As global temperatures keep increasing and the amount of Co2 equivalent stuff in the atmosphere is at record level, the key links between GDP growth, energy consumption expansion and greenhouse gases emission increases must be more researched, although economic growth and ecological capital has...

As global temperatures keep increasing and the amount of Co2 equivalent stuff in the atmosphere is at record level, the key links between GDP growth, energy consumption expansion and greenhouse gases emission increases must be more researched, although economic growth and ecological capital has...

The global warming problematic is in reality decided not by the UNFCCC or IPCC with its mastodon meetings. The decisive players are the states of the following BIG polluters of CO2: China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Russia Mexico, South Korea, Canada, Australia and the US, despite the fact that...

This paper investigates the importance of institution building for economic growth in transition economies of Eastern Europe and CIS-States. Using recent data, it shows that even in a Guardian State, institutions like property rights protection, administration efficiency, and general rule of law...

Socio-biology has become popular with Wilson and Dawkins. How to theorize human evolution and selfishness? One must recognize the frequent occurrence of war in human civilization. Hobbes and Spinoza were realist recognizing selfishness. Now, mankind faces both climate change and nuclear...

When a decision-maker faces a choice between alternatives of action in a situation of uncertainty, one speaks of a ¡°game against Nature¡± when he/she faces no interaction with another player or group. In the process of global warming, mankind is the one player facing two alternatives:...