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New and Published Books

  1. Financial Crisis, Labour Markets and Institutions

    Edited by Sebastiano Fadda, Pasquale Tridico

    Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

    This book seeks to explain the global financial crisis and its wider economic, political, and social repercussions, arguing that the 2007-9 meltdown was in fact a systemic crisis of the capitalist system. The volume makes these points through the exploration of several key questions: What kind...

    Published January 30th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Tax Systems and Tax Reforms in South and East Asia

    By Luigi Bernardi, Angela Fraschini, Parthasarathi Shome

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

    This book examines the present status, recent tax reforms and planned tax policies in some South and East Asia countries since the 1990s. The evidence is presented in a user friendly manner, but at the same time uses technically sophisticated methods. The main countries studied are China, India,...

    Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge

  3. The Financial History of the Bank for International Settlements

    By Kazuhiko Yago

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), founded in 1930, works as the "Bank for Central Banks". The BIS is an international forum where central bankers and officials gather to cope with international financial issues, and a bank which invests the funds of the member countries. This...

    Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge

  4. History and Financial Crisis

    Lessons from the 20th century

    Edited by Christopher Kobrak, Mira Wilkins

    One striking weaknesses of our financial architecture, which helped bring on and perhaps deepen the Panic of 2008, is an inadequate appreciation of the past. Information about how the system functioned and the reliability of organizations and institutional controls were drawn from a relatively...

    Published November 11th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Applied Health Economics

    2nd Edition

    By Andrew M. Jones, Nigel Rice, Teresa Bago d'Uva, Silvia Balia

    Series: Routledge Advanced Texts in Economics and Finance

    The first edition of Applied Health Economics did an expert job of showing how the availability of large scale data sets and the rapid advancement of advanced econometric techniques can help health economists and health professionals make sense of information better than ever before. This second...

    Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Reforming the Governance of the Financial Sector

    Edited by David Mayes, Geoffrey Wood

    Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

    Many financial institutions have in recent years failed – failed either completely, and gone into bankruptcy, or failed in the sense that they have not achieved what their owners or their customers expected them to deliver. This has had significant and adverse effects on customers, taxpayers,...

    Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Banking Systems in the Crisis

    The Faces of Liberal Capitalism

    Edited by Suzanne Konzelmann, Marc Fovargue-Davies

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Finance and Stability

    The 2008 financial crisis has severely shaken confidence in liberal economic theory and policy. However, the sharply divergent experiences of the six Anglo-Saxon ‘liberal market economies’ (LMEs) suggest that the reality is not so simple. This book traces the evolution of liberal capitalism, from...

    Published August 29th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Health Policy and the Public Interest

    By Lok-sang Ho

    This book is written with an acute awareness of the need for new insight to ensure (1) universal protection in basic healthcare; (2) providing choice; (3) efficient production and consumption of healthcare services; (4) financial sustainability of the healthcare system. Defining the public interest...

    Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge

  9. The Structure and Reform of Direct Taxation (Routledge Revivals)

    By James Meade

    First published in 1978, The Structure and Reform of Direct Taxation presents the full findings and recommendations of the ‘Meade’ committee set up by The Institute for Fiscal Studies. It represents the most important contemporary examination of the structure of UK taxation and direct...

    Published July 23rd 2012 by Routledge

  10. Sports Fundraising

    Dynamic Methods for Schools, Universities and Youth Sport Organizations

    By David Kelley

    Sports Fundraising is a complete introduction to fundamental principles and best practice in sports fundraising. Focusing on the particular challenges of fundraising in intercollegiate and interscholastic sport, and for youth sport organizations, the book is designed to help students develop the...

    Published July 17th 2012 by Routledge