Globalization & Development | Books

The Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery: Social Learning in a Post-disaster Environment

Emily Chamlee-Wright | Feb 16, 2010
This book seeks to understand how people cultivate strategies for recovery when the answers are not obvious; when a genuine process of discovery is required; and at points when the social…

Media, Development, and Institutional Change

Christopher Coyne, Peter Leeson | Sep 15, 2009
Media, Development, and Institutional Change investigates mass media’s profound ability to affect institutional change and economic development.

The Neoliberal Revolution In Eastern Europe: Economic Ideas in the Transition from Communism

Anthony Evans, Paul Dragos Aligica | Mar 13, 2009
Very few studies have ventured to explore the shift in economic ideas that were such a critical factor in shaping and understanding the East European transition process. Paul Dragos Aligica and…

Book Chapter: Silicon Somewhere: A Critique of Cluster Policy

Frederic Sautet, Pierre Desrochers, Gert-Jan Hospers | Dec 31, 2008
The fundamental idea of this paper is that government is not and cannot be the source of successful clustering. While clustering is valuable to the economy, governments do not have access to the…

Globalization in the 21st Century: How Interconnected is the World?

Patrick McLaughlin | Nov 03, 2008
Patrick A. McLaughlin, Research Fellow here at the Mercatus Center, contributed to this book with a chapter on analyzing the role of trade aggreements in spurring global trade and regional…

From the ''Democracy of Nations'' to Stakeholder Based Governance Systems

Paul Dragos Aligica | Aug 12, 2008
What is the future of democracy as an institutional design principle of international governance? How is the idea of organizing the international arena as a “democracy of nations” going to be…

The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity

Russell Roberts | Jul 28, 2008
Stanford University student and Cuban American tennis prodigy Ramon Fernandez is outraged when a nearby mega-store hikes its prices the night of an earthquake. He crosses paths with provost and…

Why Europe: The Rise of the West in World History, 1500-1850

Jack Goldstone | Jun 17, 2008
Part of McGraw-Hill's Explorations in World History series, this brief and accessible volume explores one of the biggest questions of recent historical debate: how among all of Eurasia’s…

Alliance Curse: How America Lost the Third World

Hilton Root | May 01, 2008
In Alliance Curse, Hilton Root illustrates how misguided foreign aid policy can backfire, stunting rather than advancing political and economic development, and poisoning relations instead of…

Empowering the Poor Through Property Rights

Karol Boudreaux | Apr 14, 2008
Fair access to property rights goes way beyond their role as economic assets. Secure and accessible property rights provide a sense of identity, dignity, and belonging to people of very different…