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Abstract/Sommario: Judgments of value - Knowledge and value - The quest for absolute values - The negation of valuation - Determinism and its critics - Materialism - Dialectical materialism - Philosophy of history - The concept of historical individuality - Historicism - The challenge of scientism - Psychology and thymology - Meaning and use of the study of history - The epistemological features of history - Philosophical interpretations of history - Present day trends and the future.

Abstract/Sommario: This text challenges the mainstream view that the best way to transform the communist economies is to have a rapid transition to a free-market economy and political democracy. The articles in this book take this standpoint from economic and political theory, and from an evaluation of the different reforming countries in Europe and Asia. It aims to explain the dramatic contrast in outcome between reforming countries that have pursued comprehensive system reform, and those that have purs ...; [Leggi tutto...] This text challenges the mainstream view that the best way to transform the communist economies is to have a rapid transition to a free-market economy and political democracy. The articles in this book take this standpoint from economic and political theory, and from an evaluation of the different reforming countries in Europe and Asia. It aims to explain the dramatic contrast in outcome between reforming countries that have pursued comprehensive system reform, and those that have pursued cautious, experimental strategies.

Abstract/Sommario: Europe - Food - Farming - The modernisation of agriculture - Foreign trade - The role of government.

Abstract/Sommario: The political position of Finland 1914-1925 - Why did Finland escape the 1921 crisis? An experiment in analysis according to the quantity theory of money - Devaluation and the return of the gold standard at a new parity 1922-1925. A study of economic policy.

Abstract/Sommario: The nature and characteristics of profit-sharing schemes - Profit and distribution schemes - Capital schemes - Reflections and conclusions.

Abstract/Sommario: General issues - The power struggle in Europe - The growing crisis in the Middle East - Independent Asia and the great powers.

Abstract/Sommario: This 1958 book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University James Edward Meade (1907-1995) was a renowned British economist who, alongside Bertil Ohlin, was joint winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics. Originally published in 1958, this book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, delivered during the same year. Concise and highly readabl ...; [Leggi tutto...] This 1958 book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University James Edward Meade (1907-1995) was a renowned British economist who, alongside Bertil Ohlin, was joint winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics. Originally published in 1958, this book contains the transcription of Meade's inaugural lecture as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, delivered during the same year. Concise and highly readable, it will be of value to anyone with an interest in economic history, theories regarding inflation, and macroeconomic theory in general.

Abstract/Sommario: Trade unions today and yesterday - The power of the unions - The role of the Tuc - Government by election - The general unions - Federations and confederations - The employers' organizations - Industrial relations and the State - Thrashing out disputes - Who calls the strikes? - Problems of union membership - The workers' voice in management - The future of trade unionism - Appendices.

Abstract/Sommario: Introduction: the problem of economic development - Principles: general theories of development - Principles: lessons of history - Principles: theories of underdevelopment - Policies.