Despite reports that the recession may be ending, the unemployment rate is sky high and home foreclosures are at record levels. It's no secret that the U.S. economy is in shambles because of the recent housing bubble. However, according to Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and...

"How much does it cost?" We think of this question as one that preoccupies the nation's shoppers, not its statesmen. But, as Pocketbook Politics dramatically shows, the twentieth-century American polity in fact developed in response to that very consumer concern. In this groundbreaking study,...

Intro -- THE INDONESIAN JOURNEY A NATION'S QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY -- THE INDONESIAN JOURNEY A NATION'S QUEST FOR DEMOCRACY, STABILITY AND PROSPERITY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DEDICATION -- FOREWORD -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- A NATION'S DEMOCRATIC JOURNEY -- THE B. J....

Intro -- TAIWAN: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- TAIWAN: ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 POLITICAL PARTIES AND ELECTORAL POLITICS IN TAIWAN -- LIMITED PLURALIST AUTHORITARIAN PARTY SYSTEM (1945-1986) -- FROM LOCAL TO NATIONAL LEVEL -- PLURALIST...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- NOTES ON AUTHORS -- FOREWORD SURFACE TENSIONS AND DEEP STRUCTURES --- Wang Gungwu -- INTRODUCTION ASIA AND EUROPE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD -- EMPIRES -- THE FIRST GLOBALIZATION EPISODE: THE CREATION OF THE MONGOL EMPIRE, OR THE ECONOMICS OF CHINGGIS KHAN --- Ronald Findlay...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Overview -- I ADDRESSING FINANCIAL SECTOR WEAKNESSES -- 2 Current Issues Facing the Financial Sector -- 3 Banks and Credit in Japan -- II CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS -- 4 The Resolution and Collection Corporation and the...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Overview -- 2 Macroeconomic Policymaking -- 3 Structural Reforms and the Growth Outlook -- 4 Tax Reform in Russia -- 5 Public Expenditure Reform -- 6 Banking Crisis and Recovery -- 7 Debt Crisis in Russia: The Road from Default to Sustainability.

Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Events -- The Great Depression and the New Deal: An Overview -- A Decade of Depression, 1929-1941: Theories of Cause and Cure -- America's Struggle Against the Depression, 1929- 1940: From Hoover to Roosevelt and...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Global Outlook: A Fragile Recovery -- Summary -- Major economies: Recent developments and outlook -- Global trends -- Emerging market and developing economies: Recent developments and outlook --...

A free economy provides the best hope for a just and prosperous society, but wise government policy is needed to ensure that society provides opportunity and economic security for all. This book ties together analysis of economic policy with analysis of the government structures needed to...