Globalization and Its Discontents by Joseph E. Stiglitz

$14.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: good-very good

The author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics argues that though globalization should be a force for good, it has been mishandled by the West (espeically in its institutions, the World Bank and the IMF) and that the anti-globalizing protestors have much to say that we should listen to.

Das Kapital - A critique of political economy - abridged by Karl MarxFriedrich Engels (ed.); Serge L Levitsky (abridgement)

$7.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: good

Common Wealth - Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey Sachs

$12.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: good-very good

This is a book about how we should address the great, and interconnected, global challenges of the twenty-first century. Our task, Sachs argues, is to achieve truly sustainable development, by which he means finding a global course which enables the world to benefit from the spread of prosperity, while ensuring that we don't destroy the eco-systems which keep us alive and our place in nature which helps sustain our values. How do we move forward together, benefitting from our increasing technological mastery, avoiding the terrible dangers of climate change, mass famines, violent conflicts, population explosions in some parts of the world and collapses in others, and world-wide pandemic diseases?In answering these questions, Sachs shows that there are different ways of managing the world's technology, resources and politics from those currently being followed, and that it should be possible to adopt policies which reflect long-term and co-operative thinking instead of, as currently, disregard for others and ever-increasing barriers to solving the problems which we collectively face. ...Show more

Bad Samaritans - The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity by Ha-Joon Chang

$12.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good

It's rare that a book appears with a fresh perspective on world affairs, but renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang has some startlingly original things to say about the future of globalization. In theory, he argues, the world's wealthiest countries and supra-national institutions like the IMF, World Bank and WTO want to see all nations developing into modern industrial societies. In practice, though, those at the top are 'kicking away the ladder' to wealth that they themselves climbed. Why? Self-interest certainly plays a part. But, more often, rich and powerful governments and institutions are actually being 'Bad Samaritans': their intentions are worthy but their simplistic free-market ideology and poor understanding of history leads them to inflict policy errors on others.Chang demonstrates this by contrasting the route to success of economically vibrant countries with the very different route now being dictated to the world's poorer nations. In the course of this, he shows just how muddled the thinking is in such key areas as trade and foreign investment. He shows that the case for privatisation and against state involvement is far from proven. First published 2007. ...Show more

Capital Volume 2 by Karl Marx

$12.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Series: The Pelican Marx Library | Reading Level: good

Religion and the Ambiguities of Capitalism by Ronald H. Preston

$12.00 NZD

Category: Religion | Reading Level: very good

The Formation of Economic Thought of Karl Marx 1843 to Capital by Ernest Mandel

$12.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: good-very good

In this book, Mandel discusses the development of Marx's economic ideas from their beginnings to the completion of the Grundrisse. He combines a historical retrospective and a review of current discussions on each of the subjects and problems central to Marxist economic theory. He traces the development of the concept of alienation in Marx, and its fate in the hands of succeeding generations, down to the present discussion in East and West Europe, summarizes the fascinating debates over the Asiatic mode of production, and discusses labor theory of value, the problem of periodic crises, the theory of wages and the polarization of wealth and poverty, and the problem of progressive disalienation through the building of socialist society. ...Show more

An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory by Ernest Mandel; George Novack (Introduction by)

$10.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: new

A concise presentation of the basic principles of political economy. Introduction by George Novack.

Greekonomics - The Euro Crisis and Why Politicians Don't Get it by Vicky Pryce

$10.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: good

Economist Vicky Pryce reflects on the current crisis in the Euro Zone - its causes and how Europe has responded, and offers her thoughts on what might and what needs to happen if the Euro is to survive in its current form. She pays particular attention to Greece, the country of her birth, the country first in the firing line in the Euro crisis and the country even now seen as Europe's 'problem child'. But as Pryce explains, the roots of the Euro's crisis are much broader than a set of profligate governments in Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy or Spain. The flaws in the current system were obvious to economists from the outset. Politicians ignored or downplayed these in creating the Euro and indeed made the problem worse by watering down the controls that were in place. If the Euro is to survive in the long term, even greater political and fiscal integration and cooperation will be required. The dilemma is that the slow and unimaginative response of the German and other northern European political classes to the current crisis and the consequent enormous pain that is now being inflicted on many countries, has led to greater nationalism and made reaching the consensus necessary to pull Europe out of its crisis more, rather than less, difficult. This book will be required reading for economists, politicians, market practitioners, public servants and anyone interested in understanding the current crisis. ...Show more

The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith

$20.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good

Human Capitalism - The Japanese Enterprise System as World Model by Robert Ozaki

$14.00 NZD

Category: Economics | Reading Level: very good

The Great Disruption: How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy by Paul Gilding

$12.00 NZD

Category: Ecology | Reading Level: very good