economic policy

Describes why, in 1953, Chairman Mao changed China's economic policies to Stalinist socialism and its effect on the nation and its people.

This book explores the different kinds of economic systems that have existed in the past and those that currently hold sway today throughout the world subsistence, barter, gift, market, command, planned, mixed, and Internet economies and analyzes each ones relationship to the three criteria of production, ownership, and government control.

Examines the roots of the recession of the early twenty-first century, discusses how the economic downturn was addressed and its effects, and describes how people live through a recession.

Argues that the financial sector is taking over America causing it to become one of the most unequal and unfair societies, and offers a plan of action to take back the country.

Vinay Rai, one of India's top businessmen and philanthropists, offers an inside look at how his country has become a leading power in the world economy over the last few years, and examines the impact that rise has had on the country's people.

The author shares what he has learned about global poverty through visits to more than one hundred countries, and presents his plan for ending extreme poverty around the world by the year 2025.

Examines how globalization and free trade affect people from various parts of the world, contending that it has hurt the working class and providing examples to support the argument.

Explores the revolution in economic ideas which are responsible for the worldwide shift from government controlled economies to free markets, with discussion of how new markets change societal structure, political power, and will shape the future.

Contains five topical essays that the examine the reasons why Japan has emerged as a global power in the years since World War II, and includes a chronology of events, biographies of significant individuals behind Japan's economic success, and a selection of primary documents.