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The Developmental State
Developmental state, n.: the government, motivated by desire for economic advancement, intervenes in industrial affairs. The notion of the developmental state has come under attack in recent years. Critics charge that Japan's success in putting this notion into practice has not been replicated elsewhere, that the concept threatens the purity of freemarket economics, and that its shortcomings have led to financial turmoil in Asia. In this informative and thought-provoking book, a team of distinguished scholars revisits this notion to assess its continuing utility and establish a common vocabulary for debates on these issues. Drawing on new political and economic theories and emphasizing recen...
Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times
Never has the Left held power in so many advanced economies, yet the difference this makes to economic policy proves hard to identify. This book is the first to examine in detail the successes and failures of governments across Europe and in Australia to chart distinctive courses in the face of the neoliberal backlash against state intervention, the welfare state, and guaranteed full employment.
The Structure of Wages
The distribution of income, the rate of pay raises, and the mobility of employees is crucial to understanding labor economics. Although research abounds on the distribution of wages across individuals in the economy, wage differentials within firms remain a mystery to economists. The first effort to examine linked employer-employee data across countries, The Structure of Wages:An International Comparison analyzes labor trends and their institutional background in the United States and eight European countries. A distinguished team of contributors reveal how a rising wage variance rewards star employees at a higher rate than ever before, how talent becomes concentrated in a few firms over time, and how outside market conditions affect wages in the twenty-first century. From a comparative perspective that examines wage and income differences within and between countries such as Denmark, Italy, and the Netherlands, this volume will be required reading for economists and those working in industrial organization.
Development Success
"A study prepared by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER)"-- t.p.
Deservingness in Welfare Policy and Practice
This book discusses and illustrates how deservingness can be approached as a discursively and rhetorically accomplished phenomenon having varied empirical consequences with regard to welfare, poverty, class and care arrangements. Providing a thorough analysis of how deservingness representations are generated in the twenty-first century by focusing on the analysis of discourse and rhetoric of policymakers, reality TV participants, frontline workers and unemployed individuals, it shows that different actors actively participate in constructing representations of deservingness through which variety of political, practical and social implications and objectives are achieved and performed. The b...
The Nordic Varieties of Capitalism
A comprehensive analysis of the political economy of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). It emphasizes the variety of experiences within the Nordic realm, from the dramatic collapse of Iceland's economy as the financial bubble burst in 2008 to the full-employment oil-economy of Norway.
EDUCONOMY
Investing in People is the world priority of the 21st century. The wellbeing of people is at the center of the agendas of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, UN, OECD, ILO and all major development organizations. But the concern for people is not new. The celebrated books of Economics Nobel Awardees Theodore Schultz’s Investing in People. The Economics of Population Quality and Gary Becker’s Human Capital were published decades ago and challenged the same human dilemma. Yet, with few exceptions, most countries are still struggling for effective formulas to put people at the center of development. The core issue is that investing in people means improving the quality of education...
Keskusteluja taloudesta
Kaksi aikamme mielenkiintoisinta yhteiskunnallista ajattelijaa katsovat talouden perimmäisten kysymysten taakse, talouskeskustelussa vaikuttaviin ennakko-oletuksiin, virhepäätelmiin ja myytteihin. Mistä me oikeastaan puhumme, kun me puhumme taloudesta? Miksi talouspolitiikassa on niin vaikea löytää yhteisiä keinoja, silloinkin kuin päämäärä vaikuttaisi olevan yhteinen? Ja miksi talous on ylipäänsä saanut niin määräävän roolin 2000-luvun yhteiskunnallisen keskustelussa? Keskusteluja taloudesta on oikeisto-vasemmisto -jaottelun ylittävä, ajatuksia herättävä teos, joka pakottaa lukijan uudelleenarvioimaan omia käsityksiään taloudesta, sen keinoista ja päämäärist...
