economic policy

Vinay Rai, one of India's top businessmen and philanthropists, offers an inside look at how his country has become a leading power in the world economy over the last few years, and examines the impact that rise has had on the country's people.

The author shares what he has learned about global poverty through visits to more than one hundred countries, and presents his plan for ending extreme poverty around the world by the year 2025.

Examines how globalization and free trade affect people from various parts of the world, contending that it has hurt the working class and providing examples to support the argument.

Explores the revolution in economic ideas which are responsible for the worldwide shift from government controlled economies to free markets, with discussion of how new markets change societal structure, political power, and will shape the future.

Contains five topical essays that the examine the reasons why Japan has emerged as a global power in the years since World War II, and includes a chronology of events, biographies of significant individuals behind Japan's economic success, and a selection of primary documents.

Analyzes the political means used by Franklin D. Roosevelt to extricate the United States from an economic abyss.

Prominent figures of the New Deal give their viewpoints on that ambitious restructuring of American society.

Presents a comprehensive study of the economic growth of China since the death of Mao Zedong, and examines banking and finance reforms, East Asian Trade, and modern agriculture in China.