At a time when our national security and defense is being hotly debated, this intriguing new book boldly challenges the pivotal concepts underlying much of the arguments on both sides of the debate. In a path-breaking economic analysis that presents the foundations of true security policy, "The Ultimate Deterrent" argues that both the United States and the Soviet Union are inherently secure from invasion, nuclear blackmail, or domination by each other. According to the author, their competitive process is a stable one because they have only limited zones of interest near their own borders,...
At a time when our national security and defense is being hotly debated, this intriguing new book boldly challenges the pivotal concepts underlying...
The present two volumes contain the essays and part of the discussions as presented at the conference on Mainstreams in Industrial Organiza- tion, held at the University of Amsterdam, 21-23 August 1985. The thema was chosen because the field of studies commonly designated "industrial organization" in the Anglo-Saxon countries, or "market theory" in Continental Europe, has experienced important alterations during the past decade. Partly this reflects changing theoretical views inside the field, in which shifts in the core concepts have occurred and different emphasis is laid on time-honoured...
The present two volumes contain the essays and part of the discussions as presented at the conference on Mainstreams in Industrial Organiza- tion, hel...