomaly in the History of Economic Thought: Smith, Marx-Engels, and Keynes -- Reason and Reasonableness: Lessons from "The Economic Consequences of the Peace" Ninety Years Later -- The Marshallian...

During the past few years all the regions of Europe have suffered from the effects of the World Financial Crisis. Most notably in Eastern Europe, countries have adopted different approaches to combat the crisis and the impact has been varying - politically, economically and socially. This book...

This book sheds light on the impact of the Great Recession from the perspective of both developing and developed countries. It traces the complex and multiple causes of the Great Recession, delineates the diversity in the macroeconomic and labour market consequences, and highlights the...

This volume examines issues of economic interest faced by Latin America economies in the late Twentieth-century. The fifteen chapters deal with macroeconomic problems, financial crises, the development of trade and trade agreements and labour issues. Of particular interest are the chapters...