Background and objectives -- Nepalese trade policy reforms -- Liberalization reforms and poverty : theory and empirics -- The social accounting matrix of Nepal -- Nepal CGE model and calibration : simulations of liberalization and reform policies -- Dynamic Nepal CGE model : higher and pro-poor...

Preface -- Introduction -- The current rules -- More market power, less competition -- The growth of the financial sector -- The "shareholder revolution", the rise of ceo pay, and the squeezing of workers -- Lower taxes for the wealthy -- The end of full-employment monetary policy -- The...