Energy shortages, climate change, and the debate over national security have thrust oil policy to the forefront of American politics. How did Americans grow so dependent on petroleum, and what can we learn from our history that will help us craft successful policies for the future? In this...

Intro -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- Part I: Hunger in the Modern World -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Past and Present -- 1.2 Famine and Chronic Undernourishment -- 1.3 Some Elementary Concepts -- 1.4 Public Action for Social Security -- 2 Entitlement and...

Cover -- India in the World Economy -- New Approaches to Asian History 10 -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: India and Global History -- Envisioning contacts -- Early trade -- Indo-European trade -- Empire and...

Cover -- India's Late, Late Industrial Revolution -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1: Vent for growth -- Outside-the-box thinking -- India's unique industrial revolution -- Recent growth performance in India -- Industry in the...

We investigate the use of a machine learning (ML) algorithm to identify fraudulent non-existent firms. Using a rich dataset of tax returns over several years in an Indian state, we train an ML-based model to predict fraudulent firms. We then use the model predictions to carry out field...