Growth and Welfare in First published in 1966, this thin volume was already a classic when I read it in grad school. It’s available only as a used book now, but it should not be forgotten. Douglass North was a pioneer in …
The Economics of Centralism A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of greater …
Development and Globalization A Since the mid-1980s, David F. Ruccio has been developing a new framework of Marxian class analysis and applying it to various issues in socialist planning, Third World development, and capitalist …
Empirical International Trade International `International trade has been one of the most exciting sub-fields in economics in recent years, as an explosion of empirical work has thrown new light on old theories and stimulated new ones. This …
Domesticating Neo Liberalism Spaces Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities. Builds upon a …
Participation in Environmental Organizations For decades, social scientists have searched for factors that shape pro-environmentalbehaviour. However, only a few studies have investigated the causes andconsequences of participation in …
Economic Openness and Territorial Why and how has the Chinese central government so far managed to fend off the centrifugal forces under rising globalization that are predicted to undermine national-level political authority …
On Gandhi s Path Bigger has turned out not to be better. Servicing the global economy has exacted a heavy toll in the erosion of our communities and the destruction of our environment. Increasingly, we are coming to …
Public Economics It was at the best shape as expected and the arrival time was sooner than as I expected. This up-to-date new textbook provides a thorough treatment of all the central topics in public economics. …
The Credit Crunch Housing “The Credit Crunch” was rushed into print last year to tap the market for books on the global economic crisis. It’s repetitive, disorganized, and filled with long digressions that seem written for …