The world's attention to the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has often been dominated by headline issues: conflict, sanctions, political turmoil, and rising oil prices. Little of this international attention has considered the broad range of development challenges...

Economic modernity is so closely associated with nationhood that it is impossible to imagine a modern state without an equally modern economy. Even so, most people would have difficulty defining a modern economy and its connection to nationhood. In Saving the Nation, Margherita Zanasi explores...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- 1. Law and Long-Term Economic Change: An Editorial Introduction -- 2. The Evolution of Law: Political Foundations of Private Law in Medieval Europe and Japan -- 3. Law and Economy in Traditional China: A "Legal Origin"...

Cover -- AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- ONE Understanding the Great recession -- 1. The Great Recession: A Brief History -- 2. Mainstream Macroeconomics and the...

Key Features:Gives comprehensive treatment covering trade, finance, macroeconomics and development policyCombines the perspectives of leading analysts from North America, Europe and AsiaContains accessible technical.

The public debt crisis in Europe has shaken the confidence not just in the Euro, but in the European model. Aging and uneconomical Europeans are being squeezed between innovative Americans and efficient Asians, it is said. With debt and demographics dragging down them down, one hears that...

Countries worldwide are struggling to imitate the industrial prowess of the East Asian pacesetters, but growth accelerations have proven remarkably transient. Building a portfolio of tradable goods and services and steadily raising the level of investment in these activities, has generally...

The Great Recession of 2009-11 was not simply a severe business cycle slowdown or even a combined credit, housing, and asset market collapse. It left permanent scars, especially on the advanced economies. In its wake, policy makers must navigate uncharted economic territory where 'business as...

Cover -- Structural Dynamics and Economic Growth -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Table -- Contributors -- Introduction: structural dynamics and contemporary growth theory -- 1 The scope of growth theory today -- 2 Two building blocks of the contemporary analysis of economic...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Economic Institutions -- Chapter 1 Introduction: An Overview of China's Economy -- 1.1. How did China Manage to Grow so Rapidly? -- 1.2. China's Economic Strength -- 1.3. Comparing China's Market Institutions with the US -- 1.4. China's Short-Term Economic...