Behavioural public policy has thus far been dominated by approaches that are based on the premise that it is entirely legitimate for policymakers to design policies that nudge or influence people to avoid desires that may not be in their own self- interest. This book argues, instead, for a...

A major feat of research and synthesis, this book presents the first comprehensive history of the Dutch economy in the nineteenth century--an important but poorly understood piece of European economic history. Based on a detailed reconstruction of extensive economic data, the authors account for...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Part one. Ideas, themes and measures -- Chapter 1 Economic philosophy from a Shari'ah perspective -- Chapter 2 Micro-economic morality: a theory of the firm enlightened by Islamic values -- Chapter 3 Fiscal policy choices to promote social justice -- Chapter...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Lure of Development Models -- Part One. The Chinese Model and its Global Reception -- Chapter 1 A China Model or Just a Broken Mould? -- Chapter 2 Latin America's View of China: Interest, but Scepticism -- Chapter 3 The China Model in Africa: A New...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Third Sector -- Chapter 2. Third-Sector Scope, Scale, and Purpose -- Chapter 3. Development and the Third Sector -- Chapter 4. Food -- Chapter 5. Housing -- Chapter 6. Financial Services -- Chapter 7. Health Care -- Chapter...

Brazil is the world's sixth-largest economy, and for the first three-quarters of the twentieth century was one of the fastest-growing countries in the world. While the country underwent two decades of unrelenting decline from 1975 to 1994, the economy has rebounded dramatically. How did this...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Fourth Edition -- Introduction and Overview -- Part I: Macroeconomic Accounts, Market Structure, and Behavioral Functions -- Chapter 1. Economic Structure and Aggregate Accounts -- Chapter 2. Behavioral Functions -- Part II: Financial Policies -- Chapter...

Complexity science-made possible by modern analytical and computational advances-is changing the way we think about social systems and social theory. Unfortunately, economists' policy models have not kept up and are stuck in either a market fundamentalist or government control narrative. While...

Americans today face no shortage of threats to their financial well-being, such as job and retirement insecurity, health care costs, and spiraling college tuition. While one might expect that these concerns would motivate people to become more politically engaged on the issues, this often...