Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Ch 1. Introduction -- Why the United States Should Grant Russia PNTR -- Ch 2. Russia's Rising Economic Significance -- Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Russia -- Russia: The Wealthiest of the BRICs and Very Different from China...

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The United States and Europe Can Learn from Japan's "Lost Decades" -- Central Bank Actions in Advanced Economies during the Global Financial Crisis Had Net Positive Impact -- Asian Countries Fared Better during the Global...

Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States -- Energy and Empire: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Power in the United States -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Politics of Nuclear and Solar Energy -- Chapter 2:The Political Economy of U.S....

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Politics of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products -- 3 The Political Economy of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products -- 4 Canadian Public Timber Pricing and the Great Subsidy Debate -- 5 Inter-Regional and...

This book deals with an important and timely issue: the political and economic forces that have shaped agricultural policies in the United States during the past eighty years. It explores the complex interactions of class, market, and state as they have affected the formulation and application...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I: A NEW GROWTH NARRATIVE -- ONE: The Most Technologically Progressive Decade of the Century -- TWO: The Interwar Years -- THREE: The Second World War -- FOUR: The Golden Age and Beyond -- FIVE: The Information Technology Boom -- SIX: Fin de...

This volume explains how economic rights are realized--or violated--in Canada and the United States. Contributors analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the rights of people with disabilities.

Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Designing Energy and Environmental Policies -- 2 Structure of the Intertemporal General Equilibrium Model -- 3 Modeling Consumer Behavior -- 4 Modeling Producer Behavior -- 5 Government and the Rest of the World -- 6 Model Solution --...