June 1999 - Do globalization and national development reinforce each other? Are they mutually compatible? What opportunities for national development does globalization open? What problems does it pose? What is the proper balance between national, regional, and global responses to the challenges...

Global capitalism, vintage 21st century, is less friendly to the international migration of unskilled people than were previous waves of globalization (such as that of the late 19th century). A freer regime for international migration could help to reduce global economic inequality, improve the...

The art market in historical perspective -- The art sector in China : traditional, Maoist and globalized periods -- Main features of the art market : what is art? how to value it? how art trade is organized? -- Recessions, financial crises and war : impact on the art sector -- How the super-rich...

Historical background: the unstable 1920s and the depressive 1930s -- A tract on monetary reform. The evil of inflation and the management of money and foreign exchanges -- A treatise on money. Wicksell, bulls and bears -- The general theory of employment, interest and money. A new...

This book presents the results of about three years of work finished in early 1992 in the area of private investment and macroeconomic adjustment. Its purpose is to explore the macroeconomic determinants of investment and the causes and cures for the gap between maroeconomic adjustment and...