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What is Globalisation and What is Not?: A Political Economy Perspective
Subaşat, Turan - 2008
of globalisation. Although the debate between pro and anti globalisation scholars and activists is interesting, it … largely fails to address globalisation as a fundamental structural transformation of modern capitalism from a historical … to provide a clearer definition of globalisation which will be helpful in assessing the validity of various arguments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807187
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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects: Potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014
Two issues stand out in this conversation. The first concerns the unfinished business of the global fight against the scourge of poverty, which impacts one region more than most: Africa. At the same time, a key pre-requisite for economic performance - affordable and efficient public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435379
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The relationship between services trade and government procurement commitments: Insights from relevant WTO agreements and recent RTAs
Anderson, Robert D.; Locatelli, Claudia; Müller, Anna … - 2014
To date, government procurement has been effectively carved out of the main multilateral rules of the WTO system. This paper examines the systemic and other ramifications of this exclusion, from both an economic and a legal point of view. In addition to relevant elements of the WTO Agreements,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435382
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Brexit and the implications for financial services
Jackson, Patricia (contributor) - 2017
On 23rd February 2017, SUERF and EY organized a conference on "Brexit and the Implications for Financial Services" at EY's offices, Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London. While the outcome of the Brexit negotiations remains highly uncertain, the conference discussed the burning questions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985209
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Global value chains: Measurement, trends and drivers
Cigna, Simone; Gunnella, Vanessa; Quaglietti, Lucia - 2022
Global value chains (GVCs) have shaped the dynamics of globalisation in recent years. This paper reviews key concepts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013331896
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Review of Nitzan and Bichler’s ‘Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder’
Lošonc, Alpar - In: Panoeconomicus 58 (2011) 1, pp. 135-141
[FROM THE REVIEW] Nitzan and Bichler produced an exciting and rich volume situated within radical thinking. [Their book] concerns nothing less than the main pillars of economic theory [and] represents a far-reaching reconsideration of the theory of capital from a heterodox perspective.
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ההון ושברו (Capital and its Crisis)
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - 2022
הקפיטליזם שולט בעולם. דיונים סוערים מתנהלים בין המלומדים הממסדיים לבין "הביקורתיים" על טיבו של הקפיטליזם הגלובלי. הבעיה היא שטיבו של המוסד המרכזי בקפיטליזם -- ההון...
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East Asian integration: Towards an East Asian economic community
Dent, Christopher M. - 2017
interdependencies and address future challenges that confront them all, such as globalisation and climate change. As we will discuss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688688
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Distributive conflict and the end of Brazilian economy's "Brief Golden Age"
Serrano, Franklin; Summa, Ricardo de Figueiredo - 2022
The aim of this paper is to discuss the main causes of the interruption of the process of socially inclusive growth that occurred in the Brazilian economy from the mid-2000s, which we will call the Brazilian economy's "Brief Golden Age". Our analysis is based on two central hypotheses. The first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286886
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Seeking New Ways of Financing the EU Budget: on the Proposal of a European Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions
Richter, Sandor - 2008
The periodically returning debates and the disappointing bargaining on the financial perspectives for 2007-2013 have led to the proposal of a comprehensive review of the EU budget in 2008/2009. This provides an opportunity for initiating fundamental reforms of the revenue side of the EU budget....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100081