This edition brings together the most important English language tracts and pamphlets and other material on the origins and development of private banking, joint stock banking, central banking and other important related questions.…
Hardback – 2016-10-05
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Elizabeth Anscombe (1919–2001) was one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century, making major contributions in philosophy of mind, ethics, and metaphysics. She is particularly renowned for her work on intention and action. A pupil and friend of Ludwig…
Hardback – 2016-07-12
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Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers
To help advanced students and researchers make sense of a large—and rapidly growing—corpus of scholarship and practical thinking on the principles that underpin finance in emerging markets, and the many associated issues and controversies that this topic generates, Routledge announces Finance in…
Hardback – 2015-10-19
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Critical Concepts in Finance
'Financial derivatives continue to play a major role in modern, market-based economies across the globe. The necessity to comprehend the economic rationales behind financial derivatives, as well as the purposes for which they were designed, has never been greater. This new four-volume collection…
Hardback – 2015-03-13
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Critical Concepts in Finance
Since 2007, the global financial system has endured extreme turbulence with banks suffering stomach-churning losses, necessitating unbelievable bailouts by national governments. Moreover, the ongoing eurozone crisis has highlighted still further the often dysfunctional interactions between…
Hardback – 2014-11-12
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Critical Concepts in Finance
It is axiomatic that entities which bring together the factors of production play a vital role in any national economy. But, while entrepreneurial ventures may be a source of growth and innovation, they also face many challenges. In particular, access to finance can place particular constraints on…
Hardback – 2014-05-22
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Critical Concepts in Finance
Edited by three leading scholars whose expertise spans finance, economics, and law, Finance in Asia is a new collection from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Finance series. The foundational and cutting-edge scholarship assembled in this easy-to-use, one-stop resource enables users easily to …
Hardback – 2013-10-01
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Critical Concepts in Finance
Law and politics are deeply intertwined. Law is an essential tool of government action, an instrument with which government tries to influence society. Law is also the means by which government itself is structured, regulated, and controlled. It is no surprise, then, that law is an important prize…
Hardback – 2012-11-30
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Critical Concepts in Political Science
It is almost universally agreed that banks are of central importance for economic growth, the efficient allocation of capital, financial stability, and the competitiveness and development of manufacturing and service sectors. And, at least in recent decades, it has also widely been believed that…
Hardback – 2011-11-16
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Critical Concepts in Finance
The Great Depression had a devastating effect on much of the world’s developed economies. (For example, at its nadir, around one-quarter of the US workforce was unemployed. And, in Britain, exports virtually halved by 1933 as international trade collapsed.) The political and cultural consequences…
Hardback – 2010-11-16
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Critical Concepts in Economics
How does government taxing and spending affect an economy, and how can we determine whether government policies promote a society’s economic objectives? What economic activities should governments undertake? Should they do less? How should an optimal tax system be designed? What information is…
Hardback – 2009-10-06
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Critical Concepts in Economics
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and the possibility of global accounting harmonization, have recently gained enormously in importance, both practically and from an academic and research perspective. Since 2005, European and Australian listed enterprises are required to use IFRS…
Hardback – 2008-05-20
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Critical Perspectives on Business and Management