"When Money Dies" is the classic history of what happens when a nation's currency depreciates beyond recovery. In 1923, with its currency effectively worthless (the exchange rate in December of that year was one dollar to 4,200,000,000,000 marks), the German republic was all but reduced to a barter economy. Expensive cigars, artworks, and jewels were routinely exchanged for staples such as bread; a cinema ticket could be bought for a lump of coal; and a bottle of paraffin for a silk shirt. People watched helplessly as their life savings disappeared and their loved ones starved. Germany's finances descended into chaos, with severe social unrest in its wake. Money may no longer be physically printed and distributed in the voluminous quantities of 1923. However, "quantitative easing," that modern euphemism for surreptitious deficit financing in an electronic era, can no less become an assault on monetary discipline. Whatever the reason for a country's deficit--necessity or profligacy, unwillingness to tax or blindness to expenditure--it is beguiling to suppose that if the day of reckoning is postponed economic recovery will come in time to prevent higher unemployment or deeper recession. What if it does not? Germany in 1923 provides a vivid, compelling, sobering moral tale.
"Engrossing and sobering." --"Daily Express" (London)
Автор: Leeson Название: Anarchy Unbound ISBN: 1107629705 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107629707 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 25350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Peter T. Leeson uses rational choice theory to explore the benefits of self-governance. Relying on experience from the past and present, Professor Leeson provides evidence of anarchy `working` where it is least expected to do so and explains how this is possible.
Автор: Julia Nicholls, Nicholls Название: Revolutionary thought after the paris commune, 1871-1885 ISBN: 1108713343 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108713344 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This first comprehensive account of revolutionary and socialist thought after France`s nineteenth-century revolution with new interpretations of the French revolutionary tradition. Drawing together material from around the world, Nicholls pieces together the nature and content of French revolutionary thought in this often overlooked era.
Автор: Edited By Fabienne Bossuyt, Bart Dessein Название: The European Union, China and Central Asia : ISBN: 0367900688 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367900687 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 148010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book examines the involvement of the European Union (EU) and China in Central Asia and critically assesses the implications this has for the region as a whole.
Автор: Remington Название: The Politics of Inequality in Russia ISBN: 1107422248 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107422247 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Based on analysis of trends across Russia since communism collapsed, this book explains why the most nondemocratic regions have the lowest incomes, the lowest inequality and the highest poverty, while more democratic regions have lower poverty and higher incomes and inequality.
Автор: Khan, B. Zorina, Название: Inventing ideas : ISBN: 0190936088 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190936082 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 26920.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Based on original archival research, Inventing Ideas sheds light on the origins of the knowledge economy through empirical analysis of over one hundred thousand inventors and innovations in Britain, France, and the United States during the first and second industrial revolutions.
Автор: Rodrik, Dani Название: Economics rules ISBN: 0198736908 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198736905 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Economists are widely reviled and their profession has become a favourite punching bag in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Yet their services have never been in greater demand. To unravel the paradox, we need to understand both the strengths and weaknesses of economics. This book offers both a defence and critique of the field.
Автор: Wengle Название: Post-Soviet Power ISBN: 110742092X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107420922 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 33790.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Post-Soviet Power traces the transformation of the Russian electricity system after the collapse of the Soviet planned economy. Unlike accounts that assess Russia`s failure to create functioning markets, this book examines in detail the markets that have been created and suggests a critical revision of theories of how Russian authorities and oligarchic empires shaped them.
Автор: Thachil Название: Elite Parties, Poor Voters ISBN: 1107070082 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107070080 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 73910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy. Tariq Thachil shows how arguments from studies of wealthy democracies (such as moral values voting) and the global south (such as patronage or ethnic appeals) cannot explain why poor voters in poor countries support parties that represent elite policy interests. He instead draws on extensive survey data and fieldwork to document a novel strategy through which elite parties can recruit the poor, while retaining the rich. He shows how these parties can win over disadvantaged voters by privately providing them with basic social services via grassroots affiliates. Such outsourcing permits the party itself to continue to represent the policy interests of their privileged base.
Автор: Cox Название: Marketing Sovereign Promises ISBN: 1107140625 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107140622 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 104550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Democracies extract more tax revenue per capita than autocracies. This book addresses the origins of taxation, examining how it can be made compatible with political liberty and economic growth. This study speaks to readers of political economy of development and comparative institutions, and historians of state formation in Europe.
Автор: Adolph Название: Bankers, Bureaucrats, and Central Bank Politics ISBN: 1107567092 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107567092 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 40130.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Economists emphasize the role central banks` independence plays in achieving good economic outcomes. Using game theory and data from dozens of countries, Adolph illustrates that central bankers with different career trajectories choose different monetary policies. Central banks run by former bankers favor low inflation, whereas bureaucrats support low unemployment.
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