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  • The Economy of Promises

    Trust, Power, and Credit in America

    de Bruce G. Carruthers ...
    A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide the haves from the have-notsThe Economy of Promises is a far-reaching study of credit in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. Synthesizing and surveying economic and social history, Bruce Carruthers examines how issues of trust stitch together the modern U.S. economy. In the case of ... Leer más

    $28.09 USD

  • Bankrupt

    Global Lawmaking and Systemic Financial Crisis

    de Terence C. Halliday, Bruce G. Carruthers ...
    The Asian Financial Crisis dramatically illustrated the vulnerability of financial markets in emerging, transitional, and advanced economies. In response, international organizations insisted that legal reforms could help protect markets from financial breakdowns. Sitting at the nexus between the legal system and the market, corporate bankruptcy law ensures that the casualties of capitalism are ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Money and Credit

    A Sociological Approach

    de Bruce G. Carruthers, Laura Ariovich ...
    Series series Economy and Society
    This book offers a fresh and uniquely sociological perspective on money and credit. As basic economic institutions, money and credit are easy to overlook when they work well. When they malfunction, as they did in the new millennium’s global financial crisis, their importance becomes obvious and demands further investigation.Bruce Carruthers and Laura Ariovich examine the social dimensions of money ... Leer más

    $21.00 USD

  • Economy/Society

    Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure

    de Sarah Louise Babb, Bruce G. Carruthers ...
    Series series Sociology for a New Century Series
    This long-awaited second edition of Economy/Society Markets, Meanings, and Social Structure continues to offer an accessible introduction to the way social arrangements affect economic activity, and shows that economic exchanges are deeply embedded in social relationships. Understanding how society shapes the economy helps us answer many important questions. For example, how does advertising get ... Leer más

    $52.19 USD

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  • Sovereign Wealth Funds

    Legitimacy, Governance, and Global Power

    de Gordon L. Clark, Adam D. Dixon, Ashby H.B. Monk ...
    The worldwide rise of sovereign wealth funds is emblematic of the ongoing transformation of nation-state economic prospects. Sovereign Wealth Funds maps the global footprints of these financial institutions, examining their governance and investment management, and issues of domestic and international legitimacy. Through a variety of case studies--from the China Investment Corporation to the funds ... Leer más

    $41.79 USD

  • Irrational Exuberance

    Revised and Expanded Third Edition

    de Robert J. Shiller ...
    Why the irrational exuberance of investors hasn't disappeared since the financial crisisIn this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize–winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, cautions that signs of irrational exuberance among investors have only increased since the 2008–9 financial crisis. With high stock and ... Leer más

    $16.59 USD

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  • Animal Spirits

    How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (New in Paper)

    de George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller ...
    The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Africa

    Why Economists Get It Wrong

    de Morten Jerven ...
    Series series African Arguments
    'A valuable corrective to the fraying narrative of [African] failure.'Foreign AffairsNot so long ago, Africa was being described as the hopeless continent. Recently, though, talk has turned to Africa rising, with enthusiastic voices exclaiming the potential for economic growth across many of its countries.What, then, is the truth behind Africa's growth, or lack of it? In this provocative book, ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Managing Development

    Globalization, Economic Restructuring and Social Policy

    Edición de Junji Nakagawa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Globalization in the 1990s provided both opportunities and challenges for developing and transition economies. Though for some, it offered the chance to achieve economic growth through active involvement in the integrated and liberalized world economy, it also increased their vulnerability to external shocks and volatility.As a consequence, stakeholders at every level of the development and ... Leer más

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  • The Shareholder Value Myth

    How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public

    de Lynn Stout ...
    An in-depth look at the trouble with shareholder value thinking and at better options for models of corporate purpose.Executives, investors, and the business press routinely chant the mantra that corporations are required to "maximize shareholder value." In this pathbreaking book, renowned corporate expert Lynn Stout debunks the myth that corporate law mandates shareholder primacy. Stout shows how ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • Governing the World Economy

    de Willem Molle ...
    The major problems the world faces have increased since the turn of the millennium. Recurrent storms on the financial markets have ravaged many countries, poverty is still widespread, notwithstanding decades of massive development aid, the environment remains in acute jeopardy and the major world institutions have often reached an impasse in attempting to combat these difficulties.The issues ask ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

  • The New Lombard Street

    How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort

    de Perry Mehrling ...
    Walter Bagehot's Lombard Street, published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book set down the principles that helped define the role of modern central banks, particularly in times of crisis--but the recent ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD