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International Aid and Private Schools for the Poor
Pauline Dixon
This fascinating volume challenges the widely held belief that the state should supply, finance and regulate schooling in developing countries. Using India as an example, Dr. Pauline Dixon examines the ways in which private, for-profit s...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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![The Great Recession and the Contradictions of Contemporary Capitalism]()
The Great Recession and the Contradictions of Contemporary Capitalism
Edited by Riccardo Bellofiore, Giovanna Vertova
The current crisis is one of the great crises punctuating the long history of capitalism, and to be properly understood it is vital to take into account its ongoing structural transformation. This book offers plural perspectives on the G...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Taxation and Development: The Weakest Link?
Edited by Richard M. Bird, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Taxation and Development highlights the importance of better understanding the ways in which taxes and expenditure are linked. Focusing on developing countries, the book argues for a broader approach to the topic, with a secondary focus ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cities and Private Planning
Edited by David Emanuel Andersson, Stefano Moroni
Through comprehensive case studies of privately planned cities and neighbourhood in Asia, Europe and North America, this book characterizes the theoretical basis and empirical manifestations of private urban planning. In this innovative ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Morality and Justice in Islamic Economics and Finance]()
Morality and Justice in Islamic Economics and Finance
Muhammad Umer Chapra
Mankind is faced with a number of serious problems that demand an effective solution. The prevalence of injustice and the frequency of financial crises are two of the most serious of these problems. Consisting of an in-depth introduction...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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State and Local Financial Instruments
Craig L. Johnson, Martin J. Luby, Tima T. Moldogaziev
The ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This book covers the municipal securities market in the United States from the perspective of its primary capital fi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Exchange Rate Economics
Norman C. Miller
The Uncovered Interest Parity (UIP) puzzle has remained a moot point since it first circulated economic discourse in 1984 and, despite a number of attempts at a solution, the UIP puzzle and other anomalies in Exchange Rate Economics cont...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Entrepreneurship
Laura E. Huggins
In this innovative book, Laura E. Huggins finds path breaking entrepreneurial solutions to difficult environmental challenges in some of the world’s poorest areas. The approaches entrepreneurs are taking to these challenges involve esta...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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What is Wrong with Islamic Economics?
Muhammad Akram Khan
What is Wrong with Islamic Economics? takes an objective look at the state of the art in Islamic economics and finance. It analyses reasons for perceived stagnation and also suggests a way forward.eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Geographies of the Super-Rich
Edited by Iain Hay
This timely and path-breaking book brings together a group of distinguished and emerging international scholars to critically consider the geographical implications of the world’s super-rich, a privileged yet remarkably overlooked group.eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Banking, Monetary Policy and the Political Economy of Financial Regulation
Edited by Gerald A. Epstein, Tom Schlesinger, Matías Vernengo
The many forces that led to the economic crisis of 2008 were in fact identified, analyzed and warned against for many years before the crisis by economist Jane D’Arista, among others. Now, writing in the tradition of D’Arista''s extensiv...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics
Edited by Frank Whelon Wayman, Paul R. Williamson, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Solomon Polachek
It is a puzzle that while academic research has increased in specialization, the important and complex problems facing humans urgently require a synthesis of understanding. This unique collaboration attempts to address such a problem by ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
