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Non-technical and accessible, this book seeks to demystify the functionalities of blockchains, their potential as well as their likely socio-economic impacts.

A critical examination of the urban growth, political economy and geography of Bangladesh's capital city and one of the world's leading garment manufacturers.

A comprehensive introduction to the ideas of Karl Polanyi by examining the key themes that run throughout his work, including economy, commodification, money, geopolitical economy, the state, class, democracy and knowledge.

Stephen Morgan provides a comprehensive analysis of China's unprecedented economic transformation and the specifics of its development, including issues such as well-being and human capital, inequality, ageing, urbanization and sustainability, consumerism, health, education and the environment.

The negotiation, implementation and policing of trade agreements involves nation states, non-state actors, NGOs, transnational businesses and institutions all pursuing vested interests. This book explores the role of trade diplomacy in today's global economy to provide the reader with an unparalleled overview of the field in theory and practice.

A new introduction to the modern Russian economy, one that explores Russia's continued tentative and inconsistent use of the market and the microfoundations and leadership norms of Russia's "sistema" that continue to inhibit liberalization.

An international team of leading economic historians provide an overview of global developments in the theory and reality of inequality in the light of the work of Thomas Piketty.

An unrivalled analysis of the pervasive forms that financialization has taken, its rise as a global phenomenon, its impact on economic growth, its transformative effect on businesses and the costs that we pay as consumers. Has finance become a burden to growth and what, if anything, can be done to tame and control its power.

A concise and rigorous presentation of petroleum economics that examines the entire value chain of the oil and gas industry from exploration, development and production to transportation, refining and marketing.

At a time when both China's role in the world is becoming the focus of international business strategy and Brexit is pushing the UK to look to the rest of the world for trade and investment, Kerry Brown assesses the potential for a new "golden age" of UK-China relations.

This collection of new essays from leading economic geographers addresses the contested place of markets in a physical setting and explore how the impact of political, social and economic factors determine the shape of a particular market space.

The former Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus examines the role of the European Central Bank in the euro crisis and what role it should play in the future.

A critical overview of transport in the UK, which offers recommendations on how policy-makers might approach technological advancements in modern transportation systems.

This important book provides a path-breaking analysis of the gendered implication of financial governance, financialization, monetary policy, and financial crisis and presents options for rebalancing the financial system to make it inclusive and fair.

A comprehensive introduction to the ideas of Karl Polanyi by examining the key themes that run throughout his work, including economy, commodification, money, geopolitical economy, the state, class, democracy and knowledge.

Greg Fuller explores the importance and growing role of mortgage markets in the macroeconomy and provides a comparative analysis of housing finance across a number of European national economies, including the UK, as well as the United States.

A concise analysis and overview of the trilateral trade agreements - NAFTA and its successor USCMA - that have created one of the largest trade blocs in the world.

A concise and up-to-date survey of Japan's recent economic history, the economy's characteristic features and the challenges it continues to face, from economic stagnation to an ageing population.

This new title in the World Economies series charts and explains the development of the Indian economy since independence and partition and provides a unique up-to-date overview of the contemporary Indian economy and the reasons it has assumed its current form.

A revealing and candid portrayal of a Europe improvising its way through a series of crises. Forced into action by a tidal wave of emergencies, Europe has had to reinvent itself, casting off its legal straitjacket and confronting hard issues that threaten its own political identity.

Ronaldo Munck examines how globalization has created a new global working class and suggests that we are at the beginning of a new era for workers and their organizations, in which they will begin to impact decisively on the new global order that they have helped to create.

An authoritative introduction to economic activity and income outside of government regulation, taxation and observation. The books examines its importance and characteristics in developed, developing and transitional economies, and its role as a driver of economic growth.

What is the optimum size of government? And how does it relate to economic growth? Indeed, how do we measure it? This book explores the growing economic power of government across the EU and offers an insightful analysis of public sector dynamics and the shortcomings of official statistics.

The solidarity of Europe, the driving force behind social and economic integration, has given way to suspicion and nationalism. If Europe, as a common project, is to continue a restructuring is required, if not a new settlement of power within the Union. This book explores what a "post-crisis Europe" might look like.

A clear and rigorous guide to the principles and mechanisms of austerity economics, which offers a balanced point of reference for anyone keen to understand the economic thinking behind key policy decisions in the wake of the financial crisis.

A significant critique of neoliberal economics that shows how the free market perspective is tied up with an androcentric understanding of the economy which overlooks the role of social reproduction. The book identifies alternatives for a more gender equitable, environmentally and socially sustainable progressive economic policy.

Written by one of the key pioneers in the field, this book, suitable for undergraduate courses, offers an accessible introduction to general equilibrium theory and some of its most important developments of the past fifty years, including the sunspot model, the overlapping generations model and the model with financial assets

Catherine Fieschi examines why populism and populist parties have become a feature of our politics. Populism's appeal, she argues, needs to be understood as a response to the fundamental reshaping of our political, economic and social spheres through globalization and the digital revolution.

Westlake argues that Brexit should be seen as a series of longer-term trends that were inexorably leading, or pushing, the UK away from full membership of the European Union, rather than as a sudden, impulsive act of rejection.

In Seeing Ourselves, humanist philosopher and neuroscientist Raymond Tallis goes in search of what kind of beings we are, and where we might find meaning in our lives. If we reject religion, asks Tallis, what should we put in its place? How do we ensure, if we accept the death of God, that something within us does not also die? And where do we find meaning if, as some scientists claim, we are simply organisms shaped by the forces of evolution, with no reason to exist and with no objective value? Tallis begins his quest by establishing what it is we know of our fundamental nature. He examines our relationship to our own bodies, to time, our selfhood and our agency - all manifestations of the unique nature of human consciousness - and shows why human beings are like nothing else in the universe. Having revealed our nature in all its glory, he then addresses what is unresolved in the human condition - our hunger for meaning and purpose - and the search for something that matches the profundity of religion. He shows that it is the actuality of human transcendence and the needs it awakens that must be the bridge across the divide between believers and non-believers. The book is ultimately a celebration. Behind the philosophical arguments is a hunger for more wakefulness inspired by a feeling of wonder and gratitude for the mystery of the most commonplace manifestations of our humanity. Tallis's endeavour in Seeing Ourselves is to illuminate how we see our everyday world and to think more clearly about who we are. It is only when we have woken from dogmatic religion and scientistic naturalism, he argues, that we will find ourselves at the threshold of an unfettered inquiry - into ourselves, the world we have built and the universe into which we have built it - and then there may be some hope for salvation.