How much inequality is fair?

mathematical principles of a moral, optimal, and stable capitalist society

Many in the United States feel that the nation’s current level of economic inequality is unfair and that capitalism is not working for 90% of the population. Yet some inequality is inevitable. The question is: What level of inequality is fair? Mainstream economics has ...

Regional success after Brexit

the need for new measures

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. The post-Brexit environment introduces notable challenges for regional policy; however, it also offers the opportunity to reassess regional needs and appropriate funding formulae. Regional Success ...

The public option

how to expand freedom, increase opportunity, and promote equality

A solution to inequalities wherever we look—in health care, secure retirement, education—is as close as the public library. Or the post office, community pool, or local elementary school. Public options—reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private options—are all around us ...

Fiscal and monetary policy in the Eurozone

theoretical concepts and empirical evidence

Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Eurozone faced a major challenge to many of its most widely held beliefs around both short- and long-term economic policy. Contrary to what had been the received wisdom, it suddenly became clear that financial institutions can fail, that low ...

Macroeconomía

con aplicaciones

Esta decimonovena edición, revisada y adaptada, confirma el éxito internacional de esta obra, con la que se han formado generaciones de estudiantes de todo el mundo. Con cada nueva edición el texto va evolucionando y actualizándose a la realidad macroeconómica actual. Con la claridad expositiva ...

Society after money

a dialogue

Project Society After Money is an interdisciplinary project between commons theory, evolutionary political economy, media studies and sociology, that enter into a dialogue with one another in order to look at their specific theories and criticisms of money. Conceived as the beginning of a necessary ...

Firefighting

the financial crisis and its lessons

2008 saw one of the worst financial crises in generations, the global implications of which are still being felt today. Ten years later Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson reflect on the causes of the crisis, why it was so damaging, and what it ...

Firefighting

the financial crisis and its lessons

2008 saw one of the worst financial crises in generations, the global implications of which are still being felt today. Ten years later Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson reflect on the causes of the crisis, why it was so damaging, and what it ...

Macroeconomic shocks and unconventional monetary policy

impacts on emerging markets

Barely two decades after the Asian financial crisis Asia was suddenly confronted with multiple challenges originating outside the region: the 2008 global financial crisis, the European debt crisis, and finally developed economies' implementation of unconventional monetary policies. The implementation of quantitative easing, ultra-low interest rate ...

The Oxford handbook of the economics of central banking

The economic influence of central banks has received ever more attention given their centrality during the financial crises that led to the Great Recession, strains in the European Union, and the challenges to the Euro. The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Central Banking reflects ...

Communists constructing capitalism

state, market, and the Party in China’s financial reform

Why has China's 'transition' to a market economy not catalysed corresponding political transformation? In an era of deepening synergy between authoritarian politics and capitalist economics, this book offers a novel perspective on this central dilemma of contemporary Chinese development, shedding light on how the ...

Política económica 2018

Este libro constituye la cuarta edición de un anuario de Política Económica cuya pretensión es ir recogiendo distintas aportaciones que contribuyan a abrir la perspectiva de análisis para entender y transformar la realidad en cambio que estamos viviendo. En este volumen se organiza, en su ...

Las políticas monetarias del BCE ante la crisis económica

Como es sabido el BCE inició sus compras de deuda corporativa europea en el mes de junio de 2016. No obstante ya con carácter previo incorporó la expansión de su balance como un instrumento adicional de política monetaria mediante el desarrollo de las subastas TLTRO ...

Política económica

elaboración, objetivos e instrumentos

Esta sexta edición actualiza el contenido de las ediciones previas y combina el rigor académico con una presentación atractiva de los temas, manteniendo el mismo enfoque desde la primera edición de 1995, pero teniendo en cuenta los debates, inquietudes y planteamientos de la Política Económica ...

Blockchain, fintech, and islamic finance

building the future in the new islamic digital economy

While creating new forms (Shari'ah-compliant standards) to operationalize Islamic values and ethics into the current conventional economic system and banking products is crucial to sustain the Islamic economy as it is today, we also need to develop new strategies to cope with the next ...

La dolarización en América Latina

un análisis desde la perspectiva de la Escuela Austriaca

Desde la perspectiva de la Escuela Austriaca de Economía, Miguel Ángel Echarte Fernández explora los casos de dolarización espontánea y oficial en la América Latina de las últimas dos décadas. Muchos países del continente han sufrido las consecuencias de la inflación en estos tiempos. Pero ...

¿Qué le hizo el gobierno a nuestro dinero?

ensayo sobre el origen y la función de la moneda

Aunque se halle en apariencia fuera de la órbita de grandes obras maestras del profesor Murray N. Rothbard como Historia del pensamiento económico o El hombre, la economía y el Estado, este breve tratado es una solidísima meditación en torno a los beneficios de una ...

The antitrust paradigm

restoring a competitive economy

A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power. The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their customers and suppliers. These ...

Priced out

the economic and ethical costs of American Health Care

From a giant of health care policy, an engaging and enlightening account of why American health care is so expensive-and why it doesn't have to be Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and ...

Evolution or revolution?

rethinking macroeconomic policy after the Great Recession

Leading economists discuss post-financial crisis policy dilemmas, including the dangers of complacency in a period of relative stability. The Great Depression led to the Keynesian revolution and dramatic shifts in macroeconomic theory and macroeconomic policy. Similarly, the stagflation of the 1970s led to the adoption ...