Why do contemporary economists consider food subsidies in starving countries, rent control in rich cities, and health insurance everywhere "inefficient"? Why do they feel that corporate executives deserve no less than their multimillion-dollar "compensation" packages and workers…
Argues that contemporary economic theories, particularly those concerning efficiency and wages, favor the rich over the poor, and that there are better, more just options.
There are more rich people and more poor people in our country than ever before. That widening gap means dealing with one big, uncomfortable truth: the middle is growing thinner and thinner. Globally renowned economist Tyler Cowen explains how this happened: high earners are tak…
Compensation committee handbook
by Reda, James F., Reifler, Stewart, Thatcher, Laura G.
"Professor Nicholas Mayhew is Professor of Numismatics and Monetary History at Oxford, a former Deputy Director of the Ashmolean Museum, Director of the Winton Institute for Monetary History and Fellow of St Cross College. Over the course of his forty-year career, Mayhew has mad…
The law of worldwide value -- Further comments on Marx's Capital and historical capitalism -- Essays on Marx's value theory -- Index
With the exception of chapters 5, 17, and 20 this book consists of previously published articles of [the author's]. Includes bibliographical references.
This book presents research findings from across the global South that substantively improves our understanding of time-use, poverty and gender equalities, to shed light on why unpaid work is indispensable to economic analysis and effective policy making. Unpaid Work is increasi…