This book focuses on the role of economic and political institutions in economic development. The book offers fresh perspectives on the issues facing less-developed countries and the elements influencing their outcomes. The text includes chapters on democracy, property rights, and economic...

Chapter 1: The Development of Interactive Classroom Activities to Teach Economic Freedom to Students of Various Learning Styles -- Chapter 2: Video Games in Teaching Economics -- Chapter 3: One-Shot Game: A Free-Market Approach to the Principles of Microeconomics Class -- Chapter 4: A...

Urbanization, Sanitation, and Mortality in the Progressive Era, 1899-1929 -- The Continuing Puzzle of Hypertension among African Americans: Developmental Origins and the Mid-century Socioeconomic Transformation -- Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours...