A construction worker may have agreed to a risky job, but this does not oblige him to follow orders where it is foreseen that the harm risked will materialize. If the worker is directed by his site foreman to climb an unstable scaffold in a cyclone, he is within his rights to refuse, morally and...

The USA and other countries spend a significant portion of their defense budgets on personnel. Effective management of military forces requires an understanding of the economics of military manpower. Over the past three decades economists have produced a substantial body of research about the...