A group of internationally prominent China scholars held a conference at the Hoover Institution in December 1994 to discuss how U.S. policy can best respond to recent changes in China and made clear that a \"get-tough\" policy would ultimately fail....

Unless Europe takes action soon, its further economic and political decline is almost inevitable, economists Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi write in this provocative book....

In this timely study of the different approaches of America and Europe to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty, the authors describe just how different the two continents are in the level of State engagement in the redistribution of income....

Book DescriptionThe authors of this timely and provocative book use the tools of economic analysis to examine the formation and change of political borders....

The authors of this timely and provocative book use the tools of economic analysis to examine the formation and change of political borders....

This book explores how the political process in the United States influences the economy and how economic conditions influence electoral results. It explains how the interaction between the President and Congress lead to the formulation of macroeconomic policy and how the American voters achieve moderation by balancing the two institutions....

The third title in the MECB series begins with a review of the main events of the year and how the ECB has dealt with them....