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  • Democracy and International Trade

    Britain, France, and the United States, 1860-1990

    by Daniel Verdier ...
    In this ambitious exploration of how foreign trade policy is made in democratic regimes, Daniel Verdier shows that special interests, party ideologues, and state officials and diplomats act as agents of the voters. Constructing a general theory in which existing theories (rent-seeking, median voting, state autonomy) function as partial explanations, he shows that trade institutions are not fixed ... Read more

    $72.79 USD

  • The Origins of National Financial Systems

    Alexander Gerschenkron Reconsidered

    Edited by Douglas J. Forsyth, Daniel Verdier ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    Since the nineteenth century, there has been an accepted distinction between financial systems that separate commercial and investment banking and those that do not. This comprehensive collection aims to establish how and why financial systems develop, and how knowledge of financial differentiation in the nineteenth century may afford insight into the development of contemporary banking structure ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

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  • The European Union

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Simon Usherwood, John Pinder ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is currently in the throes of a phase of profound uncertainty about its viability and future. Showing how and why the EU has ... Read more

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  • Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea

    The History of a Dangerous Idea

    by Mark Blyth ...
    Conservatives today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our belts. This view conveniently forgets where all ... Read more

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  • Time for Socialism

    Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021

    by Thomas Piketty ...
    A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty‑First Century**Praise for Time for Socialism:“Lively, thought‑provoking, grounded in facts, and resolutely optimistic—these essays grapple with the big questions of our time, from the rise of Trumpism and Brexit, to gender inequality and wealth taxation.”—Gabriel Zucman, University of California, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries

    by Arend Lijphart ...
    In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important—and unexpected—conclusions about what type of democracy works best.Praise for the previous edition:"Magnificent. . . . The best ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • How Global Currencies Work

    Past, Present, and Future

    by Barry Eichengreen, Arnaud Mehl, Livia Chitu ...
    A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuanAt first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the leading world power’s currency—the British pound, the U.S. dollar, and perhaps someday the Chinese yuan—invariably dominates international trade and finance. In How Global Currencies Work, three ... Read more

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  • The Populist Temptation

    Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era

    by Barry Eichengreen ...
    Populism of the right and left has spread like wildfire throughout the world. The impulse reached its apogee in the United States with the election of Trump, but it was a force in Europe ever since the Great Recession sent the European economy into a prolonged tailspin. In the simplest terms, populism is a political ideology that vilifies economic and political elites and instead lionizes 'the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • In Defense of Public Debt

    by Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, Kris James Mitchener ...
    A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their dramatic rise has prompted apocalyptic warnings about the dangers of heavy debts—about the drag they will place on economic growth and the burden they ... Read more

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  • The Euro and the Battle of Ideas

    by Markus K. Brunnermeier, Harold James, Jean-Pierre Landau ...
    How philosophical differences between Eurozone nations led to the Euro crisis—and where to go from hereWhy is Europe's great monetary endeavor, the Euro, in trouble? A string of economic difficulties in Greece, Ireland, Spain, Italy, and other Eurozone nations has left observers wondering whether the currency union can survive. In this book, Markus Brunnermeier, Harold James, and Jean-Pierre ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Order of Genocide

    Race, Power, and War in Rwanda

    by Scott Straus ...
    Winner of the Award for Excellence in Government and Political Science (AAP)The Rwandan genocide has become a touchstone for debates about the causes of mass violence and the responsibilities of the international community. Yet a number of key questions about this tragedy remain unanswered: How did the violence spread from community to community and so rapidly engulf the nation? Why did ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, 1870 to the Present

    by Stephen Broadberry, Kevin H. O'Rourke ...
    Series series The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe
    Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organized by topic rather than by country. This second volume tracks Europe's economic history through three major phases since 1870. The first ... Read more

    $54.19 USD