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Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 5
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Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 5Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 5

This handbook organizes chapters by sets of policies that are important components of discussions about how to facilitate development. In each chapter, authors identify and discuss the relevant theoretical and empirical literature that describes the fundamental problems that the policies seek to remedy or ameliorate, as well as the literature that evaluates the effects of the policies.  
 
 
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The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 7th ed.
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The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 7th ed.The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 7th ed.

This market-leading text provides the most authoritative, applications-rich coverage of key concepts, models, and issues in money and banking.
 
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Economyths - Ten Ways Economics Gets It Wrong
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Economyths - Tne Ways Economics Gets It WrongEconomyths - Tne Ways Economics Gets It Wrong

From the inability of wealth to make us happier, to our catastrophic blindness to the credit crunch, "Economyths" reveals ten ways in which economics has failed us all. Forecasters predicted a prosperous year in 2008 for financial markets - in one influential survey the average prediction was for an eleven per cent gain. But by the end of the year, the Standard and Poor's 500 index - a key economic barometer - was down 38 per cent, and major economies were plunging into recession. Even the Queen asked - Why did no one see it coming?
 
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The Economics of Financial Turbulence: Alternative Theories of Money and Finance (New Directions in Modern Economics Series)
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The Economics of Financial Turbulence: Alternative Theories of Money and Finance (New Directions in Modern Economics Series)The Economics of Financial Turbulence: Alternative Theories of Money and Finance (New Directions in Modern Economics Series)

This challenging book examines the origins and dynamics of financial-economic crises. Its wide theoretical scope incorporates the theories of Marx, Keynes and various other Post Keynesian scholars of endogenous money, and provides a grand synthesis of these theoretical lineages, as well as a powerful critique of prevailing neoclassical/monetarist theories of money.
 
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Economics: New Ways of Thinking (Student Edition + Guided Reading and Study Guide)
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Economics: New Ways of Thinking (Student Edition + Guided Reading and Study Guide)Economics: New Ways of Thinking shows students how to find economics in unusual and surprising places. It grabs their attention with real-world examples - the NFL draft, iPod design, rock concert ticket prices, NASCAR - and then provides clear explanations and hundreds of supporting graphs and charts to teach students solid economic principles. Students learn these basic principles in the context of globalization - a process rarely covered in any other economics textbooks.

 
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