Foreword / James K. Galbraith -- Introduction: setting the scene / Milford Bateman and Kate Maclean -- Background -- The political economy of microfinance / Milford Bateman -- Poverty reduction or the financialization of poverty? / Maren Duvendack and Philip Mader -- Seduction -- Pop development...

A world-renowned economist offers cogent and powerful reflections on one of the great avoidable economic catastrophes of the modern era. The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time. The financial...

Ideen für die Wirtschaft von morgen: Seit Ausbruch der Finanzkrise 2008 streiten zwei ökonomische Denkschulen, zuletzt im Fall Griechenlands, über die ?richtige? Lösung: sparen oder investieren? Beide Ansätze, so James K. Galbraith, sind falsch, denn beide basieren auf der Annahme einer...

This paper summarizes a comprehensive revision and update of UTIP's work on the inequality of pay and incomes around the world, from 1963 to 2008. The new UTIP-UNIDO (University of Texas Inequality Project-United Nations Industrial Development Organization) dataset of industrial pay inequality...