China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy has succeeded in producing more than a decade of phenomenal growth. How the difficult task of balancing the diverse array of often competing concerns has been achieved is the subject of this book, which examines the dismantling of the...

Heterodox Macroeconomics offers a detailed understanding of the foundations of the recent global financial crisis. The chapters, from a selection of leading academics in the field of heterodox macroeconomics, carry out a synthesis of heterodox ideas that place financial instability,...

In 2008, India will likely overtake China as the world's fastest growing economy and become one of the largest economies globally. Foreign investment is increasing dramatically and business opportunities abound for those who know how to find them. With a growing middle class and booming markets,...

In this in-depth and detailed study, George Korres analyzes the macroeconomic and the microeconomic factors influencing the economics of innovation and the economic relations between technology, innovation, knowledge and productivity.

Key Features:Presents to the readers an updated, well-informed, insightful, yet plainly written, jargon-free overview of major issues in contemporary ChinaAddresses significant and timely issues that interest a wide range of readersProvides "Economists" or "Foreign Affairs" analyses of...

Key Features:Considers some of the most salient issues in contemporary China from a truly interdisciplinary perspectiveThe contributors, all experts in their respective disciplines, include veterans as well as up-and-coming scholars.

Latin America's economic performance is mediocre at best, despite abundant natural resources and flourishing neighbors to the north. The perplexing question of how some of the wealthiest nations in the world in the nineteenth century are now the most crisis-prone has long puzzled economists and...

The international flow of long-term private capital has increased dramatically in the 1990s. In fact, many policymakers now consider private foreign capital to be an essential resource for the acceleration of economic growth. This volume focuses attention on the microeconomic determinants and...

"New World Economies is a valuable addition to the body of literature about economic development in eighteenth-century North America, and a much-needed comparative study of the British and French colonies. Egnal presents a cogent explanation for why the staple export thesis has not adequately...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Enter the Dragon -- 2. China to the Rescue? China and the Latin American Commodities Boom -- 3. Lost in Translation? China and the Competitiveness of Latin American Manufacturing -- 4. Taking Away the...