This book analyses how foreign direct investors choose their locations, whilst exploring the forces which shape international economic geography. Although these two issues are, to some extent, inter-related, researchers have only recently acknowledged the similarity of economic geography and...

These volumes gather together a selection of autobiographical essays written by significant economists whose work is generally recognized to be at the forefront of the discipline as we enter the twenty-first century. The essays are largely based on introductions to volumes in the Edward Elgar...

Introduction -- Money -- The functions of money and money creation -- The nature of inflation -- The concept of interest -- The order of money and its consequences -- Blueprints for monetary reform -- Finance -- Debt and ownership -- The building blocks of modern finance -- The failures of...