Books received

Journal of Economic Issues, Sept, 2006

ABBOTT, FREDERICK M., CHRISTINE BREINING-KAUFMANN, and THOMAS COTTIER, eds. International Trade and Human Rights: Foundations and Conceptual Issues. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006. Pp. 383. Cloth $80.00.

ARESTIS, PHILIP, MICHELE BADDELEY, and JOHN MCCOMBIE, eds. The New Monetary Policy: Implications and Relevance. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2005. Pp. 253. Cloth $100.00.

BARRETO, HUMBERTO, and FRANK HOWLAND. Introductory Econometrics: Using Monte Carlo Simulation with Microsoft Excel[R]. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 774. Cloth $80.OO.

BARTH, JAMES R., GERARD CAPRIO, JR., and ROSS LEVINE. Rethinking Bank Regulation: Till Angels Govern. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 428. Cloth $65.00.

BIRD, RICHARD M., JAMES M. POTERBA, and JOEL SLEMROD, eds. Fiscal Reform in Colombia: Problems and Prospects. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006. Pp. 329. Cloth $40.00.

BOWLES, SAMUEL. Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions, and Evolution. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. 608. Cloth $52.50, paper $29.95.

BRAKMAN, STEVEN, HARRY GARRETSON, CHARLES VAN MARREWIJK, and ARJEN VAN WITTELOOSTUIJN. Nations and Firms in the Global Economy: An Introduction to International Economics and Business. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 446. Cloth $95.00, paper $45.00.

CANTERBERY, E. RAY. Alan Greenspan: The Oracle Behind the Curtain. Singapore: World Scientific, 2006. Pp. 191. Cloth $38.00.

CHECCHI, DANIELE. The Economics of Education: Human Capital, Family

Background, and Inequality. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 278. Cloth $80.00.

CHUNG, YOUNG-LOB. Korea Under Siege, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and Economic Transformation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. 390. Cloth $74.00.

FAYAZMANESH, SASAN. Money and Exchange: Folktales and Reality. London: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 156. Cloth $105.00.

FINN, DANIEL K. The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 169. Cloth $65.00, paper $23.99.

GABRIEL, SATYANANDA J. Chinese Capitalism and the Modernist Vision. New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 194. Cloth $75.00.

GALE, WILLIAM G., JOHN B. SHOVEN, and MARK J. WARSHAWSKY, eds. The Evolving Pension System: Trends, Effects, and Proposals for Reform. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2006. Pp. 226. Cloth $59.95, paper $26.95.

GIBSON, CLARK C., KRISTER ANDERSSON, ELINOR OSTROM, and SUJAI SHIVAKUMAR. The Samaritan's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 264. Paper $35.00.

GRANATO, JIM, and M. C. Sunny Wong. The Role of Policymakers in Business Cycle Fluctuations. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 290. Cloth $75.00.

HAYDEN, F. GREGORY. Policymaking for a Good Society: The Social Fabric Matrix Approach to Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation. Norwell, Mass.: Springer, 2006. Pp. 251. Cloth $84.95.

HODGSON, GEOFFREY M. The Evolution of Institutional Economics: Agency, Structure, and Darwinism in American Institutionalism. London: Routledge, 2004. Pp. 534. Paper $48.95.

ISSING, OMAR, VITOR GASPAR, ORESTE TRISTANI, and DAVID VESTIN. Imperfect Knowledge and Monetary Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 138. Cloth $70.00, paper $24.99.

JONES, ERIC L. Cultures Merging: A Historical and Economic Critique of Culture. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. 328. Cloth $29.95.

KANBUR, RAVI, ANTHONY J. VENABLES, and GUANGHUA WAN, eds. Spatial Disparities in Human Development. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2006. Pp. 350. Paper $35.00.

KHAN, B. ZORINA. The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790-1920. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Pp. 322. Cloth $60.00.

KOPCKE, RICHARD W., GEOFFREY M. B. TOOTELL, and ROBERT K. TRIEST, eds. The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2006. Pp. 383. Cloth $40.00.

KURAN, TIMUR. Islam & Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004. Pp. 194. Paper $19.95.

LAURENT, JOHN, ed. Henry George's Legacy in Economic Thought. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishers, 2005. Pp. 271. Cloth $110.00.

MAZZUCATO, MARIANA, and GIOVANNI DOSI, eds. Knowledge and Accumulation and Industry Evolution: The Case of Pharma-Biotech. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 446. Cloth $85.00.

MCKENZIE, RICHARD B., and DWIGHT R. LEE. Macroeconomics for MBAs: The Economic Way of Thinking for Managers. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 689. Cloth $80.00.

MILEVSKY, MOSHE A. The Calculus of Retirement Income: Financial Models for Pension Annuities and Life Insurance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. 321. Cloth $45.00.

MOSELEY, FRED, ed. Marx's Theory of Money: Modern Appraisals. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. Pp. 242. Cloth $95.00.

MUSGRAVE, FRANK W. The Economics of U.S. Health Care Policy: The Role of Market Forces. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, 2006. Pp. 186. Paper $28.95.