First published in 1986, Insurance for Unemployment proposes a radical approach to the reform of unemployment and social insurance. The book develops the ethical, economic and actuarial case for the proposed reforms, whereby the individual pays the contributions which reflect the unemployment...

First published in 1973, Efficiency Criteria for Nationalised Industries asks by what criteria we should judge the efficiency of nationalised industries, what we mean by saying they should be run commercially and where the public interest should lie. In this work, Professor Nove believes we...

First published in 1961, The Soviet Economy is a well informed work which seeks to acquaint students with the structure and problems of the economy of the USSR. In a balanced and perceptive analysis, Alexander Nove describes the organisation of economic life and of the planning system, analysing...

Throughout the OECD, 30 per cent of the average firm's total labour costs comprises items which are other than direct remuneration. This book focuses on two major areas of enquiry: the costs for the cyclical behaviour of employment, and the role of average working hours per employee in the...

First published in 1989, Alon Kadish's study re-examines the standard view held by historians of economic thought whereby economic history emerged from the historicist criticism of neoclassical economic theory. He also demonstrates how the discipline evolved as an extension of the study of...

Intro -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- Part I The Context -- 2 Historical perspective -- 3 What is ABM? -- 4 Frameworks for measurement and improvement -- 5 The ABM framework -- Part II ABM in Practice -- 6 The ABM flow of costs -- 7 The basic principles...