This book presents a foresight-based exploratory analysis on the coming post-capitalist society and the transforming role of technology, creativity, and social innovation in the new economy. Topics analyzed include innovation culture, the role of politics, legal protection, the digitalization of...

1. 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Trends and the Current State of Communism and Post-Communism in Europe and Asia -- 2. A Taxonomy of Post-Communist Economies after 30 Years of Reforms -- 3. The Central Asian Countries’ Economies in the Twenty-First Century -- 4. The...

1. Crossing Borders in South and Southeast Asia: Assessing Existing Problems through a New Lens -- 2. Addressing Urban Poverty through Empowerment and Inclusion in India -- 3. Development Efforts toward Ecological Sustainability in Calcutta: Transformation of a Metropolis -- 4. De facto State...

1. Introduction -- 2. Creating Opportunities: The Growth Story -- 3. Fighting Deprivations: Poverty and Inequality -- 4. Building Capabilities: Human and Social Development -- 5. Resetting Priorities: Catching Up Strategies -- 6. Creating Jobs and Adjusting The Labour Market -- 7. Managing...

Rise of Manufacturing Nation -- Industrialization Process of 40 Years -- The development of China’s Manufacturing -- Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Manufacturing -- Resolving Overcapacity -- Technological Innovation in Manufacturing Industry -- Intelligent Manufacturing -- Green...

The book constructs the Synergy Theory, a new theory of economic growth and calculation methodology. The book involves empirical comparative study on economic growth between China and the 14 developed countries, and on the basis of the synergy theory, divides GDP into labor compensation, capital...

This book provides an assessment of the megatrends that are reshaping the emerging markets landscape. With developing countries already accounting for 40% of world GDP, emerging markets consumption growth will be an increasingly important growth engine for the world economy over the next two...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Are Current Policies on Track to Eliminate Poverty? -- Chapter 3. How Mainstream Economics Works -- Chapter 4. Basic Principles to Understand Macroeconomics -- Chapter 5. Markets Alone Make No Development -- Chapter 6. Developing Countries in Global...

Chapter 1. The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Globally-shared Experience: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. Pandemic Economics: Essential Features and Outstanding Questions -- Chapter 3. Pandemic Analysis I: Global Governance for a Global Pandemic? -- Chapter 4. Pandemic Analysis II: Governmental Actions...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...