economic policy

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.

Economist Jeffrey D. Sachs diagnoses America's economic problems and offers a solution that comes to grips with the new global economic realities.

An introduction to economic systems, discussing theories, free markets, mixed ecoonomies, and more.

The opening of economic borders in the early 1980's and the promotion of European free trade after 1990 helped the reconstruction of Eastern Europe and globally lifted 800 million people out of poverty. Behind this unprecedented growth is not only the collapse of state socialism but also a scientific revolution in economics. The recent economic crisis calls for a new commitment to the free-market society, not abandonment, according to the author.

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.

Describes the economic dangers of state control over the means of production, and discusses how increased government control over the economy could lead to totalitarian or fascist regimes.

Examines the shared elements of three world leaders' plans for their countries in the 1930s, Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, describing how their attitudes towards society and government were similar and how they led to the emergence of a new type of state.