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Derivatives and Development : A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty / by Sasha Breger Bush.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Breger Bush, Sasha.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International economic relations.
- Economic policy.
- Development economics.
- Economics.
- Poverty.
- International Economics.
- Economic Policy.
- Development Economics.
- International Political Economy.
- Development Aid.
- Local Subjects:
- International Economics.
- Economic Policy.
- Development Economics.
- International Political Economy.
- Development Aid.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Derivatives and Development: Contemporary Applications; 3 Coffee, Derivatives, and Income Security: Theory and Practice; 4 Coffee, Derivatives, and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach; 5 Derivatives and the Politics of Alternatives 151; 6 Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-53277-8
- 9786613845221
- 1-137-06265-7
- OCLC:
- 808422246
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