Books and Chapters
- Begin your search with the Library Catalog
- Keep in mind that books/book chapters are helpful in gaining background on a topic
- Enclose your terms (more than one) in quotes to retrieve results more precisely, for example: "central bank" "developing countries"
- Find terms that define your topic instead of writing a sentence
- Refine results by using the left hand panel, to limit by Resource Type (book chapters, books, etc.
- Once you find related items, scrutinize the record and identify "subject headings" which will be a more focused way of searching
For example: European Banking - If books are online, follow the link note on the record
- Books that appear to be at Homer Babbidge or other UConn campus libraries may be requested. Books typically arrive in 2-3 days.
- Book chapters can be requested from other libraries and are scanned and emailed to to your UConn ILLiad account (Interlibrary Loan Services)
Books and Chapters in the Library collection found using a subject heading search: World Bank
The World Bank by
The World Bank is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable economic development and to poverty reduction throughout the developing world. The contributors to this volume argue the Bank's greatest asset is its accumulated knowledge and experience of the development process, and propose that it organize itself around the concept of a "Knowledge Bank." Part I examines the World Bank as an institution, examining its structure. In Part II the effectiveness of World Bank assistance is evaluated.
Call Number: Request from BabbidgeISBN: 0521790956Publication Date: 2000-07-27
Easy Economics, Ch. 7 "Globalization: Nowhere to Hide: Everywhere is Connected to Everywhere Else" by
Let's face it, economics can be boring'but we all need a decent understanding of the basics if we want to survive in these difficult and uncertain times. Let's make it more interesting. Easy Economics isn't packed with reams of text or stacks of numbers, this book is visual and engaging. The book aims to bring you up to speed, in a way that entertains while it informs, through a collection of many of the most frequently asked questions--plus some you probably haven't thought of--on the subject of economics. The topics range from: The difference between Debt and Deficit Causes and cures of recessions The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 explained Is globalization good or bad? How fiscal and monetary policies differ Bubbles and Busts Unlike so many other books on the subject, it explains through a Q & A format with entertaining and informative illustration, providing material that many people ordinarily find uninviting and even intimidating in an easy-to-digest, appealing way.
Call Number: Online chapterISBN: 9781118118061Publication Date: 2011-11-22
Books and Chapters in the Library found using the subject heading: Central banks
Priests of Prosperity by
Priests of Prosperity explores the unsung revolutionary campaign to transform postcommunist central banks from command-economy cash cows into Western-style monetary guardians. Juliet Johnson conducted more than 160 interviews in seventeen countries with central bankers, international assistance providers, policymakers, and private-sector finance professionals over the course of fifteen years. She argues that a powerful transnational central banking community concentrated in Western Europe and North America integrated postcommunist central bankers into its network, shaped their ideas about the role of central banks, and helped them develop modern tools of central banking.Johnson's detailed comparative studies of central bank development in Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, and Kyrgyzstan take readers from the birth of the campaign in the late 1980s to the challenges faced by central bankers after the global financial crisis. As the comfortable certainties of the past collapse around them, today's central bankers in the postcommunist world and beyond find themselves torn between allegiance to their transnational community and its principles on the one hand and their increasingly complex and politicized national roles on the other. Priests of Prosperity will appeal to a diverse audience of scholars in political science, finance, economics, geography, and sociology as well as to central bankers and other policymakers interested in the future of international finance, global governance, and economic development.
Call Number: Available onlineISBN: 9781501700224Publication Date: 2016-02-11
The Little Book of Economics, Ch. 7 "All the World's an ATM: Knitting Global Markets Together" by
An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economy really works and its role in your everyday life Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lot closer attention to the economy than ever before. But economics, with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulas can be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own. Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like a patient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respected economics journalists, walks you through everything you need to know about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon and long on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of important terms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, this revised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues you in on what's really going on, what it means to you and what we should be demanding our policymakers do about the economy going forward. From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budget deficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that really matters about economics and its impact on everyday life Special sections featuring additional resources of every subject discussed and where to find additional information to help you learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoing developments Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economic crisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessive greed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid another economic cataclysm Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, the sources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between the economy's winners and losers keeps widening
Call Number: Online chapterISBN: 9781118391570Publication Date: 2013-01-14
