This course will focus on the emergence and evolution of industrial societies around the world We will begin by comparing the legacies of industry in ancient and early modern Europe and Asia and examining the agricultural and commercial advances that laid the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution of the 18th …

Level: beginner

Global Perspectives on Industrialization

Jonathan Robins; Andrew Ramey

Michigan Technological University

In its first edition, this book helped to define the emerging field of ecological economics. This new edition surveys the field today. It incorporates all of the latest research findings and grounds economic inquiry in a more robust understanding of human needs and behavior.

2010

Level: beginner

Ecological Economics - Principles and Applications

Herman E. Daly, Joshua Farley

Island Press

In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang maintains that all corruption is harmful, but not all types of corruption hurt growth. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money.

2020

Level: beginner

China's Gilded Age

Yuen Yuen Ang

Cambridge University Press

Why are income inequalities so large and why do they continue to increase in so many countries? What role can minimum wages play in reducing social and economic inequalities? What is a good system of wage bargaining? What constitutes a fair wage?

Level: beginner

Fair Wage Strategies in a Global Economy

Hansjörg Herr, Maité Llanos, Gilad Isaacs, Susan Hayter, Patrick Belser, Mary Bellman, Luis Campos, Frank Hoffer

Global Labour University

Colonial Global Economy is a module of the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project and examines the ongoing significance of colonial relations in the structure of the global economy It consists of 7 introductory lectures which range between 17 and 39 minutes of length In addition further readings resources and questions for …

2020

Level: beginner

Colonial Global Economy

Prof Gurminder K Bhambra

n.a.

Colanders Microeconomics 11e is specifically designed to help today’s students succeed in the principles of economics course and grasp economics concepts they can apply in their daily lives

2019

Level: advanced

Microeconomics

David C. Colander

McGraw-Hill Education

Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People s Economy The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary theory the freshest and most important idea about economics in decades delivers a radically different bold new understanding for how to build a just and prosperous society Stephanie …

2020

Level: beginner

The Deficit Myth

Stephanie Kelton

Hachette UK