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Leeson, Robert (ed.) - 2009

Uses archival evidence to provide unique insights into US economics, focusing on the origins of the IMF, building a multilateral strategy for the US, the Great Inflation of the 1970s, and on Marriner S. Eccles, Lauchlin Currie, Allyn Young, John H. Williams and Arthur I. Bloomfield.

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Financial Innovation and Resilience : A Comparative Perspective on the Public Banks of Naples (1462-1808)

Costabile, Lilia (ed.); Neal, Larry (ed.) - 2018

This edited volume focuses specifically on the theme of financial innovation and how financial resiliency was achieved in Naples. To highlight both the achievements of the public banks of Naples and their lessons for financial resiliency, the book focuses on financial crises and how they were...

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Before the Neoliberal Turn : The Rise of Energy Finance and the Limits to US Foreign Economic Policy

Selva, Simone - 2017

This book pinpoints continuities and changes in U.S. foreign economic policy from the fixed exchange rate system of the 1960s through to the period between the two oil crises of the 1970s. Chapters pay close attention to the interconnectedness between the long lasting decline of the U.S. Dollar...

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Institutional Change and Economic Behaviour

Kornai, János (ed.); Mátyás, László (ed.); … - 2008

This book explores institutional change and economic behaviour by examining the transition process in the former socialist countries that joined the EU in 2004, looking at the growth occurring in China, offering a historical perspective on economic underdevelopment in the Middle East, and...

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Che Guevara : The Economics of Revolution

Yaffe, Helen - 2009

Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.

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Cooperatives and Socialism : A View from Cuba

Harnecker, Camila Piñeiro (ed.) - 2013

socialism in Cuba, and that this model can also radically transform other economies around the world. …

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Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China : A Socialist Experiment, 1950−1971

Scranton, Philip - 2019

processes, necessarily developed with limited expertise and thin financial resources? How could constructing “socialism with …

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Socialist Optimism : An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century

Auerbach, Paul - 2016

control of working life and public affairs. Socialism as human development gives a unity and direction to progressive policies …Introduction -- PART I: Socialism and Central Planning -- Introduction to Part I -- 1. Planning and Spontaneous Order … -- PART III Socialism and Human Possibilities -- Introduction to Part III -- 11. Education in a Free Society -- 12. Equality …

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Marx’s Theory of Money : Modern Appraisals

Moseley, Fred (ed.) - 2005

This book provides a contemporary assessment of Marx's theory of money. This theory is often praised as one of Marx's greatest achievements, especially when compared with either classical or neoclassical economics. On the other hand, Marx's theory of money has also been severely criticized,...

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Demography of Russia : From the Past to the Present

Karabchuk, Tatiana - 2017

This book examines the demographic development of Russia from the late Russian Empire to the contemporary Russian Federation, and includes discussions of marriage patterns, fertility, mortality, and inter-regional migration. In this pioneering study, the authors present the first...

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