Spanning ancient times to the current day, the book reveals the hidden economic factors that have shaped every aspect of our world, from determining the outcomes of wars to the endurance of social transformations.
Tells the story of how the unprecedented explosion of material wealth occurred, how it transformed the globe, and why it failed to deliver us to utopia
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Behavioral Economics: Policy Impact and Future Directions examines the evidence for behavioral economics and its application in six public policy domains: health, retirement benefits, climate change, social safety net benefits, climate change, education, and criminal justice.
Offers new perspectives on how to take analytic tools from the realm of academic research out into the real world to address pressing policy questions.
This book illustrates the ways in which the discipline is currently not fit for purpose and sets out a vision for how it can be diversified, decolonized and democratized.
Medical Economics, written by two physicians who are also qualified economists, introduces readers to the core economic considerations in healthcare provision and management.
Connects farming ecosystems to technology and the economy and provides an intriguing reconceptualization of pesticides that forces readers to rethink assumptions about food, industry, and the relationship between human and nonhuman environments.
Advances in Sports Economics is a collection of essays that examine a wide range of different sports along with economic issues such as incentives, rule changes, labor markets, competition structure, gambling, gender equality, match official behavior, superstar players, funding, and sports infrastructure and interrogate the methods and theories used in sports economics.
The main themes and objectives of the book are for readers to understand the decision to migrate, the impacts of immigration on markets and government budgets, and the consequences of immigration policies in a global context.