Every day young people engage in risky behaviors that affect not only their immediate well-being but their long-term health and safety. These well-honed essays apply diverse economic analyses to a wide range of unsafe activities, including teen drinking and driving, smoking, drug use,...

Cover -- Title Page -- Colophon -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 -- Modernization, human biology, and a tale of two domains -- Chapter 2 -- The labor market bias of the welfare state literature -- Modernization and the origins of thewelfare state literature -- Power resources and political...

Chapter 1. What is an annuity product? Chapter 2. Overview of the different types of annuity products Chapter 3. The risks presented by annuity products and how they are managed Chapter 4. Drivers of annuity product availability, design and sustainability Chapter 5. Ensuring suitable products...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Is This Option Right for You? -- Chapter 3: Understanding the Norms of Uncertainty, Risk, and Relentless Change -- Chapter 4: Key Entrepreneurial Skills and Competencies -- Chapter 5: Stakeholder Management: Exceeding...

Our current social security system operates on a pay-as-you-go basis; benefits are paid almost entirely out of current revenues. As the ratio of retirees to taxpayers increases, concern about the high costs of providing benefits in a pay-as-you-go system has led economists to explore other...

The aim of the book is to provide practical guidance for the investor when compiling due diligence and deciding on an investment or against it. The focus of the book lays on the risk assessment and due diligence. It captures fund's internal and external risks and the investment style specific...