Introduction to the global economy -- Understanding the global economy -- Comparative advantage : how nations can gain from international trade -- Unit two: International trade : enduring issues -- Sources of comparative advantage -- Regulating international trade : trade policies and their...

This chapter addresses the lacuna of research on the state within the financialization literature by focusing on state-firm relations to explain capitalist processes and formations. Set in the context of Singapore's banking restructuring in the late-1990s and early-2000s, we argue that what...

Introduction to the global economy -- Understanding the global economy -- Comparative advantage : how nations can gain from international trade -- International trade : enduring issues -- Sources of comparative advantage -- Regulating international trade : trade policies and their effects --...

Despite their non-traditional approach, megachurches have grown significantly in the United States since 1980. This paper constructs a model of religious investment to examine how “seeker”-oriented megachurches succeed in attracting and retaining new members. The model illustrates that...