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Traces the historical evolution of humankind's relationship with money, from ancient times to the present-day revolutionary transformation in the meaning and use of money as represented by the electronic cash card, and discusses the implications of such changes.

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The ROK economy has experienced rapid growth in the last 30 years. The ROK economy is located in the midst of the Pacific Basin, the most promising part of the developing world. Recently, the economy has moved into more highly sophisticated markets, as well as into the global financial markets.

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This work deals with the economic systems of the two monetary revolutionaries of this century. Friedman used the system of testing one hypothesis against another rather than using a naive model. He provided analytical, political, and ideological positions that yield an all-encompassing analytical system.

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This analysis of Israel's successful stabilization program challenges current thinking on macroeconomic policy.

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Explaining the puzzling behavior of exchange rates using models from microstructure finance and data from electronic trading.

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Written for international finance executives, economists and policymakers, this book describes in detail the money markets of the eight major developing countries of East Asia - Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan.

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A comparative study of the international money supply process (MSP), which aims to involve the basic types of economic and institutional economic systems at all levels of economic development. This comparative approach allows an analysis of the differences that occur in MSP across the world.

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The Washington financier who first proposed creation of a trust fund to retire the national debt has written a book outlining a new plan that would prevent Congress from raiding the fund to supplement the cost of regular government programs.

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This book examines the characteristics of monetary institutions and the ways in which a clear understanding of money, and a sense of what we can know about money, can improve our comprehension on monetary policy. It establishes a link between abstract and theoretical aspects of monetary theory and the problems with money and banks we face today.

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The Political Economy of Kenya is a collection of timely and up-to-date essays focusing on the interaction of politics and economics in Kenya's domestic political arena.

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Reviews the historical evidence to explain why some nations embraced Keynesian policies while others did not. This book examines the central issue of how and why particular ideas acquire influence over policy and politics. It also examines central themes in contemporary economics, political science, and history.

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Based on extensive primary source analysis and in-depth interviews with key figures in the field of public debt administration and policy development, this volume presents a comprehensive history of the U.S. public debt from 1775--when the first debt was incurred to finance the Revolutionary War--to the present.

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Questions about the nature of money have gained a new urgency in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Even as many people have less of it, there are more forms and systems of money, from local currencies and social lending to mobile money and Bitcoin. Yet our understanding of what money is--and what it might be--hasn't kept pace. In The So

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The special economic zones that have been established in China are playing an important role in the economic development of the country. This in-depth examination of the zones provides a broad understanding of the formation of the Southern Chinese Economic Block and its effects on the country as a whole.

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The new super rich and why they should scare you.

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The author's conclusions differ from the conventional wisdom, which suggests that the manufacturing sector is regaining much of its dominance as a result of the declining dollar, that exports will take over as a major source of economic growth, that a recession is unlikely, and that a depression is no longer possible.

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Explains the U.S. growth slowdown as a natural consequence of economic maturity.

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Describes and analyses the relationship between the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 to the present. Jacques J. Polak focuses primarily on this period from the 1970s when both the Fund and the Bank strove to meet developing countries' pressing needs for macroeconomic stabilization and structural adjustment.

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This book provides a comprehensive look at the changes that have occurred in the distributions of both income and wealth in the United States since 1960.

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The European economic and monetary union has changed the structure of international monetary relations fundamentally. In this book two experts--one European, the other American--offer transatlantic perspectives on the ramifications of the monetary union and the launch of the euro.

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The recent evolution of an independent cross market, combined with the technological advancements in computerized trading marked the beginning of a new era in the Foreign Exchange Market.

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In today's South, urban centers are prospering while many rural communities and areas with high proportions of black residents have fallen behind. The author closely ties issues on economic development to social justice as he concludes his study of this unbalanced situation.