2012 Anthem Press

After his death Thorstein Veblen was hailed as 'Americars"s Darwin and Marx' and is normally portrayed as the perennial iconoclast. He severely criticised traditional economics and attempted to create an alternative approach based on a ...

2011 Anthem Press

An important contribution to the literature on globalpublic health and international development, featuring the mostcomprehensive evidence-based analysis of tobacco policy in theAfrican region.

2011 Anthem Press

This is America’s fi rst treatiseof systematic economic theory.It rejects Adam Smith’s theory of the ‘invisible hand’ by treatingnational wealth in terms of the population’s collective ‘productive power’ and theability of government to promote it.

2011 Anthem Press

This volume offers an historical account of the numerousand different economic policies pursued by the Americangovernment from the colonial period to the end of thenineteenth century.

2011 Anthem Press

DescriptionAn exploration of accusations of wrongdoing and the revelations these expose about the dark side ofcapitalism and modern corporations.This book addresses an old and basic question: what is the moral order of the market? Corporate ...

2011 Anthem Press

DescriptionA series of essays discussing one of the most interesting and talked-about socio-economic theories of our times: techno-economic paradigm shifts.Techno-economic paradigm shifts are at the core of general, innovation-based theory of economic and societaldevelopment as ...

2011 Anthem Press

A Short Treatise on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations presents, for the fi rst time, an English translation of Antonio Serra’s Breve Trattato(1613), one of the most famous pamphlets in the history of political ...

2011 Anthem Press

A selection of papers that casts new insight on Nurkse’s thought, and discusses his relevance for today.Ragnar Nurkse (1907-1959) was one of the most important pioneers of development economics, and although his writings have been ...

2011 Anthem Press

DescriptionReprints Nurkse’s most important works, making them widely available for an audience of economists, policy makers, researchers and students.Ragnar Nurkse (1907-1959) was one of the most important pioneers of development economics, and although his writings ...

2011 Anthem Press

DescriptionCritically examines the economic, historical and psychological dynamics that have combined to create an existential crisis for the European Union.Jason Manolopoulos lends a unique perspective, based on experience of the global financial system, emerging markets ...

2011 Anthem Press

This book explores connections between poverty and migrationin the context of the expansion of neoliberalism in Europe, examining these global concerns from a local perspective.

2011 Anthem Press

This publication puts forward the view that qualifi cations systemsare useful tools for modernising education and training.

2011 Anthem Press

2010 Anthem Press

Describes the conditions that depress economic growth in thePhilippine economy and their causes and potential solutions.

2010 Anthem Press

This book goes beyond simpleclaims that globalization is aboutwesternizing the world to show how countries that have notbeen international powerhouses nonetheless are able to useglobalization to defi ne a larger international role for themselves.’—Robert Henry ...

2010 Anthem Press

Over the past two decades, many welfare states have experienced a combination of low economic growth and rising unemployment, concurrent with increasing pension and health care obligations, which has exacerbated government budget deficits. Some analysts ...

2010 Anthem Press

Regional integration is gathering momentum in Asia. This study examines the diverse experience of regional integration of East and South Asian economies during the last two decades and offers lessons for latecomers. The global economic ...

2010 Anthem Press

‘Jan Toporowski is the best-kept secret in British economics.’—Gary Dymski, Professor of Economics, University of California,Riverside These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out, itssocial, economic and cultural consequences, and the limitationsof policy in the ...

2010 Anthem Press

Consisting of country case studies and comparative analyses fromLatin American and US based political economists, this volumeaddresses the shortcomings of foreign investment fordevelopment, and sets out the challenges facing policy makersin this field.

2010 Anthem Press

A much-needed assessment of the crisis from the Latin American perspective. Juan Corradi provides a structural view of late capitalism and the necessary conditions for recovery and growth... Food-for-thought for those interested in the future ...