The large external deficit in the U.S. balance of payments and the exchange value of the U.S. dollar have become central issues of public concern and economic policy. Unfortunately, the increased concern has not led to an increase in...

"Europe 2020: Competitive or Complacent?" von Daniel S. Hamilton untersucht die Herausforderungen und Chancen, denen Europa im Jahr 2020 gegenübersteht. Das Buch analysiert die wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Dynamiken...

The collapse of communism in Europe and the former Soviet Union has produced one of the most daunting tasks of the twentieth century: the construction of market economies out of the wreckage of central planning. While there is a lively...

"End of Eurasia: Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization" von Dmitri V. Trenin untersucht die geopolitische Position Russlands im Kontext der sich verändernden globalen Dynamiken nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges....

"Inflation and the Income Tax: A Report of a Conference Sponsored by the Fund for Public Policy Research and the Brookings Institution" von Henry J. Aaron untersucht die komplexe Beziehung zwischen Inflation und dem...

"The Price of the Past: Russia's Struggle With the Legacy of a Militarized Economy" von Clifford G. Gaddy untersucht die wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen, mit denen Russland nach dem Zusammenbruch der Sowjetunion konfrontiert war. Das...

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"Ecological Disaster: Cleaning Up the Hidden Legacy of the Soviet Regime" von Murray Feshbach untersucht die gravierenden Umweltprobleme, die durch die industrielle und landwirtschaftliche Politik der Sowjetunion entstanden sind. Das...

As Asia's financial and economic crisis deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest reforms at national and international levels. This process led...

After an extended period of relative security and certainty, the transatlantic partnership presently faces a series of challenges and tests of its stability and reliability. Europe is in the middle of a historic process in which the...

The Persian Gulf conflict was the first major combat test for U.S. military forces since the nation ended conscription two decades ago. As hundreds of thousands of American troops were dispatched to the Middle East, the nation realized,...

"Never again!" the world has vowed time and again since the Holocaust. Yet genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other mass atrocity crimes continue to shock our consciences—from the killing fields of Cambodia to the machetes of Rwanda to the...