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The Age of Oversupply: Overcoming the Greatest Challenge to the Global Economy
By Daniel Alpert. 2014
The invisible hand of capitalism is broken. Economic and political forces are preventing markets from correcting themselves, and we're now…
living in an unprecedented age of oversupply.Governments and central banks across the developed world have tried every policy tool imaginable, yet our economies remain sluggish or worse. Howdid we get here, and how can advanced nations compete and prosper once more?In this bold call to arms, economic policy expert Daniel Alpert argues that a global labor glut, excess productive capacity, and a rising ocean of cheap capital have kept the economies of the first world, and notably the United States, mired in underemployment and anemic growth.Distracted by a technology boom and a massive debt bubble in the 1990s and early 2000s, advanced nations failed to assess the ultimate impact of the torrent of labor and capital unleashed by formerly socialist economies. After the financial crisis of 2008, the United States and Europe joined an already sclerotic Japan in dire economic straits. Today, as the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and others poach jobs from Western Europe, the United States, and Japan, household incomes in the developed world continue to decline. Many policymakers believe in outdated supplyside economic remedies. They miss the connection between global oversupply and the lack of domestic investment and growth. But Alpert shows how they are intertwined: We cannot understand the housing bubble and the financial crisis without appreciating how the rise of the emerging nations distorted the economies of rich countries. And we can't chart a path for growth in the developed world without recognizing that many of these distorting forces are still at work.The Age of Oversupply offers a bold, fresh approach to fixing the West's economic woes through large-scale fiscal stimulus measures, investments in infrastructure, and an aggressive private debt reduction plan. It also delivers a vigorous challenge to proponents of austerity economics.Greenback Planet
By H. W. Brands. 2011
The world runs on the U. S. dollar. From Washington to Beijing, governments, businesses, and individuals rely on the dollar…
to conduct commerce and invest profitably and safely-even after the global financial meltdown in 2008 revealed the potentially catastrophic cost of the dollar's hegemony. But how did the greenback achieve this planetary dominance a mere century and a half after President Lincoln issued the first currency backed only by the credit-and credibility-of the federal government?In Greenback Planet, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in U. S. monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis. Brands explores the dollar's changing relations to gold and silver and to other currencies and cogently explains how America's economic might made the dollar the fundamental standard of value in world finance. He vividly describes the 1869 Black Friday attempt to corner the gold market, banker J. P. Morgan's bailout of the U. S. treasury, the creation of the Federal Reserve, and President Franklin Roosevelt's handling of the bank panic of 1933. Brands shows how lessons learned (and not learned) in the Great Depression have influenced subsequent U. S. monetary policy, and how the dollar's dominance helped transform economies in countries ranging from Germany and Japan after World War II to Russia and China today. He concludes with a sobering dissection of the 2008 world financial debacle, which exposed the power-and the enormous risks-of the dollar's worldwide reign.Guardians of Prosperity
By Richard X. Bove. 2013
Since the financial crisis, amid outrage at the likes of Citigroup and JPMorganChase and Washington’s rejiggering of the financial system,…
the banking industry has had one major defender: Richard X. Bove. Now he explains why big banks are the nation’s lifeline to success, and why financial disaster will ensue if we make it impossible for them to fill their role in the economy. Bove argues that big banks are necessary to ensure America’s position in global finance; to assist corporations in achieving their goals against foreign competition; and, most importantly, to defend the average household’s access to financial services. Limiting the major banks, he shows, is an attack on our future growth. Bove offers ways to improve the economy’s stability, including allowing some banks to be too big to fail” and lessening the demand on liquidity so they won’t need to sell existing loans. His main argument, that we need to stop fighting our greatest guardians of prosperity, is sure to be controversial. .China's Macroeconomic Outlook: Quarterly Forecast and Analysis Report, February 2018 (Current Chinese Economic Report Series)
By Center for Macroeconomic Research at Xiamen University. 2018
This report is a partial result of the China s Quarterly Macroeconomic Model CQMM a…
project developed and maintained by the Center for Macroeconomic Research CMR at Xiamen University The CMR one of the Key Research Institutes of Humanities and Social Sciences sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China has been focusing on China s economic forecast and macroeconomic policy analysis and it started to develop the CQMM for purpose of short-term forecasting policy analysis and simulation in 2005 Based on the CQMM the CMR and its partners hold press conferences to release forecasts for China major macroeconomic variables Since July 2006 twenty-three quarterly reports on China s macroeconomic outlook have been presented and twelfth annual reports have been published This report the twenty-fourth quarterly report has been presented at the Forum on China s Macroeconomic Outlook and Press Conference of CQMM on February 27 2018 This conference was jointly held at Beijing China by Center for Macroeconomic Research at Xiamen University and Economic Information Daily at Xinhua News AgencyNew Rules for the Economy
By Kevin Kelly. 1998
Forget supply and demand. Forget computers. The old rules are broken. Today, communication, not computation, drives change. We are rushing…
into a world where connectivity is everything, and where old business know-how means nothing. In this new economic order, success flows primarily from understanding networks, and networks have their own rules. In New Rules for the New Economy, Kevin Kelly presents ten fundamental principles of the connected economy that invert the traditional wisdom of the industrial world. Succinct and memorable, New Rules explains why these powerful laws are already hardwired into the new economy, and how they play out in all kinds of business--both low and high tech--all over the world. More than an overview of new economic principles, it prescribes clear and specific strategies for success in the network economy. For any worker, CEO, or middle manager, New Rules is the survival kit for the new economy.The Price of Everything
By Eduardo Porter. 2011
The Price of Everything starts with a simple premise: there is a price behind each choice that we make individual…
or collective. Whether we're deciding to buy a cheeseburger, go to church, or enact health care reform, everything has its price. Eduardo Porter sets out to uncover the hidden logic of price and value that drives all our actions. The connections he uncovers are anything but simple they are unexpected, sometimes shocking, always interesting, and ultimately highly enlightening. Porter's inquiry takes him in some rather counterintuitive directions, such as: * Assigning a price tag to women and tracking how their rise in value relates to economic growth and development. * Comparing the cost-per-vote in corrupt S o Tom to the supposedly less-corrupt (and less efficient) campaign spending of U. S. politicians * Explaining why McDonald's burger menu pricing encourages irrational behaviour The Price of Everything shows readers how prices, both explicit and unspoken, move people and societies. Porter's wide-eyed approach brings new life to his subject, and his broad perspective leads him to draw unexpected connections bridging disparate disciplines and cultures. In this fascinating and elegant narrative, Porter proves just how important prices are, both to our individual lives and the general course of civilization.Business For Sale Blueprint
By Fred Herbert. 2015
Business For Sale Blueprint is designed to help business owners develop and execute strategies that will help them prepare their…
business for sale. These tools will help the business sell much easier and for a premium price because the own will focus their efforts on building value from the buyer's perspective.Addressing the unprecedented international interest in China’s high-speed railways, this book adopts a global perspective to examine the success of…
the system and probes into its going-global strategy in the context of the “Belt and Road” initiative, providing readers around the world a better understanding of infrastructure construction under the “Belt and Road” plan, as well as the global vision of communication and mutual exchange and prosperity among the countries along the Belt and Road route. The previous American President, Barack Obama, once told President Xi Jinping that there were two things about China that he particularly admired: the high-speed railway system, and the mathematics education. "The Belt and Road, and the Global Strategy of China’s High-speed Rail" provides scholarly researchers and those generally interested in China's High-speed rail excellent insight into this impressive and rapid development.Poverty, Chronic Poverty and Poverty Dynamics: Policy Imperatives
By Anand Kumar, Amita Shah, Aasha Kapur Mehta, Shashanka Bhide. 2018
This book discusses critical policy issues that need to be addressed if India wishes to achieve the SDG 1 based…
elusive goal of ending poverty in the country In its nine chapters it takes the readers through trends and estimates of poverty in India explains changes in the way it has been measured over time and the factors that lead to persistence of poverty draws attention to the fact that hunger is both a cause and an effect of poverty and has gender and age dimensions too The book revisits strategies that were successful in addressing poverty emanating from situations of conflict presents a discussion on migration as a critical coping mechanism among poor analyses the links between ill health and poverty as well as education and poverty to draw attention to the policy imperatives that need attention India s report card on poverty remains dismal even though there is recognition of the importance of reducing or eliminating or ending it at both national and global levels Despite rapid economic growth and improvement on a range of development indicators an unacceptably high proportion of India s population continues to suffer poverty in multiple dimensions SDG 1 or ending poverty in all its forms everywhere cannot be achieved unless policies and poverty alleviation programmes understand and address chronic poverty and its dynamics This requires that we estimate and understand the extent of poverty the factors that lead to people getting stuck in it and the ways this can be addressed It also requires understanding the dynamic nature of poverty or the fact that many of those who are poor are able to move out of poverty as well as the fact that many others who are not poor become impoverished These are the issues that are comprehensively examined and addressed in this book In addition to students teachers and researchers in the areas of development economic growth equity and welfare the book is also of great interest to policy makers planners and non government agencies who are concerned with understanding and addressing poverty-related issues in the developing countriesThis book tries to integrate the different arrangements devised in the MTS for small and large NMEs into one analytical…
framework and explores two sets of rules GATT WTO-minus and GATT WTO-plus along three historical stages shaping weakening and strengthening The focal point of this book is to uncover the composition and structure of the NME treatment in the MTS its evolving logic and process and the nature and trend of the political-economic relations between NMEs and the MTSInstitutions, Property Rights, and Economic Growth
By Sebastian Galiani, Itai Sened. 2014
This volume showcases the impact of the work of Douglass C. North, winner of the Nobel Prize and father of…
the field of new institutional economics. Leading scholars contribute to a substantive discussion that best illustrates the broad reach and depth of Professor North's work. The volume speaks concisely about his legacy across multiple social sciences disciplines, specifically on scholarship pertaining to the understanding of property rights, the institutions that support the system of property rights, and economic growth.A New Paradigm for International Business: Proceedings of the Conference on Free Trade Agreements and Regional Integration in East Asia (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
By Hadrian Geri Djajadikerta, Zhaoyong Zhang. 2015
This book offers a collection of studies on regional integration and the dynamic business environment in East Asia …
The papers included originally presented at the 2014 Asia Pacific Business Conference on Free Trade Agreements and Regional Integration in East Asia examine the challenges and dynamics in the increasingly integrated East Asian markets and outline a new paradigm for doing international business in the region The papers address diverse areas related to regional integration financial markets investment trade and capital flow sustainability accounting and auditing issues exchange rates strategies and the regional business environment The book provides a valuable resource for practitioners policy-makers and students who are interested in understanding the vibrant aspects of business in today s East AsiaEnvironmental Sustainability in Asian Logistics and Supply Chains
By Xiaohong Liu. 2019
This book gathers together invited presentations from the 12th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS2017) held in Beijing,…
China, August 20–23, 2017. The focus of the ICLS2017 was environmental sustainability in logistics and supply chains, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. It addressed a variety of themes in the domains of green logistics and supply chain management (SCM), including green logistics and environmental impact, green SCM and business performance, green operations and optimization, supply chain sustainability, carbon management in logistics, and green SCM and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The editors selected high-quality presentations from the highly successful symposium, and invited the presenters to prepare full chapters for this book in order to disseminate their findings and promote further research collaborations. This timely book sheds new light on the theories and practices associated with greening logistics and SCM in Asia.Free the Market!
By Gary L., Reback. 2009
Why we need government intervention in the free market to protect competition and encourage innovation Starting about thirty years ago,…
conservatives forced an overhaul of competition policy that has loosened business rules for everything from selling products to buying competitors. Gary Reback thinks the changes have gone too far. Today's competition policies, he argues, were made for the old manufacturing economy of the 1970s. But in a high-tech world, these policies actually slow innovation, hurt consumers, and entrench big companies at the expense of entrepreneurs. Free the Market! is both a memoir of Reback's titanic legal battles-involving top companies such as Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and AT&T-and a persuasive argument for measured government intervention in the free market to foster competition. Among the fascinating questions he considers:* Can a company ever compete too hard for the public good?* Should policy makers worry more about promoting competition or improving efficiency?* Does it help consumers when a manufacturer sets the prices its retailers charge?* Should the government do more to stop controversial mergers?* At what point does intellectual property protection hurt innovation?The Implications of Brexit for East Asia
By David W.F. Huang, Michael Reilly. 2018
This book is the first comprehensive exploration of the impact Brexit might have on both Britain s and…
the EU s role in a rising East Asia From the internationalization of the renminbi to Hong Kong s fraught political status quo and from former British colonies exploring their place in the world to America s place in East Asia in the Trump era the EU plays an influential role in Asia today However much of this derives from Britain s role and interests even as Asian models were explicitly cited as models for post-Brexit Britain particularly the Singaporean model This book will be of value to scholars policymakers and journalists seeking to understand what role the EU and Britain will play in the Asian centuryThe Economics of John Kenneth Galbraith
By Stephen P. Dunn. 2000
The recent financial crisis has once again seen John Kenneth Galbraith return to the bestseller lists. Yet, despite the continued…
popular success of his works, Galbraith's contribution to economic theory is rarely recognised by today's economists. This book redresses the balance by providing an introductory and sympathetic discussion of Galbraith's theoretical contributions, introducing the reader to his economics and his broader vision of the economic process. The book highlights and explains key features of Galbraith's economic thought, including his penetrating critique of society, his distinctive methodology, his specific brand of Keynesianism and his original - but largely ignored - contribution to the theory of the firm. It also presents, for the first time, a detailed examination of Galbraith's monetary economics and revisits his analysis of financial euphoria. This unique work seeks to rehabilitate Galbraith's contribution, setting out several directions for possible future research in the Galbraithian tradition.Capitalism, For and Against: A Feminist Debate
By Ann E. Cudd, Nancy Holmstrom. 2011
Political philosophy and feminist theory have rarely examined in detail how capitalism affects the lives of women. Ann Cudd and…
Nancy Holmstrom take up opposing sides of the issue, debating whether capitalism is valuable as an ideal and whether as an actually existing economic system it is good for women. In a discussion covering a broad range of social and economic issues, including unequal pay, industrial reforms and sweatshops, they examine how these and other issues relate to women and how effectively to analyze what constitutes 'capitalism' and 'women's interests'. Each author also responds to the opposing arguments, providing a thorough debate of the topics covered. The resulting volume will interest a wide range of readers in philosophy, political theory, women's studies and global affairs.Peace and Prosperity through World Trade
By Fabrice Lehmann, Jean-Pierre Lehmann. 2011
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) was created in 1919 by business leaders who described themselves as 'merchants of peace'…
and whose motto was 'world peace through world trade'. Since then a number of initiatives, including the founding of the WTO in 1995, have provided the proper regulatory conditions for a dramatic increase in world trade. This has generated unprecedented growth and allowed many countries to enjoy great gains in wealth and welfare. Yet despite these gains we are still far from achieving the ICC's goal of world peace through world trade. This book provides a broad overview of the forces that shape international trade and global interdependence, showing business leaders and entrepreneurs how we can address the shortcomings of the multilateral trading system. Most importantly, it shows how we can turn international trade into one of the key global instruments to achieve peace and prosperity in the twenty-first century.Individuals and Identity in Economics
By John B. Davis. 2011
This book examines the different conceptions of the individual that have emerged in recent new approaches in economics, including behavioral…
economics, experimental economics, social preferences approaches, game theory, neuroeconomics, evolutionary and complexity economics, and the capability approach. These conceptions are classified according to whether they seek to revise the traditional atomist individual conception, put new emphasis on interaction and relations between individuals, account for individuals as evolving and self-organizing, and explain individuals in terms of capabilities. The method of analysis uses two identity criteria for distinguishing and re-identifying individuals to determine whether these different individual conceptions successfully identify individuals. Successful individual conceptions account for sub-personal and supra-personal bounds on single individual explanations. The former concerns the fragmentation of individuals into multiple selves; the latter concerns the dissolution of individuals into the social. The book develops an understanding of bounded individuality, seen as central to the defense of human rights.China’s Impact on the African Renaissance: The Baobab Grows
By Kobus Jonker, Bryan Robinson. 2018
This book provides the first comprehensive academic study of what China s trade with and investment in African…
countries mean for the socio-economic well-being of the continent Based on the African Tree of Organic Growth Framework developed in the book Jonker and Robinson outline the factors necessary in realizing Africa s Renaissance vision and the impact that the Chinese might have on this process Using the metaphor of the Baobab tree the authors analyze the historical cultural and economic contexts within African countries the channels available to produce development and growth and the fruits or social and economic well-being created by this integrated process The book takes readers on a journey of numerous African examples and case studies describing and analyzing the challenges and complexities of countries in their desire to achieve organic cultural scientific and economic renewal and the improvement of the well-being of their citizens This book will be of great value to economists people who wish to do business in Africa China-watchers those who are following the development and growth of Africa and more