The steadily diminishing role of agriculture in the world economy_a largely unperceived, poorly understood, but profound change_is as transformational for developmental economic thought as gravity has been for physics. C. Peter Timmer argues that policymakers who ignore this fundamental shift risk mismanaging their economic development policies...more details Format:Paperback Pages:83
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Pia Orrenius
ISBN:9780844743325
_I lift my lamp beside the golden door __the last line of Emma Lazarus's famous poem invites immigrants to enter a land of economic opportunity. Many have accepted that invitation; today...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:157
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Vaclav Smil
ISBN:9780844743288
There are many misconceptions about the future of global energy often presented as fact by the media, politicians, business leaders, activists...more details Format:Hardback Pages:213
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Andreas Bergh
ISBN:9780844743271
As economists and policymakers strive to understand the causes of the global financial crisis, pinpointing the relationship between government size and economic growth is crucial. In this incisive economic study...more details Format:Hardback Pages:100
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Andreas Bergh
ISBN:9780844743530
As economists and policymakers strive to understand the causes of the global financial crisis, pinpointing the relationship between government size and economic growth is crucial. In this incisive economic study...more details Format:Paperback Pages:69
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John C Weicher
ISBN:9780844742588
Since Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, American housing policy has focused on building homes for the poor. But seventy-five years of federal housing projects have not significantly ameliorated crime...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:450
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Thomas Donnelly
ISBN:9780844743295
As the guarantor of international security, the United States must commit to a long-term military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. But what are the tools necessary to succeed on the new battlefields of the Long War? In this volume...more details Format:Hardback Pages:169
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Andrew Morriss
ISBN:9780844743240
Offshore financial centers (OFCs) have a troubled reputation for enabling tax evasion, money laundering, autocratic looting, and even the financing of terrorism-but they play an essential role in the world economy. Fears of criminal activity have prompted many onshore governments to restrict offshore competition...more details Format:Hardback Pages:199
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Nicholas Eberstadt
ISBN:9780844742748
The Korean peninsula during the Cold War provided a cruel but historically unparalleled real-world experiment in the relationship between polity and material advance: an ethnically and culturally homogenous nation was...more details Format:Paperback Pages:315
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Jeffrey Brown
ISBN:9780844743257
As America debates the merits of government-provided health insurance, it is important to note that the U.S. government is already the largest insurance provider in the world. For decades...more details Format:Hardback Pages:229
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Orazio P Attanasio
ISBN:9780844743707
With 11.9 million undocumented residents in the United States and illegal entrants accounting for nearly half of the low-skilled foreign workforce...more details Format:Paperback Pages:47
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Gary Schmitt
ISBN:9780844743332
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, produced a revolution in domestic security in the United States. The Bush administration responded quickly by aggressively enforcing existing laws...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:194
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Gary Marchant
ISBN:9780844743264
Are consumers entitled to full disclosure about what is in their food? Many countries, including key U.S. trading partners in Europe and Asia...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:96