Kuklys examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen?s approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice for poverty and inequality measurement in affluent societies such as the UK. Sen argues that an individual?s welfare should not be measured in terms of her income, but in terms...

In the recent past, environmental innovations have led to a considerable reduction of many pollutants, however, further innovation is required to tackle remaining pollution sources. This work analyses the significance and the effects of framework conditions on innovation activities that...

1 The planet of the rich: an exploration -- 2 The super-rich, competition and power -- 3 The super-rich: a matter of desert? -- 4 Extreme inequality, well-being, freedom -- 5 Why worry about the super-rich? The reasons and possible remedies.

Dieses essential enthält eine kurze und prägnante Darstellung der Theorie sozialen Wirtschaftens. Es erhellt den Handlungsbereich der personenbezogenen Wohlfahrtsproduktion im sozialen Versorgungssystem und im organisierten Zusammenwirken professioneller, frei engagierter und selbstbetroffener...

This book will summarize what we know about technology and inequality across disciplines, and seek out new ways to analyze this relationship based on technology and business practices, with the objective of restoring digital technology as an engine of opportunity. Besides the unique focus on the...

Chapter 1. Regional Development in India -- Chapter 2. Development Disparities: An Exploration of Past Research -- Chapter 3. Regional Disparity in India: A Research Agenda -- Chapter 4. Regional Inequality and Convergence in Economic Growth in India -- Chapter 5. Regional Disparity and...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during the past decades. Through tracing the effects of the neoliberal epoch into the era of the so-called pink tide, the...

Overview -- Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare: Social Welfare and Income Distributions -- Inequality and Poverty Indexes -- Welfare and Efficiency: Inequality, Efficiency, and the Production Sphere -- Efficiency and Welfare -- Information Incentives and Performance -- Summary Example and...