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Great book,(0 stars to Amazon.co.uk)
I bought this book 4 weeks ago and I am still waiting. I just keep receiving emails saying that they are having some delay so in 1-2 week they will dispatche the book.
Good Starter of I.O, comprehensive, self-satisfactory
No doubt, one of the best for those interested in graduate level of industrial organization.Readers can learn about major business strategies in industrial markets and its welfare implications.Leading theories,major empirical analyses, and added author's view against too influentialChicago ideas will give�@excellent perspective of the progress in thefield. The appendix of game theory is written to make the bookself-satisfactory. ... Read more

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Single best volume
I have taught facilitation for 20 years and maintain an extended bibliography of available books.If someone said they can buy only one book as a resource in facilitating, I would recommend this one. It is a remarkable collection of exercises, tools, strategies, and tips. ... Read more

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David vs. Goliath
Gordon Lafer shows us clearly the etiology of the federally-funded job training programs such as JTPA and today WIA.He shows us clearly why these programs are political responses and not actually based in "the truth" of unemployment at all.There are too few jobs available to help poor people with a band-aid approach.Although he does not come out and say it, Lafer's implication is that the CETA program, public funding of jobs, was more to the point for poor people.The government then acts as the employer of last resort.He probably feels, and I agree, that it will come to that again soon, because corporate America is out to make a profit, not help the workers, and unions?Well, they're shrinking and losing even the little say-so they did have, witness the grocery strike right now in Southern California.So, eventually, probably sooner than later, there will be many idle people lingering and you know what the devil does with idle lingering people.The only redeeming element of politics that we can find in Lafer's scathing analysis of Ronald Reagan and his ilk, is that what goes around comes around.Politics goes in cycles.CETA had its day, just as the New Deal did, and the War on Poverty.Now we're in the thick of a backlash period, but it can't last.That is, if it does last, it won't be the same old U.S. anymore, will it?More like Unbrave New World?Diximus.

This is an outstanding book
Lafer's analysis is first rate.All the numbers are there, but what makes this book exceptional is the clear and accessible writing Lafer uses to present the material.Anyone who wants to know the politics and the economics behind job training efforts in the United States will LOVE this book.For anyone interested in the ever growing influence of corporate America into matters of national economic and educational policy, Lafer's _The Job Training Charade_ is essential reading.

Perfect analysis of why people hire workers
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How to make science more accountable?
This book is not about antiscientism, it is about accountibality ofscience funding. There are several economical myths related to the statepolicy of basic science funding. Two of them : "..basic research isperformed without thought of practical ends" and "...basicresearch is the pacemaker of technological progress" as well as famous Baconian "linear model",( a sequence extending from basicscience to technology: basic science - applied research - development -production and operations) are dramatically reevaluated and critizied inthe reviewing book. The most important implications of agruments presentedin this well written book are: a) Basicscience must be accountable as anyother state funding activities and based on "informed judgments ofresearch promise and social need"; b) Progress of science andtechnology have"semiautonomous trajectories", therefore state investment in basic research does not provide progress in the technologyand economical growth. It looks like it is a good time "to end"so-called "endless frontiers" of unaccountable spending oftaxpayer's money for funding useless basic science research. Everybody whois interested in the basic science funding policy must read this excellentbook. It demonstrates a difference between the economical reality andpropaganda of illusions. ... Read more

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Heavy life saver!
Seldom books on economic theory, particularly on regulation and antitrust are as clearly and professionally written as this one. A student of economics and Ph.D. hopeful, I keep this book within my hand reach at all times.
This Book Stinks
If you are looking for a nonconsistant book that jumps around and does not follow through on its explanation of certain topics than this is the book for you!

Review of Economics of regulation and antitrust
This work provides an excellent overview of the field of regulation from an economic point of view.The primary focus is economic rather than institutional -- as a result it is more appropriate for economists than forlegal scholars.Although the book does not require extensive training ineconomics, it does assume some formal knowledge of basic economic concepts. Since its focus is economic, little time is spent discussing legal casessurrounding many of the regulations compared with, for example, Law,Business, and Society, by McAdams, et. al. ... Read more

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Readable and insightful
Although the title Macroeconomics in emerging markets seems rather straightforward at first sight, it makes one wonder whether the foundations of macroeconomics in emerging markets really differ from those in industrialised countries. Why a separate macroeconomics textbook for this category of countries? In this extremely lucidly written book, Peter Montiel easily convinces the reader that it is a useful complement to existing textbooks for at least two reasons. First, because the idiosyncrasies of many emerging economies - most notably their often weak financial and legal systems - may require a different macroeconomic management focus. While macroeconomic policies in industrialised countries often relate to business cycle developments, policy makers in emerging economies are compelled to spend much more time on irregular episodes of financial instability, which may require different types of action. Second, because some assumptions of standard theoretical models do not hold for most emerging economies. Market-determined floating exchange rates and a risk-free rate of return on short-term government debt do for instance not apply to many countries in the developing world.Read more

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Powerful marginal explanation
Holding productive and destructive efforts constant, small distributional coalitions have the incentives to form political lobbies and influence policies that tend to be protectionist and anti-technology; since the benefits of these policies are selective incentives concentrated amongst the few coalitions members and the costs are diffused throughout the whole population, the "Logic" dictates that there will be little public resistance to them; as time goes on, these distributional coalitions accumulate in greater and greater numbers, the nation burdened by them will fall into economic decline.
A Predictive Theory for Our Times. Read it NOW.
Mancur Olson is one of the intellectual giants of our time. His Nobel Prize was awarded for ground breaking work which he presented in his prior major work, "The Logic of Collective Action." This work, as with any economic theorizing that must be taken seriously by the establishment, is formal and quantitative, as are his many published papers in the peer reviewed press.
A parsimonious argument.
When I picked up this book to begin reading it, I was quite frankly nervous. I'd heard it recommended in so many places that I wanted to read it, but I am not an economist and so was not sure that I was going to be able to follow the arguments that it laid out.
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Still a mistery...
Helpman, his name notwithstanding, doesn't help much in understanding "the mystery". Maybe the title is far too ambitious, maybe it's because of his often convoluted writing, maybe because the most important recent evolutions in growth theory seem not to have been thoroughly digested by the author, maybe because there's little about the politics of economic growth. In fact, the part on governance and institutions in particular is less than clear. The first chapters are better, though: clear and comprehensive. But that is not enough to make of this book a classic.

Detailed, useful overview of growth economics, but not for beginners
Helpman here offers a survey of many important aspects of economic growth theory. He gives some general background and then deals with accumulation, productivity, innovation, interdependence between countries, inequality, and institutions. Be warned, however, that although he claims that his book "provides a nontechnical description of growth economics," the word "nontechnical" here simply means non-mathematical. Much of the book is peppered with economics jargon, and although the glossary at the back is helpful, a reader without some advanced undergraduate or basic graduate background in macroeconomics will struggle.
Solow-growth model, nothing else
I was expecting - hoping - for something a little different.Helpman runs through the Solow growth model and does little else.I ended up putting it down.Nothing about competing theories, why economic growth models work some places and not in others, or anything beyond the mainstream model.If that's what you're looking for, that's great, but otherwise, take a look at The Elusive Quest for Growth by Bill Easterly, or The Mystery of Capital, by Hernando de Soto.Those offer a departure from the norm of development theory. ... Read more

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Poorly written- Very Confusing.
Not only this book is poorly written but in fact its also written in a very confusing manner. Dr. Kreinin does not provide us with adequate examples for the topic he discusses and furthermore there is not glossary in the textbook, which is crucial for the students to get some quick facts without memorizing the entire terminology used in the book. I was surprised to find this book as part of the required readings for classes at Michigan State University and Northern Michigan University. I recommend that this bok may not be used as part of the curriculum for the students. It is not helpful and its over-priced relative to its limited use.

Good Reference and learing tool
This books provides a very low level understanding of the concepts ... Read more

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Drug War: The History and Politics of Failure
Author Mike Gray tackles the failed drug war in this book and effectively shows how the present war has many similarities to alcohol prohibition in early part of the twentieth century. Gray begins his discussion of the subject of drugs by taking the reader back to 1925, in the city of Chicago, during the height of the nightmare of prohibition. Gangs ruled the streets. The air was filled with the smell of cheap booze and the sound of gunfire. Police were defenseless to the total chaos going on all around them. They simply could not stop the manufacture and consumption of alcohol. There was too much money to be made by selling this "forbidden fruit". There was no possible way that this "war" on alcohol could ever be won.
An Excellent Comprehensive History -Not to Mention Futility of-The War On Drugs
This is the 1 book I've come across so far that gives a good, linear history of America's War on Drugs.It begins by comparing mid-90s Chicago with the Windy City of 1925; and all the attendent corruption, violence and hypocricy that comes along with prohibition.It then proceeds to pre-1914 (the year of the Harrison Tax Act) America, and discusses drug uses, patterns of abuse and addiction rates and profiles of the era of legalized drug use, and 1 prohibitionist's lament that "This Constitution thing keeps getting in the way."The thrust of the chapter is that drug abuse and addiction were rare and rarely harmful prior to their being made illegal.
History speaks for itself........we lost this war
Great Book
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Superb critique of the new imperialism
Alam's brilliant and original book studies the growing polarisation between the economically advanced and lagging countries since 1760. He marshals extensive cross-country evidence and concludes, "The results showed a strong positive correlation between sovereignty and industrialisation." A Challenge to the Prevailing Economic Worldview
"Poverty from the Wealth of Nations" provides concrete evidence to support the argument that European imperialism devastated, rather than enhanced, the economic development of much of the rest of the world.Theauthor, M. Shahid Alam, brings in the factors of sovereignty and racism toshow that market mechanisms alone were not the only factors determiningsuccess or failure.Alam shows that the initial disparities between nowadvanced and now lagging countries were not as great as once supposed, andthat the subsequent divergence was due more to exploitation and racistpolicies rather than to the innate qualities of particular peoples.Indoing so, he challenges the prevailing, if unconscious, tenets ofEurocentric ideology. Globalization: What is New?
This is a very timely book. At a time when globalization is sweeping aside the sovereignty of developing countries and imposing free-trade regimes on their debt-ridden governments, this book provides a historical critique ofthese policies through a systematic examination of a similar globalizationthat swept across countries in Asia and Africa starting in the nineteenthcentury. It shows that the results of colonization and free trade weredevastating for these economies. Thankfully, these results are establishedwith a theoretical perspicacity and empirical rigor that are lacking inneo-Marxist critiques of the global economy. The strong parallels betweenquasi-colonialism and the IMF-WTO regime suggest that this new round ofimperialism will also deepen global inequalities. ... Read more

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Wait until the dust settles
Of course neo-conservatives and the pro-war left will chant at me that the world has changed since the US/UK entente acted bilaterally and did not approach the UN for a second resolution on Iraq. Save your breath! I've heard it all before... Thorough scholarship and somewhat prescient
This is an extremely pertinent book for the next millenium.It is also quite popular in policy circles inside the Beltway.It is an indeispensible text for all Americans concerned with the future ofinternational trade and the ongoing pathologies of our current traderegimes and the power relations they sustain to the detriment of thevastmajority of human beings and the planet.It is thorough and scholarlythroughout.While it is best read with a cup of Joe on a rainy day, it isworth the time and pays rereading many times over in light of currentevents.It's only shortcoming is it's neglect of the ecological dimensionsof international trade and politics, nevertheless, it is a book for all whocare about the human future.

A multi-course meal to political economy
Robert Gilpin's in-depth coverage of the multi-faceted world of political economy comes to fruition in tedium in the pages of this book. There is not a single author who puts together a traditional or classical view of the enviornment, international relations, economic policy, and strategy in such a comprehensive manner. Gilpin shows his true scholarly intellect of those before him and provides encouragement for those to follow. ... Read more

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