This thoughtful new abridgment is enriched by the brilliant commentary which accompanies it. In it, Laurence Dickey argues that the Wealth of Natio...

Positive economic growth is a major goal for all countries, promising a better standard of living and more opportunities, higher levels of employme...

In 1912, when Mises, at age thirty-one, wrote this landmark book, no monetary theory could be described as both securely founded on economic realit...

China was defeated during the first Sino-Japanese war and Japan was defeated during World War II including the second Sino-Japanese war. Since then...

The rise of China as an economic superpower is one of the most dramatic developments in the history of capitalism. The transformation of the countr...

The Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (TPA) is a core legislative measure guiding U.S. policy toward Tibet. Its stated purpose is "to support the aspirati...

In what promises to be one of the most current and comprehensive textbooks on the topic of ticket operations and sales management, James T Reese an...

Throughout our nation's history, Americans have found the courage to do right by our children's future. Our challenge is clear and inescapable: Ame...

In aiming to create a "democratic, well-governed state" in Afghanistan, the United States chose an extremely difficult candidate for nationhood or ...

This book examines the influence of exposure to political violence on the psychological, social and familial functioning of adolescents aged 14-18 ...

It has been established long ago that unrestricted economic growth is not a sufficient condition for the overall advancement of nations. With this ...

Free trade is a type of trade policy that allows traders to act and transact without interference from government. Thus, the policy permits trading...

This book presents an analysis of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan whose experiences are equally important to other newly independent countries. ...

The origin of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Farmers program can be traced back to a 2000 Department of Labor report recommending that a separ...

China has taken significant and often impressive steps to reform its economy since acceding to the WTO. During this period, China has repealed, rev...

A trade barrier is a general term that describes any government policy or regulation that restricts international trade. The barriers can take many...

A trade barrier is a general term that describes any government policy or regulation that restricts international trade. The barriers can take many...

A trade barrier is a general term that describes any government policy or regulation that restricts international trade. The barriers can take many...

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic partnership, built through a series of binding treaties, that represents a unique form of co-op...

Trade capacity building (TCB) is a form of development assistance provided by the United States and other countries to help developing countries pa...

Trade In The Asian Pacific Region

Trade in the Global Economy

U.S. trade in goods and services grew in 2011, but by less than in 2010. Lower growth in U.S. aggregate demand led to similarly lower growth in U.S...

This book includes CRS reports on various security, trade and oil issues such as the OPEC and Non-OPEC Crude Oil Production Agreement, in which, in...

This book provides research on the global policies, benefits and economic risks of trade liberalisation. The purpose of the first chapter is to exa...

Trade policies and agreements are a powerful weapon in the Era of Globalization. Most countries' strategy is to pursue multiple market-opening init...

The purpose of this book is to provide information on the alternative futures of fluctuated global economy by global model simulations as well as a...

Unfair foreign pricing and government subsidies distort the free flow of goods and adversely affect American business in the global marketplace. Im...

The United States and many of its trading partners use laws known as trade remedies to mitigate the adverse impacts of various trade practices on d...

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is a nonreciprocal trade preference program that provides duty-free treatment to U.S. imports of cert...

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) involves the exploitation of the international trade system for the purpose of transferring value and obscuring...

The current global environment is profoundly marked by an economic crisis that started manifesting itself most startlingly with the collapse of the...

This book analyses the growth, development and crisis experiences of the Southeast Asian economies, in particular, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philipp...

A transition economy is an economy which is changing from a planned economy to a free market. Transition economies undergo economic liberalisation ...

Main chapter headings: The Role of Inward-FDI in the Transition Countries of Europe : An Analytical Framework; FDI in Central Europe: Short-Run Eff...

A Treatise on Political Economy by Antonie Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) is a foundational text of nineteenth-century, free-market econ...

Book & Disk. In modern economics, inflation refers to the increase in the general level of prices of a given kind. General inflation is caused ...

While some may dispute that economics is the driving force behind much of history, nobody can argue that trade is not a significant factor in inter...

Macroeconomics is that part of economics that focuses on economic growth and economic fluctuations. In a world under the push and pull of globalisa...

In the 1970's, many countries were plagued by persistently high inflation rates, which were thought to cause a significant loss in economic efficie...

It is almost 15 years since repeal of what was the nation's major cash welfare program assisting low-income families with children, the Aid to Fami...