This account of the work of Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk describes his theory of value, capital and interest within the context of 19th-century German economic thought and the development of neo-classical economic theory. It provides an insight into Bohm-Bawerk’s intellectual development, and his political leanings and personal background. The study also considers the development of economic …

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Foundations of International Macroeconomics is an innovative text that offers the first integrative modern treatment of the core issues in open economy macroeconomics and finance. With its clear and accessible style, it is suitable for first-year graduate macroeconomics courses as well as graduate courses in international macroeconomics and finance. Each chapter incorporates an extensive and …

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Booms and busts are not endemic to the free market, argues the Austrian theory of the business cycle, but come about through manipulation of money and credit by central banks. In this monograph, Austrian giants explain and defend the theory against alternatives. Includes essays by Mises, Rothbard, Haberler, and Hayek. In his later years, Professor …

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Up-to-date surveys of all major research areas in international trade and international finance are presented in this volume. The chapters have a high standard of exposition, delivering ideas at the forefront of the field in a clear readable fashion. The volume has a good overall balance of theoretical and empirical coverage. The trade side of …

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City College of New York is perhaps the longest-running, radical social experiment in American history. For one hundred and fifty years, City has been the bellwether of this nation’s effort to bring the urban poor into the middle class. And as generations of immigrant children passed beneath its arched gateway and emerged as scientists, scholars, …

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A brisk crime novel about the seamy side of Las Vegas. Three million dollars of casino money has been hijacked and the casino boys want it returned. Admirers of Elmore Leonard’s novels will relish this fast-moving story which transpires as the wiseguys are being elbowed out of the casinos by the corporate types aiming for …

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“Adams scrapes his pen across the fears and absurdities of an age we entered when we weren’t paying attention-the age of the bureaucratic vacuum.” Dilbert is the Everyman in the down-sized, techno-centered workplace. He’s the corporately innocent engineer who experiences the absurdities and oddities of office life from his (sometimes shrinking) cubicle. Complemented by his …

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