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Volume 35, month 10, 2015

Introduction pp. 327-328

J. R. Shackleton

Economies of Desire: Sexuality and the Sex Industry in the 21st Century pp. 329-348

Catherine Hakim

Why Is Italy Doing So Badly? pp. 349-365

Gianluigi Pelloni and Marco Savioli

Realistic Idealism and The Project of Political Economy pp. 366-379

Mark Pennington

Defining Capitalism pp. 380-396

Elaine Sternberg

The Road Not Taken: A Comparison Between the Hard ECU and the Euro pp. 397-415

John Phelan

Economic Freedom and Women's Emancipation in the MENA Region pp. 416-427

Souad Adnane

What is Climate Change Policy Now Trying to Achieve? pp. 428-442

David Campbell

An Austrian Analysis of China's Unsustainable Boom pp. 443-452

David Howden and Jason XingBin Li

Deirdre Mccloskey, Kirznerian Growth and The Role of Social Networks pp. 453-463

Vincent Geloso

Greece: Is there Light at the End of the Tunnel? pp. 464-470

Vicky Pryce

Infrastructure and Financial Innovation pp. 471-478

Pythagoras Petratos

Is the State Leader or Follower in China's Market Transformation? pp. 479-488

Ning Wang

Wine and Economics: Transacting the Elixir of Life by by Denton Marks. Edward Elgar ( 2015 ), 240 pp. ISBN: 978-1849802949 (hb, £75); 978-1849805971 (eBook, £25) pp. 489-491

Geoffrey Wood

More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First by Steve Hilton. WH Allen ( 2015 ), 384 pp. ISBN: 978-0753556788 (hb, £18.99) pp. 491-493

Ryan Bourne

How Politics Makes Us Sick: Neoliberal Epidemics by Ted Schrecker and Clare Bambra. Palgrave Macmillan ( 2015 ), 184 pp. ISBN: 978–1137463067 (hb), 978–1137463098 (pb), £19.99 pp. 493-495

Christopher Snowdon

Rethinking Unemployment and the Work Ethic: Beyond the ‘Quasi-Titmuss’ Paradigm by Andrew Dunn. Palgrave Macmillan ( 2014 ), 222 pp. ISBN: 978-1137032102 (hb, £65.00) pp. 495-497

J. R. Shackleton

Money and Football: A Soccernomics Guide by Stefan Szymanski. Nation Books ( 2015 ), 298 pp. ISBN: 978-1-568585260 (pb, £8.99) pp. 497-498

Mark Littlewood

Volume 35, month 06, 2015

Introduction pp. 167-168

J. R. Shackleton

Africa: New Opportunities, Old Impediments pp. 169-177

Paul Collier

Educational Development in South Sudan: Conscious Design or Spontaneous Order? pp. 178-196

David Longfield

Sources of Public Revenue that Make Nations Richer pp. 197-214

T. Nicolaus Tideman and Florenz Plassmann

Wilhelm Röpke and Richard C. Koo On Secondary Deflations and Balance Sheet Recessions pp. 215-224

Andreas Hardhaug Olsen

The European Union's Proposed Equality and Data Protection Rules: An Existential Problem for Insurers? pp. 225-239

Paul MacDonnell

Interpreting Voluntary Exchange: Markets, Speech Acts And Communicative Action pp. 240-255

Graham Dawson

Marketing by Controlling Social Discourse: The Fairtrade Case pp. 256-271

Peter Griffiths

Adaptation to Global Warming as an Optimal Transition Process to A Greenhouse World pp. 272-284

S. Niggol Seo

Comparing Real GDP Across Countries: The Issues Revisited pp. 286-298

David Henderson

A New Regulatory Paradigm for Over-the-Counter Oil Forward Contracts pp. 299-305

Gustave Laurent

The Australian Economy and Economic Policy During and After the Mining Boom pp. 307-316

Alex Robson

UK Monetary Policy from Devaluation to Thatcher, 1967–82 by Duncan Needham. Palgrave Macmillan ( 2014 ), 272 pp. ISBN: 978-1137369536 (hb, £70.00) pp. 318-320

Geoffrey Wood

Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism by Bartow J. Elmore. W.W. Norton ( 2015 ), 432 pp. ISBN: 978-0393241129 (hb, £17.99) pp. 320-322

Christopher Snowdon

Class War Conservatism and Other Essays by Ralph Miliband. Introduction by Tariq Ali. Verso Books ( 2015 ), 368 pp. ISBN: 978-1781687703 (pb), 978-1781687727 (Ebook), £12.99 pp. 322-324

Ryan Bourne

European Social Models from Crisis to Crisis: Employment and Inequality in the Era of Monetary Integration edited by Jon Erik Dølvik and Andrew Martin. Oxford University Press ( 2014 ), 464 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19-871796-6 (hb, £60) pp. 324-326

Rachel Tingle

Volume 35, month 02, 2015

Introduction pp. 1-2

J. R. Shackleton

Regulating Work: Measuring the Scope and Burden of Occupational Licensure Among Low- and Moderate-Income Occupations in the United States pp. 3-20

Dick M. Carpenter, Lisa Knepper, Angela C. Erickson and John K. Ross

In Praise of Expansionary Fiscal Contraction pp. 21-34

Tim Congdon

The True Meaning of ‘Social Justice’: A Catholic View of Hayek pp. 35-51

Martin Rhonheimer

Muhammad's Conception of Property as A Bundle of Rights pp. 52-59

Benedikt Koehler

Investment and Growth: The Impact of Britain's Post-War Trunk Roads Programme pp. 60-74

David Starkie

Is It Time to Revisit the Savings Rate Floor in the ECCU? pp. 75-92

Allister Mounsey and D. Tracy Polius

Internal Markets, Management by Targets, and Quasi-Markets: An Analysis of Health Care Reforms in the English NHS pp. 93-108

Kristian Niemietz

Adverse Selection, Gresham's Law and State Regulation pp. 109-122

Martin Ricketts

Can Development Aid Help Promote Foreign Direct Investment? Evidence from Central Asia pp. 123-136

Annageldy Arazmuradov

What Do Recent Trends in Economic Freedom of the World Really Tell Us? pp. 138-150

Ryan Murphy

The Social Order of the Underworld: What Goes On in Us Prisons Should Worry the UK pp. 152-160

Vicky Pryce

Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism by Benedikt Koehler. Lexington Books ( 2014 ), 230 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7391-8882-8 (hb, £51.95); 978-0-7391-8883-5 (Kindle edn, £40.52) pp. 161-163

Jaafar El-Murad

Inequality and the 1% by Danny Dorling. Verso Books ( 2014 ), 234 pp. ISBN: 978-1-78168-585-3 (pb); 978-1-78168-586-0 (Ebook), £12.99 pp. 163-165

Kristian Niemietz

Volume 34, month 10, 2014

Introduction pp. 285-285

J. R. Shackleton

How the Financial Crisis Changed Our World pp. 286-303

Martin Wolf

Linguistics and Economics: Is Entrepreneurship Innate? pp. 304-318

Robert C. B. Miller

Bus Competition in Ireland: Delayed by Regulatory Roadblocks pp. 319-334

Patrick Massey

Ticket Scalping as a Means of Managing Risk pp. 335-339

Vincent Geloso

Shadow Banking, Chinese Style pp. 340-352

Shalendra D. Sharma

China's One-Child Policy: Some Unintended Consequences pp. 353-369

David Howden and Yang Zhou

Debt Erosion and the Market Process pp. 370-378

Alexander Salter

W. H. Hutt (1899–1988): Free Markets and Social Justice pp. 379-391

Graham Dawson

Economic Recovery in a Time of Austerity pp. 393-398

J. R. Sargent

Adapting Sensibly When Global Warming Turns the Fields Brown or Blue: A Comment on the 2014 IPCC Report pp. 399-401

S. Niggol Seo

Can Government Intervention in Childcare be Justified? pp. 402-405

Eva Lloyd

Can Government Intervention in Childcare be Justified? pp. 406-408

Kristian Niemietz

Can Government Intervention in Childcare be Justified? pp. 408-410

Gillian Paull

Prisonomics: Lessons from America's Mass Incarceration pp. 411-421

David Skarbek

Dynamics among Nations: The Evolution of Legitimacy and Development in Modern States by Hilton L. Root. MIT Press ( 2013 ), 320 pp. ISBN: 978-0262019705 (hb, £20.95) pp. 423-424

Paul Graham

Economic Sense and Nonsense: Reflections from Europe, 2008–2012 by Anthony de Jasay; edited by Hartmut Kliemt. Liberty Fund ( 2014 ), 224 pp. ISBN: 978-0865978782 (hb, $24.00); 978-00865978799 (pb, $14.50) pp. 425-426

Pedro Schwartz

Money, Blood and Revolution: How Darwin and the doctor of King Charles I could turn economics into a science by George Cooper. Harriman House ( 2014 ), 222 pp. ISBN: 978-0857193827 (hb, £18.99); 978-0857193896 (eBook, £9.49) pp. 427-428

John Phelan

Volume 34, month 06, 2014

Introduction pp. 127-128

J. R. Shackleton

The British Approach to Privatisation pp. 129-138

D. R. Myddelton

Privatising Pensions in the UK: How to Restore Contracting Out pp. 139-153

Philip Booth and Kristian Niemietz

Comment pp. 154-155

Žiga Andoljšek

Evolutionary Approaches to Privatisation pp. 156-168

Paul Ormerod

Comment pp. 169-170

J. R. Shackleton

Does Privatisation Contribute to the Performance of a Health Care System? pp. 171-178

Peter Zweifel

Comment pp. 179-180

Stephen Davies

Privatising The Swedish Welfare State pp. 181-192

Karin Svanborg-Sjövall

Comment pp. 193-195

André Azevedo Alves

Handing Over the School Keys: The Impact of Privatisation on Education Quality pp. 196-210

Gabriel Heller-Sahlgren

Comment pp. 211-212

André Azevedo Alves

Economic Concentration in the Start-Up Nation: Is Privatisation to Blame? pp. 213-222

Yarden Gazit and Robert Sauer

Comment pp. 223-223

Gia Jandieri

Change Your Prison, Change Your Outcomes, Change Your Community pp. 224-234

Guy Opperman

Comment pp. 235-237

J. R. Shackleton

Privatisation in the EU Energy Sector: The Never-Ending Story pp. 238-253

Carlo Stagnaro

Comment pp. 254-254

Yauheni Preiherman

The Privatisation of the UK Railway Industry: An Experiment in Railway Structure pp. 255-266

Richard Wellings

Comment pp. 267-269

Juan Castañeda

Privatisation failure and failure to privatise: the slovene example pp. 270-281

Jure Stojan

Comment pp. 282-283

Stephen Davies

Volume 34, month 02, 2014

Introduction pp. 1-1

J. R. Shackleton

Merging National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax: Lessons of History pp. 2-13

Alan Peacock and George Peden

Can Government Intervention in Childcare be Justified? pp. 14-34

Gillian Paull

Australia's Carbon Tax: An Economic Evaluation pp. 35-45

Alex Robson

The Contribution and Intellectual Legacy of Ronald Coase (1910–2013) pp. 46-58

Martin Ricketts

The Paradoxes and Pitfalls of Revived Fiscal Activism pp. 59-67

Anthony Makin

The Media's Role in Influencing Perceptions of Housing Values and the Resulting Impact on the Macroeconomy pp. 68-77

John McCollough and Komal Karani

Privatisation of the Royal Mail: Third Time Lucky? pp. 78-84

David Parker

Voluntary Unemployment and the UK Social Policy Literature pp. 85-91

Andrew Dunn

The Purpose of Inflation pp. 92-100

Pete Comley

The Cult of Mathematical Modelling in Financial Markets: Was the Gaussian Copula to Blame for the Crisis? pp. 101-103

Anandadeep Mandal

Margaret Remembered pp. 104-111

John Blundell

Princes, Brokers and Bureaucrats: Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia by Steffen Hertog. Cornell University Press ( 2011 ), 297 pp. ISBN-10: 0801477514; ISBN-13: 978-0801477515. $22.95 pp. 112-114

Valentina Kostadinova

The Concept of Equilibrium in Different Economic Traditions: An Historical Investigation by Bert Tieben. Edward Elgar ( 2012 ), 688 pp. ISBN: 978-1-84844-993-0. £125.00 pp. 114-116

Félix-Fernando Muñoz

Investment in Blood: The True Cost of Britain's Afghan War by Frank Ledwidge. Yale University Press ( 2013 ), 269 pp. ISBN-10: 030019062X; ISBN-13: 978-0300190625. £18.99, $45.00 pp. 116-118

Paul Robinson

Money: The Unauthorised Biography by Felix Martin. Bodley Head ( 2013 ), 336 pp. ISBN-10: 1847922333; ISBN-13: 978-1847922335. £20.00 pp. 118-121

Arthur Edwards

Free Prices Now! Fixing the Economy by Abolishing the Fed by Hunter Lewis. AC2 Books ( 2013 ), 276 pp. ISBN-10: 098872670X; ISBN-13: 978-0988726703. $17.00. Crony Capitalism in America 2008–2012 by Hunter Lewis. AC2 Books ( 2013 ), 399 pp. ISBN-10: 0988726726; ISBN-13: 978-0988726727. $19.00 pp. 121-123

John Phelan

Rediscovering Sustainability: Economics of the Finite Earth by A. R. G. Heesterman and W. H. Heesterman. Gower Publishing ( 2013 ), 326 pp. ISBN-10: 1409444562; ISBN-13: 978-1409444565. £60.00 pp. 123-126

Malcolm Rees