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Climate Change and the World Economy
Edited by David I. Stern, Frank Jotzo, Leo Dobes
World economic activity is a cause of climate change and climate change has an impact on economic activity. Adaptation to climate change can occur locally, but action to reduce the extent of climate change requires global cooperation or ... -
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A World in Emergence
Allen J. Scott
Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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Innovation and Inequality
Edited by Susan Cozzens, Dhanaraj Thakur
Inequality is one of the main features of globalization. Do emerging technologies, as they spread around the world, contribute to more inequality or less? This unique interdisciplinary text examines the relationships between emerging tec...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Futures of the West
Jan Winiecki
Jan Winiecki explores the various problems that the West must deal with in order to remain an efficient competitor in the world economy. These, he argues, are primarily consequences of the ever-expanding welfare state; consequences that ...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Economists and the State
Timothy P. Roth
Adam Smith is widely regarded as the ‘founder of modern economics’. The author shows, however, that Smith’s procedurally based, consequence-detached political economy, an approach shared by America’s Founders, finds no expression in the ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Privatisation and Nationalisation of European Roads
Daniel Albalate
This distinctive and timely book examines the current state and trends in the ownership, management and financing of European high capacity roads. Offering an analysis of three pioneer countries in road privatisation, Spain, France and I...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia
Edited by Sushil Vachani, Jawed Usmani
The frequency and scale of damage inflicted by climate-related disasters, including floods, drought, heat waves and hurricanes, has been increasing at an alarming rate. This volume provides a timely and thoughtful discussion of strategie...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Standardization under EU Competition Rules and US Antitrust Laws
Björn Lundqvist
Standardization under EU Competition Rules and US Antitrust Laws is a comprehensive and detailed legal analysis of standard-setting procedure and the regulation of standard essential patents. It deals with the competition law aspects of ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Culture and Economic Growth
Edited by Enrico Spolaore
This two-volume set provides fundamental analyses of the relations between cultural variables and economic performance. It encompasses indispensable contributions by economists and other influential social scientists in this growing inte... -
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Paying the Polluter
Edited by Frans H. Oosterhuis, Patrick ten Brink
Pledges to reform environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS) have increased over the past few years, at both global and national levels. Paying the Polluter addresses the most important issues to be considered when embarking upon these nece...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Services
Jan Owen Jansson
Despite the fact that services have overtaken industry in terms of employment and GDP in developed countries, rigorous economic study of the service sector remains seriously neglected. The first edition of The Economics of Services initi...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Managing the New Workforce
Edited by Eddy S. Ng, Sean Lyons, Linda Schweitzer
Shifting demographics around the world have created a unique historical phenomenon in which a large cohort of employees (i.e., post-war Baby Boomers) are nearing retirement, and a new cadre of younger workers are being recruited to repla...eBook:Find out more$43.96
