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Pension Fund Capitalism [книги]
Опубликовано на портале: 13-11-2007
Gordon Clark
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 368 с.
The growth of pension funds has been nothing short of astronomical. Pension funds now dominate the world's financial markets, affecting nations' wealth, community development, and industrial well being. Yet little is known about their structure and organization. Pension funds and their agents in the investment industry control enormous sums of money, profoundly affecting the structure and performance of nation-states and the global economy. At the same time, it is also apparent that many western governments are retreating from the provision of 'public good' once thought essential to the fabric of urban life. Clark agues that if we are to understand the long-term future of the western economies (in general) and our communities (in particular), we need also to understand how institutional investors allocate assets, mobilize funds, and make investment decisions. There are few studies of the relationship between pension funds and the financial services industry. Pension Fund Capitalism fills an important gap in the literature as well as the intersection between pension funds and public policy.



Опубликовано на портале: 25-01-2007
Ред.: Alan Zuege, Richard Westra, Makoto Itoh, Robert Albritton
New-York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001, 368 с.
In this collection authors from eight different countries, representing a wide variety of academic disciplines and theoretical perspectives, investigate the differing phases of capitalist development. They offer diverse and powerful analyses of the postwar boom, economic crises and globalization within this context.



Опубликовано на портале: 15-01-2008
Ред.: Wolfgang Streeck, Colin Crouch
London: Sage Publications, 2008, 224 с.
Modern capitalism, from neo-liberalism to deregulation, has come to dominate national and international political economy. This major book addresses this convergence and provides a comprehensive overview of the implications for future capitalist diversity. Leading international contributors consider important questions. Is the preference for free markets a well-founded response to intensified global competition? Does this mean that all advanced societies must converge on an imitation of the United States? What are the implications for the institutional diversity of the advanced economies? How do we now evaluate the systems and institutions in East Asia? Political Economy and Modern Capitalism provides a practical and wide-ranging analysis of the public policy choices facing governments and business around the world. It will be invaluable reading for students and researchers of political economy, comparative politics, political science, political sociology, public policy, and administration.



Опубликовано на портале: 12-11-2007
Ronald Findlay, Kevin O'Rourke
Изд-во: Princeton University Press, 2007, cерия "Princeton Economic History of the Western World", 624 с.
International trade has shaped the modern world, yet until now no single book has
been available for both economists and general readers that traces the history of
the international economy from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Power
and Plenty fills this gap, providing the first full account of world trade and development
over the course of the last millennium.
Ronald Findlay and Kevin O'Rourke examine the successive waves of globalization and
"deglobalization" that have occurred during the past thousand years, looking closely
at the technological and political causes behind these long-term trends. They show
how the expansion and contraction of the world economy has been directly tied to
the two-way interplay of trade and geopolitics, and how war and peace have been critical
determinants of international trade over the very long run. The story they tell is
sweeping in scope, one that links the emergence of the Western economies with economic
and political developments throughout Eurasia centuries ago. Drawing extensively
upon empirical evidence and informing their systematic analysis with insights from
contemporary economic theory, Findlay and O'Rourke demonstrate the close interrelationships
of trade and warfare, the mutual interdependence of the world's different regions,
and the crucial role these factors have played in explaining modern economic growth.
Power and Plenty is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the origins of today's
international economy, the forces that continue to shape it, and the economic and
political challenges confronting policymakers in the twenty-first century.
Ronald Findlay is the Ragnar Nurkse Professor of Economics at Columbia University.
He is the author of Factor Proportions, Trade, and Growthand Trade, Development,
and Political Economy. Kevin H. O'Rourke is professor of economics at Trinity College,
Dublin. He is the coauthor of Globalization and History.


