A study of the economic theory of Gardiner Means, discussing his ideas of administered pricing and profit maximization within the giant corporation, the possible links between industrial structure and macroeconomic performance, and the micro foundations of macroeconomics.
Based on a 1987 conference on urban development at the Centre for Urban Planning and Development at Hong Kong University.
The analysis of America’s economic development in this book departs radically from the "new economic history" model: it focuses not on consumption and production choices in an allocative efficiency setting but on capitalist decision making and its social consequences.
This introductory work discusses how people function in a pluralistic society and how they can accept a common social ethic - a publically justified morality. It presents straightforward analyses of the basic concepts, including justifications of liberty.
First published in 1988, this book explores the socio-economic and political impacts of Chinese socialist movements, peasant initiatives, rural industrialization and economic reforms in China in the mid-twentieth century.
This text examines the Pacific War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, from the perspective of those who fought the wars and lived through them
First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1985. This volume contains material prepared over a three week field trip by the authors in rural China in July and August of 1982 and then again in September 1983. Including field work in the areas of Shaanxi, and the Chongqing municipality.
This text discusses the economic, social and political implications of redirecting labour and capital from a military-based to a post-Cold War economy
This text presents an analysis of how international direct investment since World War II has played an important role in the process by which industrial countries generate technology and productivity growth