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This important textbook has been revised and updated to continue its focus on the link between ethics and economic … Welfare -- 7. The ‘Social Welfare Function’ -- 8. The ‘Mindless’ Society -- 9. Utilitarianism: The Search For A Single Over … Boundary of Society in Space -- Annex to Chapter 17: How to share out equitably he burden of combating climate change -- 18 …
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This book analyses how socially responsible investments as well as the rising importance of Islamic finance are linked to the shift towards renewable energy. Academics and practitioners in the field take a global perspective and present case studies from several countries. The book is divided...
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This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three...
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in both Europe and the U.S., constitutional political economy, regulatory law, and the ongoing evolution of the European …This volume traces the evolution of the field of law and economics from its European roots to its neoclassical … book analyzes this gradual shift in the law and economics debate and provides a state-of-the-art of the literature …
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This book is the thirteenth volume in the International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series which explores the … latest developments in political economy. A collection of eight papers, the book concentrates on the deregulation of domestic … crisis. Scholars and students with an interest in political economy, financialisation, and economic performance will find …
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Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues that decision-makers in governments, businesses, households, and development agencies tend to focus on avoiding losses from disasters, and perceive the return on investment as...
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’s predilection with continuous GDP-growth. Given this starting point, the world’s high-income nations must begin the transition to a … qualitatively-improving steady-state economy and low-income nations must follow suit at some stage over the next 20-40 years. Unless … protocol and emissions-trading framework is likely to achieve a desirable climate change outcome. Failure of the world …
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This book explores the various economic and institutional factors that explain why huge investments are made in unworthy transportation mega-projects in the US and other countries. It is based on research, the general literature, economic analyses, and results from a specifically collected...
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This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Postal operators …, competitors and customers, experts in the postal economics, law, and business, and those charged with the responsibility for …This book addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Postal operators …
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slaveholders, its negative effects on a country’s economy, much like pollution, drag down all members of society. Tracing the … history of slavery around the world, from prehistory through the US Antebellum South to the present day, Wright illustrates … individuals from participating in the economy. Historians, economists, policymakers, and anti-slavery activists need no longer …
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