Neoliberalism and deregulation have come to dominate national and international political economy. This major book addresses this convergence and analyzes the implications for the future of capitalist diversity. It considers important questions such as: Is the preference for free markets a well-founded response to intensified global competition? ......
The conquest of the Americas inaugurated the slow accumulation of resources and the imperceptible structural transformations that culminated in the Industrial Revolution. From that moment on, capitalism grew and expanded with a dynamism and adaptability that are now all too familiar, profiting from wars and even managing to rebound after a series ......
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Australia and New Zealand extensively deregulated their economies to create two of the most open markets in the industrialized world. Drawing on interviews with more than 180 policymakers in Australia and New Zealand, this book analyzes the factors that made the deregulation process different in these countries.
Since the 1960s, the Asian Tigers have combined economic success and autocratic politics. This book explores the complex transitions under way in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, as the leaderships shift their economic and political relationships in order to survive in the global economy.
Comparing the European Union's strict regulation of state aid to business with the virtually unregulated investment competition in the United States and Canada, this title documents Europe's relative success in controlling - and decreasing - subsidies to business, even while they rise in the United States.
In the New Market Economies of Central Eastern Europe
An exploration of the key issues of post-communist transformation in Eastern Europe. Anna Pollert discusses important aspects of the nature of change and continuity, including: historical, socio-economic and political effects; how workers and their organizations respond to change from command to capitalist economies; and how managers, workers and ......
The author shows that a cleaner environment does not necessarily lead to a lowering of the economic growth rate. The precise conditions under which the short-term growth rate can increase are determined. In another chapter, the costs are assessed that give insight into the way people suffer in the short term when resources are set aside for ......
In the New Market Economies of Central Eastern Europe
An exploration of the key issues of post-communist transformation in Eastern Europe. Anna Pollert discusses important aspects of the nature of change and continuity, including: historical, socio-economic and political effects; how workers and their organizations respond to change from command to capitalist economies; and how managers, workers and ......
