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Rentier Capitalism : Disorganised Development and Social Injustice in Pakistan
Ahmed, Shahid - 2016
. Rentier Capitalism sheds light on the reasons behind Pakistan's failure to bring prosperity to its people when compared to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019828
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Wirtschaftsordnung und Ethik : Problemfelder - Modelle - Lösungsansätze
Jäggi, Christian J. - 2018
Globalisierung werden Fragen der Wirtschaftsordnung und der Demokratie, ordnungspolitische Vorstellungen und Möglichkeiten einer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012401704
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Redesigning Democracy : More Ideas for Better Rules
Gersbach, Hans - 2017
Could democracy do better? This book presents a vision on optimal democracies and a set of new rules to help achieve … them. The monograph follows on the author’s successful book “Designing Democracy” from 2005 and further develops its ideas …Part I: Contractual Democracy -- Retrospect -- Vote-share Contracts without Signaling of Competence -- Vote Thresholds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397989
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On Kolm's Theory of Macrojustice : A Pluridisciplinary Forum of Exchange
Gamel, Claude - 2011
Why Should We Debate the Theory of Macrojustice?- THE MACROJUSTIC OF SERGE-CHRISTOPHE KOLM: General Presentation -- Economic Macrojustice: Fair Optimum Income Distribution, Taxation and Transfers -- PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF MACROJUSTICE: ELIE and the Emotions Related to Social Recognition --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015167
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Einkommensverteilungsbasierte Präferenz- und Koalitionsanalysen auf der Basis selbstähnlicher Equity-Lorenzkurven : Ein Beitrag zur Quantifizierung sozialer Nachhaltigkeit
Herlyn, Estelle - 2012
Zu große Einkommensungleichheit gefährdet die Prosperität und Kohärenz einer Gesellschaft im gleichen Maß wie ein zu hoher Ausgleich der Einkommen; mittlere Ausgleichniveaus hingegen weisen die höchste Konsensfähigkeit auf. Diese Erkenntnisse resultieren aus der analytischen Nutzung von...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016085
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Economic Growth with Equity : Challenges for Latin America
Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo (ed.); Machinea, José Luis (ed.) - 2007
This book analyses the development challenge faced by Latin America at a time at which the concerns for the large inequality in the region are at a peak. This volume focuses on growth-with-equity, and is written by an outstanding group of Latin American and international researchers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054269
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Saving Capitalism and Democracy
Rabie, Mohamed - 2013
Saving Capitalism and Democracy tries to answer the difficult questions posed by intellectuals, the media, politicians …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106394
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Efficiency and Equity in Welfare Economics
Nicola, Pier Carlo - 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016231
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Amartya Sen's Capability Approach : Theoretical Insights and Empirical Applications
Kuklys, Wiebke (contributor) - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520489
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Post-Industrial Development in East Asia : Taiwan and South Korea in Comparison
Chiang, Min-hua - 2018
This book purports to investigate and compare the economic development experiences in both Taiwan and South Korea in last two decades. Taiwan and South Korea’s economic development after WWII is a well-known story. However, their development after the successful post-war industrialization has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396711