This study begins with an overview of the poverty situation in the Philippines. It then takes a brief look at the poor in the rural areas, followed with a discussion of the poor in the informal sector. It then, brings these two sectors together, with an examination of the poor and the...

In jüngerer Zeit werden in der internationalen ökonomischen Debatte wirtschaftspolitische Forderungen laut, die deutlich von einer Nachfrageorientierung und weniger von einer angebotsorientierten liberalen Sicht geprägt sind. Sie gehen teilweise recht weit oder scheinen einer...

This paper examines the major competing interpretations of the economic crisis in the US and explains the rebound of neoliberal orthodoxy. It shows how US policymakers acted to stabilize and save the economy, but failed to change the underlying neoliberal economic policy model. That failure...

Introduction -- Foundational concepts -- Subjective value and gains from trade -- Scarcity and opportunity cost -- Thinking at the margin -- Division of labor and comparative advantage -- Demand and supply -- Demand -- Supply -- Price determination: demand and supply together -- Free markets --...

Introduction: the counter-revolution of neoliberalism -- Foucault and beyond -- The building of economics as a science -- The building of individuals as rational agents -- Turning the world into a firm -- Postscript: a new ethics for a new liberalism? -- Index

Historicizing and theorizing the Almaguin Highlands -- The summer cottage : a home away from home -- Tourism and its discontents -- Rural gentrification -- The changing landscapes of agriculture and forestry -- The economic development industry

Contemporary financial self-help and the rise of neoliberalism -- It's not about money, it's about freedom -- From rats to riches -- Creating a world of abundance -- American dreams in Argentina -- Conclusion : financial self-help and beyond

"Neoliberal calls for welfare state reforms, especially cuts to public pensions, are a contentious issue for employees, employers, and national governments across the western world. But what are the underlying factors that have shaped the response to these pressures in Canada and Australia? In...

From development to BRICS : the policy magical mystery tour / Richard Westra -- Brics up close -- Current paths of development in the southern cone : deindustrialization and a return to the agro-export model / Paul Cooney -- A BRIC despite itself : sustained growth versus neoliberalism in India...

Introduction -- The threat of increasing supply price -- Coping with the threat -- The reserve army of labour in the periphery -- Capitalism, poverty and inequality -- Further elaborations and clarifications -- Metropolitan demand on tropical land mass: the empirical picture -- The international...