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Praise for the first edition: “Economists and students interested in this area will find it indispensable.”–’Journal of Economic Literature.’ “A must for academicians and policymakers.”–’Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking’
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“Economists and students interested in this area will [...]
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A distinct correlation exists between how free a society is and how much power its government has over money. Because the United State of America was supposed to be a free country, its government was granted comparatively few` monetary powers – only to borrow and coin money, and regulate its value. [...]
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In recent years governments have increasingly given their central banks the freedom to pursue policies of price stability. In particular, the German Bundesbank and the U.S. Federal Reserve have been widely considered models of autonomous policymaking. This book traces the origins of their success to the political struggle to adopt monetarism [...]
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Credit unions, the most important source of credit for microenterprises in Latin America, reach the poor in large numbers and have great potential for expansion and growth. When donor funding and subsidies began to dry up in the mid-1980s, and competition from commercial banks intensified in the 1990s, many credit unions [...]
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Few aspects of the great European integration project have been as difficult and fraught with political conflict as the creation of a single financial market and monetary union. It is clear, however, that monetary union and financial integration are now on the front-burner in Europe, and will remain so until at [...]
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A study reviewing the rationales, legislative history, and financial incentives of both types of hospital subsidies. Softcover.
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“Throughout the ages, many things have been used as currency: livestock, grains, spices, shells, beads, and now paper. But only two things have ever been money: gold and silver. When paper money becomes too abundant, and thus loses its value, man always turns back to precious metals. During [...]
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The role of ethnic Chinese buisness in catalyzing economic development has been hotly debated throughout cycles of boom and bust. This collection attempts to examine some of the key features attributed to Chinese enterprises, business-government relations, the family firm, trusts and networks, and alleged ‘Asian’ [...]
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“… cleverly links globalisation and Anglo-American capitalism… if you want to understand what business is going through, it is an excellent place to start.” (Management Today, March 2003)
‘Plender, a respected Financial Times columnist and former chaiman of the corporate governance consultancy PIRC, [...]
Disagreements about the morality of markets, and about self-interested behavior within markets, run deep. They arise from perspectives within economics and political philosophy that appear to have nothing in common. In this book, Daniel Finn provides a framework for understanding these conflicting points of view. Recounting the arguments for and against markets [...]
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