International Environmental Labelling Vol.4 Health
This book is dedicated to the subject of environmental labels. The basis for the classification of its parts goes back to the types of environmental labelling according to the classification provided by the International Organization for Standardization. The idea of compiling this book came to the author's mind when it was observed that national environmental labelling models had been developed in most countries. This is, however, not the case everywhere; in many other countries, even the initial steps have not been taken.
100 Climate Actions from Cities in Asia and the Pacific
This publication showcases 100 projects and programs tackling climate change and its impacts on people and the environment in cities across Asia and the Pacific. The climate actions are drawn from multiple sectors--renewable energy, carbon finance, transport, land use, information and communication technology, climate action plans, building energy efficiency, solid waste management, sustainable and low-carbon communities, and climate resilience. The examples show how city-level initiatives contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience, all while delivering economic, environmental, health, and social co-benefits.
The Philippines Country Knowledge Strategy and Plan, 2012-2017
This compendium discusses how ADB's knowledge products and services provided in line with The Philippines Country Knowledge Strategy and Plan, 2012-2017 are contributing to the country's development. Knowledge is critical in addressing the complex challenges of development and poverty reduction faced by the Philippines. As a development and knowledge-based institution, ADB's strategic directions to support the knowledge needs of the country focuses on (i) sustainable and climate- and disaster-resilient infrastructure; (ii) local economic development, governance, and regional cooperation; (iii) social innovations; and (v) gender equality.
A New Social Street Economy
A New Social Street Economy: An Effect of The COVID-19 Pandemic explores the impact of the Corona crisis on the capitalist world and the developments that have taken place throughout the world. Uniquely, this book considers the street economy in terms of how it relates to the social economy and how it contributes to the four main dimensions of social economy; which are supply of needs, social benefit production, fair distribution and sustainability. Reciprocity is the mechanism that makes relational and organizational life possible. When reciprocity finds an economic expression for providing goods and services to people and communities, the conclusion is a working social economy. In these difficult times, we witness both the best and worst aspects of human nature. The street economy is the most basic component, indicator and guarantee of an egalitarian, solidarist, sharing and truly participative social economy and democracy in an epidemic environment that supports all groups in need without questioning the identity or origins of the groups in need.
International Economics
This International Economics Textbook is for reading material written to enrich course material in the field of International Economics related to Theory and Practice and policies, including on Import-Export. This book is the result of the collaboration of a business practitioner who has more than 10 years of experience in the field of international business and an academician and researcher who has studied economic theory and research for more than 20 years. This book discusses a lot about economic theories in international trade and the direction of its policies, including practical international business guides that can be a basis for understanding in developing international business along with general government policies in terms of international economic policies that are often encountered in international business practice. The things discussed in this book are very important to be studied as a basis for understanding international economics for both students and practitioners of decision-making in companies who want to develop an international scale business. This textbook contains four subjects which include: 1. Introduction 2. International Economic Theory 3. International Economic Policy 4. International Business. The four subjects are expected to provide provisions for students to understand international economics and to understand international business and trade practices as well as to understand the economic conditions of export destination countries and/or import destination countries if students continue their studies in the field of international business and trade and practice in the real world. The author collaborates to bring together experience and knowledge in the field of international economics with the hope of providing an overview and transfer of knowledge to students who want to become entrepreneurs or practitioners of international business as well as teaching materials for students studying international business and the economy.
Exploring Atlas Shrugged
This book explores Ayn Rand's monumental work, Atlas Shrugged, which presents a revolutionary new philosophical system in the form of an inspiring novel. Edward W. Younkins explains how Rand's masterwork is one of the most influential books ever published, impacting a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature, economics, business, and political science, among others. Exploring Atlas Shrugged analyzes the novel's integrating elements of theme, plot, and characterization from many perspectives and on many levels of meaning. The chapters in this book are accessible and rewarding, offering fresh insights to both new readers and to scholars who have studied Rand's masterpiece over many years. It is also a valuable resource for teachers and students who use Atlas Shrugged in their classes. Such a rich and complex novel warrants and rewards additional study and critical analysis. The author explains how Atlas Shrugged expounds a radical philosophy, presenting a view of man and man's relationship to existence and manifesting the essentials of an entire philosophical system of metaphysics, epistemology, politics, and economics.
Water Dams. Clean Energy or Dirty Weapons?
Academic Paper from the year 2021 in the subject Economy - Environment economics, grade: 2.0, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: The present paper analysed both sides of the spectrum by looking at two prominent and controversial dam projects - Three Gorges Dam of China and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia, as well as mentioning some small-scale reservoir cases within the topic. Together with the technology development, population and economic growth and an increasing global responsibility to produce energy sustainably, water dams have become milestone projects throughout the world. However, with the expanding number and scale of hydro-power infrastructures, undesired negative effects such as population resettlement, loss of habitat and probability of water wars have also arisen. In a world increasingly characterized by numerous concerns over global challenges such as climate change, food security and environmental sustainability, one resource is a key more than ever - water. Despite its irreplaceable survival value for life in general, water resources accompany social development and economic growth as a major contributing element. Among multiple functions of water resources for humanity, one of the popular services that is increasingly critical is electricity generation that is realized through various-scale water dam infrastructures. Even in the current global pandemic situation, hydropower is and is forecasted to remain as the largest renewable power generation type through 2025. The significance of water dams is further emphasized in the light of UN 2030 Agenda because harnessing water power is widely contributing towards achievement of targets such as decarbonisation, access to clean electricity and food security globally.
Politisch induzierte Konjunkturzyklen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1950 - 2014
Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich BWL - Wirtschaftspolitik, Note: 1,7, Universit瓣t zu K繹ln (Cologne Center for Comparative Politics - CCCP), Veranstaltung: Schwerpunktseminar - Vergleichende Politische ?konomie: Politische ?konomie der Staatsverschuldung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit wird die Fragestellung ergr羹nden, ob die Theorie des politischen Konjunkturzyklus in der BRD im Zeitraum von 1950 bis 2014 nachweisbar ist. Die vorliegende Arbeit ist in zwei Abschnitte unterteilt. Im ersten Abschnitt werden die zentralen Theorien und Modelle des politisch induzierten Konjunkturzyklus betrachtet. Im anschlie?enden Analyseteil die Daten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Zeitraum von 1950 bis 2010 untersucht. In der Schlussbetrachtung werden die Befunde des Analyseteils zusammenfassend dargestellt und die Frage untersucht werden, welche kausalen Ursachen zu dem beobachteten Ergebnis f羹hren k繹nnten. Dem Beobachter des tagespolitischen Geschehens f瓣llt zu jeder Regierungswahl auf, dass sich die gleichen Muster von Wahlversprechen und Eigenlob stets wiederholen. Ob es nun eine Wahl der deutschen Bundesregierung oder die Wahl des US-amerikanischen Pr瓣sidenten ist, die Kandidaten versuchen die Gunst der W瓣hlerschaft auf sich zu vereinen und bedienen sich dazu jeden Mittels, das ihnen opportun erscheint. So k繹nnte diese, durch die Ver瓣nderung makro繹konomischer Parameter, versuchen, ihre wichtigsten Argumente mit Fakten zu unterlegen. Unter der Annahme, dass die W瓣hlerschaft ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die wirtschaftlichen Indikatoren legt, w羹rde eine strategisch handelnde Regierung in logischer Folge versuchen wollen, ebendiese positiv zu beeinflussen, um am Wahltag maximal g羹nstige Voraussetzungen f羹r eine Wiederwahl zu haben. Nach der Wahl w羹rde ein gegenl瓣ufiger Effekt erwartet, wodurch ein politisch induzierter Konjunkturzyklus entstanden w瓣re. Zu diesem Ansatz gibt es eine Vielzahl an theoretischen Arbeiten und empirischen Analysen
Das WELT-Theater
Die Welt ist ein Theater. Das wusste nicht nur Goethe. Durch Corona ist es jetzt auch bei vielen Menschen angekommen. Sie sehen die Welt als grosses Theater. In diesem St羹ck spielt nicht das Virus die gr繹?te Rolle, sondern das Geld. Denn das Virus hat sehr viel Geld verschlungen. Die Menschen wollen jedoch diesem neuen Theaterst羹ck keine Bedeutung mehr schenken. Sie sind endlich aus ihrem Dornr繹schenschlaf erwacht. Rafael beschreibt eine Welt, die vor einer gro?en ?nderung steht - nicht nur die Welt, sondern jeder von uns Menschen. Und mit der ?nderung kommt auch ein neues Bewusstsein zum Thema Geld zu uns. Wir erkennen, dass wir Sch繹pfer unseres Geldes und unseres Lebens sind. Lassen Sie sich mitnehmen in die tiefen Gedankeng瓣nge von Rafael und seinem Optimismus f羹r die neue Generation und die neue Welt. Sie zu unterst羹tzen, gilt unsere Aufmerksamkeit. Die alte Welt neigt sich dem Ende zu. Die neue Welt ist bereits geboren.
Cadres de l’?tat, comportez-vous en manager du service public !
Dans un ?tat Europ矇en surendett矇 par quatre repr矇sentations nationales politiciennes successives refusant de respecter les accords de Maastricht et une g矇n矇ration incomp矇tente de hauts fonctionnaires refusant d'imposer aux cadres de l'?tat les devoirs 矇conomiques et droits sociaux des cadres d'une grande entreprise nationale, le plaidoyer "Cadres de l'?tat, comportez-vous en manager du service public !" est adress矇 au pr矇sident et aux membres qualifi矇s du Haut Conseil des Finances Publiques pour susciter un avis 2021 sur l'exc癡s de masse salariale de l'?tat ? r矇duire par les pouvoirs publics et les devoirs 矇conomiques et droits sociaux des salari矇s et des fonctionnaires ? aligner par les partenaires sociaux pour assurer une trajectoire de retour ? l'矇quilibre des finances publiques 2022/2027 conforme aux engagements Europ矇ens de la France.
Short Sale Bans and their Impact on the Microstructure of Equity Markets
Master's Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,0, University of Vienna (Fakult瓣t f羹r Wirtschaftswissenschaften), language: English, abstract: This paper investigates the impact of short sale bans on the market microstructure of equity markets by focusing on three major stock market characteristics: (How) did the ban affect stock liquidity, (how) did the ban influence price efficiency, and did the regulators manage to stabilize stock prices by imposing short sale bans? On March 12, 2020, the EURO STOXX 50, the major European stock index declined by more than 12% - the largest loss ever reported on a single day since index inception in 1986. Other major stock indices around the globe experienced a similar drop. The Covid-19 crisis was about to hit and there was great uncertainty among investors, reflected by very volatile stock markets. The corresponding volatility index VSTOXX had its peak on March 16, 2020, with an implied volatility of 86%. To stabilize capital markets and restore the confidence of investors during volatile times, regulators can make use of temporary bans on short sales, i.e., restricting investors in their ability to profit from declining stock prices. This was the case in numerous countries during the financial crisis in 2007-09.
The Political Economy of Germany, 1815-1914
Originally published in 1978, this book goes beyond conventional studies of economic history to discuss wider political and social questions pertinent to the development of the German political economy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The interaction between economic development and social structure played a unique and extremely important role in the development of 19th century Germany and accounts for the distinct manner in which German society developed during this period. This book examines the origins and nature of the German industrial revolution, and effects of the Zollverein on economic growth and national unity, and the critical role of railway building.
Friedrich List as a Railway Pioneer in the USA
This book provides an impressive account of the pioneering technical achievements of the German economic theorist Friedrich List (1789-1846) during his exile in the USA. With the project planning and construction of the Little Schuylkill Railroad in Pennsylvania, List contributed significantly to the development of the coal deposits there and thus to the development of heavy industry in the USA. The exciting history of the founding of the railroad and List's involvement is illustrated by many photographic documents.The content- The American exile of Friedrich List (1825-1832)- Friedrich List and the indigenous American population- The importance of coal for the early industrialization- List`s railway project - the obstacles and first successes
The Retail Prices Index
Chapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: The Early History of Inflation Measurement.Chapter 3: The Launch of the Index of Retail Prices.Chapter 4: Improving the Index.Chapter 5: The RPI in the Political Sphere.Chapter 6: Reviews of the RPI and the Loss of National Statistics Status.Chapter 7: The Reform of the RPI.
The Handbook of Global Shadow Banking, Volume I
This global handbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of shadow banking, or market-based finance as it has been recently coined. Engaging in financial intermediary services outside of normal regulatory parameters, the shadow banking sector was arguably a critical factor in causing the 2007-2009 financial crisis. This volume focuses specifically on shadow banking activities, risk, policy and regulatory issues. It evaluates the nexus between policy design and regulatory output around the world, paying attention to the concept of risk in all its dimensions-the legal, financial, market, economic and monetary perspectives. Particular attention is given to spillover risk, contagion risk and systemic risk and their positioning and relevance in shadow banking activities. Newly introduced and incoming policies are evaluated in detail, as well as how risk is managed, observed and assessed, and how new regulation can potentially create new sources of risk. Volume I concludes with analysis of what will and still needs to happen in the event of another crisis. Proposing innovative suggestions for improvement, including a novel Pigovian tax to tame financial and systemic risks, this handbook is a must-read for professionals and policy-makers within the banking sector, as well as those researching economics and finance.
Africa’s Agricultural Renaissance
This book addresses the paradox between preponderance of hunger in a continent that is well endowed with fertile agricultural land, plenty of fresh water and a vibrant labor force. As some statistics show, close to 60% of arable land in the world is located in Africa which also has several rivers flowing in all seasons and plenty of underground water. The bulk of its labor force thrives on agriculture, yet the continent's largest import item is food. 23 of 36 the most malnourished countries also belong in Africa. This has caused significant needless human suffering. This book goes beyond providing the traditional framework of supplying policy recommendations to delivering an applied, innovative framework upon which policymakers, the private sector and international institutions can take clear and deliberate action to stimulate Africa's agricultural sector, thus responding to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Business Interests and the Development of the Modern Welfare State
This edited volume provides a synthesis on the question of business attitudes towards and its influence over the development of the modern welfare state. It gathers leading scholars in the field to offer both in-depth historical country case studies and comparative chapters that discuss contemporary developments.
North Korea and Economic Integration in East Asia
Throughout North Korea's history, it has regarded external relations with suspicion and as a potential threat to its regime. With North Korea working towards denuclearization, there is now hope for an economic opening. This book examines the external economic strategies that North Korea may consider for its reforms and development, which are related to the East Asian economic integration process. This book emphasizes that considering theoretical factors as well as conditions of the North Korean economy, economic opening and integration should have high priority, anteceding or at least being parallel to economic reforms and transformation. Also, among various alternative strategies for achieving the goal of economic reform and development based on economic opening, the utilization of East Asian regional economic integration framework would be the best option for North Korea, because this framework can provide an opportunity for North Korea to overcome structural problems in its external economic relations and to circumvent political conflicts, thus leading to a smoother rapprochement towards economic opening. This book is timely as it shows how a new economic recovery strategy on the Korean Peninsula may be accomplished.
Learning and Innovation in Natural Resource Based Industries
This book develops and articulates a new perspective on the relationship between natural resources and development by foregrounding issues of innovation, knowledge, and industrial dynamics. It was originally published as a special issue of Innovation & Development.
Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing
The Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing consists of five themes, namely, physical, social and emotional, economic, cultural and spiritual, and subjective wellbeing. It fills a substantial gap in the current literature on the wellbeing of Indigenous people and communities around the world.This handbook sheds new light on understanding Indigenous wellbeing and its determinants, and aids in the development and implementation of more appropriate policies, as better evidence-informed policymaking will lead to better outcomes for Indigenous populations. This book provides a reliable and convenient source of information for policymakers, academics and students, and allows readers to make informed decisions regarding the wellbeing of Indigenous populations. It is also a useful resource for non- government organizations to gain insight into relevant global factors for the development of stronger and more effective international policies to improve the lives of Indigenous communities.
The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business
The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business draws together a wide array of state-of-the-art research on this area of business. It aims to deepen our historical understanding of how firms and entrepreneurs contributed to transformative processes of globalization.
A History of Feminist and Gender Economics
This book offers a historical exploration of the genesis of feminist economics and gender economics, as well as their theoretical and methodological differences. Its narrative also serves to embed both within a broader cultural context.
Workers, Unions and Payment in Kind
Despite the expansion of consumer culture in the eighteenth century onwards, and developments in retailing, advertising and credit relationships in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, there were a significant number of working families in Britain who were not free to consume as they chose.
The Economics of Food Loss in the Produce Industry
Food loss is a serious issue in the United States. It affects all aspects of the supply chain, from farmers to consumers. The Economics of Food Loss in the Produce Industry is an essential text which focuses on the economics of food loss as they apply to on-farm produce production, and the losses that are experienced early.
Differentiated Integration and Disintegration in a Post-Brexit Era
Assessing the consequences of Brexit on EU policies, institutions and members, this book discusses the significance of differentiation for the future of European integration.
The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Ostrom is recognised for producing a body of work which demonstrates how people can construct rules that allow them to exploit the environment in an ecologically sustainable way, without the need for governmental regulation. This book argues that in a world where ecological realities increasingly threaten material prosperity, such sc
The Circular Economy in Europe
The Circular Economy in Europe presents an overview and a critical discussion on how circularity is conceived, imagined and enacted in current EU policy-making.
Rural Development in the Digital Age
This book explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The authors offer an analysis of the contradictory and complex drivers and multiple impacts of Period 4.0 policy within the specific territorial context of its implementation.
Business and Development Studies
Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives provides a comprehensive collection of cutting edge theoretical and empirical contributions to the emerging field of business and development studies.
Economic Liberties and Human Rights
The status of economic liberties remains a serious lacuna in the theory and practice of human rights. Should a minimally just society protect the freedoms to sell, save, profit and invest? Is being prohibited to run a business a human rights violation? While these liberties enjoy virtually no support from the existing philosophical theories of human rights and little protection by the international human rights law, they are of tremendous importance in the lives of individuals, and particularly the poor. Like most individual liberties, economic liberties increase our ability to lead our own life. When we enjoy them, we can choose the occupational paths that best fit us and, in so doing, define who they are in relation to others. Furthermore, in the absence of good jobs, economic liberties allow us to create an alternative path to subsistence. This is critical for the millions of working poor in developing countries who earn their livelihoods by engaging in independent economic activities. Insecure economic liberties leave them vulnerable to harassment, bribery and other forms of abuse from middlemen and public officials. This book opens a debate about the moral and legal status of economic liberties as human rights. It brings together political and legal theorists working in the domain of human rights and global justice, as well as people engaged in the practice of human rights, to engage in both foundational and applied issues concerning these questions.
Bedeutet mehr Risiko mehr Rendite? Backtesting und Analyse von Aktienindizes
Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich VWL - Finanzwissenschaft, Note: 1,1, Duale Hochschule Baden-W羹rttemberg, Stuttgart, fr羹her: Berufsakademie Stuttgart (DHBW Stuttgart), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die zentrale Forschungsfrage der Arbeit ist, ob und falls ja, wie sich die Aktienindizes Dax und S-Dax bzw. MSCI All Country World Index und MSCI All Country World Index Minimum Volatility hinsichtlich der Verg羹tung f羹r eingegangene Risiken, verschiedener Zeitr瓣ume, unterscheiden. Um dies wissenschaftlich fundiert ermitteln und begr羹nden zu k繹nnen, soll ein Backtesting und eine Analyse der genannten Indizes 羹ber den Gesamtzeitraum von 2000-2019 (und einzelnen Teilperioden) durchgef羹hrt werden, um festzustellen, ob das Eingehen von mehr Risiko mehr Rendite erwirtschaften konnte. Zudem sollen m繹gliche Gr羹nde f羹r potentiell unterschiedliche Untersuchungsergebnisse herausgearbeitet werden. Die Untersuchung soll in f羹nf Teilabschnitten erfolgen. Zun瓣chst werden die Begriffe Rendite und Risiko, inklusive deren mathematischer Herleitung, aufgearbeitet. Im Folgenden zweiten Teilabschnitt werden die Grundlagen der Kapitalmarkttheorien aufgezeigt und ausgeweitet. Im dritten Teil sollen risikoadjustierte Renditekennzahlen, basierend auf den Erkenntnissen der ersten beiden Kapitel, beschrieben und erl瓣utert werden. Diese stellen f羹r die praktische Ausarbeitung eine entscheidende Grundlage dar. Im vierten Teil der Arbeit sollen relevante Indizes und deren Zusammensetzungen beschrieben und analysiert werden. Auch diese bilden f羹r den praktischen Teil die Grundlage. Der f羹nfte Teil der Untersuchung beinhaltet die praktische Ermittlung von Rendite- und Risikokennzahlen verschiedener Indizes aus der Sicht eines Investors. Hierbei soll die Analyse und Interpretation der Ergebnisse im Vordergrund stehen. Abschlie?end wird die Arbeit mit einer Ergebnisbetrachtung reflektiert und mit einer Ausweitung beendet.
The History of Ancient Chinese Economic Thought
This new volume from a leading group of international authors and contributors provides a nuanced exploration of the history of Chinese economic thought.
The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Rural Policy
This handbook analyses policies and institutions which have been intended to support rural development in an international, comparative context. Focusing on rural regions, people and economies, the volume examines the success or failure of those polices and asks which might assure the survival and development of rural regions in the future.
The Management of Consumer Co-Operatives in Korea
This book explores cooperative management and provides insight into how Korea's consumer cooperatives have evolved and been managed. It focuses on and examines Korea's consumer cooperative management practices, their growth and performance.
The Economic Thought of Sir James Steuart
A clear portrait of an enlightened Steuart emerges from this book, opening up an alternative approach to many key developments in economic theory. This book brings together a diverse international team of experts to overturn the 'advocate of mercantilism' myth and explore different interpretations of Steuart's work.
Smart Cities and Connected Intelligence
Internet and world-wide-web platforms, big data analytics, software, social media and civic technologies allow for the creation of smart ecosystems in which connected intelligence emerges and disruptive social and eco-innovation flourishes.
East Asian Integration
The growth of world trade has been stagnant in recent times; trade liberalisation now has been challenged. The recent rise of anti-globalisation calls for a better integration in East Asia. How should East Asia manage its openness? This book provides profound analyses on rules of origins, non-tariff measures, restrictiveness in services and investment. It gives insight into how East Asian countries should shape its trade, investment and industrial policies. This book helps to answer what kind of a better integration it should be, and how East Asia can realise it.
Regional Economic Development and History
Regional Studies is inextricably intertwined with history. Cultural and institutional legacies inform choices between different policy options, meaning that the past plays a crucial role in how we think about regional economic development, planning and policy.Through a selection of accessible theoretical, methodological and empirical chapters, this book explores the connections between regional development and history. Drawing on the expertise of scholars in several disciplines, it links history to topics such as behavioural geography, interdependence, divergence and regional and urban policy.This innovative book will be of interest to researchers across regional studies, planning, economic geography and economic history.
Human Geography and Professional Mobility
This book explores an innovative set of critical narratives, accounts and engagements by different authors about their professional mobility and how that relates to the discipline and their life experiences.Human Geography and Professional Mobility seeks to encourage, influence, and help students understand geographic concepts based on critical reflections, international experiences, and practical insight laid out in stories of real people, real geographers, and real college faculty, that students can relate to. This volume is less theoretical and more personal insight-based, wherein first-hand and personal accounts of practical experiences are explored, which renders the text supplementary reading for human geography, population geography, world geography, and migration/mobility classes. With critical navigation of spaces in response to several geographical questions, this book offers a novel perspective on professional mobility of geographers which will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of geography, tourism, sociology, and anthropology.
The Political Economy of Cooperatives and Socialism
This book argues that capitalism cannot be said to be truly democratic and that a system of producer cooperatives, or democratically managed enterprises, is needed to give rise to a new mode of production which is genuinely socialist and fully consistent with the ultimate rationale underlying Marx's theoretical approach.
The G7, Anti-Globalism and the Governance of Globalization
Exploring how the world's oldest informal summit institution continues to respond to rising anti-globalisation, populism and protectionism, this book investigates the contribution the G7 makes to global governance through its actions and accountability of its members.
Hayek's Market Republicanism
At the core of this book is a new interpretation of Hayek, painting him as an exponent of a neo-Roman conception of liberty and his work as a form of 'market republicanism'. It examines the contemporary context in which Hayek wrote, and places his work in a longer Western intellectual tradition.
Modern Advertising and the Market for Audience Attention
Modern advertising was created in the US between 1870 and 1920 when advertisers and the increasingly specialized advertising industry that served them crafted means of reliable access to and knowledge of audiences.
Routledge Handbook of Energy Economics
Energy consumption and production have major influences on the economy, environment, and society, but in return they are also influenced by how the economy is structured, how the social institutions work, and how the society deals with environmental degradation. The need for integrated assessment of the relationship between energy, economy, environment, and society is clear, and this handbook offers an in-depth review of all four pillars of the energy-economy-environment-society nexus. Bringing together contributions from all over the world, this handbook includes sections devoted to each of the four pillars. Moreover, as the financialization of commodity markets has made risk analysis more complicated and intriguing, the sections also cover energy commodity markets and their links to other financial and non-financial markets. In addition, econometric modeling and the forecasting of energy needs, as well as energy prices and volatilities, are also explored. Each part emphasizes the multidisciplinary nature of the energy economics field and from this perspective, chapters offer a review of models and methods used in the literature. The Routledge Handbook of Energy Economics will be of great interest to all those studying and researching in the area of energy economics. It offers guideline suggestions for policy makers as well as for future research.
Economics with a Human Face
This book offers some distinctly original and practical solutions to major socio-economic problems confronting India today. In the first chapter, the author exposes the fault lines in the conventional concept of the poverty line and also presents an alternative to it. What follows in the next chapter is his massive hammer of a strategy, made of deep socio-economic insight, a real concern for the poor and a sense of socio-economic justice for all, to smash down the tall walls of the prison of poverty, in which millions of Indian households are languishing for their 'unpardonable crime' of having no practical means to beat it on their own. Then he goes on to highlight and address the inability of the State to exploit the massive economic potential of the prison population, the global phenomenon of gold accumulation and aggrandizement and the extravagant practices of Hinduism in chapters three, four and five, respectively. In the last chapter, he offers a distinctly ingenious digital framework for preventing speeding-driven road accidents and, therefore, significantly reducing the heavy economic cost of road accidents in India.
Energiesicherheit in Deutschland am Beispiel des Energy Security Index nach Sovacool und Brown
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich VWL - Umwelt繹konomie, Note: 1,7, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit瓣t Bonn, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit ist es Ziel zu hinterfragen, wie es um die Energiesicherheit in verschiedenen L瓣ndern steht und wie die Energiesicherheit in Deutschland zu bewerten ist. Im Folgenden wird deshalb die Energiesicherheit von 24 OECD-L瓣ndern anhand des Energiesicherheitskonzeptes von Sovacool und Brown (2010) bemessen und bewertet. Anschlie?end wird eine genaue Analyse der Energiesicherheit in Deutschland vorgenommen. Die Sicherstellung einer zuverl瓣ssigen, wirtschaftlichen und umweltvertr瓣glichen Energieversorgung ist eine der gr繹?ten Herausforderungen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Die Explosion der ?lplattform Deepwater Horizon im April 2010 und die Russische Invasion in Afghanistan 1979 markieren nur einige wenige gro?e Energieschocks der j羹ngeren Geschichte. Neben schwerwiegenden Folgen f羹r die Umwelt, sind wirtschaftliche Verluste zu verzeichnen. "Knapp 800 Millionen Liter ?l schossen nach der Explosion der ?lplattform ins Meer, ehe das vom britischen ?lkonzern BP betriebene Bohrloch gut drei Monate sp瓣ter gestopft werden konnte". In Afghanistan gingen nach der Bombardierung von sowjetische ?l- und Gaspipelines, mehr als 500 Tonnen Petroleum am Tag verloren. Doch nicht nur Energieschocks beeinflussen die Energiesicherheit eines jeden Landes. Der zwischenstaatliche Ausschuss f羹r Klima瓣nderungen der Vereinten Nationen dokumentierte, dass die Verwendung fossiler Brennstoffe die Hauptursache f羹r die Zunahme der Treibhausgaskonzentrationen in der Atmosph瓣re ist, die wiederum die mittlere Temperatur der Erde ansteigen lassen. 1,2 Milliarden Menschen auf der Welt leiden zudem unter Stromarmut. Die Haushalte in Entwicklungsl瓣ndern sind meist nicht an das Stromnetz angeschlossen oder eine sichere Stromversorgung kann nicht gew瓣hrleistet werden. "Energiemangel hemmt die Entwicklung von Landwirtschaft und Gewerbe. [...] Ohne K羹h
Das Menschenbild des Homo oeconomicus. Kritik und Alternativen
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich VWL - Makro繹konomie, allgemein, Note: 1,3, AKAD University, ehem. AKAD Fachhochschule Stuttgart, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, das Modell des Homo oeconomicus zu erl瓣utern und auf die Kritik dieses Modells einzugehen. Dabei wird zun瓣chst das Modell des Homo oeconomicus erl瓣utert und der Bezug zum Konzept der vollst瓣ndigen Rationalit瓣t hergestellt. Im Anschluss wird das reale Verhalten von Menschen im Hinblick auf den Homo oeconomicus untersucht. Dazu werden Experimente herangezogen, um zu analysieren, ob sich die Menschen tats瓣chlich nach diesem Muster verhalten. Zum Schluss werden noch m繹gliche alternative Konzepte erl瓣utert. Um die komplexen Handlungsvorg瓣nge des menschlichen Verhaltens in Bezug auf die marktwirtschaftlichen T瓣tigkeiten zu analysieren und zu verstehen, bedurfte es einer Modellierung der zentralen Verhaltensannahmen. Mit dem Modell des Homo oeconomicus, dem Nutzenmaximierer, der rational in Bezug auf seine eigne Zielfunktion handelt, entstand ein Instrument zum Betrachten und Analysieren des menschlichen Verhaltens. Damit kann sowohl das beobachtete Verhalten beschrieben werden als auch das Zu-k羹nftige prognostiziert.
Automation, Capitalism and the End of the Middle Class
In this book, the author argues that a new form of capitalism is emerging at the threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He asserts that we are in the midst of a transition from democratic capitalism to feudal capitalism and highlights how robotization and innovation is leading to a social crisis for the middle classes as economic inequality is on the rise.Johannessen outlines the three elements - Balkanization, the Great Illusion, and the plutocracy - which are referred to here as feudal structures. He describes, analyzes, and discusses these elements both individually and in interaction with each other, and asks: "What structures and processes are promoting and boosting feudal capitalism?" Additionally, the book serves to generate knowledge about how the middle class will develop in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It shows the various effects of robotization on the middle class, where middle class jobs are transformed, deconstructed, and re-constructed and new part-time jobs are created for the middle class.Given the interest in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the book will appeal to students of economic sociology and political economy as well as those in innovation and knowledge management courses focusing upon the emerging innovation economy. The topic will attract policymakers, and the accessible and engaging tone will also make the book of interest to the general public.
