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Our attachment to the tropical rain forest has grown over the past hundred years from a minority colonial pursuit to mainstream environmental obsession. The tropical rain forest has variously been assumed to be the world's most important repository of biological diversity and 'the lungs of the planet'. As Philip Stott shows in this magnificent monograph, neither claim has any basis in fact. The Northern environmentalist conception of the tropi...

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Explains how there are substantial gains to be made from countries getting 'easy' policy decisions correct. This work explains how liberal economists, politicians and civil servants often spend much time discussing 'difficult' cases. It uses evidence and analysis derived from the disciplines of both law and economics.

This book proposes that the UK should develop a federal structure of government with only a small number of functions such as defence and border control being determined at the UK level. All other functions would be the ultimate responsibility of individual nations within the UK.

John Taylor is one of the foremost economists of our generation.This book presents Taylor's view of the financial crisis and its aftermath.

This book demonstrates why economists do not like price controls and shows why they are widely regarded as being amongst the most damaging political interventions in markets.

Considers issues that are central to our understanding of self-employment in the UK. This title offers a review on the evidence of the role of self employment and entrepreneurship in employment creation. It also considers self-employment as a route for advancement of many groups in society that face disadvantage in the labour market.

Focusing on the measurement of poverty, this title shows how policy in this field has taken a wrong turn with disastrous results. It is suitable for those who are involved in the poverty debate.

Classical liberalism is one of the most important of modern political and social philosophies, crucial in bringing the modern world into existence. This book is an introduction to this way of thinking. It is highly suitable for students of the social sciences.

F A Hayek's 'The Constitution of Liberty' has a profound effect on the thinking of a generation of scholars, students and even politicians. This monograph summarises and interprets the argument of 'The Constitution of Liberty' for a non-specialist audience.

This book provides an analysis of the role that international institutions should play in the economic life of a free society, in the context of Britain's relationship with the EU.

These essays consider the key contributions of Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase, who showed that the size and structure of firms, and the location of the border between internal exchange within the firm and external exchange through markets, are systematically related to the costs of transactions.

The authors writing here demonstrate that Islam is not only compatible with liberalism, but is inherently liberal.This book provides ammunition to those who wish to battle the claim that Islam and freedom are incompatible.

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Argues that the government monopoly of money must be abolished to stop recurring bouts of inflation and deflation.

Socialism" has particular appeal to intellectuals - the teachers, journalists and other commentators who pass comment on public policy without any special expertise on economic matters. This work explains the enduring appeal of socialist ideas.