In praise of dissent -- The theory of the invisible hand -- The limits of orthodoxy -- The economy according to law -- Markets and discrimination -- The chemistry of groups -- Contract, coercion, and intervention -- Poverty, inequality, and globalization -- Globalization and the retreat of...

"Corporate social responsibility is seen in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance. This volume outlines neo-institutional and stakeholder theories of the firm, new rational choice and social contract normative models, self regulatory and soft law models, and the...

This volume integrates historical and policy-oriented papers dealing with the relevance of the Keynesian approach for economic theory, policy, and crisis analysis. The first part of the volume focuses on historical, theoretical, and methodological issues, putting them in current codex. The...

Estimates of potential output are an important ingredient of structured forecasting and policy analysis. Using information on consensus forecasts, this paper extends the multivariate filter developed by Benes and others (2010). Although the estimates in real time are more robust relative to...

Introduction and overview -- Factors shaping Chinese economics theory and education -- The historical context for the evolution of Chinese economic theory -- Economic restructuring in the countryside 1978-2001 -- Economic restructuring in the international -- Economic restructuring of state...

Inhaltsangabe: "Probably the most fundamental relationship in human history is that of the Market versus the Oikos (the authoritarian ruled house, family, household or the State). Its main features and elements are analysed and newly defined as are its relations with town-country antagonisms or...