China's Consumer Revolution: The Emerging Patterns of Wealth and Expenditure

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China's rapid economic growth has attracted much international attention in recent years, partly due to the potential purchasing power of the largest population in the world. This timely book examines general patterns of Chinese household demand for a variety of consumer goods such as food, durables, housing and health care and investigates the impact of economic and social factors on household consumption.

China's Consumer Revolution focuses on comparisons between different consumer groups, such as rural versus urban and rich versus poor. Special attention is given to the impact of the newly affluent consumers, the so-called 'new rich'. This book also compares China with other countries in terms of household demand for consumer goods and sheds light on the prospects for international trade in this area. Drawing upon newly released household surveys, this book is the first of its kind and it will be of interest to both academic researchers and business advisors.

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The end of the US hegemony?.......2002-07-26

Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System distills a systematic process out of the past Dutch and English hegemonies and applies it to the current American hegemony. The authors state that the end of a hegemony cycle always coincides with financial crisis. The current accounting scandals and stock market turmoil could be symptoms of the end of the American hegemony. The book goes into detail into the history and mechanics of each hegemony and describes the transition between each of them. In the conclusions, Asia and more particularly China is pointed out as the next potential hegemon.

The underlying theoretical canvas of the book makes sense. It gives a historical and scientific look on the mechanics of globalisation. The book is of course academic in nature, which doesn't always help readability, when having to navigate through references and footnotes. It is only in the conclusions that a more linear tone is taken. Next step for me, exploring some books on the future hegemon: China?

A fabulous book explaining our current global trouble.......2001-04-02

In a simple and concise way, Arrighi et al explain the rise and fall of the Dutch, English and American power in the modern world system (Since 1600 AD). In a 400 years sweep they show the evolution of geopolitics, state, finance, social classes and corporate structure in the rise and decline phases of each power.

After they described the processes which have affected the evolution from Dutch to English, English to American and the present weakening of the American power, book provides several possibilities for the future based on previous experiences. One of the conclusions is that corporations remain bound to their country of origin and that a corporate-led world will not survive the United States power, just like previous types of corporations did not survive English or Dutch demise. Another warning is the danger that the last phase of power, which is finance based and characterized by globalisation of finance always ends-up in a disaster: 1772-1773 crash in London, 1929 crash in Wall Street. Collapse of NASDAQ, trouble in Japan, California electricity could be the symptoms of this last phase of American power.

An essential book to understand the process of change and how to possibly adapt to it.

A thoughtful survey of 300 years of global power.......2000-10-23

Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System is a wonderful and comprehensive sweep of 300 years of power, politics and high finance. It is also a helpful counterpoint to some of the more gloating books filled with triumphilism or dire books of environmental doom-saying often found in when surveying the field.

The Next World Order.(politics, forecast)(Review) (book review): An article from: The Futurist

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The Next World Order.(politics, forecast)(Review) (book review): An article from: The Futurist
Victor Ferkiss
Manufacturer: World Future Society
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on November 1, 2000. The length of the article is 905 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Next World Order.(politics, forecast)(Review) (book review)
Author: Victor Ferkiss
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2000
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 34 Issue: 6 Page: 58

Article Type: Book Review

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As a result of economic, demographic, and other developments, the United States is changing in ways that will require adjustments in our thinking and in our public policies. If this rethinking is not done, our political and economic position in the international arena will erode and our domestic living standards will suffer. Isabel Sawhill provides us with an overview of the problems that will confront us in the 1990s, and of the insights offered by the other contributors to the volume. Topics and authors include: living standards which are no longer improving at the same rate as in the past, by "Joseph J. Minarik"; what we can do to improve our long-term economic prospects, "Rudolph G. Penner"; the issues of trade and competitiveness that arise from living in a more economically-interdependent world, "Charles F. Stone"; changes in the family and how they affect child care, "Andrew Cherlin"; human health and life, especially the implications of AIDS and technologies that artificially extend human life, "Thomas C. Schelling"; the slow progress against poverty, "Isabel V. Sawhill"; the dilemmas of the aging American population, "John L. Palmer"; and options for reducing current budget deficits, "Joseph J. Minarik" and "Rudolph G. Penner."

Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade

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Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 1402077157

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There are several reasons why it has become important to rethink economic policy. Out of the European perspective it is the new currency, the enlargement towards Central and Eastern European countries, the sluggish growth and the end of productivity convergence towards the USA and the insufficient creation of employment. From the transatlantic perspective increasing differences in the economic policy and the potential rise of conflicts between Europe and the USA, for example, in trade, competition and health issues are important. The current volume touches most, but not all of these topics. It starts with the overview by Joseph Stiglitz on policy issues. Then macroeconomics policy is discussed, followed by the problem of an ageing society and European enlargement. Differences between Europe and the USA are large in taxation and in the role of public finance. The relative competitiveness of countries as well as of Europe will be decided by investments into new technologies and progression towards the Science Based Economy. In the final section the role of economists in shaping the economic agenda and giving policy advice is discussed.

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Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade
Massimo Rovini
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Pub 01/31/2004
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ASIN: B000MBZXR2

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Economic Policy Issues for the Next Decade
Massimo Rovini
Manufacturer: Kluwer Academic Pub 31/3/2004
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ASIN: B000MBWLD6

Korea's macroeconomic prospects and major policy issues for the next decade (DRD discussion paper : report)

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Korea's macroeconomic prospects and major policy issues for the next decade (DRD discussion paper : report)
Vittorio Corbo
Manufacturer: Development Research Dept., Economics and Research Staff, World Bank
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ASIN: B000717EYW

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Why does society allow, or even encourage, private appropriation of inventions? When do patents encourage competition, when do they hamper it? How should society design the compromise between the interest of the inventor and the interest of the users of patented inventions? How should the patent system adapt to new technological areas? These questions and many more are addressed by the authors in this groundbreaking analysis of the economics behind the European patent system. Beginning with the history and principles of the patent system, the book then examines the economic effects of patenting on innovation and the diffusion of technology and growth. Throughout the book the theory and the reality are discussed alongside real world examples and comparison between the European, USA, and Japanese patent systems.

Technology, Television, and Competition: The Politics of Digital TV

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Technology, Television, and Competition: The Politics of Digital TV
Jeffrey A. Hart
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ASIN: 0521826241

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The advanced industrial countries considered replacing the existing analog television infrastructure with a new digital one in the late 1980s and 1990s. Jeffrey Hart's study demonstrates how nationalism and regionalism combined with conflicting ideas over technology to produce three different and incompatible DTV standards in the U.S., Japan and Europe. The outcome has led to missed opportunities in developing new technologies. Hart's work contributes to our understanding of relations between business and government, and of competition between the world's great economic powers.

Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History)

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Antitrust and the Formation of the Postwar World (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History)
Wyatt Wells
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Today antitrust law shapes the policy of almost every large company, no matter where headquartered. But this wasn't always the case. Before World War II, the laws of most industrial countries tolerated and even encouraged cartels, whereas American statutes banned them. In the wake of World War II, the United States devoted considerable resources to building a liberal economic order, which Washington believed was necessary to preserving not only prosperity but also peace after the war. Antitrust was a cornerstone of that policy. This fascinating book shows how the United States sought to impose -- and with what results -- its antitrust policy on other nations, especially in Europe and Japan.

Wyatt Wells chronicles how the attack on cartels and monopoly abroad affected everything from energy policy and trade negotiations to the occupation of Germany and Japan. He shows how a small group of zealots led by Thurman Arnold, who became head of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division in 1938, targeted cartels and large companies throughout the world: IG Farben of Germany, Mitsui and Mitsubishi of Japan, Imperial Chemical Industries of Britain, Philips of the Netherlands, DuPont and General Electric of the United States, and more. Wells brilliantly shows how subsequently, the architects of the postwar economy -- notably Lucius Clay, John McCloy, William Clayton, Jean Monnet, and Ludwig Erhard -- uncoupled political ideology from antitrust policy, transforming Arnold's effort into a means to promote business efficiency and encourage competition.

Privatization and Competition in Telecommunications: International Developments (Privatizing Government: An Interdisciplinary Series)

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Privatization and Competition in Telecommunications: International Developments (Privatizing Government: An Interdisciplinary Series)

Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0275958132

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Throughout the world, governments are reducing their involvement in the area of telecommunications. Some telecommunications are being fully or partly privatized while others are experiencing deregulation. The situation in six Asian countries, four European countries, and two Latin American countries are examined. In addition, there is one chapter on the telecommunications business in developing countries as a whole. All sections explore the interaction with encroaching competition, new technology, and a desire for greater freedom.

Advancing Public Goods (The Cournot Centre for Economic Studies Series)

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Advancing Public Goods (The Cournot Centre for Economic Studies Series)
Jean-Philippe Touffut
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing
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ASIN: 184542719X

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With contributions from leading scholars from all over Europe and the US, this book covers the major areas of substantive competition law from an evolutionary perspective.

The leitmotiv of the book has been to assess the dividing line between safeguarding and regulating competition, which it does by reviewing the following subjects:

• foundations of competition policy in the EU and the US • strategic competition policy • the evolution of European competition law from a national (Italian) perspective • the block exemption of vertical agreements after four years • the new Technology Transfer Block Exemption • cooperative networking • mergers in the media sector • abuse of market power • concepts of competition in sector specific regulation • competition, regulation and systems coherence • efficiency claims in EU competition law and sector specific regulation.

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Why is this book 65 dollars?.......2001-02-26

Ok, I haven't read the book, but I heard an interview with Ken Thomas on the radio talking about his book and it sounds very interesting. It's about corporate welfare (subsidies/tax breaks given to business by state,local, or national government in order to convince business to build in its area). Im waiting for the book to come in at my local library because there is no way in hell im paying 65 dollars for it. That really bothers me. Anyway, when i finish it, i'll Write a real review. I wouldnt be requesting if from the library if I didnt think it sounded good on the radio.

The Belgian Economy in the Twentieth Century (Routledge Contemporary Economic History of Europe)

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The Belgian Economy in the Twentieth Century (Routledge Contemporary Economic History of Europe)
André Mommen
Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Hardcover

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b /b b i The Belgian Economy in the Twentieth Century /i /b offers a detailed study of one of the small economies constituting the Benelux group. Professor André Mommen describes and analyzes the changing fortunes of the Belgian economy throughout this century. He traces the Belgian experience from the state regulation of the inter-war period to its current difficulties. Central to the discussion is the innate problem of Belgian dependence on international trade due to her small domestic market. Mommen places this examination within the political context by confronting the problems which have arisen since the first oil crisis and the effect they have had on Belgian politics and society. This volume explains how a small but industrialized European nation succeeded in preserving its competitiveness only to succumb to a devastating debt crisis in the last decade. b /b b i The Belgian Economy in the Twentieth Century /i /b perfectly illustrates the volatility of European economic trends this century.

Caspian Gas: Reserves, Markets and Opportunities (Former Soviet South)

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Caspian Gas: Reserves, Markets and Opportunities (Former Soviet South)
Ottar Skagen
Manufacturer: Royal Institute of International Affairs
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ASIN: 1862030561

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Natural gas is crucial to the former Soviet republics in the Caspian area for their own energy supply and as a potential source of export revenues. This report investigates the gas resource base of the area, gas supply, demand and trade patterns, the state of the republics' gas industries, infrastructural needs, and projects and the constraints on their implementation. It also analyzes world needs for Caspian gas--the export potential seen from the market side.

Competing Economies: America, Europe and the Pacific Rim

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Competing Economies: America, Europe and the Pacific Rim
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Manufacturer: United States Government Printing
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Competition and Competition Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Central and Eastern Europe

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Competition and Competition Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Central and Eastern Europe
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