Economics Books

New and Published Books

1. Social Protection in Developing Countries

   Reforming Systems

   Edited by Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn, Christian Pfleiderer

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Providing universal access to social protection and health systems for all members of society, including the poor and vulnerable, is increasingly considered crucial to international development debates. This is the first book to explore from an interdisciplinary and global perspective the reforms...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Water and Climate Change in Africa

   Challenges and Community Initiatives in Durban, Maputo and Nairobi

   Edited by Patricia E. Perkins

   Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research

   In the coming decades, countries around the world will face increasingly severe challenges related to global climate change. While the details vary from country to country, the impacts will be especially grave for marginalized people, whose access to food, potable water, and safe shelter may be...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Low Carbon Nation?

   By Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin

   What does the transition to a Low Carbon Britain mean for the future development of cities and regions across the country? Does it reinforce existing ‘business as usual’ or create new transformational opportunities? Low Carbon Nation? takes an interdisciplinary approach to tackle this critical...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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