Economics

Understanding poverty and what to do about it, is perhaps the central concern of all of economics. Yet the lay public almost never gets to hear wha...

This fifth volume of The Foundations of Behavioral Economic Analysis covers behavioral models of learning. It is an essential guide for advanced un...

In 1776 Adam Smith (1723-90) wrote The Wealth of Nations , a book so foundational it has led to him being called the 'father of economics'. Today h...

What do we mean by development? How can citizens, governments and the international community foster development? The process by which nations esc...

Writing in 2007, French social philosopher André Gorz (1923–2007) was remarkably prophetic, foretelling the international economic meltdown of 2008...

What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming...

The word 'capitalism' is one that is heard and used frequently, but what is capitalism really all about, and what does it mean? This Very Short Int...

Generation of decent livelihood opportunities ought to be among the most important objectives on any meaningful agenda of economic development. On ...

Poverty And Progress Realities and Myths about Global Poverty by DEEPAK LAL, 0199458103, 9780199458103, Oxford UP

Microeconomics - individuals' choices of where to live and work, how much to save, what to buy, and firms' decisions about location, hiring, firing...

We make choices all the time - about trivial matters, about how to spend our money, about how to spend our time, about what to do with our lives. A...

This introduction to the Political Economy of Reforms in India discusses the political economy of the country's growth, globalization and welfare. ...

This short introduction combines theoretical analysis and historical and contemporary experience to explore alternative paths to economic developme...

In recent times, developing countries across the world have focused on a market-driven approach to address their economic issues. While this has re...

Integration with the global economy has opened India to cross-border flows of not merely goods and services, but also financial capital. India is n...

This book examines the underlying assumptions and implications of how we conceptualise and investigate poverty. The empirical entry point for such ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is scarcely ten years old, but even in these early years of its existence it has generated debate, controversy a...

Capturing the immense importance of India's cities to its economy, polity, and society, this short introduction provides nuanced yet accessible ana...

Environmental economics can be controversial, but it is also central to some key policy issues facing governments and society today, including indu...

John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just an economic theorist and statesman, but also in economics, ...

This volume brings together nearly two decades of scholarship on macroeconomic problems and policy debates in India. It examines the changes and co...

This volume brings together original documents, memorandums, and writings of B.R. Ambedkar to highlight his contribution to the development of excl...

Malise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusion impossible to igno...

Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining ...

This book explores the fate of some of the central concepts in the mainstream culture of Indian politics-ranging from secularism, development, and ...

This book explores various aspects of globalization, especially the role played by geopolitics in its contemporary structuring. It focuses on the r...

About The BookThe book explores the Presidency, Parliament, Judiciary and Police. It also observes the institutions of internal accountability, the...

Historically, much of economic thought, especially until the 1960s, has been preoccupied with the central concerns of development economics. It is ...

Although Reminiscences.was first published some seventy years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is a s timely as last summer's fr...

The authors have proposed a perspective broader than the more standard economic analysis of development by focusing on the complementarities betwee...

This collection of essays on the theory and development of public finance provides a comprehensive overview of the discipline and its evolution by ...

This collection of papers explores analytical issues on macroeconomic policy, banking, international finance, monetary policy and the financial sec...

This volume brings together three significant works of Ashis Nandy - Alternative Sciences, The Illegitimacy of Nationalism, and The Savage Freud . ...

The Economics of Sport and Recreation provides a much needed and up-to-date analysis of sport's contribution to the global economy. This new editio...

"[The] best book on famine available--important theoretical perspective, good case-study material. "--Barbara D. Miller, Cornell University "Embodi...

A look at India's experience of development planning over the past thirty-five years, this is the first book to provide a synthetic review of India...

How do we try to make the world a better place, when the challenges of poverty, disease, war, conflict, and climate change continue to impact milli...

Widely recognized as one of the greatest economists in history, there has been a surge of interest in the work of John Maynard Keynes since the fin...

Fundamentals of Sustainable Aviation is the first textbook to survey the critical field of sustainability within the aviation industry. Taking a sy...

This book provides a guide to navigating the paradoxical tensions of organisational resilience and presents a framework to aid individuals and busi...

Understanding Financial Statements provides you with the conceptual background and analytical tools to understand and interpret business financial ...

This textbook explains the main economic mechanisms behind energy markets and assesses how governments can implement policies to improve these mark...