This paper studies the conceptualization and quantification of 'competitiveness' within the main policy coordination framework of the EU, the European Semester. This topic warrants attention since 'competitiveness' is not only of central importance in the European policy discourse, but also a...

Lionel Robbins's now famous lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume represents the first time those lectures have been published. Lord Robbins (1898-1984) was a remarkably accomplished...

Technology & Economics -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Ralph Landau: Engineer, Entrepreneur, Scholar -- How Competitiveness Can Be Achieved: Fostering Economic Growth and Productivity -- THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN GROWTH -- GROWTH IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS JAPAN -- THE...

It is a little over seventy years since John Maynard Keynes produced his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. Keynes' staggering achievement has been to remain relevant to economics and other disciplines even today and this book reflects that with an examination on...