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The Balkans 1804-1999
Misha Glenny
Издател: Granta Books
A survey of two centuries of history, by Britain's commentator on the Balkans, Misha Glenny. It offers general readers a single narrative that explains the background to the terrible events on their television screens and provides insights into the roots of the region's reputation for violence. It also explores the origins of modern Serbia,
The Marshall Plan and Germany
Издател: BERG
This volume brings together an international team of distinguished political and economic historians to take stock of earlier work on the origins and impact of the Marshall Plan, and reinterpret it in light of revolutionary upheavals in Central and Easter Europe.
Business in the Balkans
Liz Barrett
Издател: Centre for European Reform
Stability is the pre-condition for success in Central and Eastern Europe. As the region emerged from communism in the 1990s, the leaders of some countries quickly convinced the world that they offered safe havens for investment and were reliable business
partners. Those countries won political friends, reaped economic benefits and are now
Plowing the Sea
Michael Fairbanks , Stace Lindsay
Издател: Harvard Business School Press
The authors address the issue of competitiveness in the developing world. Using the Colombian cut-flower industry as a backdrop (and drawing from a variety of industries in Bolivia, Venezuela, and Peru), they identify seven core elements of the failed model of competitiveness in which much of the developing world appears to be trapped. These
The Other Path
Издател: Perennial Library
Altering the way we perceive underdeveloped countries, this revolutionary volume focuses on Lima, Peru, and how its internal economies and political alliances function. De Soto also describes the surprising and revolutionary world of the "informals," those who work outside the law to achieve their goals. 24 pages of photographs.
A Journal of Political Economy
Издател: The Independent Institute
The INDEPENDENT REVIEW is the acclaimed interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of political economy and the critical analysis of government policy. Edited by the noted historian and economist, Robert Higgs, The Independent Review is thoroughly researched, peer-reviewed, and based on scholarship of the highest caliber. However, unlike so
Freedom in the World
Издател: Freedom House
Freedom in the World, Freedom House’s flagship publication, is the standard-setting comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties. Published annually since 1972, the survey ratings and narrative reports on 193 countries and 15 related and disputed territories are used by policymakers, the media, international
The Age of Diminished Expectations
Paul Krugman
Издател: The MIT Press
This book occupies fairly rare territory: the middle ground. Krugman's most likely scenario for the 1990s is neither crash nor boom but a continuation of the 1980s, with some unemployment, more inflation, and only slow growth in income. Surprisingly, Krugman notes, the public will continue to be satisfied with this performance. Designed for the
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