Institutions, Economic Performance and the Visible Hand

Download or read book Institutions, Economic Performance and the Visible Hand written by Ashok Chakravarti and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Institutions, Economic Performance and the Visible Hand is a wide ranging, well-written, and provocative contribution to the study of political and economic organization. Ashok Chakravarti advances arguments and interpretations that are both interesting and, often, controversial. Although I find myself "arguing" with many of them, this is one of the many virtues of the book. I recommend the book to others who have an interest in institutional economics - why it is important, where it has been, and where it is going --