The Association Agrement between Jordan and the EU entered into force in 2002. It is part of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, a process of economic and political integration involving the EU and countries in the MENA region. This books analyses the impacts on the Jordanian economy of the free-trade agreement with the EU, with emphasis on welfare and income distribution. The effects of trade liberalisation are assessed together with parallel and complementary economic reforms, aiming at countacting the fall in government revenue due to the reduction in the import duty rates. In order...
The Association Agrement between Jordan and the EU entered into force in 2002. It is part of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, a process of econ...
This book demonstrates the continuing relevance of economics for understanding the world, through a restatement of the importance of plurality and heterodox ideas for teaching and research. The chapters in this book provide examples to demonstrate the importance of pluralistic and heterodox ideas from across the breadth of economics.
This book demonstrates the continuing relevance of economics for understanding the world, through a restatement of the importance of plurality and het...
This book continues the on-going debate about the need for alternative, interdisciplinary and heterodox approaches to teaching economics at university. It deals with challenges currently faced by economists, pursues an interdisciplinary approach to enhance collaboration with academics from disciplines other than economics, and analyses several questions and issues related to the 2007-08 financial crisis and the current Covid-19 emergency. The on-going Covid pandemic has shown the flaws of the current neoliberal model and the inability of mainstream economic theory to address the problems...
This book continues the on-going debate about the need for alternative, interdisciplinary and heterodox approaches to teaching economics at university...