The Perverse Economy

Author : M. Perelman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781403980267

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The Perverse Economy by M. Perelman Pdf

The purpose of this book is to call for a wholesale rethinking of the way that markets treat both the labour and natural resources on which we all depend. It reveals how economic analysis justifies self-defeating policies that encourage wanton use of the environment and callous abuse of the least advantaged labourers. From Adam Smith to the present day, economic theory has short-changed the workers most crucial to the functioning of human life and offered skewed views of scarcity and extraction. Perelman will show how this approach has produced a discipline in which its followers' models and representations of the world around them are so removed from reality that continuing to abide by them would jeopardize both human capabilities and nature itself.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Economic development
ISBN : OCLC:895782744

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The Perverse Economy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norman Myers
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1610914023

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Perverse Subsidies by Norman Myers Pdf

Outlines hundreds of examples of perverse subsidies that are granted at the expense of the environment. Addresses the implications of perverse subsidies in six leading sectors and shows how these subsidies undercut economies and environments alike.

Author : Norman Myers,Jennifer Kent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021959551

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Perverse Subsidies by Norman Myers,Jennifer Kent Pdf

Much of the global economy depends on large scale government intervention in the form of subsidies, many of which are perverse in that they damage economies and environments. This study offers a view of subsidies world-wide with focus on the extent, causes and consequences of perverse subsidies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Health care reform
ISBN : 0817955933

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The perverse economics of health care and how we can fix it by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norman Myers,Jennifer Kent
Publisher : Shearwater Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015051298852

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Perverse Subsidies by Norman Myers,Jennifer Kent Pdf

Outlines hundreds of examples of perverse subsidies that are granted at the expense of the environment. Addresses the implications of perverse subsidies in six leading sectors and shows how these subsidies undercut economies and environments alike.

Author : M. Perelman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230607064

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The Confiscation of American Prosperity by M. Perelman Pdf

This book argues that the right-wing revolution in the United States has created deepening inequality and will lead to economic catastrophe. The author makes the case that over the past three decades the rich have confiscated wealth and income from the poor and middle class to a far greater extent than many realize, and he explores in detail important but commonly unmeasured dimensions of inequality. He also takes aim at the economics profession, criticising the analytical blinders that leave economists incapable of seeing the coming crisis.

Author : Michael Perelman
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781583671351

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Railroading Economics by Michael Perelman Pdf

Most economic theory assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. This book is a penetrating critique of the rhetoric and practice of conventional economic theory. It explores how even in the United States—the most capitalist of countries—the market has always been subject to numerous constraints. Perelman examines the way in which these constraints have been defended by such figures as Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, and Herbert Hoover, and were indeed essential to the expansion of U.S. capitalism. In the process, he rediscovers the critical element in conservative thought—the “forgotten traditions of railroad economics”—that has been lost in the neoliberal present. This important and original historical reconstruction points the way to a discipline of economics freed from the mythology of the market.

Author : Michael Perelman
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120937631

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Manufacturing Discontent by Michael Perelman Pdf

Leading scholars discuss ideology and hotly contested post-structuralist theory.

Author : Andrea Fumagalli,Sandro Mezzadra
Publisher : Semiotext(e) / Active Agents
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000067802272

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Crisis in the Global Economy by Andrea Fumagalli,Sandro Mezzadra Pdf

'Crisis in the Global Economy' reflects on the state of global capitalism, developed in the mobile 'multiversity' of the UniNomade network of international researchers and activists during the months immediately following the first signals of the current financial and economic crisis.

Author : Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.)
Publisher : The Fraser Institute
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Informal sector (Economics)
ISBN : 9780889751699

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The Underground Economy by Fraser Institute (Vancouver, B.C.) Pdf

From the back cover: The papers in this ground breaking book constitute a unique collection of information about the underground economy and how it is manifested in a variety of countries. Section One attempts to measure Canada's underground economic activity and provides a specific estimate of the impact that tax changes have on its size. It also looks at the problems of tax evasion and tax avoidance. Section Two deals with the size of the underground substance economy, the legal aspects of tlhe underground economy in the United States, and an asseeement of the economic activities of the Mafia. Section Three analyzes the underground economy abroad, specifically in the United States, Britain, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Russia and China. The fourth section returns to Canada and examines some policy implications of the underground economy. A survey detailed in Section One shows that a majority of Canadians believe that they do not receive enough benefits for the taxation they pay. Section Four offers a solution to the problem of tax evasion and underground economic activity; the adoption of user fees and user taxes.

Author : Jean-Francois Lyotard
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0826477003

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Libidinal Economy by Jean-Francois Lyotard Pdf

Is regarded as the most important response to the philosophies of desire, as expounded by thinkers such as de Sade, Nietzsche, Bataille, Foucault and Deleuze and Guattari. It is a major work not only of philosophy, but of sexual politics, semiotics and literary theory, that signals the passage to postmodern philosophy.

Author : Usha C.V. Haley,George T. Haley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199773749

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Subsidies to Chinese Industry by Usha C.V. Haley,George T. Haley Pdf

Government subsidies have contributed to China's success as manufacturer and exporter in capital-intensive industries. China's state-capitalist regime uses subsidies to stabilize and create common understandings of markets among governments and firms.

Author : Peter J. Boettke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137411600

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F. A. Hayek by Peter J. Boettke Pdf

This book explores the life and work of Austrian-British economist, political economist, and social philosopher, Friedrich Hayek. Set within a context of the recent financial crisis, alongside the renewed interest in Hayek and the Hayek-Keynes debate, the book introduces the main themes of Hayek’s thought. These include the division of knowledge, the importance of rules, the problems with planning and economic management, and the role of constitutional constraints in enabling the emergence of unplanned order in the market by limiting the perverse incentives and distortions in information often associated with political discretion. Key to understanding Hayek's development as a thinker is his emphasis on the knowledge problem that economic decision makers face and how alternative institutional arrangements either hinder or assist them in overcoming that epistemic dilemma. Hayek saw order emerging from individual action and responsibility under the appropriate institutional order that itself emerges from actors discovering new and better ways to coordinate their behavior. This book will be of interest to all those keen to gain a deeper understanding of this great 20th century thinker in economics.

Author : William K. Jaeger
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781597267540

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Environmental Economics for Tree Huggers and Other Skeptics by William K. Jaeger Pdf

Though many students and environmentalists shudder at even the thought of economics, a working knowledge of the basics can be a powerful ally. Economic arguments carry a great deal of weight, and putting them to work for environmental causes can be a deciding factor, especially in policy debates. The reverse is true as well, and an understanding of the possibly flawed, misleading, or overstated economics behind an opponent's case can be crucially important. Environmental Economics for Tree Huggers and Other Skeptics carefully explains the tools of economic analysis and shows how they can be used to help reveal the root causes of and potential solutions for environmental and natural resource problems. Jaeger's proven techniques and wonderfully conversational tone assume no economics training, and his presentation of the material is designed to facilitate clarity. His step-by-step approach unearths surprisingly simple, easy-to-remember principles and shows how to apply them to real-world environmental problems. Those with exposure to introductory microeconomics will find Environmental Economics for Tree Huggers and Other Skeptics to be a welcome refresher. Undergraduate and graduate students of environmental studies, resource management, law, policy, and related fields, as well as novices who are skeptical of how the field could possibly help them in their own efforts, will be pleasantly surprised.