The Contemporary Global Economy
A History since 1980
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:18th Apr '11
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- Paperback£30.95(9781405183437)
The Contemporary Global Economy provides a lively overview of recent turbulence in the world economy, focusing on the dynamics of globalization since the 1980s. It explains the main drivers of economic change and how we are able to discern their effects in the world today.
- A lucid and balanced survey, based on extensive research in data and documents, accessible to the non-specialist
- Written by a renowned specialist in international economic relations with academic and government credentials
- Offers clear and engaging explanations of the main motors of economic change and how we are able to discern their effects in the world today
- The author assumes little knowledge of economic theory or financial markets
- Identifies the challenges for sustainable recovery and economic growth in the years ahead
"Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division students, faculty, and general readers." (Choice, 1 December 2011)
"I highly recommend the brilliant and well reasoned book The Contemporary Global Economy: A History since 1980 by Alfred E. Eckes, Jr., to anyone seeking a well written and comprehensive book on the march of globalization since 1980. The author presents the information, in a format that is readily understood by any reader, as to how the driving forces of economic change operate and how they are clearly visible today." (Blog Business World, 12 August 2011)
"The book is a lucid and balanced survey, based on extensive research, accessible to the non-specialist." (GMF, 2011)
ISBN: 9781405183444
Dimensions: 236mm x 163mm x 21mm
Weight: 608g
318 pages