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An authoritative introduction to one of the most perplexing issues of economic growth: the notion that developing countries rich in natural resources perform less well economically than countries with fewer natural resources.

James Heintz tackles the shortcomings of macroeconomic policies in relation to gender dynamics, such as ignoring the valuable and quantifiable role that the unpaid work of women for their families contributes to the economy, and suggests new ways of framing macroeconomic concepts.

Contributing around 10 per cent of world GDP, the construction sector is one of the biggest industries in the world. Stephen Gruneberg and Noble Francis, two of the UK's leading construction economists, present an up-to-date analysis of the construction industry's business model and the risks and challenges the industry faces in the twenty-first century.

A major challenge to the view that prostitution and the "sex economy" can ever be normalised as a legitimate economic business in which women have control, and as employment comparable to other forms of low-paid work.

Alex de Ruyter and Martyn Brown explain the key facets of the gig economy and explore the dangers and potential it affords. Drawing on recent case-studies from the UK, Europe and the USA, it offers an authoritative guide through the theories and issues that surround the gig economy and the ramifications of an increasingly insecure workforce.

A new economic history and political economy of the Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and UAE.

The notion of marginalism, central to modern economic theory, emerged in the 1870s and underpinned the change from classical economics to modern (micro)economics. This book explores the concept's development and role in modern economics and shows why the marginalist approach is much more than a set of mathematical rules.

A major new work that charts the historical development of a postcolonial settlement that has given rise to a racialized distintion between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, the latest incarnation of which is a distinction between a deserving, neglected white working class and "others" who are undeserving, not indigenous, and not white.

A concise overview of the workings of the modern Italian economy and its unique characteristics from the doyenne of Italian economic historians.

Our sense-making capabilities and the relationship between our individual and collective intelligence and the comprehensibility of the world is both remarkable and deeply mysterious. Our capacity to make sense of the world and the fact that we pass our lives steeped in knowledge and understanding, albeit incomplete, that far exceeds what we are or even experience has challenged our greatest thinkers for centuries. In Logos, Raymond Tallis steps into the gap between mind and world to explore what is at stake in our attempts to make sense of our world and our lives. With his characteristic combination of scholarly rigour and lively humour he reveals how philosophers, theologians and scientists have sought to demystify our extraordinary capacity to understand the world by collapsing the distance between the mind that does the sense-making and the world that is made sense of. Such strategies - whether by locating the world inside the mind, or making the mind part of the world - are shown to be deeply flawed and of little help in explaining the intelligiblity of the world. Indeed, it is the distance that we need, argues Tallis, if knowledge is to count as knowledge and for there to be a distinction between the knower and the known. Tallis brings his formidable analysis to bear on the many challenges we face when trying to make sense of our sense-making and showcases his enviable knack of making tricky philosophical arguments cogent and engaging to the non-specialist and his remarkable ability to help us see humankind more clearly. For anyone who has shared Einstein's observation that "e;the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility"e;, the book will be fascinating and insightful reading.

A story of vested interest and the pursuit of power and profit that brought about America's first central bank. Naclerio sheds new light on the creation of one of the world'smost important financial institutions and how it came to have the national and international influence it exerts today.

Mary Murphy offers a detailed and in-depth analysis of Northern Ireland's relationship with the EU, the role the EU has played in rebuilding the region after the Troubles, and the challenges and opportunities that Brexit might offer Northern Ireland in terms of its fragile politics and economy.

Drawing on over four decades of research and writing on the political economy of the UK and United States, David Coates offers a masterly account of the Anglo-American condition and the social and economic crisis besetting both countries. Charting the rise and fall of the social settlements that have shaped and defined the postwar years, Coates traces the history of the two economies through first their New Deal and then their Reaganite periods - ones labelled differently in the UK, but similarly marked by the development first of a Keynesian welfare state and then a Thatcherite neoliberal one. Coates exposes the failings and shortcomings of the Reagan/Thatcher years, showing how the underlying fragility of a settlement based on the weakening of organized labour and the extensive deregulation of business culminated in the financial crisis of 2008. The legacies of that crisis haunt us still - a squeezed middle class, further embedded poverty, deepened racial divisions, an adverse work-life balance for two-income families, and a growing crisis of housing and employment for the young. Flawed Capitalism deals with each in turn, and makes the case for the creation of a new transatlantic social settlement - a less flawed capitalism - one based on greater degrees of income equality and social justice. As members of the millennial generation come to their maturity on each side of the Atlantic, Flawed Capitalism offers the critical intellectual tools that they will need if they are ever to break decisively with the failed public policies of the past.

What the rest of Europe thinks about Brexit . . . An in-depth, ground-up analysis of the attitudes and opinions of the other 27 EU member states towards Britain's decision to leave.

An in-depth examination of one of the defining issues that separates capitalism from socialism - the system of ownership, or property rights - which, when explored, highlight fundamental problems in the model of market socialism.

An international team of contributors explores the challenges of money laundering in the digital age and how best to regulate it in a globalized world.

This introduction to the topic of "degrowth", an increasingly influential idea within ecological economics, assesses what it would take for an economy to transition to a position that enabled it to prosper without growth.

A short, non-technical guide to the workings of a fast-moving industry that remains of huge importance to the global economy and continues to be a national barometer of economic success and failure.

A major contribution to our understanding of the dominant economic language of our time, which unpacks the concept of "the market" to reveal exactly what it means to defer to the "logic of the market" and to submit to "market forces".

An engaging and rigorous introduction and synthesis for students and the general reader looking to understand what's at stake when the rewards of capitalism are distributed unjustly.

Everyday Economics eschews the usual top-down approach of economics, which sees economies as simply agglomerations of the activities of millions of people, and instead explores the role played by the individual in the economy. In so doing, the book illuminates the economic landscape in a much more engaging and accessible way.

These essays from leading left intellectuals reflect on the scale and nature of the task that the Left now faces and, together, offer a major statement on the future for centre-left politics in advanced capitalism, and a frank appraisal of the Left's current capacity to keep conservatism at bay.

These essays from leading left intellectuals reflect on the scale and nature of the task that the Left now faces and, together, offer a major statement on the future for centre-left politics in advanced capitalism, and a frank appraisal of the Left's current capacity to keep conservatism at bay.

These commissioned essays interrogate both the generative sources and the potential of Doreen Massey's remarkably wide-ranging and influential work. They provide an unparalleled assessment of the context that gave rise to Massey's key ideas and how they subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both within and outside of academia.

This collection of Doreen Massey's writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the range and depth of Massey's work.

This collection of Doreen Massey's writings brings together for the first time her formative contributions, showcasing the continuing relevance of her ideas to current debates. With introductions and explanatory notes from the editors, the collection provides an unrivalled introduction to the range and depth of Massey's work.

These commissioned essays interrogate both the generative sources and the potential of Doreen Massey's remarkably wide-ranging and influential work. They provide an unparalleled assessment of the context that gave rise to Massey's key ideas and how they subsequently travelled, and were translated and transformed, both within and outside of academia.

A penetrating analysis of the complexities of the TTIP negotiations, which explores why they have proved so difficult to conclude, what motivates the different parties concerned and what implications there are for future trade deals, especially for the UK in its post-Brexit negotiations and for other nations now facing a more protectionist stance from the United States.

A magisterial overview of the history of economic thought from the seventeenth century to the present day, one that emphasizes a diversity of economic argument that it sometime suppressed in more conventional textbooks, which tend to organize their histories into sequences fo schools of thought.

These essays explore the ramifications of the Brexit decision for the UK and European economies, in particular, on manufacturing, regional development, labour regulations, financial services and Northern Ireland.