Development Planning and Policy | Books

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…

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…

Calculation and Coordination

Peter J. Boettke | Nov 23, 2000
Calculation and Coordination explores the founding and failure of socialism and the attempts to reform and transform it in the twentieth century, focusing on the Soviet experience. It combines the…