Rebalancing : a roadmap for economic recovery / / editors, Hamid Faruqee and Krishna Srinivasan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453122403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-4755-9164-0; 1-4755-7827-X; 1-4755-4877-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FaruqeeHamid; SrinivasanKrishna
• Soggetti: Economic policy; Economic development; Financial crises - Prevention; Equilibrium (Economics); Balance of trade; Debts, External; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. A framework for rebalancing and recovery -- part II. Imbalances in major deficit economies -- part III. Imbalances in major surplus economies -- part IV. Rebalancing and growth.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines imbalances in seven major economies: China, France, Germany, India, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, evaluating key indicators agreed on by the G20 for identifying large imbalances, including public and private debt and private saving, and countries' external position. The chapters describe a suite of corrective steps tailored for each country that, if implemented, could improve prospective economic outcomes, creating sustainable and balanced growth for these economies. and serving as a model for other ; G20 countries.

The commodification gap : gentrification and public policy in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg / / Matthias Bernt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910566694103321
• Autore: Bernt Matthias
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 1-119-60306-4; 1-119-60307-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 pages)
• Collana: IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Ser.
• Disciplina: 307.3416
• Soggetti: Gentrification; Electronic books.; England; Germany
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- Gentrification Between Universality and Particularity -- How to Compare? Why Compare? -- Concepts and Causation -- Design of this Study -- Notes -- CHAPTER 2 Why the Rent Gap isn't Enough -- Where the Rent Gap Works Well -- Where the Rent Gap Falls Short -- When and Why does Capital Flow? -- At Which Scale is the Rent Gap Positioned? -- Which Rent? -- Property as Control? -- How is the Rent Gap Realised? -- Embedding Gentrification -- Economy, Society and States -- The Commodification Gap -- Notes -- CHAPTER 3 Three Countries, Three Housing Systems -- The British Experience -- From Private Landlordism to a Dual Market -- The Thatcherite Revolution -- New Labour: More of the Same? -- Austerity and New 'Class War Conservatism' Under the Coalition Government -- Conclusion: Neoliberalism, Tenurial Transformation and Gentrification -- The ; German Experience -- From the Controlled Housing Economy to the Lücke Plan -- The Design of Tenant Protections -- The Conservative Wende -- Reunification and Neoliberal Consensus -- Conclusion: Gentrification Between Regulation and Deregulation -- The Russian Experience -- Housing in the Soviet Union -- From Shock Therapy to Failing Markets21 -- Restricted State Capacities and Opportunity Planning -- Conclusion: Gentrification in a Dysfunctional Market -- State Intervention in Housing: Setting the Parameters for Gentrification -- Notes -- CHAPTER 4 Barnsbury: Gentrification and the Policies of Tenure -- The Making of Early Gentrification -- The Right to Buy: Pouring Fuel on the Fire -- The New Economy of Gentrification -- Capital Gains Instead of Owner-Occupation -- Penalty Renting -- From Value Gap to Super-gentrification -- Notes.; CHAPTER 5 Prenzlauer Berg: Gentrification Between Regulation and Deregulation -- From Plan to Market -- Rolling out the Market, Weakening Public Control -- Since 2000: Privately Financed Refurbishments, Condominium Boom and No Regulation -- New Build Gentrification and Energy Efficient Displacement -- Between Deregulation and Re-regulation -- Gentrification with Brakes? -- Notes -- CHAPTER 6 Splintered Gentrification: St Petersburg, Russia1 -- Unpredictable Regeneration Schemes -- World Heritage vs. Gentrification -- The Dissolution of Kommunalki Flats -- State-run Repair and Renewal -- Pro and Contra Gentrification -- Notes -- CHAPTER 7 The Commodification Gap -- Universality vs. Particularity Revisited -- Gentrification and Decommodification -- Meeting the Challenge: New Directions for Research and Politics -- Notes -- Appendix A Compulsory Purchase in Barnsbury -- Appendix B Residents in NS-SeC Classes 1 and 2 -- References -- Index -- EULA.