Economics today
Economics today

Author: Peter Eisenhut / Jan-Egbert Strum

Publisher: Somedia Buchverlag

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 372531084X

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The standard work for business schools, colleges and universities as well as for continuing education courses has enjoyed great acceptance among lecturers and students for many years. The new edition is up to date, comprehensible in language and structure, undogmatic and practical. In addition to its topicality, the special features of this book include: Interviews:Each chapter ends with an interview with personalities from politics, business and academia on current issues.Digressions: They serve to link economic theories with practice."Economic thinking": Economics is not only content, but also a model of thinking. Therefore, at the end of each chapter, typical economic ways of thinking are explained by way of example in a special section. Accompanying materials (in German) at edu.somedia-buchverlag.ch The learning centre provides:Assignments and case studies: multiple choice, assignments and case studies / experiments are provided for each chapter. Solutions: Solutions are available for the assignments and case studies as well as for the revision exercises from the textbook. Power Point presentations: Presentations are provided for all chapters for use in class.Reader: Various newspaper articles, YouTube videos and other supplementary teaching materials are available. Der Autor Peter Eisenhut studierte an der Universität St. Gallen Volkswirtschaftslehre und Wirtschaftspädagogik. Anschliessend war er Hauptlehrer für Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Kantonsschule Heerbrugg. Von 1987 bis 1998 erfüllte er einen Lehrauftrag für Volkswirtschaftslehre an der Universität St. Gallen. Von 1990 bis 1993 war er Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung des St. Galler Zentrums für Zukunftsforschung. Von 1997 bis 2007 war er Chefökonom der Industrie- und Handelskammer St. Gallen-Appenzell. Von 2000 bis 2017 unterrichtete er an der Executive School der Universität St. Gallen (ES-HSG). Seit Januar 2008 ist Peter Eisenhut Inhaber der ecopol ag (www.ecopolag.ch), einer Firma, welche Entscheidungsträger aus Politik, Verwaltung und Wirtschaft in volkswirtschaftlichen Fragestellungen unterstützt.

Economics today
Economics today

Author: Peter Eisenhut

Publisher: Somedia Buchverlag

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 3725309078

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The most important new features in this book are: •The content of «Economics today» is not simply theory but is of great importance in apractical world. For illustration, a number of well-known personalities were interviewed who make use of the knowledge from the corresponding chapter in their practical work. •Chapter 15 «Exchange rates and exchange rate systems» has been completely revised. •More weight has been placed on the importance of property rights in this new edition, with a separate sub-chapter. •A new chapter has been dedicated to the importance of entrepreneurship as a basis for the success of a market economy, thereby underlining an increase in its significance. •In view of the recent events, a new chapter regarding financial markets and bank crises has been added. A new digression should also ensure a better understanding of the financial market. •Games theoryis also becoming an increasingly necessary component of any economics textbook. A digression therefore provides an initial insight into Game Theory. The graphs and tables have, of course, also been brought up to the latest standards and many small changes and updates have been carried out in the text.

Kalecki's Economics Today
Kalecki's Economics Today

Author: Zdzislaw Sadowski

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-11-27

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1134422288

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Michael Kalecki is thought by many to be the true standard bearer of theories of mixed economy, and it can be argued that John Maynard Keynes stole his crown undeservedly. Kaleckian ideas are becoming more and more influential.

Feminist Economics Today
Feminist Economics Today

Author: Marianne A. Ferber

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2020-05-22

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 022677516X

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The 1993 publication of Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson's Beyond Economic Man was a landmark in both feminist scholarship and the discipline of economics, and it quickly became a handbook for those seeking to explore the emerging connections between the two. A decade later, this book looks back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering both a thorough overview of feminist economic thought and a collection of new, high-quality work from the field's leading scholars.

The North Korean Economy
The North Korean Economy

Author: Nicholas Eberstadt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-04

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1351478265

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Viewed from afar, North Korea may appear bizarre, or positively irrational. But as Nicholas Eberstadt demonstrates in this meticulously researched volume, there is a grim coherence to North Korea's political economy, and a ruthless logic undergirding it--one that unreservedly subordinates economic welfare to augmentation of political power. Thus, paradoxically, even as official policies and practices consign the DPRK economy to a perilous realm between crisis and catastrophe, the country's leadership maintains unchallenged domestic control and has actually managed to increase its international influence.Through painstaking collection of hard-to-uncover data and careful analysis, Eberstadt provides a quantitative tableau of North Korea's terrible failure in its economic race against South Korea; its stubborn adherence to policies all but guaranteed to stifle growth and undermine economic performance; and the longstanding official effort to ignore, or mitigate, pressures for economic reform.Eberstadt is skeptical of optimistic accounts from South Korea and elsewhere suggesting that the North Korean leadership is interested in resolving the current nuclear impasse, and getting on with the business of reform and development. So long as Pyongyang's rulers entertain the ambition of reunifying the Korean peninsula on its own terms, Eberstadt argues, economic reforms worthy of the name will be subversive of state authority--and vigilantly resisted by Pyongyang's rulers. This authoritative volume has received widespread attention from Asian specialists, well as those concerned with nuclear proliferation and world peace, and international relations professionals in general.

Classical Economics Today
Classical Economics Today

Author: Marcella Corsi

Publisher: Anthem Press

Published: 2018-01-22

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 178308751X

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“Classical Economics Today: Essays in Honor of Alessandro Roncaglia” comprises a collection of original essays by leading economists who adopt a Classical approach to political economy. The essays showcase the relevance and topicality of the Classical approach, as opposed to the sterility and real-world irrelevance of mainstream economics.

Economic Uncertainty, Instabilities And Asset Bubbles: Selected Essays
Economic Uncertainty, Instabilities And Asset Bubbles: Selected Essays

Author: Anastasios G Malliaris

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2005-10-03

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 9814480045

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The compendium of papers in this volume focuses on aspects of economic uncertainty, financial instabilities and asset bubbles.Economic uncertainty is modeled in continuous time using the mathematical techniques of stochastic calculus. A detailed treatment of important topics is provided, including the existence and uniqueness of asymptotic economic growth, the modeling of inflation and interest rates, the decomposition of inflation and its volatility, and the extension of the quantity theory of money to allow for randomness.The reader is also introduced to the methods of chaotic dynamics, and this methodology is applied to asset pricing, the European equity markets, and the multi-fractality in foreign currency markets.Since the techniques of stochastic calculus and chaotic dynamics do not readily accommodate the presence of stochastic bubbles, several papers discuss in depth the presence of financial bubbles in asset prices, and econometric work is performed to link such bubbles to monetary policy.Finally, since bubbles often burst rather than deflate slowly, the last section of the book studies the crash of October 1987 as well as other crashes of national equity markets due to the Persian gulf crisis.

Political and Economic Dynamics of the Eurozone Crisis
Political and Economic Dynamics of the Eurozone Crisis

Author: James A. Caporaso

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-02-25

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 0191072370

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This is the first book to provide a full and dispassionate account of the politics and economics of the Eurozone crisis, focusing on the interlinked origins and impacts of the Euro-Zone crisis and the policy responses to it. The book is distinguished from existing research by its avoidance (and rejection) of the too-often simplistic analysis that has characterized political, media and regrettably some academic coverage, and by its attempt to escape from the tyranny of day-to-day events and short-term developments. Each of the contributors identifies an important question and undertakes a careful empirical, theoretically-informed analysis that produces novel perspectives. Together they seek to balance many of the existing accounts that have rushed to sometimes unwarranted conclusions, concerning, for example, the locus of institutional power in European crisis-management; the power and centrality of particular member states, notably Germany which has been attributed with 'hegemonic' status; the supposed entrapment of EU policy makers by an 'austerity ideology'; and the deep flaws that apparently afflict the solutions to the crisis put painstakingly in place, such as Banking Union. While it will be some time before the EU can put the crisis behind it, and the dust finally settles on the revised institutional system that emerges, The Political and Economic Dynamics of the Eurozone Crisis marks an important step towards a considered, reflective analysis of the tumultuous events and developments of the crisis period.

Economics Today
Economics Today

Author: Miller, Roger LeRoy

Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 9780321253521

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Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards
Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2002-01-29

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 0309170567

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Since CAFE standards were established 25 years ago, there have been significant changes in motor vehicle technology, globalization of the industry, the mix and characteristics of vehicle sales, production capacity, and other factors. This volume evaluates the implications of these changes as well as changes anticipated in the next few years, on the need for CAFE, as well as the stringency and/or structure of the CAFE program in future years.