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This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for...
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This book compares the successes and failures of the development and growth processes of Argentina and Brazil. It …
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Social evolution, economic development and culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes--technology-driven social evolution,...
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This original Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies provides a broad overview of economic and social developments in the countries covered (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, South...
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that have occurred within the South African economy since 1970. The book illustrates how, despite its sophisticated … infrastructure, the South African economy has shared in the economic decline - resulting from misguided economic policies - that has …
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. The United States : an economist's economy / Marion Fourcade -- 8. Economics, economists and politics in Uruguay / Adolfo …
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currently being introduced in both private and public sectors of the Korean economy. The book identifies a paradigm shift in … Korean economic policy and discusses Korea's new role in both the regional and global economy. It also examines the major …
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proponent of the idea of ASEAN+3. Clearer understanding of this economy, its major contemporary policy and reform issues and its …-crisis Korean economy occurred, but questions over its sustainability remain. Korea, therefore, stands at an important economic … public and the labour market, to that of monetary and exchange rate policies. The role and contribution of the 'new economy …
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both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy …
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Emphasising a positive approach to dealing with terrorism (the carrot), this book provides a critique of deterrence policy (the stick) which can be ineffective and even counterproductive, and proposes three alternative and effective anti-terrorist policies: Decentralisation reduces vulnerability...
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