What accounts for the rise in income inequality since the 1970s? According to most economists, the answer lies in structural changes in the economy - in particular, technological changes that have raised the demand for highly skilled workers and thereby boosted their pay. Opposing this...

This research paper was presented at the 75th Anniversary celebration of Lionel Robbins celebrated Essay by the LSE in December 2007. It tries to ‘explode the traditional definition of Robbins' as a science that studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have...

Frontier market debt is becoming increasingly attractive as an asset class, supported by the economic development of the less developed emerging markets. Analysis of the constituents of this off-benchmark asset class shows that allocation to it can potentially result in higher yield and better...

The coronavirus did not cause the weakness of the economy but painfully exposed it. The ‘underlying condition' which made our collective economic mind-body so vulnerable was caused by another virus. This one isn't a pathogen but a mental bug in the form of the mechanical worldview that...

The modern approach to the market as a place with autonomy depends on a certain view of money. According to that view, money is a neutral technology that expresses individual choices made about real goods and services. But the controversies over money that regularly arise in political...

This study aims to explore the historical roots of the contribution of Muslim scientists in the field of Accounting. By using a qualitative descriptive method and historical approach, the results of the study show that Islamic Accounting was developed earlier by Muslims than conventional...

Starting from the mid-nineteenth century, this paper analyzes two periods of financial instability connected with financial globalization. The first culminates with the 1929 crisis, while the second characterizes the more recent experience starting from the 1970s. The period in between is...

To encourage wider adoption and dissemination of Faff's (2015, 2019) Pitching Research framework, herein, I set out a carefully organized resource kit for instructors charged with the goal of research capacity building and/or research training. Targeted instructors include: “research...

Using Faff's (2015, 2019) pitching research template as a base (first-phase scholarly pitch), Faff and Kastelle (2016) develop a research pitch tool targeting non-academic external stakeholders/end users. The “pitching research for engagement and impact” (PR4EI) second-phase pitch augments...

In the economics literature, Heckscher-Ohlin, Melvin and Ricardo's theories based respectively on factor endowments, increasing returns to scale and comparative cost advantage are generally considered as separate theories that explain international trade. In this article, we argue that factor...