This book consists of three parts: In the first one, various theoretical models of discrimination are explored. In particular, some crucial assumptions of some of the pioneering models by Gary Becker and Lester Thurow are examined. The second part consists of three essays that examine the...

Today, international economic sanctions are imposed in response to virtually every serious international crisis, whether to promote regime change and democratisation, punish armed aggression, or check nuclear proliferation. But how exactly is the economic pain inflicted by sanctions supposed to...