An expert guide to Cuba's economic opening to the outside world. Ninety miles across the Straits of Florida, an exciting new revolution is afoot. This time, instead of guerillas marching down the streets of Havana, it is a global economy that will upend Cuba. Now opening to the world, what new...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 ''The Great Compression'' -- 2 1971: Affluence Challenged and Restored -- 3 1972: The Last Election of the 1960s -- 4 OPEC and the Trade Unionism of the Developing World -- 5 1975: ''Capitalism Is on the Run'' -- 6 1976: Morality and Economy...

This compilation of expert views from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management navigates what went wrong, why, and the lessons that the global financial crisis can teach business people, policy makers, and interested observers alike

It is becoming increasingly clear that without sweeping changes to both domestic and international policies, Africa will not reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. While there seems to be a consensus on increasing aid to Africa, donors will undoubtedly favour democratic countries that...

Safeguarding the Health Sector in Times of Macroeconomic Instability presents the results of an international initiative to document the effects of how health systems in the developing world have responded to macroeconomic austerity and adjustment measures. Are these systems flexible and...

Much has been said about the re-emergence of China to its historical position of eminence in the world economy, yet little is understood about the kind of economic system China is evolving. What are the rules of the game of business in today's China, and how are they likely to change over the...

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures. Rauchway first...

There are many things North Americans take for granted - including a robust economy. But the past fifteen years have seen persistent stagnation that threatens the results of fifty years of previous growth. Without letting rising consumer debt cloud the question, Michael Hlinka diagnoses Canada's...

The authors of this work argue strongly that the decentralization that has taken place in China over the past two decades threatens to undermine the future of reform and perhaps even the state itself. They contend that reform has undermined state capacity in China, and that the state's fiscal...