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« Mais la vie n’a pas de prix ! » est la première réponse communément obtenue des citoyens interrogés sur la valeur de la vie. L’opinion publique fait du lien entre l’argent et la vie un sujet tabou……続きを見る

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty, helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be reduced through proven……続きを見る

This book contains assessment of the progress, or the lack of it, in implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through review of the assessments and of case studies, readers can draw……続きを見る

What does it mean to be secure in the 21st century? Mark Beeson argues that some of the most influential ideas about national and even global security reflect untenable, anachronistic strategic view……続きを見る

This book focuses on the impact on financial regulation and examines the impact of financial regulation on bank performances from different perspectives. More specifically, this study investigates h……続きを見る

Interest has always been a part of humans' daily economic life, and the concept of interest has attracted intense attention from economists, philosophers, religious scholars and lawmakers. This book……続きを見る

This book contains a selection of essays on key subjects Mandel worked on: the theory of the state, imperialism, reformism, and bureaucracy. "The Leninist Theory of Organisation" is an influential e……続きを見る

This volume discusses different aspects of Greece’s political economy during the past decade and reflects on the country’s path ahead, examining the major question: did this challenging period succe……続きを見る

Il reddito di cittadinanza proposto dal Movimento 5 Stelle è un tema ormai entrato a pieno titolo nel dibattito pubblico e al centro della scena politica. Ma quanto ne sanno davvero i cittadini? E c……続きを見る

The first part of the study is dedicated to the US economy from the end of the Second World War to the present time; similarities and differences between the crisis of 1929 and the current one are e……続きを見る

Il libro ripercorre cinquanta anni della storia produttiva di Roma, ponendo al cent ro dell'analisi gli operatori economici. L'autrice scompone la descrizione della formazione del tessuto produttivo……続きを見る

Il Mediterraneo è sicuramente un qualcosa di più che un semplice tramite che congiunge sponde opposte, ma è il simbolo per eccellenza che crea relazioni e interconnessioni; che riconduce all'uno ciò……続きを見る

Se è vero che con i sogni e con l’ottimismo non si risolvono i problemi, cosa pensiamo di fare con la sfiducia e il pessimismo? Per invertire la rotta l’Italia deve tornare a credere in se stessa e ……続きを見る

The downhill slide in the global price of crude oil, which started mid-2014, had major repercussions across the Middle East for net oil exporters, as well as importers closely connected to the oil-p……続きを見る

This book proposes that the short-term goal of the current reform of the international monetary system should be a combination of controlling 'imbalances' and 'the risk of the dollar', namely using ……続きを見る

«L’economia è diventata la grammatica della politica. Col suo uso e le sue regole condiziona il linguaggio, la parola pub-blica, il cui libero arbitrio si limita ormai alla scelta del vocabolario, d……続きを見る

At a time when the practices of technology companies continue to attract fierce criticism, this book asks what it actually means to hold a 'monopoly' in the tech world and how it might affect the wa……続きを見る

This book presents the evolution of the international monetary system from the gold standard to the monetary system in force today. It adopts a political economy approach, emphasizing the economic a……続きを見る

This book presents the new Precariat – the rapidly growing number of people facing lives of insecurity, on zero hours contracts, moving in and out of jobs that give little meaning to their lives. Th……続きを見る

Das Buch thematisiert die Energiewende in Deutschland aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln. Im Zentrum stehen Anwendungen verschiedener ökonomischer Ansätze (traditionelle industrie- und institutionen……続きを見る

This book examines economic policies utilized within Southeast Europe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering countries both within and outside the European Union, the human and economic cost……続きを見る

Public Economics: A Concise Introduction provides a concise and non-technical overview of the role of government in the economy. Using the questions ‘why?’, ‘what for?’ and ‘how?’, the text initiall……続きを見る

This book argues that capitalism has practically failed to deliver the long-desired economic transformation and inclusive development in postcolonial Africa. The principal factor that accounts for t……続きを見る

China and other Third World societies cannot 'catch up' with the rich countries. The contemporary world system is permanently dominated by a small group of rich countries who maintain a vice-like gr……続きを見る

Original and comprehensive examination of Chilean political and economic development since the end of the Pinochet military regime in 1990. In The Left Hand of Capital, Fernando Ignacio Leiva provid……続きを見る

Eminent physicist and economist, Robert Ayres, examines the history of technology as a change agent in society, focusing on societal roots rather than technology as an autonomous, self-perpetuating ……続きを見る

Demonstrates how residents can play a leading role in the positive transformation of their communities in the face of economic and population decline. Supporting Shrinkage describes a new approach t……続きを見る

Economiesuisse, entstanden als Schweizerischer Handels- und Industrieverein, ist der weltweit älteste nationale Spitzenverband von Unternehmen. Die Geschichte des bis ins Jahr 2000 "Vorort" genannte……続きを見る

This book presents an absorbing study of how educational radio, which originated to broadcast weather forecasts to farmers, has become what the Pew Center calls the most trusted source of news for A……続きを見る

Parliamentary diplomacy has provided a crucial, promising outlet in Taiwan’s challenging pursuit of its own interests in the international arena. This book assesses both the potentials and the const……続きを見る