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The world economy / Horst Siebert.

By: Siebert, Horst, 1938-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Routledge, 1999Description: xviii, 308 p. : ill ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415217253 (hbk); 0415217261 (pbk).Uniform titles: Weltwirtschaft Subject(s): Economic history -- 1990- | Finance | Economic development | Competition, InternationalDDC classification: 337
Contents:
The global view -- Part I: The world goods and factor markets and economic growth -- The world product markets -- The factor markets in the world economy -- Growth processes in the world economy -- Part II: Monetary and financial markets -- Global money and currency markets -- Financial crises versus stable currencies -- Part III: Regional dimensions of the world economy -- Developing countries -- The transformation countries -- Regional integration in the world economy -- The European Union -- Part IV: National economic policy versus a world economic order -- National protectionism versus world wide free trade -- Locational competition -- Using the national and the global environment -- An institutional order for the world economy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The World Economyprovides an analysis of global economic structures and processes. Horst Siebert breaks new round in taking the widest possible view of the world economy and examining it as a truly global entity.
Individual chapters provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of core issues and themes, including world GDP, world aggregate demand, economic growth, the role of trade, global product and factor markets, world monetary and financial markets and exchange rates, regional integration: NAFTA and the European Union. The book also explores potential conflicts between: *national interests and global concerns
*trade policy versus free trade
*locational competition amongst states
^The World Economyalso provides authoritative overviews of the most recent developments in global economics, from EMU to the East Asian crisis.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-299) and index.

The global view -- Part I: The world goods and factor markets and economic growth -- The world product markets -- The factor markets in the world economy -- Growth processes in the world economy -- Part II: Monetary and financial markets -- Global money and currency markets -- Financial crises versus stable currencies -- Part III: Regional dimensions of the world economy -- Developing countries -- The transformation countries -- Regional integration in the world economy -- The European Union -- Part IV: National economic policy versus a world economic order -- National protectionism versus world wide free trade -- Locational competition -- Using the national and the global environment -- An institutional order for the world economy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface
  • The Global View
  • Part A The World Goods and Factor Markets and Economic Growth
  • The World Product Markets
  • The Factor Markets in the World Economy
  • Growth Processes in the World Economy
  • Part B Monetary and Financial Markets
  • Global Money and Currency Markets
  • Financial Crises versus Stable Currencies
  • Part C Regional Dimensions of the World Economy
  • Developing Countries
  • The Transformation Countries
  • Regional Integration in the World Economy
  • The European Union
  • Part D National Economic Policy versus a World Economic Order
  • National Protectionism versus Worldwide Free Trade
  • Locational Competition
  • Using the National and the Global Environment
  • An Institutional Order for the World Economy
  • References

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Horst Siebert is President of the Kiel Institute of World Economics, Professor of Theoretical Economics at the University of Kiel, and Member of the German of Economic Advisers (the 'five wise men'). He has been a Visiting Scholar at the Australian National University, the European University Institute, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Resources for the Future (Washington DC), the University of Aberdeen, University of California Riverside and the University of New Mexico. He is the author of many papers and books, including The New Economic Landscape in Europe (1991) and Economics of the Environment (1998).

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