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Collusion between business communities and the state can lead to a measure of security for those in power, but this kind of interaction often limits new development. In Syria, state-business involvement through informal networks has contributed to an erratic economy. With unique access to private businessmen and select state officials during a critical period of transition, this book examines Syria's political economy from 1970 to 2005 to explain...

El libro tiene un marcado carácter económico y social abarcando un amplio período entre los siglos XV y XIX. Está centrado en Cogeces del Monte, aunque en ocasiones se incluyen a poblaciones del entorno: Aldealvar, Bahabón, Campaspero, Santibáñez, Torrescárcela, Montemayor, Quintanilla de Abajo, Langayo, Cuéllar, y otras de la comunidad de villa y tierra de Cuéllar. Los contenidos que se abordan tratan fundamentalmente de: la demografía,...

The main theme of this book is to provide a critical analysis of the Nigerian dependent management and leadership development in the post world war II colonial Nigeria. (1945-to-1960) and beyond, using foreign fi rms-global/multinational and transnational corporations; U.A.C., SHELL, NNPC and OPEC. All these foreign fi rms have their parent companies resided in their foreign countries of origin (advanced metropolis) and have their subsidiaries or...

"Greece, What is to be done" analyzes the Greek debt crisis, the multilateral austerity countermeasures, and offers alternatives to the socioeconomic destruction of Greece and the Eurozone.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The story of Beacon Island is a tale of two islands. On October 28, 1628, a 160-foot-long spice ship called the Batavia set sail from the Netherlands. The trading vessel was part of a fleet owned by the Dutch East India Company, a corporate empire that dominated global trade. #2 When the ship broke apart, Cornelisz was one of the few who survived. He eventually made...

Robust financial markets support capitalism, they don't imperil it. But in 2008, Washington policymakers were compelled to replace private risk-takers in the financial system with government capital so that money and credit flows wouldn't stop, precipitating a depression. Washington's actions weren't the start of government distortions in the financial industry, Nicole Gelinas writes, but the natural result of 25 years' worth of such distortions....

Despite being invariably misunderstood by anglophones and often derided in the English-language financial press, the French economy is one of the world’s major economies. For many years characterized by a distinctive economic model in which the French state intervened to correct or prevent market failures, as France has embraced the global market, its economy has increasingly converged with the western norm, but it remains different from its neighbours,...

Inside this Instaread Summary of Dark Money: Overview of the book; Important People; Key Takeaways; Analysis of Key Takeaways.

¿Es posible promover un modelo de desarrollo económico exitoso? Este libro intenta aproximarse a esta interrogante para buscar un modelo que resuelva los problemas concretos en cada país, pues no existen fórmulas únicas. La propuesta nacida del Consenso de Washington requiere un análisis que entienda sus características y los mecanismos de exportación del neoliberalismo -programas de ajuste estructural y reformas institucionales- para apreciar...

Dr Jacob Chikuhwa continues with his academic analysis of both the political and economic developments in Zimbabwe. Supported by well researched historical narrative and economic data, Zimbabwe: The End of the First Republic examines the triumphs and tribulations of the Zimbabwean national project leading to the adoption of a home-grown constitution and the July 31, 2013 elections. Although the war of liberation led to Zimbabwes independence in 1980,...