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The extinction of polar bears by the end of the 21st century has been predicted and calls have been made to list them as a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The decision on whether or not to list rests upon forecasts of what will happen to the bears over the 21st Century....
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problem: it is not a single theory, but rather four major theories in a stormy sea of ill-conceived and untenable auxiliary … conjecture. Moreover, the solid core of Hardin's central thesis was simply a restatement of a previously published theory, the …
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a fundamental and equally enduring problem: "Economic theory has suffered in the past from a failure to state clearly … its assumptions. Economists in building up a theory have often omitted to examine the foundations on which it was erected … a lack of knowledge of the assumptions on which a theory is based, but also because of the extreme importance for …
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a test and logical deduction of our illustrative theory: Cancer rates on Prince Edward Island have dramatically … conclude our theory is true and, in order to complete our demonstration of Popper's methods, open this theory to criticism and …
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Development geography and mainstream economic theory have for many years lived separate lives. Especially so since the …-classical economic theory. This is, in one sense, curious, because the ‘founding father’ of neo-classical economic theory - the …, with his Location Theory (Standorttheorie), belongs to a school of economics which virtually died out: The Historical …
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The central point of this paper is the demonstration that there is a real world supply and demand theory, supported by … to the supply and demand theory prevailing before the upsurge of the neoclassical doctrine. Fundamental assumptions are … proposed economic structure and theory. …
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existing system: the crisis of the economic theory, the crisis of the globalization, and the crisis of market based financial …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze some of the unseen negative effects of the post-Katrina government policies dealing with housing in New Orleans. Design/methodology/approach – Since Hurricane Katrina, the government, along with private for profit and not-for-profit...
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The doctrine of nonintervention, a staple of traditional international law, provides that each state should refrain from interfering in the domestic affairs of other states. This prohibition includes not only military intervention, but also, in Hersh Lauterpacht’s formulation, all...
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, and hopefully redirect, economic theory and practice. …
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