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When should government intervene in market activity and when is it best to let market forces take their natural course How does the existing empirical evidence about government performance guide our answers to these questions In this clear, concise book, Clifford Winston offers his innovative analysis shaped by thirty years of evidence to assess the efficacy of government interventions.

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This is the third book in what the author calls his "sin" trilogy: the gambling, tobacco, and alcohol industries.

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Since World War II six risk-sharing institutions to stimulate foreign investment have been established by the U.S. government and several international organizations. These are thoroughly studied. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print b

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Many social scientists have explored the economic success of Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, each of which has experienced dramatic economic growth over a relatively short period of time.

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Challenges historical opinion of Terence Powderly and his movement to contribute to our greater understanding of labor relations during the Gilded Age.

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From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Mind, a brilliant new approach to the story of modern economics and to understanding how we got into todays financial mess.

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During the 1980s, dramatic changes in the federal budget, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Treasury initiated the most comprehensive series of economic experiments since the 1930s. This book describes the nature of those experiments and compares them to the Keynesian experiment of the 1960s.

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During the 1980s, dramatic changes in the federal budget, the Federal Reserve, and the U.S. Treasury initiated the most comprehensive series of economic experiments since the 1930s.

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Greece and Turkey is a pioneering study of two neighboring nations at different stages of economic development. The next section describes each country's domestic economic problems, exploring issues such as resources and productivity, sectoral resource allocation, fiscal policies, monetary policy, and inflation.

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Two Greek economic analysts explain the Greek financial crisis - from beginning to end. The first section explores the lead up to to Greece's adoption of the euro. Section II analyses discrete sectors of the economy. Section III investigates why Greek companies spend relatively little on research and development. The authors advance a number of specific policy proposals to improve the situation.

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Written by a former Greek Minister of Finance, this book analyses the past present and future for the Greek Crisis.

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Written by a former Greek Minister of Finance, this book analyses the past, present and future of the Greek Crisis.

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The Greenback Era is not a financial history; rather, it is an attempt to locate the source of political power in the crucial Reconstruction years through a socio-economic study of American financial conflict during the years 1865 to 1879. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to aga

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This economic policy history describes the policy views and counsel provided by Alan Greenspan when he served as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Ford Administration. The author, Dr. Sidney L. Jones, who served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treas...

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Offers workforce development reforms that meet the needs of both workers and employers. Based on the experiences of hundreds of leaders and workers, the authors set out ten principles for designing a more effective and equitable system that helps workers obtain the skills necessary for economic mobility.

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This study analyzes the cyclical experience of the United States economy between 1946 and 1958, in an attempt to appraise the importance of the major forces which shaped that experience and to account for its principal features. The period is broadly interpreted in the light of the previous history of growth and fluctuation in the economy.

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At last a coherent new set of ideas for critics of economic rationalism and globalisation. Hamilton argues that an obsession with economic growth lies at the heart of our current political, social and environmental ills - and offers a thought-provoking alternative.

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Addresses new issues and challenges for economic growth arising from ongoing significant change in the world economy, focusing especially on technological transformation. Throughout the book, the contributors, in their analysis of both global and Korea-specific trends and prospects, place emphasis on drawing implications for policy.

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Discusses a variety of issues connected with deindustrialization and diminished competitiveness. The authors distinguish between problems that would be of real concern and those that should not. They also evaluate explanations for slow growth in aggregate productivity in the United States and its relation to slower growth in other industrialized countries.