While Latin America accounts for approximately 7 percent of the world economy, easily accessible information on the economies of the region is not always easy to find. The existing literature on Latin American economics usually assumes some previous familiarity with the region and is focused on...

In 7 Kapiteln - Der Mensch - Das Unternehmen - Die Volkswirtschaft - Die Weltwirtschaft - Die Theorie - Umwelt & Ressourcen - Die Zukunft - haben die beiden Autoren, Grafiker Schwochow und Journalist Ramge in diesem grossformatigen Buch das Wissen zum Verständnis der Wirtschaft zusammengestellt...

An introduction to the Japanese economy -- Historical background of the Japanese economy -- Economic growth -- Business cycles, and a boom and bust -- Financial markets and supervision -- Monetary policy -- Public finance -- Saving, demography, and social security -- Industrial structure -- The...

Without economic history, economics runs the risk of being too abstract or parochial, of failing to notice precedents, trends and cycles, of overlooking the long-run and thus misunderstanding "how we got here". Recent financial and economic crises illustrate spectacularly how the economics...