Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013-or Ghanaâs balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008-just as the worl...
The worldâs leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, and governm...
New Wealth for Old Nations provides a guide to policy priorities in small or regional economies. It will be of interest to policymakers, students, and scholars seeking avenues to improved growth, greater opportunity, and better governance. Some of the...
The global financial crisis of 1997-98 revealed that emerging market nations as well as the developed economies are vulnerable to the forces of globalization. In this book, the author argues in favour of the benefits of free markets, despite the crisis....