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BOOKS FOR REVIEW Updated as books are received If you are interested in writing a 500-1,000 word review of any of the books listed below, please contact Journal of Economic Issues Editor, Rick Adkisson at radkisso@nmsu.edu. Other books are available. If you don’t see a book that you are interested in reviewing, please contact Rick. Books that have already been requested will be grayed out and then removed from the list at the end of each month. When requesting a book for review, please include your mailing address. CURRENT BOOKS FOR REVIEW Already under review Rec’d MARCH 2009 HUFBAUER, GARY CLYDE, STEVE CHARNOVITZ and JISUN KIM. Global Warming and the World Trading System. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for INternational Economics, 2009. Pp. 166. Paper $19.16. INAMA, STEFANO. Rules of Origin in International Trade. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Pp. 640. Hardback $135.00. MITRA, TAPAN and KAZUO NISHIMURA (eds.). Equilibrium, Trade, and Growth: Selected Papers of Lionel W. McKenzie. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009. Pp. 488. Cloth $75.00. Rec’d FEBRUARY 2009 AGHION, PHILLIPPE and PETER HOWITT. The Economics of Growth. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009. Pp. 518. Cloth $65.00. ÅSLUND, ANDERS. Ukraine: How Ukraine became a Market Economy and Democracy. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009. Pp. 248. Paper $26.95. AXILROD, STEPHEN H. Inside the Fed: Monetary Policy and Its Management, Martin through Greenspan to Bernanke. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009. Pp. 216. Cloth $24.95. BABE, ROBERT E. Cultural Studies and Political Economy: Toward a New Integration. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, Lexington Books, 2008. Pp. 250. Cloth $75.00. BAILY, MARTIN NEIL and JACOB FUNK KIRKEGAARD. US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2009. Pp. 384. Paper $26.95. BALDWIN, ROBERT E. The Development and testing of Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Models. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2009. Pp. 212. Cloth $35.00. DUNNE, TIMOTHY, J. BRADFORD JENSEN and MARK J. ROBERTS (eds.) Producer Dynamics: New Evidence from Micro Data. NBER Studies in Income and Wealth Vol. 68. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. 624. Cloth $124.00. LARDNER, JAMES and NATHANIEL LOEWENTHEIL (eds.). Thinking Big: Progressive Ideas for New Era. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009. Pp. 92. Paper $9.95. KORTEN, DAVID C. Agenda for a New Economy From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth: Why Wall Street Can’t Be Fixed and How to Replace It. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009. Pp. 216. Paper $14.95. SCHWARTZ, HUGH. A Guide to Behavioral Economics. Falls Church, VA: Higher Education Publications, 2008. Pp. 90. Paper $??. WEISBROD, BURTON A., JEFFREY P. BALLOU and EVELYN D. ASCH. Mission and Money: Understanding the University. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. 356. Hardback $30.00. Rec’d JANUARY 2009 BURTLESS, GARY and JANET ROTHENBERG PACK (eds.). Brookings-Wharton papers on Urban Affairs. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Pp. 293. Paper $36.00. FERREIRO, JESUS, GUISEPPE FONTANA and FELIPE SERRANO (eds.). Fiscal Policy in the European Union. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Pp. 240. Hardcover $90.00. FURMAN, JASON and JASON E. BORDOFF (eds.). Path to Prosperity: Hamilton Project Ideas on Income Security, Education, and Taxes. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Pp. 402. Paper $24.95. HANAPPI, HARDY and WOLFRAM ELSNER (eds.). Advances in Evolutionary Institutional Economics: Evolutionary Mechanisms, Non-Knowledge and Strategy. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008. Pp. 256. Hardback $115.00. HARPER, IAN R. and SAMUEL GREGG (eds.). Christian Theology and Market Economics. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008. Pp. 240. Hardback. $110.00. MAYHEW, ANNE. Narrating the Rise of Big Business in the USA: How economists explain Standard Oil and Walmart. London and New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 208. Hardback. $130.00. MICHL, THOMAS R. Capitalists, Workers, and Fiscal Policy: A Classical Model of Growth and Distribution. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. Pp. 296. Hardback. $55.00. MITCHELL, H.L. Mean Things Happening in this Land: The Life and Times of H.L. Mitchell, Co-founder of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008. Pp. 384. Paper $19.95. MOTTLEY, WENDELL. Trinidad and Tobago: Industrial Policy 1959-2008. Miami: Ian Randle Publishers, 2008. Pp. 558. Hardback $49.95. PEDERSEN, JØRGEN DIGE. Globalization, Development and the State. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 240. Hardcover $74.95. SÖDERBAUM, PETER. Understanding Sustainability Economics: Towards Pluralism in Economics. London and Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2008. Pp. 160. Paper £19.99. WHALEN, CHARLES J. (ed.). New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment: Revitalizing Industrial Relations as an Academic Enterprise. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008. Pp. 264. Hardback. $125.00. Rec’d DECEMBER 2008 ACKERMAN, FRANK. Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World … London: Zed Books, 2008. Pp. 151. Paper £12.00. BANAIAN, KING and BRYAN ROBERTS (eds.). The Design and Use of Political Economy Indicators: Challenges of Definition, Aggregation and Application. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 240. Hardcover $74.95. BROWN, CHRISTOPHER. Inequality, Consumer Credit and the Saving Puzzle. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2008. Pp. 200. Hardback $100.00. CAI, KEVIN G. The Political Economy of East Asia: Regional and National Dimensions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 272. Hardcover $80.00. CASTRONOVA, EDWARD. Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun is Changing Reality. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 256. Paper $14.95. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RESEARCH ASSOCIATES. The Humanitarian Response Index 2008. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 296. Paper $74.95. HALL, KENNETH and MYRTLE CHUCK-A-SANG (eds.). The Caribbean Community in Transition. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, Ltd., 2008. Pp. 522. Paper $???. NEUMARK, DAVID and WILLIAM L. WASCHER. Minimum Wages. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 400. Cloth $40.00. SAVVIDES, ANDREAS and THANASIS STENGOS. Human Capital and Economic Growth. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009. Pp. 256. Cloth $50.00. SPENCER, DAVID A. The Political Economy of Work. London and New York: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 192. Hardback $120.00. YANG, ZILI. Strategic Bargaining and Cooperation in Greenhouse Gas Mitigations: An Integrated Assessment Modeling Approach. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 216. Cloth $40.00. Rec’d NOVEMBER 2008 ELMENDORF, DOUGLAS, N. GREGORY MANKIW and LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS (eds.). Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (Spring 2008). Washington, DC: Brookings, 2008. Pp. 490. Paper $35.00. CHUNG, YOUNG-LOB. Korea Under Seige, 1876-1945: Capital Formation and Economic Transformation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. Pp. 406. Cloth $109.99. Rec’d OCTOBER 2008 ANDERSON, PATRICK L. and SCOTT D. WATKINS (eds.). The State Economic Handbook 2009. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 288. Hardback $79.95. BHIDE, AMAR. The Venturesome Economy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 520. Cloth $35.00. FUCHITA, YASUYUKI and ROBERT E. LITAN (eds.). Pooling Money: The Future of Mutual Funds. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Pp. 139. Paper $24.95. HOPE, SR., KEMPE RONALD. Poverty, Livelihoods, and Governance in Africa: Fulfilling the Development Promise. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 224. Hardback $74.95. HUFBAUER, GARY CLYDE and CLAIRE BRUNEL (eds.). Maghreb Regional and Global Integration: A Dream to be Fulfilled. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 192. $???. JACKSON, MATTHEW O. Social and Economic Networks. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 520. Cloth $65.00. KALYUZHNOVA, YELENA. Economics of the Caspian Oil and Gas Wealth: Companies, Governments, Policies. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 280. Hardback $85.00. KENNEDY, GAVIN. Adam Smith: A Moral Philosopher and His Political Economy. . London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 272. Hardback $90.00. KINGSBURY, DAMIEN, JOHN MCKAY, JANET HUNT, MARK MCGILLIVRAY and MATTHEW CLARKE. International Development: Issues and Challenges. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 384. Paperback $37.95. LAKHERA, MOHAN L. Japanese FDI Flows in Asia: Perspectives and Challenges. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 224. Hardback $85.00. LEONETTI, JOHN M. Exiting Your Business, Protecting Your Wealth: A Strategic Guide for Owners and Their Advisors. Building Credible Central Banks: Policy Lessons for Emerging Economies. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2008. Pp. 238. Hardback $49.95. LIM, G.C. and PAUL D. MCNELIS. Computational Macroeconomics for the Open Economy. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 248. Cloth $45.00. LINES, THOMAS. Making Poverty: A History. London and New York: Zed Books, 2008. Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave MacMillan. Pp. 166. Paper $28.95. SÖDERBAUM, PETER. Understanding Sustainability Economics: Towards Pluralism in Economics. London and Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2008. Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus Publishing. Pp. 158. Paper $38.95. Hardback $136.50. TARULLO, DANIEL K. Banking on Basel: The Future of International Financial Regulation. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 256. Paper $26.95. THOMPSON, DON. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 268. Hardcover $24.95. TSHIANI, NOЁL K. Building Credible Central Banks: Policy Lessons for Emerging Economies. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 339. Hardback $85.00. VLCEK, WILLIAM. Offshore Finance and Small States: Sovereignty, Size and Money. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 216. Hardback $74.95. WEBSTER, THOMAS J. Introduction to Game Theory in Business and Economics. Armonk, NY and London: M.E. Sharpe, 2008. Pp. 422. $89.95. WILHITE, HAROLD. Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life: A View from South India. London and New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 232. Hardback $85.00. WOLF, MARTIN. Fixing Global Finance. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Pp. 248. Hardcover $24.95. Rec’d SEPTEMBER 2008 BASKOY, TUNA. The Political Economy of European Union Competition Policy: a Case Study of the Telecommunications Industry. New York and London: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group), 2008. Pp. 262. Hardback $95.00. BERGSTEN, C. FRED, CHARLES FREEMAN, NICHOLAS R. LARDY and DEREK J. MITCHELL. China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 256. Hardcover $26.95. COHEN, DANIEL (translated by William McCuaig). Three Lectures on Post-Industrial Society. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 120. Cloth $18.95. DEWEY, SUSAN. Hollow Bodies: Institutional Responses to Sex Trafficking in Armenia, Bosnia and India. Sterling, VA: Kumarian Press, an Imprint of Stylus Publishing, 2008. Pp. 201. Paper $24.95. FISMAN, RAYMOND and EDWARD MIGUEL. Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 250. Cloth $24.95. FRIEDMAN, DANIEL. Morals and Markets: An Evolutionary Account of the Modern World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 261. Hardcover $35.00. GOODWIN, NEVA, JULIE A. NELSON and JONATHAN HARRIS. Macroeconomics in Context. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2008. Pp. 464. Paper $49.95. GOODWIN, NEVA, JULIE A. NELSON, FRANK ACKERMAN and THOMAS WEISSKOPF. Microeconomics in Context, 2ND Edition. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2008. Pp. 560. Paper $49.95. LAKHERA, MOHAN L. Japanese FDI Flows in Asia: Perspectives and Challenges. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 224. Hardcover $85.00. LEWIS, ALAN (ed.). The Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Economic Behaviour. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. 586. Hardback $155.00. MCNAB, HELEN and PETER TAYLOR. Consumer Credit Risk Management. Sterling, VA: Global Professional Publishing an Imprint of Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008. Pp. 380. Paper $49.95. REINHART, CARMEN M., CARLOS A. VEGH and ANDRES VELASO (eds.). Money, Crises, and Transition: Essays in Honor of Guillermo A. Calvo. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 504. Cloth $75.00. SCHWARTZ, GERD, ANA CORBACHO and KATJA FUNKE (eds.). Public Investment and Public-Private Partnerships: Addressing Infrastructure Challenges and Managing Fiscal Risks. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 272. Hardcover $85.00. SHIM, JEO K. Economic Analysis for Business and Strategic Decisions. London: Global Professional Publishing. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008. Pp. 196. Paper $90.00. Rec’d AUGUST 2008 ALPEROVITZ, GAR and LEW DALY. Unjust Deserts: How the Rich are Taking Our Common Inheritance and Why We Should Take It Back. Uncorrected page proofs. New York: The New Press, 2008. Pp. 220. Paper (Hardcover $24.95). BERNSTEIN, PETER L. Economist on Wall Street: Notes on the Sanctity of Gold, the Value of Money, the Security of Investments and other Delusions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2008. Pp. 293. Paper $19.95. BERNSTEIN, PETER L. The Price of Prosperity: A Realistic Appraisal of the Future of Our National Economy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2008. Pp. 143. Paper $19.95. BERNSTEIN, PETER L. A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2008. Pp. 237. Paper $19.95. GABHART, KYLE and BIBHAS BHATTACHARYA. Service Oriented Architecture Field Guide for Executives. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2008. Pp. 228. Hardcover. $49.95. HUFBAUER, GARY CLYDE, JEFFREY J. SCHOTT, KIMBERLY ANN ELLIOTT and BARBARA OEGG. Economic Sanctions RECONSIDERED 3rd edition. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 233. Hardcover $49.95. KAUFMAN, BRUCE E. Managing the Human Factor: The Early Years of Human Resource Management in American Industry. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. Pp. 384. Cloth $49.95. MCINTYRE, RICHARD P. Are Worker Rights Human Rights? Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2008. Pp. 222. Paper. $24.95. NDULU, BENNO J., STEPHEN A. O’CONNELL, JEAN-PAUL AZAM, ROBERT H. BATES, AUGUSTIN K. FOSU, JAN WILLEM GUNING and DOMINIQUE NJINKEU (eds.). The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa: 1960-2000 Vol. 1. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Pp. 452. Hardback $120.00. PECCHI, LORENZO and GUSTAVO PIGA. Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 228. Cloth $30.00. REUVENY, RAFAEL, and WILLIAM R. THOMPSON (eds.). North and South in the World Political Economy. Malden, MA: Wiley – Blackwell Publishing, 2008. Pp. 397. Cloth $100.00. SELGIN, GEORGE. Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, in association with The Independent Institute, 2008. Pp. 384. Cloth $40.00. SMIL, VACLAV. Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 320. Cloth $29.95. Rec’d JULY 2008 AGHION, PHILLIPPE and RACHEL GRIFFITH. Competition and Growth: Reconciling Theory and Evidence. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 128. Paperback reprint $15.00. ANDREWS, DAVID M. (ed.). Orderly Change: International Monetary Relations since Bretton Woods. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008. Pp. 264. Cloth $49.95. ÅSLUND, ANDERS and MAREK DABROWSKI (eds.). Challenges of Globalization: Imbalances and Growth. Washington, D.C.: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 300. Paper. $???. BATIE, SANDRA S. and NICHOLAS MERCURO (eds.). Alternative Institutional Structures. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 448. Hardback $170.00. BETTIO, FRANCESCA and ALINA VERASHCHAGINA. Frontiers in the Economics of Gender. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 320. Hardback $150.00. BLANK, STEVEN C. The Economics of American Agriculture: Evolution and Global Development. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., 20008. Pp. 488. Paper $42.95. BORENSZTEIN, EDUARDO, KEVIN COWAN, BARRY EICHENGREEN and UGO PANIZZA (eds.). Bond Markets in Latin America: On the verge of a Big Bang? Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 305. Cloth $35.00. BOWMAN, JR., RONALD H. Business Continuity Planning for Data Centers and Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishers, 2008. Pp. 206. $59.00. DEFREITAS, GREGORY. Young Workers in the Global Economy: Job Challenges in North America, Europe and Japan. Williston, VT: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2008. Pp. 360. Hardback $140.00. DEMIRGÜÇ-KUNT, ASLI, EDWARD J. KANE and LUC LAEVEN (eds.) Deposit Insurance Around the World: Issues of Design and Implementation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 408. Cloth $45.00. DIAMOND, JOHN W. and GEORGE R. ZODROW (eds.). Fundamental Tax Reform: Issues, Choices, and Implications. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 546. Cloth $45.00. FOUQUET, ROGER. Heat, Power And Light: Revolutions in Energy Services. Williston, VT: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2008. Pp. 488. Hardback $160.00. KWOKA, JR., JOHN E. and LAWRENCE J. WHITE (eds.). The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition, and Policy. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. 608. Paperback $54.95. LAPERCHE, BLANDINE, JAMES K. GALBRAITH and DIMITRI UZUNIDIS. Innovation, Evolution and Economic Change: New Ideas in the Tradition of Galbraith. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2006. Pp. 352. Hardback $120.00. LOMBORG, BJØRN (ed.). Solutions for the World’s Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits. . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. 464. Paper $29.99. NDULU, BENNO J., STEPHEN A. O’CONNELL, JEAN-PAUL AZAM, ROBERT H. BATES, AUGUSTIN K. FOSU, JAN WILLEM GUNING and DOMINIQUE NJINKEU (eds.). The Political Economy of Economic Growth in Africa: 1960-2000 Vol. 2. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. 760. Hardback $190.00. ROLAND, GERARD. Privatization: Successes and Failures. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. Pp. 256. Cloth $29.50. ROSE, DAVE as told to Charles Wohlforth. Saving for the Future: My Life and the Alaska Permanent Fund. Kenmore, WA: Epicenter Press, Inc., 2008. Pp. 256. Hardback $24.95. RUCCIO, DAVID. F. (ed.). Economic Representations: Academic and Everyday. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 334. Hardback $170. Rec’d JUNE 2008 CAPLIN, ANDREW and ANDREW SCHOTTER (eds.). The Foundations of Positive and Normative Economics: A Handbook. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 416. Hardback $99.00. COSTABILE, LILIA (ed.). Institutions for Social Well-Being: Alternatives for Europe. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008. Pp. 256. Hardcover $85.00. DAHLBY, BEV. The Marginal Cost of Public Funds: Theory and Applications. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 332. Cloth $40.00. EASTERLY, WILLIAM. Reinvesting Foreign Aid. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 624. $35.00. FREY, BRUNO S. Happiness: A Revolution in Economics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. Pp. 240. Cloth $35.00. GEORGE, DONALD A.R. (ed.). Issues in Heterodox Economics. Malden, MA: Wiley – Blackwell Publishing, 2008. Pp. 296. Paper $34.95. HENNING, C. RANDALL. Accountability and Oversight of US Exchange Rate Policy. Washington, D.C.: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 122. Paper $18.36. KAPLOW, LOUIS. The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 496. Cloth $39.50. LEVY, SANTIAGO. Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes: Social Policy, Informality, and Economic Growth in Mexico. Washington, DC: Brookings Press, 2008. Pp. 357. Paper $27.95. MITCHELL, WILLIAM and JOAN MUYSKEN. Full Employment Abandoned: Shifting Sands and Policy Failures. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008. Pp. 298. Hardback $117.00. PEART, SANDRA J. and DAVID M. LEVY (eds.). The Street Porter and the Philosopher: Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008. Pp. 437. Cloth $60.00. THOMPSON, DON. The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Pp. 264. Paper. Advance uncorrected proofs. UNESCO. EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008. Education for All by 2015: Will we make it? Oxford University Press, 2008. Pp. 434. Paper $???. Rec’d MAY 2008 AYDINONANT, N. EMRAH. The Invisible Hand in Economics: How Economists Explain Unintended Social Consequences. London and New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 272. Hardback $130.00. BARDHAN, PRANAB and ISHA RAY (eds.). The Contested Commons: Conversations between Economists and Anthropologists. Malden, MA: Wiley--Blackwell, 2008. Pp. 304. Hardcover $99.95. BIRDSALL, NANCY, AUGUSTO DE LA TORRE, and RACHEL MENEZES. Fair Growth: Economic Policies for Latin America’ Poor and Middle-Income Majority. Washington, DC: Center for Global Development, 2008. Pp. 216. Paper $24.95. BLANK, STEVEN C. The Economics of American Agriculture: Evolution and Global Development. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Publisher, 2008. Pp. 488. Paper $42.95. FOLEY, DUNCAN. Adam’s Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Pp. 265. Paper $17.95. GHILARDUCCI, TERESA. When I’m Sixty-Four: The Plot against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 384. Cloth $29.95. HOUSER, TREVOR, ROB BRADLEY, BRITT CHILDS, JACOB WERKSMAN and ROBERT HEILMAYR. Leveling the Carbon Playing Field: International Competition and US Climate Policy Design. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. Pp. 112. Paper $17.95. MOORE, MIKE. Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance. Washington, D.C.: The Independent Institute, 2008. Pp. 416. Hardback $24.95. SAINT-PAUL, GILLES. Innovation and Inequality: How Does Technical Progress Affect Workers? Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Pp. 208. Cloth $50.00. SCHÖNPFLUG, KARIN. Feminism, Economics and Utopia: Time travelling through paradigms. London and New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group, 2008. Pp. 264. Hardback $140.00. SHERMAN, HOWARD J., E.K. HUNT, REYNOLD F. NESIBA, PHILLIP A. O’HARA, and Barbara Wiends-Tuers. Economics: An Introduction to Traditional and Progressive Views. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Publisher, 2008. Pp. 760. Paper $89.95. WINSTON, CLIFFORD and GINES DE RUS (eds.). Aviation Infrastructure Performance: A Study in Comparative Political Economy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2008. Pp. 237. Paper $24.95. Rec’d APRIL 2008 ABKOWITZ, MARK D. Operational Risk Management: A Case Study Approach to Effective Planning and Response. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishers, 2008. Pp. 278. Hardcover $50.00. BRAKMAN, STEVEN and HARRY GARRETSEN (eds.) 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