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ECONOMICS

NEW Business Cycle

U.S. International Economics
Trade Policy Understanding
An Introduction Recessions and
Depressions from
W. CHARLES SAWYER Boom to Bust
To understand trade policy, one TODD A. KNOOP
needs to understand the basics
of international economics. This > AWARD WINNER
book provides nonspecialists 2015 Outstanding Academic Title –Choice
January 2017 February 2015
266pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 with accessible explanations of 391pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 Comprehensive,
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international trade policy.
FEATURES curiosity and encourage their research. Highly
recommended.
• Reviews and summarizes the classical explanations of ”
the patterns of trade among nations, explains how these —Choice, August 18, 2015
patterns are determined by comparative advantage and Presents the empirical data of business cycles and the theories
disadvantage, and documents how these models are still that economists have developed to explain and prevent them,
relevant in the 21st century
and considers case studies of recessions and depressions in the
United States and internationally.
W. CHARLES SAWYER is Hal Wright Professor of Latin American
Economics at Texas Christian University.
TODD A. KNOOP, PhD, is the David Joyce Professor of
Economics and Business at Cornell College.
The Microgrid
Revolution The “Peak Oil”
Business Strategies Scare and the
for Next-Generation
Electricity Coming Oil Flood
MICHAEL C. LYNCH
MAHESH P. BHAVE
FOREWORD BY LEONARDO MAUGERI
What kinds (according to U.S. [T]he account is
News & World Report) of clean “ written in an engaging
electricity initiatives—ones that conversational tone;
October 2016 make sense on public policy and
182pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 business strategy levels—could displays many figures,
Print: 978-1-4408-3315-1 July 2016 graphs, and charts;
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transport industries in the United States? This book explores the eBook: 978-1-4408-3187-4 —Choice, January 4, 2017
tremendous opportunities of the new electricity revolution that Is the earth’s oil supply starting to run out, or is there far more
looks to threaten the century-old business models of our existing oil than some experts believe? This book points out flaws in
power production infrastructure. the research used to warn of an oil shortfall and predicts that

FEATURES large new reserves of oil are soon to be tapped.
• Describes a novel network topology for a next-generation
electricity grid MICHAEL C. LYNCH is president of Strategic Energy and
Economic Research, Inc. He serves as a lecturer in the MBA
program at Vienna University, Austria, and blogs on energy for
MAHESH P. BHAVE, PhD, is a visiting professor of strategy, Forbes.com.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, Kerala, India.
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