In the past few decades, the private equity industry has grown both in terms of size and geographic reach. Despite the growing global impact of private equity, there is limited research on these developments that stakeholders can reference. It is, perhaps, not surprising that in markets as diverse as China, Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, important questions have arisen about the impact of private equity on employment, managerial time-horizons, the overall health of companies and the economy more generally.

This book provides an insider perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy and on the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head those institutions.

The Capital Homestead Act is a comprehensive national economic strategy for empowering every American citizen, particularly the poorest of the poor, with the means to acquire, control and enjoy the fruits of productive corporate assets.

The stock market routinely values corporate growth opportunities. But inside companies, managers struggle to quantify the value of growth initiatives and to align internal valuations with those in the financial markets.

Games in Economic Development examines the roots of poverty and prosperity through the lens of elementary game theory, illustrating how patterns of human interaction can lead to vicious cycles of poverty as well as virtuous cycles of prosperity. The book shows how both social norms and carefully designed institutions can help shape the "rules of the game," making better outcomes in a game possible for everyone involved. The book is entertaining to read, intended for a broad audience, and can be accessed with little background in development economics or game theory. Its chapters explore games in natural resource use; education; coping with risk; borrowing and lending; technology adoption; governance and corruption; civil conflict; international trade; and the importance of networks, religion, and identity, illustrating concepts with numerous anecdotes from recent world events. An appendix explaining basic ideas in game theory used in the book is provided for interested readers.

Emerging East Asian economies have seen their share of world exports more than triple during the past quarter-century, and intraregional trade has driven this growth. Broad measures of development in East Asia have improved at the same headlong pace. Why push further integration now?