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Economics: The User's Guide
In his bestselling 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works--in real-world terms. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
One of the world's most respected economists and author of the international bestseller "Bad Samaritans" equips readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works--and doesn't.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Public Policy and Agricultural Development (Routledge Iss Studies In Rural Livelihoods Ser.)
This book critically re-examines the currently dominant paradigm of agricultural development policy from historical and comparative perspectives. Examining the experiences of 11 developed countries in their earlier stages of development and the experiences of 10 developing and transition economies i... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
[From the book jacket] With irreverent wit, an engagingly personal style, and a battery of real-life examples, Ha-Joon Chang blasts holes in the "World Is Flat" orthodoxy of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Kicking Away The Ladder: Development Strategy In Historical Perspective
How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compel... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economics For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Bestselling author and economis... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
The Rebel Within: Joseph Stiglitz and the World Bank
Critique of the role and effectiveness of the World Bank.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Restructuring 'Korea Inc.': Financial Crisis, Corporate Reform, and Institutional Transition (Routledge Studies In The Growth Economies Of Asia Ser. #Vol. 42)
The 1997 South Korean financial crisis not only shook the country itself but also sent shock waves through the financial world at large. This impressive book critically assesses the conventional wisdom surrounding the Korean crisis and the performance of the IMF-sponsored reform programme.Looking fi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
Una breve historia del capitalismo (Flash Ensayo)
Una lectura que probablemente pondrá en duda algunos «hechos» históricos que creíamos conocer y que, por lo tanto, transformará nuestra manera de entender el capitalismo. La economía es demasiado importante para dejarla en manos de los economistas. En este irreverente ensayo, Ha-Joon Chang, una de ... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2014 -
Economía para el 99% de la población
Manual para entender la economía de forma crítica ¿Qué es la economía? ¿Por qué importa? ¿Qué puede -y qué no puede- explicar acerca del mundo? La economía es demasiado importante para dejarla en manos de los economistas. Por eso, en esta irreverente introducción, Ha Joon Chang presenta las disti... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2014 -
23 cosas que no te cuentan sobre el capitalismo
¿Cómo no vimos venir el colapso económico en que nos hallamos? Ha-Joon Chang, uno de los economistas más respetados del mundo, tiene la respuesta: no preguntamos qué era lo que no nos contaban sobre el capitalismo. Este es un libro ameno con una intención muy seria, cuestionar las premisas que so... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2010 -
23 cosas que no te cuentan sobre el capitalismo
¿Cómo no vimos venir el colapso económico en que nos hallamos? Ha-Joon Chang tiene la respuesta: no preguntamos qué era lo que no nos contaban sobre el capitalismo. Este es un libro ameno con una intención muy seria, cuestionar las premisas que sostienen el dogma y la propaganda que la escuela domin... More
Language: SPACopyright: 2012 -
External Intervention and the Politics of State Formation
by Ja Ian ChongThis book explores ways foreign intervention and external rivalries can affect the institutionalization of governance in weak states. When sufficiently competitive, foreign rivalries in a weak state can actually foster the political centralization, territoriality and autonomy associated with state ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Advance Directives: Rethinking Regulation, Autonomy & Healthcare Decision-Making (International Library Of Ethics, Law, And The New Medicine Ser. #76)
by Hui Yun ChanThis book offers a new perspective on advance directives through a combined legal, ethical and philosophical inquiry. In addition to making a significant and novel theoretical contribution to the field, the book has an interdisciplinary and international appeal. The book will help academics, healthc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong: Challenges and Interactions in Chinese Regions (Routledge Studies in Chinese Translation)
Legal Translation and Bilingual Law Drafting in Hong Kong presents a systematic account from a cross-disciplinary perspective of the activities of legal translation and bilingual law drafting in the bilingual international city of Hong Kong and its interaction with Mainland China and Taiwan in the u... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Go Slow and Curvy
This book introduces readers to the concepts of sustainability and philosophy of slowness for the management of public entities such as cities or regions. While many urban communities face economic challenges that clearly show the limitations of growth and ever-increasing speed, this book explores ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Coral Reefs of the Western Pacific Ocean in a Changing Anthropocene (Coral Reefs of the World #14)
The monograph is based on the research and training activities in the Western Pacific Ocean Region within the umbrella of UNESCO/IOC-Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific Region. The results of these activities are compared to cases from other tropical and subtropical regions on this planet to make... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
International Conference on Computer Networks and Communication Technologies: Iccnct 2018 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #15)
The book features research papers presented at the International Conference on Computer Networks and Inventive Communication Technologies (ICCNCT 2018), offering significant contributions from researchers and practitioners in academia and industry. The topics covered include computer networks, netwo... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things: Proceedings of ICICI 2020 (Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies #57)
This book solicits the innovative research ideas and solutions for almost all the intelligent data intensive theories and application domains. The proliferation of various mobile and wireless communication networks has paved way to foster a high demand for intelligent data processing and communicati... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Inventive Systems and Control: Proceedings of ICISC 2021 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #204)
This book presents selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control (ICISC 2021), held on 7–8 January 2021 at JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. The book includes an analysis of the class of intelligent systems and control techniques t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Second International Conference on Image Processing and Capsule Networks: ICIPCN 2021 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #300)
This book includes the papers presented in 2nd International Conference on Image Processing and Capsule Networks [ICIPCN 2021]. In this digital era, image processing plays a significant role in wide range of real-time applications like sensing, automation, health care, industries etc. Today, with ma... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Image Processing and Capsule Networks: ICIPCN 2020 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #1200)
This book emphasizes the emerging building block of image processing domain, which is known as capsule networks for performing deep image recognition and processing for next-generation imaging science. Recent years have witnessed the continuous development of technologies and methodologies related t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Machine Learning and Autonomous Systems: Proceedings of ICMLAS 2021 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #269)
This book involves a collection of selected papers presented at International Conference on Machine Learning and Autonomous Systems (ICMLAS 2021), held in Tamil Nadu, India, during 24–25 September 2021. It includes novel and innovative work from experts, practitioners, scientists and decision-makers... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Third International Conference on Image Processing and Capsule Networks: ICIPCN 2022 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #514)
This book provides a collection of the state-of-the-art research attempts to tackle the challenges in image and signal processing from various novel and potential research perspectives. The book investigates feature extraction techniques, image enhancement methods, reconstruction models, object dete... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications: ICIMA 2022 (Advances in Sustainability Science and Technology)
The book is a collection of best selected research papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Inventive Material Science Applications (ICIMA 2022) organized by PPG Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, during May 6–7, 2022. The book includes original research by material science r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023