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11. Intellectual Property Rights in Contemporary Capitalism

    Edited by Birgitte Andersen

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    This book is a timely contribution to an important debate on the increased, changed or new scope of Intellectual Property Rights in the light of Contemporary Capitalism. How the expanded or pushed Intellectual Property Rights domain encourages an individual and corporate self-interest over...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
12. Philosophy of Economics

    A Contemporary Introduction

    By Julian Reiss

    Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

    Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered. Throughout,...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
13. Disasters and the Networked Economy

    By J.M. Albala-Bertrand

    Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

    Mainstream quantitative analysis and simulations are fraught with difficulties and are intrinsically unable to deal appropriately with long-term macroeconomic effects of disasters. In this new book, J.M. Albala-Bertrand develops the themes introduced in his past book, The Political Economy of Large...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
14. Voice and Involvement at Work

    Experience with Non-Union Representation

    Edited by Paul Gollan, Bruce Kaufman, Daphne Taras, Adrian Wilkinson

    Series: Routledge Research in Employment Relations

    Nonunion employee representation (NER) has become a much discussed topic in the last decade in the fields of human resource management, employment relations, and employment/labor law. Two reasons account for this. The first is the long-term and cumulatively substantial decline in trade union...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
15. The Soviet Union under Gorbachev (Routledge Revivals)

    Prospects for Reform

    By David A. Dyker

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    Gorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
16. The Theory of Futures Trading (Routledge Revivals)

    By Barry Goss

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1972, this book provides an important critical review on the theory of futures trading. B. A. Goss looks at the work and ideas of Keynes and Hicks on futures, and considers how these have also been developed by Kaldor. He discusses the evolution of the concept of hedging in the...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
17. Futures Markets (Routledge Revivals)

    Their Establishment and Performance

    By Barry Goss

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1986, this book discusses many important aspects of the theory and practice of Futures Markets. It describes how they, at the time, grew to be an increasingly important feature of the world's major financial centres. Indeed, they adopted the role of being efficient forward...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
18. Environmental Economics and Management (Routledge Revivals)

    Pollution and Natural Resources

    By Finn Førsund, Steinar Strøm

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1988, this book examines pollution and natural resources in relation to economic analysis. The section on pollution looks at areas such as the main problems in the field at the time, possible remedies and the environmental costs involved. In regards to natural resources, the book...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
19. Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals)

    By D Sapsford

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    First published in 1981, Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
20. The Value Dimension (Routledge Revivals)

    Marx versus Ricardo and Sraffa

    By Ben Fine

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    The essays in this edited collection, first published in 1986, focus on important debates surrounding the central Marxian problem of the transformation of values into prices. The collection brings together major contributions on the value theory debate from the decade prior to the book’s...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge