1. Introduction : the global capitalist crisis and its aftermath / Berch Berberoglu -- 2. The origins and development of the global capitalist economy and capitalist crises / Alan J. Spector -- 3. The great recession and the financial crisis in the United States, the epicenter of the global...

1. Introduction : Indonesia between drama and miracle -- 2. Exploring the proximate and ultimate causes of 200 years of economic growth in Indonesia, 1800-2000 -- 3. Colonial state formation, 1800-1830 -- 4. The cultivation system, 1830-1870 -- 5. Liberalism and ethical policies, 1870-1914 -- 6....

1. Introduction -- 2. A discussion of the concepts and terminology -- 3. Ideas about the formation and functioning of society -- 4. The concept of household economy -- 5. Regulation -- 6. Economic thinking at the end of the classical system -- 7. Real economic application -- 8. Conclusion.

1. Extractive institutions in the Congo : checks and balances in the longue duree / Andreas Exenberger and Simon Hartmann -- 2. Colonial extraction in the Indonesian archipelago : a long historical view / Thee Kian Wie -- 3. Varieties of exploitation in colonial settings : Dutch and Belgian...

1. Economy of life : charismatic dynamics and the spirit of gift / Adrian Pabst -- 2. The role of charisma, ethics and Machiavellianism in economic and civil life / Tamas Kovacs -- 3. The charismatic principle in an American and democratic context / David J. O'Brien -- 4. Dr. Martin Luther King...

ch. 1. Introduction to the Latin American business environment -- ch. 2. The economic history of Latin America : from independence to the debt crisis of the 1980s -- ch. 3. The business climate in Latin America -- ch. 4. Culture and business -- ch. 5. Economic climate of doing business in Latin...

pt. 1. Japanese capitalism : the companyism eroded by firms' heterogeneity and the lack of new coordinating mechanisms -- part 2. Chinese and Korean capitalisms : two contrasted trajectories -- part 3. Diversity of Asian capitalisms : from globalization to Asian integration?

ch. 1. Varieties of industrialization -- ch. 2. The labor question -- ch. 3. Immigration -- ch. 4. Urbanization -- ch. 5. The West -- ch. 6. Environment -- ch. 7. Transportation -- ch. 8. The politics of industrialization -- ch. 9. Reform.