Alternative Economic Indicators explores novel measures of economic health beyond traditional GDP, unemployment, and inflation metrics. Edited by Hueng, it brings together economists who examine hi…
Jonathan Barth reveals how control over money shaped the English empire’s early colonial politics in seventeenth-century America. He examines mercantilist regulations, silver exports, colonial re…
This edited volume critically examines global value chains under neoliberal capitalism, highlighting power imbalances, economic inequality, and environmental damage. Through contributions from acad…
Rio 2016 critically assesses the promises versus the realities of hosting the 2016 Olympics. Losers include displaced favela residents, public finances overburdened by corruption, and green/sustain…
Schiavone examines how austerity policies in countries like the US, UK, Greece, Ireland, and Spain have weakened labor movements. He analyzes why unions have struggled to resist neoliberal economic…
This volume explores how decades of neoliberal capitalism have undercut democratic norms globally, enabling authoritarian politics to flourish. It uses case studies from India, Brazil, South Africa…
Slocomb analyzes Cambodia’s turbulent twentieth-century economy, from colonial exploitation through war, socialism, and market reforms. She traces shifting policies, agricultural collapse, indust…
Brecher and Wilkenfeld analyze over nearly a century of international crises (1918-1994), using data from more than 400 events and almost 900 state actors. They explore causes, escalations, and res…
Schlegel examines the decline of U.S. and Buffalo’s economies since the 1960s, investigating how law, innovation, and local institutions respond when economic structures collapse. Arguing against…
Volume 2 charts the EBRD’s evolution into a global development bank amid regional crises, expanding into Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa. It explores the bank’s shift toward sustainab…