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Volume 29, month 12, 2009

EDITORIAL: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY pp. 2-4

Philip Booth

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE pp. 5-10

Elaine Sternberg

MISGUIDED CORPORATE VIRTUE: THE CASE AGAINST CSR, AND THE TRUE ROLE OF BUSINESS TODAY pp. 11-15

David Henderson

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE COMPANIES ACT 2006 pp. 16-21

Stephen F. Copp

FAIR TRADE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY pp. 22-28

Sushil Mohan

EVALUATING THE CRITICISMS OF FAIR TRADE pp. 29-36

Alastair M. Smith

HOW SHOULD BRITAIN'S GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND TAX BURDENS BE MEASURED? A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE 2009 BUDGET FORECASTS pp. 37-47

David B. Smith

POVERTY IN BRITAIN, PAST AND PRESENT pp. 48-54

Kristian Niemietz

HOW CAN WE CALL TRANSPORT A UTILITY? pp. 55-59

John Hibbs

QUALITATIVE EASING IN SUPPORT OF A TUMBLING FINANCIAL SYSTEM: A LOOK AT THE EUROSYSTEM'S RECENT BALANCE SHEET POLICIES pp. 60-65

Philipp Bagus and David Howden

FLY‐BY‐NIGHT BUILDERS IN HARBIN AND SHANGHAI pp. 66-71

Rita Yi Man Li

INSTITUTIONAL FAILURES OF SOCIALISM pp. 72-77

Panagiotis Evangelopoulos

FOUR PROPOSITIONS ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS pp. 78-79

Art Carden and Joshua Hall

THE 1930s AND THE PRESENT DAY – CRISES COMPARED pp. 80-82

Panagiotis Evangelopoulos

ARGUING FOR LIBERTY IN A SECULAR AGE pp. 83-84

Joseph S. Fulda

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SOCIETY pp. 85-86

G. Steele

A NOTE ON THE ‘GREAT CONTRACTION’ pp. 87-88

Ali Kabiri

ISLAMIC FINANCE AS A PROGENITOR OF VENTURE CAPITAL pp. 89-91

Benedikt Koehler

ARE ECONOMISTS ‘MARKET FUNDAMENTALISTS’? pp. 92-93

Art Carden and Mike Hammock

THE EMERGENCE OF LIBERAL SOCIALISM IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE pp. 94-97

Svetozar Pejovich

BANKS WILL LEND LESS IF REGULATED MORE pp. 98-98

Tim Congdon

A NEW ERA FOR SRI LANKA pp. 99-99

Razeen Sally

BAN ALL POLITICAL INTERFERENCE WITH UNIVERSITY TUITION FEES pp. 100-100

James Stanfield

INDIA MUST PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY pp. 101-101

Roger Bate

DOES OUR WEALTH IMPOVERISH THE POOR? pp. 102-102

John Meadowcroft

Meltdown: A Free‐Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse – By Thomas E. Woods Jr. Finance: Servant or Deceiver? Financialization at the Crossroads – By Paul H. Dembinski pp. 103-104

Philip Booth

War, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places – By Paul Collier pp. 104-105

Daniel Sacks

Christian Theology and Market Economics – Edited by Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg pp. 105-106

Stephen Copp

Wal‐Mart: The Face of Twenty‐First‐Century Capitalism – Edited by Nelson Lichtenstein pp. 106-108

Art Carden

Outliers: The Story of Success – By Malcolm Gladwell pp. 108-109

John Blundell

Sustaining India's Growth Miracle – Edited by Jagdish Bhagwati and Charles Calomiris pp. 109-110

Nimish Adhia

Integrated Transport: A Will‐O'‐The‐Wisp? – By John Wylde pp. 110-111

John Hibbs

Volume 29, month 09, 2009

EDITORIAL: CENTRAL BANKING, MONETARY STABILITY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY pp. 2-5

Geoffrey Wood

DO WE REALLY NEED CENTRAL BANKS? pp. 6-8

Roland Vaubel

CENTRAL BANKS: FROM POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT TO MARKET‐DEPENDENT INSTITUTIONS pp. 9-16

Pedro Schwartz and Juan Castañeda

WORLD RECESSION: WHAT WENT WRONG? pp. 17-21

Robert L. Hetzel

LESSONS FROM THE FINANCIAL CRISIS: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION pp. 22-26

Roland Vaubel

THE AUSTRIANS AND THE CRISIS pp. 27-34

Robert C. B. Miller

IS IT TIME FOR PRICE‐LEVEL TARGETING? pp. 35-39

Steven Ambler

THE ROLE OF CENTRAL BANKS IN FINANCIAL SUPERVISION AND REGULATION pp. 40-46

David Mayes

FINANCIAL CRISIS RESOLUTION – THE STATE AS A LENDER OF LAST RESORT? pp. 47-52

Charles Blankart and Erik R. Fasten

THE TREASURY SELECT COMMITTEE: ITS REACH AND ITS ROLE IN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS pp. 53-56

John McFall

PRIVATISING CLIMATE POLICY pp. 57-62

Graham Dawson

CATHOLICISM AND CAPITALISM pp. 63-67

Philip Booth

NAVIGATING REFORMS: LESSONS FROM INDIA pp. 68-73

Arun Shourie

COMMENT ON NAVIGATING REFORMS: LESSONS FROM INDIA, THE 2008 WINCOTT LECTURE, GIVEN BY ARUN SHOURIE pp. 74-76

Razeen Sally

CONTRACTS AND PARTNERSHIPS pp. 77-80

John Hibbs

WHAT ATTRACTS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: A CLOSER LOOK pp. 81-86

Nabamita Dutta and Sanjukta Roy

CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES: A DISSENTING VOICE pp. 87-88

David Henderson

GLOBALISATION AND AN EMERGING GLOBAL MIDDLE CLASS pp. 89-92

Dilip K. Das

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION SHOW THE NEED FOR DIRECT TAXATION? IT JUST AIN'T SO! pp. 93-94

Scott Beaulier, Joshua Hall and Ben VanMetre

THIS IS NOT A CREDIT CRISIS – IT IS A DEBT CRISIS pp. 95-97

Dirk J. Bezemer

DAMN THE RULES, IT'S A PARALLEL UNIVERSE! pp. 98-100

G. Steele

TOP‐DOWN SUPPORT FOR BOTTOM‐UP TRADE LIBERALISATION pp. 101-102

Valentin Zahrnt

INTERNATIONAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE pp. 103-104

Max Gillman

NEW CLASSICISM AND NEW KEYNESIANISM HAVE FAILED pp. 105-105

Tim Congdon

THREE ASIAN MYTHS AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS pp. 106-106

Razeen Sally

PRIVATISE ALL BUSINESS AND LAW SCHOOLS pp. 107-107

James Stanfield

UN'S POLITICAL CORRECTNESS COSTS LIVES pp. 108-108

Roger Bate

PRIVATISATION AS A MEANS OF REDUCING FREEDOM: BRINGING AN IDEAL INTO DISREPUTE pp. 109-109

John Meadowcroft

THE ‘UNCERTAIN’ FOUNDATIONS OF POST KEYNESIAN ECONOMICS: ESSAYS IN EXPLORATION pp. 110-111

G. R. Steele

GLOBAL TAX REVOLUTION: THE RISE OF TAX COMPETITION AND THE BATTLE TO DEFEND IT pp. 111-112

Astrid Arca

ECONOMICS 2.0: WHAT THE BEST MINDS IN ECONOMICS CAN TEACH YOU ABOUT BUSINESS AND LIFE pp. 112-112

John Blundell

THE GREAT EUROPEAN RIP‐OFF: HOW THE CORRUPT, WASTEFUL EU IS TAKING CONTROL OF OUR LIVES pp. 112-113

Ellen Corman

IS THE WELFARE STATE JUSTIFIED? pp. 113-113

Barry Bracewell‐Milnes

Volume 29, month 06, 2009

EDITORIAL: ISLAM AND THE FREE‐MARKET ECONOMY pp. 2-3

Imad‐ad‐Dean Ahmad

APPLYING NORTH'S LAWS OF MOTION TO THE EDGE OF THE WEST pp. 4-9

Saad Azmat

MUSLIM WOMEN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS pp. 10-15

Azhar Aslam and Shaista Kazmi

TOWARDS A SYNTHESIS OF ISLAM AND THE MARKET ECONOMY? THE JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY'S ECONOMIC REFORMS IN TURKEY pp. 16-21

Mustafa Acar

A CONFLICT OF INTEREST: ISLAMIC HOME FINANCING IN AMERICA pp. 22-27

Omar Nayeem, Mohamed Shiliwala and Wasim Shiliwala

ONLINE FREE MARKETS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE MUSLIM WORLD pp. 28-35

Mark Frazier and Shannon Ewing

THE LEGAL AUTONOMY OF THE DUBAI INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE: A SCALABLE STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL FREE‐MARKET REFORMS pp. 36-41

Michael Strong and Robert Himber

THE ESSENCE OF THE AUSTRIAN SCHOOL pp. 42-45

Jesús Huerta de Soto

NEW MODES OF MONETARY POLICY: QUALITATIVE EASING BY THE FED pp. 46-49

Philipp Bagus and Markus H. Schiml

MARKET COMPETITION, COMMUNITY RATING, RISK EQUALISATION AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH INSURANCE – A CASE STUDY pp. 50-55

Sean D. Barrett

A FEW CRITICAL REMARKS ON GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRACY AND SPATIALITY pp. 56-61

Piotr Zientara

PREDICTING THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF MEGA‐SPORTING EVENTS: MISJUDGEMENT OF OLYMPIC PROPORTIONS? pp. 62-66

Jonathan Barclay

SIR ALAN WALTERS' ROLE IN THE REVIVAL OF CURRENCY BOARDS pp. 67-68

John Greenwood

THE FUTURE OF THE SEABED pp. 69-70

Russell Lewis

20 YEARS AFTER: THE FALL AND RISE OF SOCIALISM IN EAST GERMANY pp. 71-73

Kristian Niemietz

THE FATAL ERROR OF SOLVENCY II pp. 74-77

Jesús Huerta de Soto

‘MONEY MEANS NOT MONEY’– REFLECTIONS ON THE MEANING OF MONEY 1909–2009 pp. 78-81

Arthur Edwards

THE CASE AGAINST MELIORISM: VEILED TRAGEDIES, OR WHEN COST–BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS IN PRINCIPLE IMPOSSIBLE pp. 82-84

Joseph S. Fulda

CRASS KEYNESIANISM pp. 85-87

G. Steele

EXPROPRIATION OF THE BRITISH BANKING SECTOR pp. 88-88

Tim Congdon

THE END OF THE FREE‐MARKET REVOLUTION: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES pp. 89-89

Razeen Sally

THE PROFIT MOTIVE IN EDUCATION pp. 90-90

James Stanfield

AFRICA'S PROBLEM: WRONG GETS IT ALL RIGHT pp. 91-91

Roger Bate

THE ROAD TO SERFDOM, NOW MORE THAN EVER pp. 92-92

John Meadowcroft

The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why it Matters – By Diane Coyle pp. 93-94

Emily Washington

Gun Control On Trial – By Brian Doherty pp. 94-95

Gary Mauser

Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement – By Nicole Hoplin and Ron Robinson pp. 94-94

John Blundell

Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance: The Case for Common Law – By Svetozar Pejovich pp. 95-96

Erin Marie Agemy

The Global Bell Curve: Race, IQ, and Inequality Worldwide – By Richard Lynn pp. 96-97

Frank Ellis

The Institutional Economics of Corruption and Reform: Theory, Evidence and Policy – By Johann Graf Lambsdorff pp. 97-98

Ruzica Simic

Volume 29, month 03, 2009

EDITORIAL: PPP/PFI – SOLUTION OR PROBLEM? pp. 2-6

David Parker

THE USE OF CONTRACT BY GOVERNMENT AND ITS AGENTS pp. 7-12

Martin Ricketts

THE PRIVATE FINANCING OF NHS HOSPITALS: POLITICS, POLICY AND PRACTICE pp. 13-19

Mark Hellowell and Allyson M. Pollock

NEW LABOUR, PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND RAIL TRANSPORT POLICY pp. 20-25

Robert Jupe

PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN THE NETHERLANDS: POLICY, PROJECTS AND LESSONS pp. 26-32

Erik‐Hans Klijn

PPPs: THE PASSAGE OF TIME PERMITS A SOBER REFLECTION pp. 33-39

Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve

BANKRUPTCY, THE CREDIT CARD AND AMERICAN FREEDOM pp. 40-44

Robert Ellmann

CURRENT GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISM AND THE MONT PELERIN SOCIETY'S LONG‐TERM AGENDA pp. 45-48

Václav Klaus

THE NATIONALISATION OF RETIREMENT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN ARGENTINA pp. 49-53

Kristian Niemietz

BUSH'S NEW DEAL pp. 54-57

Katharine Cornell Gorka

SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR IN GENEVA pp. 58-63

Ronald Stewart‐Brown

POWER AGAINST PEOPLE: A CHRISTIAN CRITIQUE OF THE STATE pp. 64-70

Philip Vander Elst

OPEN OCCUPATIONS – WHY WORK SHOULD BE FREE pp. 71-76

Jason Potts

ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FISCAL POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY pp. 77-79

Philip Arestis and John McCombie

ON THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF FISCAL POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT OF MACROECONOMIC POLICY pp. 80-82

Tim Congdon

CONTAINING SINO‐EUROPEAN PROTECTIONISM pp. 83-85

Fredrik Erixon and Patrick Messerlin

SOUTH–SOUTH TRADE: BEYOND GEOGRAPHY pp. 86-88

Dilip K. Das

MONETARY POLICY AND THE CREDIT CRUNCH pp. 89-91

A. Patrick Minford

GREAT CRASH/CREDIT CRUNCH: FRIEDRICH HAYEK'S BUSINESS CYCLE THEORY pp. 92-94

G. Steele

A REVIEW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY REPORT, PUNCHING OUR WEIGHT: THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PUBLIC POLICY MAKING pp. 95-97

Craig Smith

A DREADFUL MESS pp. 98-98

Tim Congdon

EXIT GOLDILOCKS, ENTER CRISIS AND NEW PROTECTIONIST THREATS pp. 99-99

Razeen Sally

THE RISE AND FALL OF HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY pp. 100-100

James Stanfield

INDIA IMPROVES EFFORTS TO PREVENT FAKE DRUGS pp. 101-101

Roger Bate

MINIMUM WAGE: THE DOG THAT IS ABOUT TO BARK pp. 102-102

John Meadowcroft

HANDBOOK ON THE ECONOMICS OF SPORT ‐ edited by Wladimir Andreff and Stefan Szymanski pp. 103-103

John Blundell

THE CULT OF STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: HOW THE STANDARD ERROR COSTS US JOBS, JUSTICE, AND LIVES ‐ by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey pp. 104-106

Art Carden

THE PREDATOR STATE: HOW CONSERVATIVES ABANDONED THE FREE MARKET AND WHY LIBERALS SHOULD TOO ‐ by James K. Galbraith pp. 104-104

Mark Koyama

THE CULT OF THE PRESIDENCY ‐ by Gene Healy pp. 106-107

Katharine Cornell Gorka

DOES FOREIGN AID REALLY WORK? ‐ by Roger C. Riddell pp. 107-108

Rosemarie Fike

NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS ‐ by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein pp. 108-109

Johan Wennström

THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD (revised edition) ‐ by Alan Greenspan pp. 109-110

Steven H. Chasin