In this original book, Professor Shiller has created a unique and authoritative set of proposals for establishing new markets for the management of the biggest economic risks facing society. Our existing financial markets, he argues, are inadequate to deal with such risks and ma…
"Ten years after the land invasions of 2000, this book provides the first full account of the consequences of these dramatic events. This land reform overturned a century-old pattern of land use, one dominated by a small group of large-scale commercial farmers, many of whom were…
The appeal of political philosophy is that it will answer questions about justice for the sake of political action. But contemporary political philosophy struggles to live up to this promise. Since the death of John Rawls, political philosophers have become absorbed in methodolo…
"Ben Laurence argues for a political philosophy that unifies theory and practice in pursuit of change. He shows that the task of political philosophy is not complete until the political philosopher asks the question "What is to be done?" and deliberates about the answer with age…
"Ben Laurence argues for a political philosophy that unifies theory and practice in pursuit of change. He shows that the task of political philosophy is not complete until the political philosopher asks the question "What is to be done?" and deliberates about the answer with age…
"Ben Laurence argues for a political philosophy that unifies theory and practice in pursuit of change. He shows that the task of political philosophy is not complete until the political philosopher asks the question "What is to be done?" and deliberates about the answer with age…
This book provides an exhaustive and even-handed review of the existing literature on exchange rate determination, along with a raft of fresh insights. The author provides a unique marriage of academic precision with an investors practical experience to deliver a rigorous yet in…
This book provides an exhaustive and even-handed review of the existing literature on exchange rate determination, along with a raft of fresh insights. The author provides a unique marriage of academic precision with an investors practical experience to deliver a rigorous yet in…
The main target of this book is to explore how the involvement of rural populations and communities in different kinds of markets (mainly for agricultural commodities) has influenced the management of rural land in Europe. Most of the papers focus on precisely what were the forc…
Alongside existent debates between state and market theories of money, this volume explores people's struggles and potential to make money to suit themselves, spanning local case studies and emergent world economies to construct a framework of the 'human economy'. Contributors t…
Introduction -- Capitalism and our moment in the history of money / Keith Hart -- Thinking about money -- Money is good to think : from "wants of the mind" to conversation, stories and accounts / Jane Guyer -- The shadow of Aristotle : a history of ideas about the origins of mon…
Alongside existent debates between state and market theories of money, this volume explores people's struggles and potential to make money to suit themselves, spanning local case studies and emergent world economies to construct a framework of the 'human economy'. Contributors t…
A human economy puts people first in emergent world society. Money is a human universal and now takes the divisive form of capitalism. This book addresses how to think about money (from Aristotle to the daily news and the sexual economy of luxury goods); its contemporary evoluti…
"Transition Redesigned deals with the philosophical bases of different types of transition: change in the economy, organizational/institutional change, and change in social and individual relationships. The editors' primary goal is to give further impetus to a much-needed worldw…
