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  • 1
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031471766
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVI, 463 p. 689 illus., 671 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe ; Comparative government. ; Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; Economic policy.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Theoretical Perspectives on European Integration and its Evolutionary Trajectory -- Chapter 3. The Institutions of the European Union and the Legislative Procedures -- Chapter 4. The Perception of 'Democratic Deficit' in the European Union -- Chapter 5. The Budget of the European Union and the Underpinning of Union’s Policies -- Chapter 6. The Common Agricultural Policy: Purpose, Evolution, and Future Projections -- Chapter 7. Regional Policy: Disparities, Development, and Future Direction -- Chapter 8. Economic and Monetary Policy: Origin, Evolution, and Current Challenges -- Chapter 9. Foreign and Defence Policy: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges -- Chapter 10. Social Policy: Evolution, Impact, and Current Challenges -- Chapter 11. Environmental Policy: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions -- Chapter 12. Migration Policy: Historical Progress, Current Status, and Future Directions -- Chapter 13. Overview: The European Integration, Volume I & Volume II.
    Abstract: This two-volume textbook teaches about the uniqueness and the difficulty of the European unification project. It describes, as clearly as possible, what Robert Schuman declared in 1950, that "... Europe will not be made all at once…". Navigating the nexus of four academic fields - political science, institutional analysis, economics, and history - the book serves as a reference work for accurate, exhaustive, and well-researched information on the creation and functioning of the European Union. Volume 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the European Union's institutions and policies, such as agricultural and fisheries policies, economic and monetary policy, environmental policy, foreign affairs and defence policy, social policy, competition policy, regional policy, as well as immigration and asylum policy. Supported by numerous photographs, diagrams, maps, and sources, the book will serve as an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying the subject of European integration, as well as a useful resource for a broader audience interested in the European integration process.
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9783031553493
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 254 p. 134 illus., 96 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 942
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    Keywords: Engineering ; Computational intelligence. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Development and Application of Information Systems for Planning Production Activities of an Industrial Company -- Fuzzy Decision-Making Problems for Controlling Operating Modes of Technological Systems and Methods for Solving Them -- Information System for Managing Material Remuneration of Teachers and Its Analytical Potential by Example of Bauman Moscow State Technical University -- Intra System Links Dynamics as a Cause of Development Cyclicity: The Simplest Equations -- Improving the Sustainability and Safety of the City Transport System through the Application of Computer Modeling -- Development of Software for the Analysis of Socio-Economic Indicators based on Neural Networks -- Estimation of the Cost of Developing a Digital Twin using Virtual Reality Technologies in the Metallurgical Industry -- Formation of Artificial Collective Intelligence based on the Theory of Active Systems -- Nonlinear Modeling of the Population State of Gregarious Locusts -- Designing the Architecture of a Multi-Agent City Management System using Advanced Object-Oriented Modeling.
    Abstract: This book covers the III International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital and Information Technologies in Economics and Management" (DITEM2023) which was held on November 21–23, 2023. The conference addressed issues of networks and systems related to the use of information technologies in economics and management of various sectors. A distinctive feature of the conference is that it featured presentations by authors from China, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Oman, Kazakhstan and Russia. Researchers from different countries presented the process of transition to new information technologies of various network and system structures and sectors. The conference made it possible to develop new scientific recommendations on the use of information, computer, digital and intellectual technologies and networks in industry and fields of activity that can be useful to state and regional authorities, international and supranational organizations, the scientific and professional community.
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9783031517006
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 200 p. 15 illus., 8 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2024.
    Series Statement: Virtues and Economics 8
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    Keywords: Business ethics. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Philosophy.
    Abstract: Introduction -- Part I: From gluttony and avarice to moderation and virtue -- Chapter 1. Blessed are the Gentle (Joshtrom Kureethadam) -- Chapter 2. Avarice in post-modern society (Stefano Zamagni) -- Chapter 3. What is Enough (Margaret Atkins) -- Chapter 4. Buddhism and the Right Consumption (Laszlo Zsolnai) -- Chapter 5. Good consumption in the perspective of Thomistic Personalism (Laura Baritz) -- Part II : Is mainstream economics to blame? -- Chapter 6. Political Economy, Moral Reasoning and Global Warming (David Rose) -- Chapter 7. A Critical Approach to Critiquing Economics (Geoffrey Brennan, Hayden Wilkinson) -- Chapter 8. Response from Peter Róna -- Chapter 9. Economics and three faces of prudence (Edward Skidelsky) -- Part III: Way forward -- Chapter 10. Social Trust, Virtue, and Market Coordination (Dominic Burbidge) -- Chapter 11. A Deeper Humanity: The Family as the School of an Inclusive Economy (Joseph Rice) -- Chapter 12. A radically new way to tune compound interest and its implications (Eors Szathmary).
    Abstract: This book explores the under-researched sources of the consumerist culture and the environmental damage it has brought about. The book is an outcome of the symposium on “The Ethics of Consumption” organised and hosted by the Las Casas Institute at the Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford as part of its Economics as a Moral Science Programme. It takes on two contemporary problems: the human weakness and capacity for wrong-doing, and the failure of modern economic theory to account for the moral character of human behaviour and its implicit encouragement of gluttonous life-styles. In a time when grand political schemes are proposed to revive sustainability of global economy, the authors of the papers collected in this book highlight the need for moral renewal without which the most revolutionary structural reforms are bound to fail at producing the desired outcome. Topics of the book include the meaning and sources of avarice, the attempt to define what is enough, exploration of philosophical and theological perspectives which can serve as building blocks for the ethics of consumption. This makes the book of great interest to a broad readership of economists, social scientists and philosophers.
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  • 4
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    ISBN: 9783031526770
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 633 p. 99 illus., 87 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Power resources. ; Applied ethics. ; Economics. ; Energy policy. ; Energy and state. ; Energy Regulation ; Energy Policy ; Energy Transition ; Africa's Energy ; Power Sector Reform ; Energy and Gender ; Energy Institutions ; Regulatory Institutions ; Renewable Energy ; Energy Access ; Energy Stakeholder management ; Performance of utilities ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Political Economy of Energy Regulation in Africa -- Chapter 1. The dynamics of energy regulation in Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 2. Africa’s Transition to Cleaner Energy: Regulatory imperatives and Governance Dynamics (Sidique Gawusu) -- Chapter 3. The Political Economy of Electricity Sector Regulation in Africa: A Comparative Analysis (Crispin Bobio) -- Chapter 4. The political economy of the next wave of power sector reforms in Africa: evidence from Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Namibia (Christine Juta) -- Chapter 5. Legal and Regulatory Pathways for Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy Access and Energy Transition Agenda (Ivie Ehanmo) -- Chapter 6. Policy framework and regulations to promote clean energy and energy transition in ECOWAS countries (Charly Gatete) -- Chapter 7. Effective regulation and the energy transition in Zambia (Naa Adjekai Adjei) -- Chapter 8. The rationale of Economic Regulations: Theoretical Review (Haliru Dikko) -- Chapter 9. Power Sector Regulation in Africa in an Energy Transition Era (Pauline Anaman) -- Chapter 10. Role and Challenges of The African Energy Regulator in The Midst of Global Economic Storm (Benjamin Ashitey Armah) -- Chapter 11. Regulating Public utilities within a crisis’s situation in Africa (Etutu Mawondo Shalman) -- Chapter 12. The Electricity Tariff and Utility Performance: Evidence from Ghana, Uganda and Namibia Electricity Market (Jeffrey Baiden) -- Part II. Regional Electricity Markets Development -- Chapter 13. Major challenges in Africa in the development of competitive electricity markets. An analysis of the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Market (Charly Gatete) -- Chapter 14. Regional Power Trade in Africa: The Different Institutional and Regulatory Models of African Power Pools (Mohamed A. Eltahir Elabbas) -- Chapter 15. An outlook on a Future-Proof Regulated Cross-Border Electricity Market in Africa (Oghosa Erhahon) -- Chapter 16. Cross-border power trading model for SSA; Challenges andopportunities of operationalizing power pools in Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 17. Competitiveness and sustainability of electricity markets in the ECOWAS region: evolution of reforms, regulations challenges and markets integration (Charly Gatete) -- Part III. Emerging Technologies and the Energy Transition -- Chapter 18. Energy-Related Climate Change Reportage in Africa: Has the Media Gotten It Right? (Maame Esi Eshun) -- Chapter 19. Effect of fossil fuel subsidies on renewable energy transition in sub-Saharan African countries (Souleymane Diallo) -- Chapter 20. The Gains and Pains of the Energy Transition. A perspective on Sub Saharan Africa (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 21. Willingness to Change to Electric Cars: Is the Ghanaian Consumer Ready? (Ishmael Ackah) -- Chapter 22. Economic power and the transition to renewables in South Africa (Sumayya Goga) -- Chapter 23. An analysis of imported clean cooking technologies. Implications for policy development in Ghana (Crispin Bobio) -- Chapter 24. Natural Gas as a Transition Fuel; Domestic Natural Gas Production and Energy Security in Ghana (Paul Minsung Gyeng) -- Part IV. Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector -- Chapter 25. Putting Gender on the Corporate Agenda in Ghana’s Oil and Gas Industry (Phil Faanu) -- Chapter 26. The impact of gender, culture and other African traits in cooperating with energy regulators (Dominic Kwesi Eduah) -- Chapter 27. Imperatives for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Sector Regulation In Africa (Ifeyinwa Ikeonu) -- Part V. Concluding Chapter -- Chapter 28. The future of energy regulation in Africa (Charly Gatete).
    Abstract: This book analyzes the political economy governing energy regulation across the African continent. Presenting case studies that span diverse energy sectors and countries, it provides an overview of their complex political and regulatory frameworks. The book explores emerging technologies and energy markets, highlighting Africa’s preparedness for the energy transition, and sheds light on the pivotal role of cross-border energy trade with regard to energy access. Further, it examines regulators’ influence within regional power pools, as well as their contribution to gender mainstreaming in the energy sector, addressing vital social issues. This book is divided into five parts, the first of which focuses on the political economy of energy regulation. The second part discusses emerging technologies and climate change issues, while the third examines regional energy markets, and regional institutional collaboration. The fourth part features contributions on gender mainstreaming, while part five rounds up the coverage. The book will be of interest to policymakers and investors in Africa, as well as scholars interested in energy regulation and economics.
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  • 5
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    ISBN: 9783031535376
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 130 p. 22 illus.)
    Series Statement: Professional Practice in Governance and Public Organizations
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Ehnts, Dirk Modern Money Theory
    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; Finance. ; Economics. ; Modern Monetary Theory ; Financial Policy ; Monetary Policy ; Monetary Theory ; Introduction to Modern Monetary Theory ; Economic Policy ; Inflation ; Government Spending ; Central Banks ; Government Bonds ; International Trade ; Financial Economics ; Monetary Systems
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Biden Administration and the Copernican Turn -- Chapter 3. The paper currency of Virginia (1760s) and its lessons -- Chapter 4. Modern Money Theory as Part of Economics -- Chapter 5. What is economic policy? -- Chapter 6. Economic policies based on MMT -- Chapter 7. Outlook.
    Abstract: This book explains how central banks, banks and governments create money. Written in an accessible style, this book provides an introduction to modern monetary theory without requiring any prior knowledge of economics. It covers the most important aspects of monetary theory, including inflation targeting, government spending, and international trade, as well as economic policy to achieve macroeconomic goals, such as price stability, full employment and sustainable use of resources. Accordingly, it offers a valuable asset for students of economics, central bankers, banking professionals, and academics alike.
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  • 6
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    ISBN: 9783031472299
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXVIII, 318 p. 80 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Asia ; Economic history. ; Economic development. ; Globalization. ; Economics. ; Economic history of China ; China's strategic pathway ; Economic development ; Belt and Road Initiative ; World-systems ; Economic growth in China ; Economic systems ; Global futures ; Dynamic strategy theory ; Long range forecasting ; China's economy ; Globalisation ; Macroeconomic dynamics ; economic history ; Big History ; forecasting ; Great Powers
    Abstract: Chapter 1. The Strategic Logic of China’s Economy -- Chapter 2. The Dynamic Strategy Theory, a Formal Statement -- Chapter 3. Industrialisation Sub-strategies: Theory and Practice -- Chapter 4. Asia’s First Industrial Giant: Japan’s Strategic Pursuit -- Chapter 5. China’s Millennial Pathway in a Strategic Mirror -- Chapter 6. China’s Economic Performance and Strategic Pathway From the Late Qing to the Death of Mao Zedong -- Chapter 7. China’s Strategic Pathway From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping -- Chapter 8. The Xi Inheritance -- Chapter 9. China’s Strategic Pursuit Under Xi Jinping and the New Era -- Chapter 10. China in the World-system: Strategic Pathways to 2100.
    Abstract: This book reviews China’s strategic pathway over the last 1000 years and considers its prospects for ascending to high-income status by the end of the 21st century. It analyzes why, although China’s chances of joining the global core are sound, they are not outstanding; in addition, it faces mounting challenges, internal and external alike. The argument is presented in the framework of dynamic-strategy theory, which is expounded here in novel form. This exposition includes a wide ranging survey of global history, with a focus on the development of the industrialisation paths of the major economies of today, including a detailed study of Japan's long-run strategic pathway. The book’s closing section presents a scenario-based discussion of China’s potential place in the world in 2100. The analysis implies that China’s zenith is likely to be reached slightly before mid-century, after which its relative economic scale will likely decline. Beyond that general finding, the scenarios investigate the wide range of plausible outcomes that China may experience: a range that the author contends is much wider for China than for nations under-pinned by less complex political-economies. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of history, economics, geopolitics and sinology, and to anyone interested in learning about China’s economic prospects at a time of increasingly heated ideological and empirical debates.
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9783031491474
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 371 Seiten) , Diagramme
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Urban policy. ; Political science. ; Economics. ; Schools of economics. ; Platform economy ; Digital labor ; Platform capitalism ; Urban governance ; Social protection ; Digital platforms ; Capitalism ; Urban studies ; Digital economy ; Google ; Facebook ; Organization of labor ; Political economy of platform capitalism ; Amazon ; Microsoft ; Apple ; Industrial Revolution 4.0 ; Future of work ; Labor organization ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 2. Operations of Platforms. A Global Process in a Multipolar World (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 3. The process of valorization in the platform capitalism (Andrea Fumagalli) -- Chapter 4. Out of the Standard. Towards a Global Approach to Platform Labour (Maurilio Pirone) -- Chapter 5. What Urban Future: Do High-Tech Metropolises Dream of Electric Sheep? (Niccolò Cuppini) -- Chapter 6. The Politics of Platforms. Exploring Platform’s Infrastructural Role and Power (Mattia Frapporti) -- Chapter 7. Managing the Wheel: Managerial Normativity from the Wage Society to the Platform Age (Massimilano Nicoli) -- Chapter 8. Digital labour, informal unionism and the rise of a new workers subjectivity (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 9. Platform capitalism: Infrastructuring migration, mobility, and racism (Stefania Animento) -- Chapter 10. Affect, precarity and feminised labour in Airbnb in London (Eleni Kambouri) -- Part II. Notes from the Field -- Chapter 11. Why the sectoral context matters for platform work (Bettina Haidinger) -- Chapter 12. A Variegated Platform Capitalism? Algorithms, Labour Process and Institutions in Deliveroo in Bologna and Uber in Lisbon (Marco Marrone) -- Chapter 13. Perceiving platform work as decent work? Views regarding working conditions among platform taxi drivers in Tallinn (Marge Unt) -- Chapter 14. Skills development as a political process: Towards new forms of mobilization and digital citizenship among platform workers (Filippo Bignami) -- Chapter 15. How to build alternatives to platform capitalism? (Mayo Fuster Morell) -- Chapter 16. Labour policies for a fairer gig economy (Annamaria Donini) -- Chapter 17. Engaging stakeholders with platform labour: The social lab approach (Raúl Tabarés) -- Chapter 18. Local best practices. Urban governance and the ongoing platformization process (Michelangelo Secchi) -- Chapter 19. Social protection, basic income and taxation in the Digital economy (Cristina Morini) -- Chapter 20. Latent conflict, invisible organisation: Everyday struggles in platform labour (Moritz Altenreid).
    Abstract: This open access book provides an overview of urban digital platforms such as Airbnb and Deliveroo, which, along with Amazon, Google, Facebook and other IT companies, constitute by now the infrastructures for other businesses to operate on and for our social life to go on. These platforms serve as standards-based techno-economic systems that simultaneously capture cooperation through remote coordination and organize labor via algorithm management. Based on a three-years research project, this contributed volume outlines a general theory of platform capitalism that conceives these platforms not only as technical devices, but as generative engines that operate at the interface of several aspects, such as digitalization of forms of social cooperation; algorithm-based management of labor and participation; and private and vertical appropriation of profits. These elements are somehow iconic of the capitalist evolution of the last decades, and they open up a reflection on new forms of “primitive accumulation” (in particular regarding data), on the mechanisms used to capture and extract social surplus value, and on the logistic-financial dimensions of capital. Finally, in light of the transformations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors examine how platforms can evolve into hegemonic organizational structures. Assuming we are all already living in the age of the platform, this book takes a multifaceted approach—combining sociology with urban studies, and political sciences with economics—to grasp the challenges our societies face in terms of ensuring fair economic growth, adequate social protections, and labor rights. It will appeal to anyone interested in digital platforms and how they are changing the organization of labor, urban spaces, and forms of governance.
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  • 8
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031546426
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 276 p. 18 illus., 6 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Schools of economics. ; Economics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Labor economics. ; Concordian economics ; Labor Policy ; Industrial Policy ; Monetary Policy ; History of economic thought ; Benjamin Franklin ; Henry George ; Louis D. Brandeis ; History of economics ; Economic justice ; Somism ; Relationalism ; Monetary System ; Fiscal Policy ; Ownership rights
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Opening our Minds to Concordian Economics -- Part I. Intellectual Interdependence -- Chapter 2. Politics and Economics -- Chapter 3. The Interdependence of Economic Rights and Responsibilities -- Chapter 4. Peaceful March Toward Concordianism - With a Graceful Walk Away from 1% Capitalism and Marxism -- Part II. Financial Interdependence -- Chapter 5. King Cash -- Chapter 6. Whence Money? -- Chapter 7. Where-to Money? -- Chapter 8. Project Financial Independence -- Part III. Physical Interdependence -- Chapter 9. Toward Economic, Ecological, and Human Interdependence -- Chapter 10. Two Published and Two Unpublishable (?) Urban Plans -- Part IV. Human Interdependence -- Chapter 11. Ethics in Concordian Economics -- Chapter 12. Whence poverty? -- Chapter 13. Oh, the Bancor -- Chapter 14. Economics of Justice and Peace in the World.
    Abstract: This is the second volume of a two-part series on Concordian economics, an innovative paradigm that builds upon the Aristotelian-Aquinian tradition of economic justice. Having introduced Concordian economics in the first volume as a compelling research paradigm that addresses the limitations of mainstream economics, this second installment takes the exploration further by examining its real-world applications in four policy areas. With a focus on industrial organization, labor markets, monetary, and fiscal policy, the author advocates for a transformative approach to economic rights and responsibilities. By promoting a moral economy, this book offers a substitute to the Pac-Man approach to industrial organization. The book challenges traditional notions by discussing the ownership rights concerning larger corporations and offering visionary solutions, in the steps of Louis O, Kelso, empowering workers and employees to participate in the ownership of robots and artificial intelligence. The Fed has given a nod of approval to the creation of a new Concordian monetary system. Following the advice of eight Nobel Laureates in economics, the proposed fiscal reforms emphasize taxing only the value of land and natural resources, ushering in a society where the use of our natural resources and machines serves the common good, economic freedom thrives, and forced income redistribution becomes obsolete. This book illustrates a vivid vision of a world founded on universal economic rights and responsibilities, offering fresh perspectives on a more just and sustainable future. It appeals to scholars and students of economics and related fields, as well as anyone interested in a free but just economic system.
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    ISBN: 9783031497483
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 382 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Economics. ; Finance. ; Economic development. ; Faith-based Economics ; Capitalism ; Public Goods ; Religious Economics Model ; Globalisation ; Islamic Economic Model ; Macroeconomics ; Pareto Optimum ; Moral Economics ; Equitable Optimality theory ; Economic vision ; Economic roadmap ; Equitable outcomes ; Rethinking economics ; Ethical socio-economic
    Abstract: Setting the Stage -- Basis of Conventional Economics -- Production and the Public Goods Problem in Capitalism -- Intersection of Capitalism and Anti-Essentialism: The Contradictions Arising from this Encounter -- The Overselling of Globalisation -- The Rise of Religious Economics Model: Critiques of the Islamic Economics Doctrine -- Islamic Economics Model: The Counter Argument to its Critiques -- The Clash of Ideals -- The Essence of Faith-Based Economics: The Islamic Economic Thought -- Economics and the Knowledge Crisis -- Learning and Convergence -- Rethinking Economics, Constructing the Equitable Optimality Theory Part One: Philosophical Underpinning -- Rethinking Economics, Constructing the Equitable Optimality Theory Part Two: Macroeconomics -- Rethinking Economics, Constructing the Equitable Optimality Theory Part Three: Microeconomics -- A Vision for the Future.
    Abstract: This book advocates for a transformative shift in economics, emphasising the need to manage finite resources equitably while safeguarding universal well-being. It introduces the Equitable Optimality economic theory, departing from materialistic views and championing a theory deeply rooted in moral economy, values, and ethics. By integrating spirituality, social justice, and ethics into economic analysis, this model contends that economics can serve the welfare of all, offering a unique lens for economic theory and policy. It challenges prevailing materialistic economic paradigms by proposing an interest-balanced/free financial economy. This economic theory prioritises profit-sharing, societal objectives, and equitable resource allocation, aiming to create a more inclusive society. However, practical implementation and comprehensive research are crucial for understanding its impact and overcoming transitional challenges. The Equitable Optimality economic theory provides a valuable perspective within economics, focusing on ethical foundations, acknowledging non-monetary values, and humanising economic agents. It does not aim to replace conventional economic theories but offers an alternative framework to inspire innovative approaches to economic models and policymaking. Its broader policy perspective aims to foster a more prosperous and harmonious society by integrating ethical considerations, equity and justice into economic decision-making and emphasising societal welfare.
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    ISBN: 9783031193583
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 315 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Law—Europe. ; International law. ; Environmental law, International. ; Renewable energy sources. ; Economics. ; Power resources. ; Energy policy. ; Law
    Abstract: The European Union and Renewable Energy Policies -- A Few Words on the Energy-related Considerations -- The Environment in Contemporary Constitutionalism -- The Italian Energy Transition in a Human Rights Perspective -- Beyond the Energy Transition and Towards a Just Transition -- Wind of Change: A Scandinavian Perspective on Energy Transition and the ‘Greenification’ of the Oil and Gas Sector -- Green Deal and Regionalisation -- Energy Auction in the European Union with Specific Reference to Member State Practice in Germany and France -- The Energy Transition and the Use of EU Funds in the Spanish and Italian Legal Systems -- State and Market in China’s Coal-to-Gas Transition -- Tendencies in Regulatory Framework of Renewable Energy in Russia -- Energy Ttransition and Latin-American Countries: example Cuba: Looking for Interconnections with Food Sovereignty -- Is there a Regional Approach to the Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa? -- Ineluctable Transnationalism, and the Regional Approach to the Energy Transition -- From Coal to Climate Change: An Australian Perspective on the Energy Transition -- A Comparative Analysis of Electricity Access Initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa.
    Abstract: The book"Regional Approaches to the Energy Transition", discusses the key challenges the energy transition is facing at the European and International level. It is an edited collection gathering contributions from the experts in the field bringing together internationally renowned scholars, researchers, EU officials to address the current trends in the energy transition and its dilemmas. The book places the energy transition in a wide interdisciplinary context. It looks at energy policies, legal framework, regional strategies and the difficulties in their implementation. It argues for a regional approach to the energy transition, questioning at the same time the strategies and measures put forward for its realisation. The subject matter is topical, considering recent themes that occupy global and European political agendas. In a nutshell, the volume offers insights into regional regulations, public policies and local practices on the use of clean energy. It looks first at the EU commitment and its initiatives providing some examples from the Member States. Furthermore, it offers a comparative perspective and discusses the different approaches to the energy transition from Latin America, China, Africa and Australia. It covers a wide range of topics such as the EU renewable energy policies, Green Deal and regionalisation, energy auctions in the EU, environment in contemporary constitutionalism, Human Rights considerations, the Scandinavian perspective, practical examples from Italy and Spain. Moreover, it also considers the global context, looking at State and Market in China's coal-to-gas transition, tendencies of legal regulation in the sphere of renewable energy in Russia, the energy transition in Latin-American countries, regional approach to the energy transition and electricity access initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, and transnationalism and the regional approach to the energy transition in Australia. The systematisation that this book offers and the exchange of good practices and experiences are useful tools for the key players to seriously engage with a just and sustainable energy transition. The proposed book is a reference and study material for academics and students, but also for the policy makers, officials and practitioners dealing with the energy transition. It provides some answers, potential solutions and alternatives to the main problems that the energy sector is facing worldwide.
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    ISBN: 9783031477768
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XVIII, 367 p. 96 illus., 58 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations
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    Keywords: Europe ; Comparative government. ; Economics. ; Social choice. ; World politics. ; Political science.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Genesis of the "European Idea" and its Early Implementation Efforts -- Chapter 3. From the Ruins of World War II to the Dawn of a New Europe (1945-1950) -- Chapter 4. From Schuman Declaration to the Establishment of the European Communities (1950-1958) -- Chapter 5. From Crisis to the Luxembourg Compromise: The Period of Stagnation (1958-1969) -- Chapter 6. From The Hague Conference to the Crises of the 1970s (1969-1979) -- Chapter 7. From Enlargement to the South to the Single European Act (1979-1986) -- Chapter 8. From the Single Market Goal to the Treaty on European Union (1986-1993) -- Chapter 9. From the Inception of the EU to the Amsterdam Treaty (1993-1999) -- Chapter 10. From the Treaty of Nice to the Fifth and Sixth Enlargements (1999-2007) -- Chapter 11. From the Lisbon Treaty to the Seventh Enlargement (2007-2013) -- Chapter 12. From Britain's EU Exit Referendum to the COVID-19 Pandemic (2014-2020).
    Abstract: This two-volume textbook teaches about the uniqueness and the difficulty of the European unification project. It describes, as clearly as possible, what Robert Schuman declared in 1950, that "... Europe will not be made all at once…". Navigating the nexus of four academic fields - political science, institutional analysis, economics, and history - the book serves as a reference work for accurate, exhaustive, and well-researched information on the creation and functioning of the European Union. Supported by numerous photographs, diagrams, maps, and sources, volume 1 sets out in a concise and readable way the European historical origins, the important steps in the creation of the European Union, and the treaties and historical events that have marked its course so far. Providing a comprehensive picture of the unification process and the functioning of this sui generis edifice of a united Europe, the book will serve as an essential textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying the subject of European integration, as well as a useful resource for a broader audience interested in the European integration process.
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    ISBN: 9783031172991
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(739 illus., 451 illus. in color. eReference.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
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    Keywords: Positive psychology. ; Quality of life. ; Economics.
    Abstract: “Community Accounts”: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada -- Aboriginal Community Well-Being Index -- Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Canada (APS) -- Accessibility -- Acquiescence Response Set -- Action Research -- Active Ageing and Personal Wellbeing Among Older Adults in Spain -- Active Citizenship -- Active Coping -- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) -- Activities of Daily Vision Scale -- Activity Assessment -- Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Adaptation-Level Theory -- Addiction Severity Index -- Addiction: An Overview -- Adolescent Health-Risk and Problem Behavior -- Adolescent Life Satisfaction Measurement -- Adolescent Substance Use -- Adolescents and Spirituality.
    Abstract: This 2nd edition is a definitive resource on issues pertaining to the full range of topics in scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-related quality of life research or also called patient-reported outcomes research. Altogether 500 new and updated entries appear in this new edition. This single, multidimensional reference work connects the most salient and important contributions to the relevant fields from the behavioral and social sciences as well as health and healthcare. New topics in this 2nd edition are on disabilities, religion/spirituality, sex, sports, politics, government, science, literature, performance and visual arts, environmental quality and sustainable development. The 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research is an indispensable reference point for future research and writing topics on quality of life.
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    ISBN: 9783031473203
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 271 p. 69 illus., 38 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Schools of economics. ; Economics ; Economics. ; Macroeconomics. ; Concordian economics ; Labor Policy ; Industrial Policy ; Monetary Policy ; History of economic thought ; Keynes ; Hayek ; Benjamin Franklin ; Henry George ; Louis D. Brandeis ; Louis O. Kelso ; History of economics ; Economic justice ; Somism ; Relationalism
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. An Overall View of Concordian Economics -- Chapter 3. Concordian Economics: Tools to Return Relevance to Economics -- Chapter 4. From the Revision of Keynes’ Model to Economics for Physicists and Ecologists -- Chapter 5. From the Logic of Mainstream Economics to the Logic of Concordian Economics -- Chapter 6. Preparing for Concordian Econometrics -- Chapter 7. The Economic Bubble and Its Measurement -- Chapter 8. The Moral Problem: The Free Rider Problem -- Chapter 9. Ethics in Concordian Economics: Economic Justice: The Economics of Morality -- Chapter 10. The Definition of Economic Rights and their Functions -- Chapter 11. From Four Rights to Four Policies -- Chapter 12. Somists: Beyond Individualists and Collectivists -- Chapter 13. Concordians: Beyond Capitalists and Socialists -- Chapter 14. From Rational Economics to Relational Economics.
    Abstract: This is the first part of a two-volume set on Concordian economics, a new paradigm whose core completes the Aristotelian-Aquinian project of economic justice. The book delves into the history of economics and presents Concordian economics as a response to the concerns and shortcomings of mainstream economics. Demand-side economics is represented in the process of consumption—the expenditure of monetary wealth to acquire real wealth and financial wealth of a different nature. In contrast, supply-side economics is represented in the production process, the process of producing real wealth, e.g. tables, chairs and foodstuffs. Institutionalists will also welcome this book because it ties the world of real wealth to that of monetary wealth through the process of distributing the value of ownership of both monetary and real wealth as they are created. The book begins with an introduction to Concordian economics, followed by a discussion of how to restore relevance to the field of economic studies. It also presents a revision of the Keynesian model designed to gradually address the major social, economic, and political causes of discord. Moreover, the author warns against the separation of economics from the world of physical things as well as the world of legal and moral issues. Following a discussion on the measurement of real wealth, econometrics is introduced in accordance with the categories of Concordian economics. Lastly, the book develops a theory of economic justice by defining a set of economic rights and responsibilities that guide economic behavior and policy. This book appeals to scholars and students of economics and related fields, as well as anyone interested in reintegrating economics into the social context.
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    ISBN: 9783031445149
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XX, 312 p.)
    Series Statement: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
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    Keywords: Africa ; Sustainability. ; Power resources. ; Economics. ; Investment and development ; African economies ; Infrastructure investment ; Local communities ; Energy transition ; EU transition plan ; Renewable Energy ; Energy Access ; Renewable Energy ; Energy Security
    Abstract: 1. Introduction - Africa’s Net Zero Transition -- 2. Global Investment and Development in Africa -- 3. Remedies to the Challenges of Renewable Energy Deployment in Africa -- 4. Influencing The Scale of Africa's Energy Transition -- 5. Technological Pathways to Net-Zero Goals in Africa -- 6. Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors in Africa -- 7. Impacts of Climate Change in Africa -- 8. Scenarios that Could Give Rise to an African Net-Zero Energy Transition -- 9. Africa’s Awakening to Climate Action.
    Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities for achieving a net-zero energy transition in Africa. With a focus on policy, technology, financing, and socio-political factors, the book presents four potential scenarios for a sustainable energy transition in the continent. The scenarios presented highlight the importance of balancing economic growth with environmental sustainability and social development. While foreign investments in renewable energy could be beneficial, they must be carefully monitored and regulated to prevent exploitation and ensure accountability. The book also emphasizes the need for collaboration and a calculated transition to ensure that all stakeholders are involved in the process. Additionally, the challenges of achieving self-sufficiency and export-free energy are discussed, with the importance of setting limitations and regulations to prevent a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency on foreign aid. With a deep understanding of Africa's environmental, socio-political, and socio-cultural complexities, “Africa's Path to Net-Zero” offers valuable insights for policymakers, investors, and anyone interested in promoting a sustainable energy future for the continent.
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    ISBN: 9783031249679
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 134 p. 6 illus.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 42
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Finance, Public. ; Political planning. ; Public health. ; evidence-based decision-making ; covid-19 lethality ; lockdown harms ; economic devastation ; public choice ; public interest ; vote maximizing
    Abstract: Introduction: Public Interest Explanations VS Public Choice Explanations -- Viral Mitigation: Weak Theoretical Underpinnings -- The World Stampeded: From Mass Hysteria to Prolonged Mass Hysteria -- Tradeoffs and Knock-on Effects -- Public Choice Theory: An Explanation of the Pandemic Policy Responses -- Epilogue: The Sound Scientific Grounds of Public Choice Theory.
    Abstract: This monograph evaluates public policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic through a public choice lens. The book compares two prominent, albeit mutually exclusive, theories in social sciences—public interest theory and public choice theory—and explores how their predictions perform within the framework of the Covid-19 pandemic. The chapters present different pandemic policies alongside empirical data in order to draw conclusions about their efficacy, and, in turn, draw conclusions about the veracity of each theory. By the end of the volume, the reader will be able to draw their own conclusions about whether the pandemic policy responses served the public interest, as public interest theory suggests, or the personal interests of the politicians who implemented them, as public choice theory holds.
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    ISBN: 9783031233241
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 242 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Schools of economics. ; Economics. ; Philosophy. ; Christianity. ; Economics. ; Economy of Francesco ; Pope Francis ; Commons ; Franciscan economic roots ; Ethics of care ; Moral sentiments ; Peace ; Purpose and profit ; Social choice ; Fides ; St. Francis of Assisi ; Inequality ; Sustainability ; Social businesses ; Private goods ; Workers-friendly economic system ; Alternative economics ; History of economics ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Economics and the Commons: History, Tragedies, and Some Exercises -- Chapter 2. Expanding the Notion of the Commons: Is Love the Greatest Commons in Which We Should Thrive? -- Chapter 3. Economics and the Ethics of Care -- Chapter 4. Economics and the Ethics of Care: A Response -- Chapter 5. Franciscan Wealth. The Roots of Franciscan Economic Thought -- Chapter 6. Franciscan Wealth. The Roots of Franciscan Economic Thought: a Comment -- Chapter 7. The Power of Purposeful Business -- Chapter 8. ‘Growing the Pie’ in a Catholic Social Thought Perspective -- Chapter 9. Generating Commons Makes Cities Alive -- Chapter 10. Preserving Our Commons: Call to Action -- Chapter 11. Winning Ideas: Lessons from Free-market Economics for the Economics of Francesco -- Chapter 12. Possible Paths to Follow in Francesco’s Economy. Based on the Analysis of Sabina Alkire and Agnus Richie and the Experiences Walked So Far -- Chapter 13. Moral Sentiments, Social choice and the Commons -- Chapter 14. Where Are “we” in the Economy? - Some Reflections on the Place of Moral Sentiments and the Commons in Redefining Economics -- Chapter 15. The Economy of Francesco and the Age of Sustainable Development -- Chapter 16. Gratuitousness -- Chapter 17. Peace, Faith, and Economy -- Chapter 18. Peace, Faith, and Economy. A Comment.
    Abstract: This book proposes a new approach to economics, starting from the commons and based on the Economy of Francesco (EoF), a worldwide movement of young people who aim to change the current economic models and working towards a fair, sustainable, and inclusive economic system. EoF was convened by Pope Francis and is inspired by the example of St. Francis of Assisi, featuring Franciscan economic roots and institutions, as well as theories of the social sciences. The authors raise and answer several important questions throughout the volume, such as: What if the economic courses taught in the universities across the globe focused their attention on the topics of the commons rather than on private goods? What if social businesses, rather than being considered as a hybrid form of businesses, became the normal approach, and ethical and green finance ruled over the standard financial sector? Is it possible to move away from the primacy of the consumers to the preeminence of ethical consumers who express their preferences for an inclusive, sustainable, and workers-friendly economic system with their daily choices? Using a unique approach, the book includes the contributions of prominent scholars which are integrated and discussed by young international scholars, providing a fresh analysis with a glance of hope for the future. The book is a must-read for students, scholars, and researchers of economics and related disciplines interested in alternatives to the current economic mainstream in general, and the Economy of Francesco in particular.
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    ISBN: 9783031443930
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 384 p. 21 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 43
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The political economy of lobbying
    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; Legislation. ; Political planning. ; Europe ; Welfare economics. ; Accountability ; Chinese Politics ; Corruption ; Economics ; European Union Politics ; Governance ; Lobbying ; Political Science ; Political Economy ; Public Choice ; Party donations ; Regulation ; Revolving door ; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics ; US Politics ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Background -- Chapter 2 Lobbying – A Public Choice Perspective -- Chapter 3 Lobbying from the Perspective of Behavioral Political Economy -- Chapter 4 Policy Failure and Lobbying -- Chapter 5 Lobbying and Macroeconomic Development -- Part II: Channels of Influence and their Regulation -- Chapter 6 Informational Lobbying -- Chapter 7 Campaign Finance -- Chapter 8 The Revolving Door Phenomenon -- Chapter 9 Politicians’ Extra-Parliamentary Activities and Lobbying -- Chapter 10 Lobbying through Gifts -- Chapter 11 Commercial Lobbying Firms: Lobbying as Business -- Chapter 12 The Evolution of Modern Democracy as a Process of Constitutional Lobbying -- Chapter 13 Lobbying and Trade Protection -- Part III: Lobbying in selected World Regions -- Chapter 14 Lobbying in the United States -- Chapter 15 Lobbying in the European Union -- Chapter 16 Lobbying in Russia -- Chapter 17 Lobbying in China.
    Abstract: Lobbying is not only the subject of ongoing, heated debates in politics and the public sphere but has also been a focus of the social sciences for decades. This edited volume provides an overview of the current state of research on lobbying from the perspective of Public Choice as a subfield of political science and economics. After a brief introduction to the field, Part I provides an overview of basic concepts and political-economic theories of lobbying from the standpoints of various subfields of Public Choice. Subsequently, Part II investigates the various channels used by interest groups to influence policymakers, such as party donations, informational lobbying, hiring politicians, etc. These chapters also discuss the possibilities and limits of regulating the respective channels. Lastly, Part III sheds light on lobbying in selected regions (i.e., the United States, European Union, Russia, and China). .
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    ISBN: 9783031439100
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 384 p. 84 illus.)
    Edition: 2nd ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Classroom Companion: Economics
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    Keywords: Mathematics. ; Economics. ; Finance, Public. ; Business. ; Management science. ; Game theory. ; Business Studies ; Economics ; Finance ; Management Science ; Mathematical Techniques ; Quantitative Methods ; Linear Optimization ; Optimization ; Lehrbuch
    Abstract: Based on over 15 years’ experience in the design and delivery of successful first-year courses, this book equips undergraduates with the mathematical skills required for degree courses in economics, finance, management, and business studies. The book starts with a summary of basic skills and takes its readers as far as constrained optimisation helping them to become confident and competent in the use of mathematical tools and techniques that can be applied to a range of problems in economics and finance. Designed as both a course text and a handbook, the book assumes little prior mathematical knowledge beyond elementary algebra and is therefore suitable for students returning to mathematics after a long break. The fundamental ideas are described in the simplest mathematical terms, highlighting threads of common mathematical theory in the various topics. Features of the book include: a systematic approach: ideas are touched upon, introduced gradually and then consolidated through the use of illustrative examples; several entry points to accommodate differing mathematical backgrounds; numerous problems, with full solutions, and exercises to illustrate the theory and applications; key learning objectives and self-assessment questions provided for each chapter; full solutions to exercises, available to lecturers via the web. Vass Mavron is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Aberystwyth University. Tim Phillips is Professor of Applied Mathematics in the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University.
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    ISBN: 9783031309267
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 170 p. 71 illus., 53 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 683
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    Keywords: Engineering—Data processing. ; Computational intelligence. ; Economics. ; Engineering
    Abstract: Numerical Integration and Numerical Solution of Differential Equations in the MatLab Digital Computing Environment -- Creation of an Intelligent Automated Business Process Management System through Speech and Dialogue Design Patterns -- Development of Numerical Methods for Reducing Stresses in Blades of Academic Turbine under the Influence of Aerodynamic Loads -- Assessment of the Impact of Technological Trends on Business Activities in the Context of Digital Transformation of Industry.
    Abstract: This book covers the II International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital and Information Technologies in Economics and Management" (DITEM2022), which was held on November 21–23, 2022. The conference addressed issues of information, digital and intellectual technologies in economics and management. A distinctive feature of the conference is that it presented reports of authors from China, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Angola, Kazakhstan, India and Russia. Researchers from different countries presented the process of transition of economic activities to the information and digital path of development and presented the main directions and developments that can improve the efficiency and development of the economy and management. The materials of the conference may be useful to state and regional authorities, international and supranational organizations, the scientific and professional community.
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    ISBN: 9783031277856
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 296 p. 39 illus., 33 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Consequences of Social Transformation for Economic Theory
    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Schools of economics. ; Evolutionary economics. ; Institutional economics. ; Economics. ; Economics. ; Institutional Economics ; Evolutionary Economics ; History of Economic Thought ; Behavioral Economics ; Experimental Economics ; Heterodox Economics ; Economic shocks ; Neoclassical Economics ; Keynesian Economics ; Sustainable development ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory ; Economic history ; Economic theory & philosophy ; Economics ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions ; Political economy ; Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie ; Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie ; Konferenzschrift
    Abstract: 1. Editorial: Consequences of Social Transformation for Economic Theory -- 2. A Survey on Business Cycles: History, Theory and Empirical Findings -- 3. Implementation of the Evolutionary-Genetic Methodology in the Mechanisms of Synthesis of Economic Theory -- 4. Synthesis of Mainstream and Political Economy as an Emerge from the Economic Theory Crisis -- 5. Dynamic Interaction Between Human Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth -- 6. Economic Resilience Determinants Under Shocks of Different Origins -- 7. The Significance of Higher Education Adaptation Reforms for Russia’s Economic Growth -- 8. Impact of the Duration of Compulsory Education on Economic Growth and Welfare -- 9. Efficiency of Institutions and Economic Agents from Transaction Costs Perspective -- 10. Changing Growth Patterns of the Spanish Economy Attributable to the Consulting Sector in Context of Uncertainty -- 11. Institutional Aspect of Assessing the Impact of Property Rights Protection on Economic Security -- 12. Problems of a Comprehensive Assessment of the Socially Significant Investment Projects amid a Pandemic -- 13. Consumer Equilibrium Conditions in the Cardinal vs. Ordinal Approaches: Any Difference? -- 14. The Role of Social Networks in Shaping Up the Consumer Behavior of Young People -- 15. The Impact of Internet Content Regulation Policies on the Promotion of Targeted Consumer Behavior -- 16. The Influence of the Consumer Society on the Education System -- 17. The Role of Education-Based Migration in the Country's Economic Development -- 18. Effects of Longevity on Changes in Returns to Education, Human Capital, and Economic Growth -- 19. The Role of Open Innovation in Governmental Sustainability. .
    Abstract: This book presents selected papers of the Euro-Asian Symposium on Economic Theory, held by the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Ekaterinburg, Russia) on June 29-30, 2022. The conference aims to promote research and develop effective solutions to urgent challenges in economic theory in the context of stability and uncertainty. The main theme of the 2022 Conference is the "Viability of Economic Theories". The chaos of the modern world forces us to rethink many theoretical positions. Researchers are trying to overcome the contradictions between theory and empiricism through new models, mechanisms and approaches. The challenges of recent social change have led to an adjustment in the perception, interpretation, and use of many concepts, necessitating an updating of these terms. The problems and contradictions identified in the studies will help to reconcile theoretical approaches with practice. The volume covers topics such as sustainable development issues, economic shocks in the history of economic thought, modern economic concepts of identity, theory of organizations under uncertainty, review of economic theories with the "Corona crisis," models of consumer behavior, business cycles, theory of investment, issues of economic growth and market equilibrium, impact of social factors on the sustainability of the economy, etc. Moveover, the volume presents new solutions for the synthesis of mainstream and political economy ideas. These topics will be of great interest to academics, researchers and practitioners.
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    ISBN: 9783031246012
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 272 p. 48 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in the History of Economic Thought
    Uniform Title: Die politische Ökonomie von Friedrich List
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    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Economic history. ; Economics. ; Economics. ; List's economic theory ; social market economy ; History of economic thought ; economic history ; Democracy ; War and peace ; Slavery ; Development politics ; World economy ; German economics ; Friedrich List ; List, Friedrich 1789-1846 ; Politische Ökonomie ; List, Friedrich 1789-1846 ; Politische Ökonomie
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Biographical outline of List's life and work -- Chapter 2. The systematic positioning of List's economic theory -- Chapter 3. The distinction between List's economic theory and other economic systems -- Chapter 4. Friedrich List - Mastermind of the social market economy -- Chapter 5. Ethical roots of List's economic theory -- Chapter 6. Plea to mix different ethnic groups -- Chapter 7. The morning star of civil liberty -- Chapter 8. Friedrich List's understanding of democracy -- Chapter 9. War and Peace -- Chapter 10. Friedrich List's opinion on slavery -- Chapter 11. The petition to the Federal Assembly - a German "Place of Remembrance" -- Chapter 12. The labour and exchange value theory as well as the money theory of Friedrich List -- Chapter 13. Friedrich List - An economist with vision -- Chapter 14. Opinion about Russia, especially about its ambition for power and its expansionist policy -- Chapter 15. The transformation of Friedrich List's theory of state and economy to Georgia - a model experiment -- Chapter 16. Friedrich List and European Integration -- Chapter 17. How would Friedrich List comment on Brexit? -- Chapter 18. For the emancipation of Jews and against anti-Semitism -- Chapter 19. Broad development policy guidelines -- Chapter 20. Current and future core problems of the world economy -- Chapter 21. Epilogue.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive assessment of Friedrich List's economic and political thinking. It starts with a systematic positioning of List`s economic theory as well as a differentiation from other economic systems. Furthermore, it examines the ethical sources of List`s theory, as well as List`s geopolitical, technical and economic visions. The author also introduces List as the pre-thinker of social market economy and discusses his ideas on European integration, development politics and List’s assessment of the main problems of the modern world economy. The book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of economic thought and economic history, as well as anyone interested in the life and work of the German economist Friedrich List (1789-1846). This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.
    Note: Translation from the German language edition: "Die Politische Ökonomie von Friedrich List" by Eugen Wendler, © The publisher 2020. Published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH
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    ISBN: 9783031387081
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VII, 209 p. 13 illus., 10 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; Finance. ; Economic policy. ; Econometrics. ; Economics. ; geopolitical economics ; monetary economics ; quantitative economics ; economic growth ; legal framework and economic system ; financial technologies ; monetary reform ; Econophysics ; artificial intelligence ; digitization ; derivatives ; cryptocurrencies ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction (Paolo Savona) -- Chapter 2. Economics and money: political and epistemological perspectives of connecting and fault lines. A fil rouge from Keynes to digitization (Rainer Stefano Masera) -- Chapter 3. The Great Repricing: Central Banks and the World Economy (Mervyn Allister King) -- Chapter 4. How Elastic Money Should Be: Flexible Monetary Policy Rules from the Great Moderation to the New Normal Times (1993-2023) (Donato Masciandaro) -- Chapter 5. The universal language of economics: où-logòs or éu-logòs (Monika Poettinger) -- Chapter 6. Predictive methods in economics: the link between Econophysics and Artificial Intelligence (Antonio Simeone) -- Chapter 7. The adoption of digital euro and perspective (Francesco Capriglione) -- Chapter 8. The karst phenomena of the law in action (Marco Rossi) -- Chapter 9. Technological innovations: A new Model of Geopolitical Digital relations: from Welfare to Warfare? (Fabio Vanorio) -- Chapter 10. Concluding remarks. Is it possible to return to a "normalization" of monetary policy? (Jan Allen Kregel).
    Abstract: In light of the pickup of inflation at the end of 2021 and monetary policy shifts by the world's major central banks, this book examines interrelated issues in the normalization of monetary policy. It covers topics including the role of technological innovations such as derivatives and cryptocurrencies in monetary and financial management, the role of monetary policy in financial crises (especially public debt), and the major repricing needed for central banks and the global economy. In addition, the book discusses the problem of how flexible money should be and the importance of predictive tools for these decisions, with attention to the advances of languages for scientific research, including those on the workings of the economy. The work addresses the geopolitical and social challenges that have arisen as a result of the invasiveness of monetary policy in its various manifestations in the context of major leading currencies. It is aimed at scholars and students of monetary and financial economics.
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    ISBN: 9783031147104
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(IX, 284 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy 40
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    Keywords: Ethics. ; Economics. ; Business. ; Management science.
    Abstract: Part 1 – Responsible Research & Innovation as EU policy -- Chapter 1: The drama of Responsible Research and Innovation: the ups and downs of a policy concept -- Chapter 2: The Institutionalisation of a New Paradigm at Policy Level -- Chapter 3: Democratic Experimentation with Responsibility: A Pragmatist Approach to RRI -- Chapter 4: Cultural particularities and its role in the “innovation divide”: A closer look at the origins of “Spreading Excellence and Widening Participation” -- Chapter 5: Joining forces – staying unique: Adapting RRI to different research and innovation funding agency contexts -- Part 2 - Public Engagement for Responsible Research & Innovation -- Chapter 6: Public engagement in the tradition of participatory approaches - an approximation -- Chapter 7: Social Labs in Public Engagement Processes for RRI -- Chapter 8: Exploring the ambivalent nature of diversity in social experimental settings: First insights from social labs established to promote Responsible Research and Innovation -- Chapter 9: Engaging stakeholders by implementing RRI in the Social Lab Process – A Single Case Study -- Part 3 - Governance of Responsible Research & Innovation -- Chapter 10: Implementing Responsible Research and Innovation: From New Public Management to New Public Governance -- Chapter 11: STAKEHOLDERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE -- Chapter 12: Managing the responsibilities of doing good and avoiding harm in sustainability-orientated innovations: Example from agri-tech start-ups in the Netherlands -- Chapter 13: Conclusion: Implementation of Responsible Research and Innovation by social labs. Lessons from the micro-, meso- and macro perspective.Part 2 – Understanding Responsibility in Research and Innovation -- Part 3 – Future of Responsibility in Research and Innovation -- Conclusions -- index.
    Abstract: This Open Access book builds on the experiences of one of the largest European projects in the domain of responsible Research and Innovation: NewHoRRIzon. It highlights the potential of and opportunity in responsible R&I to conduct innovation in a socially responsible way. Employing the methodology of Social Labs, the book analyses responsible R&I from an experience-based viewpoint and further explores the application of responsible R&I beyond scholarly and industrial interests. The contributors analyze the current European R&I landscape, provide reflection and reconceptualization of its core concepts, and project future challenges in relation to responsible R&I. The book complements the readers' line of work by providing insights on how responsible R&I can be applied by the audience, for example, in their decision-making processes. .
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    ISBN: 9783031203282
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 830 p. 69 illus., 53 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Keywords: Europe—Economic conditions. ; International economic relations. ; Economics. ; International business enterprises. ; Europe ; International economics ; Global business environment ; Economic growth ; Economic systems ; international trade ; Globalization ; Multinational enterprises ; Global value chains ; International knowledge transfer ; International capital markets ; Fourth industrial revolution ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Weltwirtschaft ; Wirtschaftsbeziehungen ; Multinationales Unternehmen
    Abstract: Part I. World and Global Economy -- Chapter 1. World and Global Economy, Global Business Environment and International Business: Nature, Formation, and Structure -- Chapter 2. Concepts and Theories of Global Economy -- Chapter 3. World Economy: Growth, Proportions, Efficiency, and Forecasting -- Chapter 4. World Economy Major Trends: New Normal, the Forth Industrial Revolution, Globalization, Sustainable Development -- Chapter 5. World Economy Major Trends: Evolution of National Economic Systems -- Chapter 6. World Economy Major Trends: International Economic Integration -- Chapter 7. Resources of World Economy: Human Capital -- Chapter 8. Resources of World Economy: Real Capital -- Chapter 9. Resources of World Economy: Financial Capital -- Chapter 10. Resources of World Economy: Natural Resources -- Chapter 11. Global Challenges: Environment -- Chapter 12. Global Challenges: Backwardness and Modernization.
    Abstract: This textbook offers a comprehensive picture of the world economy, the global business environment, and international business. The book is divided into three parts, the first of which introduces readers to the essentials of the world economy, including its typology, key concepts and theories, the dynamics of the world economy, and key actors and institutions. It also addresses macroeconomic and financial indicators for economic growth and forecasting and discusses major modern trends and problems, such as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, patterns of globalization, shifts in global economic power, and developmental, social and environmental challenges. In turn, the second part focuses on the global business environments, presenting country and regional studies. The third part addresses macro and micro aspects of international business, featuring contributions on topics such as global economic governance, global capital flows, multinational corporations, global value chains, international trade and its regulation and practice, international knowledge transfer, international labor migration as well as foreign aid, external debt, and business culture in international business.
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    ISBN: 9783031362903
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 353 p. 12 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Marxian economics. ; Economics. ; Economics. ; Marxist economics ; Marxist economic theory ; Heterodox economics ; Capitalism ; Labor theory of value ; Planned economy ; Economic systems ; Communism ; Post-Communism ; Socialism ; Surplus product ; Consumption funds ; Proletariat ; Chinese socialism ; Economic transformation of the USSR
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Socialism Collapsed Regardless Of How Long The Progressive Society “Built” It! -- Chapter 2. Marxist Perspective on the Capitalist Economy -- Chapter 3. Capitalism’s Contradictions and Reasons of Its Collapse -- Chapter 4. Theoretical Socialism or the First Phase of Communism -- Chapter 5. Communism as the Higher Phase of Communist Society -- Chapter 6. Economic Contradictions of Socialism -- Chapter 7. Socialist System in the 20th Century -- Chapter 8. Administrative Cycles in the Soviet Union -- Chapter 9. Disadvantages of Soviet Economic Model -- Chapter 10. Socialism with Chinese Characteristics -- Chapter 11. Back to the Future -- Chapter 12. Transformation of Socialist Countries. Market Socialism in China -- Chapter 13. The Economic Transformation of the USSR -- Chapter 14. The Dissolution of the Soviet Union -- Chapter 15. Wrecks of Socialism.
    Abstract: This book explains the inherent contradictions of Marxist economic theory and how they became apparent when the theory was applied in practice. It introduces the main theories and authors of Marxist economic thought, explores its implementation in the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, and offers a comparative analysis of the main distinctive features of socialist and capitalist economic systems. In turn, the book provides answers to the following questions: What has happened to the "socialist reality" and why has it become unacceptable for society? What are the causes of the collapse of the socialist economic system? This book appeals to scholars and students of economics and anyone interested in Marxist economic thinking and the practice of socialism.
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    ISBN: 9783031394584
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXI, 148 p.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Public Choice 44
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Political science. ; entangled political economy ; vulnerability of liberalism ; civic republicanism ; logical and non-logical environments ; Hume ; Pareto ; Machiavelli ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction Meg Tuszynski -- Beneficial vs. Problematic Entanglement: A Taxonomy-Rosolino Candela -- Can Classical Liberalism Transcend the Distinction Between Reason and Sentiment?-Dave Hebert -- Mr. President, Tear Down This Fence-Jim Caton -- Community and Reason in a Pluralistic World-Laurent Dobuzinskis -- Nonideal Fairness: Searching for a Pragmatically Virtuous Entanglement-Kevin Vallier.-Trust, Polarization, and Affective Looping: The Emotional Decay of Liberalism-Vlad Tarko -- Economic efficiency and moral values-Giampaolo Garzarelli -- Duality, Liberty, and Realism in Entangled Political Economy.
    Abstract: This edited volume explores the tension between reason and sentiment in democracies and its contribution to the decline of liberalism. Bringing together classical liberal scholars with a deep knowledge of public choice ideas, the chapters delve into this tension from a variety of perspectives. Building on the principle of entangled political economy, as articulated by Richard E. Wagner, this volume engages with new facets of the relationship between choice and consequence and their implications for democratic politics. Advocating for a reframing of public choice theory as compatible with civic republicanism, this volume will be of interest to students and scholars of public choice, political economy, political theory, governance, and economic policy.
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    ISBN: 9783031293986
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 313 p. 56 illus.)
    Series Statement: Studies in Choice and Welfare
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    Keywords: Social choice. ; Welfare economics. ; Microeconomics. ; Econometrics. ; Economics. ; axiomatic method ; normative economics ; social choice ; welfare economics ; social welfare ; social design ; political economy ; mechanism design ; economic theory
    Abstract: I Preliminaries: Introduction -- Abstract Social Choiuce Problems and Concrete Resource Allocation Problems -- Describing an Allocation Problem: a Checklist -- II Axiom Types: Axiom Format -- Axiom Content: Delineating Broad Categories -- Axiom Content: Punctual Requirements on Welfare Distribution -- Axiom Content: Solidarity Underlying Relational Requirements on Welfare Redistribution -- Axiom Content: Robustness to Choices of Perspective in Evaluating Changes -- Axiom Content: Robustness to Strategizing -- III Working with Axioms: Parameterizing Axioms, Operators on Spaces of Rules -- Characterizations and Impossibilities -- Conducting Axiomatic Work: a User's Guide -- Complements to the Axiomatic Method in Economic Design -- Appendix: Problem Types -- Index. .
    Abstract: This textbook is Volume 1 of a two-volume set on the axiomatics of economic design. Its central argument is that economic institutions are not God-given: they are man-made. Their ultimate goal is to promote social welfare. The book describes the axiomatic approach to design. It consists in the formulation of criteria of desirability of solution mappings, and of the examination of their logical implications when imposed in various combinations. Its goal is to identify as precisely as possible the line that separates those combinations of desiderata that are compatible and those that are not. The end product of axiomatic work are menus of choices for practitioners to choose from when they have to make a decision. The first volume offers pedagogical coverage of the axiomatic approach to economic design, in the form of answers to questions posed by a young person curious about it. It introduces readers to what motivates economic design. It continues with the mathematical representation of a class of allocation problems. The bulk of the volume is to present structured inventories of the field of axioms, arranged by format first, and content next. These chapters are followed by a user's manual on the axiomatic method. Lastly, the volume discusses how economic design can be aided by other disciplines, in particular philosophy, mathematics, and computer science.
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    ISBN: 9783031084621
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 303 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy 62
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    Keywords: Religion—Philosophy. ; Business ethics. ; Economics. ; Human rights. ; Social choice. ; Welfare economics. ; Religion
    Abstract: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Markets, ethics and religion – an introduction (Niels Kærgård) -- Part I: Economics of the market -- Chapter 2. The markets in economics: Behavioral Assumptions and value judgment (Agnar Sandmo) -- Chapter 3. The importance of market failure (Peder Andersen) -- Chapter 4. Income distribution, the market and unequal income distribution (Hans Aage) -- Chapter 5. Economics of Good and Evil (Tomas Sedlacek) -- Chapter 6. Happiness, market and economy (Peder J. Pedersen) -- Chapter 7. Scientific truth, science bubbles and the market (Vincent F. Hendricks) -- Part II: Religion and the market -- Chapter 8. Theology of money: Rationalisation and spiritual goods (Philip Goodchild) -- Chapter 9. Religion, politics and moral in recent Denmark (Peter Lüchau) -- Chapter 10. Lutheran social ethics (Svend Andersen) -- Chapter 11. Two Bishops on the ethics of the market economy (Niels Kærgård) -- Chapter 12. The problem of loan interest for Luther and the Danish Reformers (Martin Schwartz Lausten) -- Chapter 13. Catholic Social Teaching - The Church's 'best kept secret’ (Else Britt Nilsen) -- Chapter 14. Islamic attitude to markets, interest rate and social questions -- Part III: The limitation of the market: Some cases -- Chapter 15. Trade with human eggs, blood and organs (Kirsten Halsnæs) -- Chapter 16. Animals, animal welfare and the market -- Chapter 17. Gender, sex and the market – Can sex be a service like any others? (Hanne Petersen) -- Chapter 18. Income distribution, Lutheran Christianity and the Danish welfare state (Jørn Henrik Petersen) -- Chapter 19. The Danish society’s common values (Ove Korsgaard) -- Chapter 20. Ethics, religion and corporate social responsibility (Jacob Dahl Rendtorff) -- Chapter 21. Taboos, Religion and economic rationality (Niels Kærgård).
    Abstract: This book deals with the basic question of what money can and cannot buy and offers an analysis of the limitations of the market mechanism. Few concepts are as controversial as religion and the market mechanism. Some consider religion to be in conflict with a modern rational scientific view of life, and thus as a contributory cause of harsh conflicts and a barrier to human happiness. Others consider religious beliefs as the foundation for ethics and decent behaviour. Similar, a number of neoliberal writers acclaimed the market mechanism as one of the greatest triumphs of the human mind, and saw it as the main reason why rich countries became rich. Others are extremely skeptical and stress how this mechanism has result in big multinational firms with powerfully rich owners and masses of poor low-paid workers. Researchers from various fields - economists, social scientists, theologians and philosophers - handle these questions very differently, applying different methods and different ideals. This book offers a synthesis of the different viewpoints. It deals with economists’, theologians’ and philosophers’ differing thoughts about the market and its limitations. .
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    ISBN: 9783031216343
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 57 p. 2 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Geography
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    Keywords: Economic geography. ; Economics. ; Security, International. ; Production management.
    Abstract: Chapter1. Introduction -- Chapter2. Maritime Security – Call of the Seas -- Chapter3. Jurisdictional Issues of the Seas -- Chapter4. Coastal and Port Security -- Chapter5. Blue Economy and Smart Sea Transport Systems -- Chapter6. Towards a Sustainable Global Growth -- Chapter7. Maritime Clusters -- Chapter8. Public Private Partnerships and Port- Land Interface Projects -- Chapter9. The Pandemic, the Blue Economy and the Way Forward.
    Abstract: Focusing on maritime security, this book discusses Blue Economy and Smart sea transport systems in the context of the Indian Ocean rim countries and the multifaceted challenges that they are likely to face while attempting to develop such systems. It introduces Blue Economy as a concept with an emphasis on lower costs, reduced waste, greater efficiency, and value addition in all services associated with the near and deep oceans, with the establishment of Smart sea transport systems as the adaptive response in a global trade system. It highlights the roles of maritime security in politics, economics, and environmental management issues that constitute the challenges of achieving such goals. In this regard, the authors approach the issues from the institutional perspective to examine ways in which relevant transport and supply chain stakeholders can collaborate to build secure, resilient global systems of maritime trade. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in marine policy and global supply chains, especially in maritime security, its impacts and risks on transport and supply chain infrastructures, and the related socioeconomic activities likely to be affected. Readers will gain insight into the effective ways to adapt to such risks and how to benefit from the generated opportunities on transport, supply chains, and the global economy. Also, it is an ideal companion to policymakers and practitioners who are eager to learn about the dynamics between maritime security and Blue Economy which, in turn, enhances the quality of strategic planning, policies, and practices in addressing these issues. Finally, it inspires researchers and postgraduate students to conduct innovative research on this topic.
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    ISBN: 9783031262081
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (X, 402 p. 110 illus., 93 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economics—History. ; Intellectual life—History. ; Economic history. ; Economics. ; Economics. ; Intellectual life ; History of Economics ; Physics and Economics ; Thermodynamics and Economics ; Order ; Utility ; Information and Entropy ; Entropy ; Decarbonization ; Wealth ; Labor ; Exergy ; Climate change ; Wirtschaftswissenschaften ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Entwicklung
    Abstract: 1. From pre-history to the Crusades -- 2. From the Crusades to the Renaissance -- 3. The Protestant work ethic and the rise of capitalism as Gods work -- 4. The Enlightenment: From Leonardo to Galileo -- 5. The rise of the East India Trading Companies -- 6. The “glorious revolution” and the BoE -- 7. Laissez-Faire and John Law’s premature invention of “futures” -- 8. Classical economics as moral philosophy -- 9. Bentham and utilitarianism -- 10. The rise of physics: from Newton to Einstein -- 11. Energetics -- 12. Evolutionary theory and genetics -- 13. Entropy, exergy, information and complexity -- 14. The “marginal revolution” in Economics -- 15. Socialism and the Welfare State -- 16. Keynes v. Hayek and the monetarists -- 17. The future of economics and the economics of the future.
    Abstract: The purpose of this book is three-fold. The first purpose is to posit that the fundamental substance of the universe is energy, and that energy is required (consumed) for any material transformation, or information transmission. The labor theory of value, articulated by the physiocrats and elaborated by Adam Smith, David Ricardo, J.B. Say and Karl Marx was a rough first approximation of the value creation process, in the 17th and 18th centuries, but is now obsolete. Labor is now (mostly) performed by machines, not by humans (or animals). The second aim of the book is to argue that the economy is a living (open) system -- an “island of order” –that exists far from both thermodynamic and economic equilibrium. Order is achieved by dissipating a flux of exergy. Economists frequently emphasize the equilibrium assumption, introduced originally by Leon Walras in 1854. But in reality, biological systems and human social systems are dissipative cycles, far from both thermodynamic equilibrium, and economic equilibrium, yet stable and capable of evolution, driven by the solar exergy flux. The third aim of the book is to re-emphasize, that – being open – the economic system cannot be regarded as a collection of individual competitive utility-maximizing transactions. There are, increasingly, important possibilities for cooperation instead of competition. Moreover third party effects, both “bads” (externalities) and the “public good” (happiness) – need to be incorporated into the socio-economic decision making process.
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    ISBN: 9783031392108
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 207 p.)
    Series Statement: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences 26
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Origins and change of the social market economy
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    Keywords: Economics ; Economic policy. ; Social policy. ; Economics. ; World politics. ; German political history ; Wilhelm Röpke ; Walter Eucken ; Social Market Economy doctrine ; Ordoliberalism ; Alfred Müller-Armack ; Franz Böhm ; Keynesianism ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Introduction -- Origins and Change in the Concept of Social Market Economy -- The end of laissez-faire“ – Keynes and Ordoliberalism -- The end of laissez-faire -- Wilhelm Röpke’s ecological Social Market Economy -- Goetz Briefs’ socially tempered capitalism -- Health Policies in the Social Market Economy -- The Muthesius Circle: Financial Journalism in the 1950s -- Social Market Economy and Human Rights – A Global Perspective -- The ownership concept in the “Socialist” Political Economy.
    Abstract: This edited volume addresses the theoretical and historical foundations of the German Social Market Economy. Written to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Social Market Economy, chapter contributions discuss the ideas of its theoretical founders—Walter Eucken, Alfred Müller-Armack, Wilhelm Röpke, and Franz Böhm--as well as related influences such as Ordoliberalism, the historical school of economics, and the Catholic social doctrine. In addition, chapters analyze differences and parallels to alternative policy concepts, in particular Keynesianism. Finally, the volume turns toward contemporary discussions of the Social Market Economy in the present political and economic context, specifically its ability to cope with current challenges. Providing rich context for the establishment of Germany’s contemporary economic system, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of political, social and economic systems, the history of economic thought, and political history.
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    ISBN: 9783031296246
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 246 p. 26 illus., 24 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Regional Science
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    Keywords: Regional economics. ; Spatial economics. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Cultural and Creative Industries ; Regional Science ; Regional Economics ; Creativity ; Innovation ; Agglomeration Economies ; Regional Growth ; Regional Resilience
    Abstract: The rise of CCIs: setting the scene -- In pursuit of creativity in CCIs -- An original framework for the identification of creativity in CCIs -- Location behaviours of CCIs: towards new research trajectories -- Where is creativity? Data and methodology to measure CCIs across EU regions -- Location of CCIs: innovation and filière behind the scenes -- The role of CCIs for local development in Europe -- CCIs and local development: the role of creativity generation -- Creativity where and why. Results, policy implications, and future challenges.
    Abstract: This book explores the role of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as drivers of local economic development. More specifically, it builds on two novel perspectives in order to interpret the phenomenon. First, despite the general recognition that CCIs are innovative economic actors, their creative output is heterogeneous, as CCIs consist of extremely diverse industries, and the concept of innovation differs from sector to sector. Second, CCIs’ creativity is locally rooted, as the context provides innovative inputs for the development of creative ideas, binding creativity with well-established theories of the regional innovation literature. The book explores these new perspectives through a novel database on CCIs’ innovation at a fine industrial and regional scale. Building on these two ideas, the book is subdivided into three parts. In the first, a novel definition of creativity in CCIs is developed in which its heterogeneity and place-based nature are at the core. In turn, the second part addresses the phenomenon of localization choices in CCIs, highlighting their heterogeneous innovativeness and the filière which they belong to as key dimensions for the analysis. In the third part, the impact of CCIs on economic growth is explored. This book offers new evidence on the conditions under which CCIs cluster in space and stimulate development. It appeals to scholars in regional science, cultural economics and related fields, as well as policymakers and practitioners working in the cultural and creative industries.
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    ISBN: 9783031334610
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VIII, 117 p. 20 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2023.
    Series Statement: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control 222
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    Keywords: Computational intelligence. ; Artificial intelligence. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Companies and artificial intelligence: an example of clustering with Orange -- The long-term entreprise.-Artificial Intelligence and Didactics: New Tools -- The role of Artificial Intelligence for the improvement and management of Global Value Chains -- Decision Making and E-democracy: Archimede a Tools to Support the Data-Driven Process -- Deepfake: creation, purpose, risks -- The use of Artificial Intelligence in the decision-making processes of the Public Administration: regulations and executive practice - the case of the Italian Public Administration -- AI, Competition and Antitrust Policies -- The formation of the homo and of the ecological space -- For an intangible urban planning. Culture as an engine for development .
    Abstract: The book aims to deal with the main advances in the study of artificial intelligence, the digital and circular economy, and innovation from a multidisciplinary perspective. Whoever governs the artificial intelligence will hold the keys to the world and the future. This book explains the growing role of artificial intelligence in our lives and the need to understand its mechanisms. The book presents original research articles addressing various aspects of artificial intelligence applied to economics, law, management, and optimization. The topics discussed include economics, territorial policies, law, resource allocation strategies, information technology, and learning for inclusion. Combining the input of contributing professors and researchers from Italian and other foreign universities, the book is of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners, as well as members of the public in general, interested in the world of the artificial intelligence and economics.
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    ISBN: 9783031406515
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 181 p. 73 illus., 70 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Political science. ; Business. ; Management science. ; PhD project ; PhD students ; PhD skills ; Academic skills ; Skills development ; Academic development plan ; Personal growth process ; Personal academic development plan ; Managing Graduate School ; Graduate Student Guide ; Guide for PhD Students ; Planning a PhD Thesis ; Academic Talent Development ; Presentation skills ; Time management ; Organizing PhD Work
    Abstract: Academic Talent Development -- Research Skills -- Collaboration Skills -- Writing Skills -- Presentation Skills -- Time Management Skills -- Persistence Skills -- Making It Work.
    Abstract: Are you a current or aspiring Ph.D. student determined to overcome the challenges that lie ahead? Do not let statistics discourage you, because this comprehensive guide is here to help you defy the odds and reach the pinnacle of academic achievement. With failure rates hovering between 40% and 50%, it is crucial to equip yourself with the right skills to ensure your success. In this book, you will embark on a transformative journey toward becoming a confident and accomplished scholar. This book takes a meticulous approach, addressing the six essential skills every Ph.D. student must possess: research, writing, presentation, time management, persistence, and collaboration. Each chapter delves into the significance of these skills within the Ph.D. process, explores the necessary competences, and provides practical strategies for their acquisition. Armed with numerous tips, tricks, and actionable advice, this invaluable resource empowers you to optimize your performance throughout your Ph.D. journey. Within these pages, you will discover how to assess your current skill set, identify areas for improvement, and develop a personalized academic development plan. With the aid of many informative figures and tables, you will find quick and easy access to expert guidance. Do not let uncertainty and self-doubt hinder your progress. “Unlocking PhD Success” is your roadmap to triumph, supporting you every step of the way as you conquer the challenges of doctoral studies. Embrace this book as your trusted companion, and unlock your full potential as an exceptional Ph.D. candidate.
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    ISBN: 9783031232572
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 379 p. 33 illus., 27 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Schools of economics. ; Power resources. ; Economic development. ; Economics. ; Development economics. ; Economic policy. ; Inequality ; Economic crisis ; Climate change ; Sustainability ; Agriculture ; Green new deal ; Resource depletion ; Health crisis ; Pandemic ; Covid-19 ; Great reset ; Degrowth ; Industrial policy ; Smart cities ; Finance-driven capitalism ; Income poverty ; Artificial intelligence ; Technological change ; Solidarity economy ; Inclusive economy ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory ; Development economics & emerging economies ; Economic growth ; Economic theory & philosophy ; Energiewirtschaft und Versorgungsunternehmen ; Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer ; Environmental economics ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions ; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy ; Political economy ; Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie ; Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Current Problems of the World Economy -- Chapter 1. End of Endless Growth Regime: Accumulation and Technology -- Chapter 2. Energy, Economic Growth, and Ecological Collapse -- Chapter 3. Agriculture and Food Problems and Solutions: Challenges and Capacity of the Capitalist System in the 21st Century -- Chapter 4. Financialization and Finance-Driven Capitalism -- Chapter 5. Income Inequality, Household Debt, and Financial Crises -- Chapter 6. Health Crisis, Income Poverty and Public Policies in the World -- Chapter 7. Trade Wars and the Changing Balance of Power -- Chapter 8. On Economic Security and the Political Economy of Neocolonialist Capitalism: The Case of France and Niger’s Uranium Resources -- Chapter 9. Political Crises of Capitalism -- Part II. Quest for Rebuilding the Capitalism -- Chapter 10. Artificial Intelligence, Technological Change, and the Future of Capitalism -- Chapter 11. Endless Growth Regime: The Role of Elasticity of Substitution and Extraordinary Economy Policies -- Chapter 12. Covid-19: An Assessment in the Context of its Economic Impacts and Market-State Relationship -- Chapter 13. Great Reset -- Chapter 14. Degrowth Strategy to Sustain the Capitalist System -- Chapter 15. Can Green Deals Save Capitalism from Ecological Collapse? -- Chapter 16. Green Technology and Smart Solutions for Capitalist Cities in the 21st Century -- Chapter 17. Solidarity Economy.
    Abstract: As the current capitalist system has been increasingly struggling to respond to the problems and uncertainties in the global economy, this book aims to identify the main economic, social, and ecological problems and discusses solutions for a more inclusive and sustainable economic system. Written by an international selection of contributors, it takes a wider perspective beyond classical orthodox economics. By doing so, this book covers a wide range of topics, such as global warming and climate change, food and energy scarcity, rising inequality and debt issues, health, ecological, economic, and political crises, degrowth, green new deals, solidarity, economy, artificial intelligence, technological change, smart solutions, and smart cities. Discussing these topics, the book presents answers to the question of whether the current capitalist system is viable and provides suggestions for a fair, inclusive, and modern economic system. Taking a comprehensive approach, the book will appeal to students, scholars, and researchers of heterodox and alternative economics.
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    ISBN: 9783031230158
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 393 p. 32 illus., 21 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Political science—Philosophy. ; Game theory. ; Economics. ; Social choice. ; Welfare economics. ; Political planning. ; Political science ; Public choice ; Game theory ; Political economy ; Philosophy ; Quantitative economics ; voting and voting power ; labor economics ; Social Choice and Welfare ; Festschrift ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Instead of an introduction - Manfred on his 75th Birthday (Heinz Kurz) -- Part I. Economics and Philosophy -- Chapter 2. Three Types of Dramatic Irony (Timo Airaksinen) -- Chapter 3. Defence is of Much More Importance than Opulence: Adam Smith on the Political Economy of War (Heinz Kurz) -- Part II. Labor Economics -- Chapter 4. Relative Absence Concerns, Positional Consumption Preferences and Working Hours (Laszlo Goerke) -- Chapter 5. Power, Responsibility and Social Policy: The Impact of Basic Income in a Competitive Experimental Labor Market (Veera Jokipalo) -- Part III. Voting and Voting Power -- Chapter 6. Computing the Public Good index for weighted voting games with precoalitions using dynamic programming (Jochen Staudacher) -- Chapter 7. The Art and Beauty of Voting Power (Sascha Kurz) -- Chapter 8. An application of power indices for the family of weighted majority games in partition function form (José Alonso Meijide) -- Chapter 9. Measuring Voting Power in Complex Shareholding Structures: a Public Good Index Approach (Izabella Stach).
    Abstract: Written by leading scholars from various disciplines, this book presents current research on topics such as public choice, game theory, and political economy. It features contributions on fundamental, methodological, and empirical issues around the concepts of power and responsibility that strive to bridge the gap between different disciplinary approaches. The contributions fall into roughly four sub-disciplines: voting and voting power, public economics and politics, economics and philosophy, as well as labor economics. On the occasion of his 75th birthday, this book is written in honor of Manfred J. Holler, an economist by training and profession whose work as a guiding light has helped advance our understanding of the interdisciplinary connections of concepts of power and responsibility. He has written many articles and books on game theory, and worked extensively on questions of labor economics, politics, and philosophy. .
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    ISBN: 9783031218859
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXII, 231 p. 1 illus.)
    Series Statement: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
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    Keywords: Africa—Economic conditions. ; Economic development. ; Development economics. ; Globalization. ; Economics. ; Africa ; Covid-19 ; Economic shocks ; Economic crisis ; Urban shocks ; Green city strategies ; Climate change ; Urbanization ; Housing ; Green buildings ; Societal shocks ; African macroeconomics ; African microeconomics ; Social development ; Shock management ; Developing economies ; Small-holder farmers ; Small and medium-sized enterprises ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I. Shocked Economies: New Urban Thinking and Sustainable Advancement -- Chapter 1. Urbanization Motif, COVID-19, and Economic Revival: Exploratory Research from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Chapter 2. Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa: Using the Development Model from East Asia in Nigeria, 1965-2015 -- Chapter 3. Economic Shocks from COVID-19 and the Assessment of Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Emergence of Insurance Coverage in Urban South-west, Nigeria -- Chapter 4. Shocks From the COVID-19 Crisis in Ethiopia -- Chapter 5. Green Buildings and Green City Strategies for the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Tourism Industry in Rwanda -- Chapter 6. The African Union’s Agenda 2063 and Africa’s Tourism Industry -- Part II. Shocked Social Development: Mechanisms to Improve Community Robustness -- Chapter 7. Societal Shocks and Gender-based Violence Among Vulnerable People in Kibera and Other Informal Settlements Around Nairobi, Kenya -- Chapter 8. Contraceptive Utilization Among Married Couples in Nigeria: Socio-cultural Factors -- Chapter 9. COVID-19 and the Built Environment: Informal Sector, Housing, and Shock Challenges in Nigeria -- Chapter 10. Influence of the Big Brother Naija Lockdown 2020 Edition Reality Tv Show on Nigerians’ Value Orientation During the COVID-19 Lockdown Measures -- Chapter 11. COVID-19 Television Audience Program Choices: Analysis of How Nigerians Consume Television During the Pandemic -- Chapter 12. Underlying Factors That Worsened the Vulnerability of Small-holder Farmers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from North-central, Nigeria.
    Abstract: This book explores in detail how African countries dealt with the pandemic and how it affected different aspects of different economies and social structures. Observing how human beings change the environment and, specifically, how population growth and urbanization negatively impact nature, recently shocked economies and social upheaval in Africa indicate a crossroads moment for the continent. The book further adds to the knowledge base of how to build a more robust Africa with sustainable solutions working in tandem with vibrant and robust economies. Commonsense social strategies go hand in hand with trackable shocked economies via first- and second-moment reactions. Uncertainty shocks, in this case, interrelate via an umbrella effect. The authors evaluate theories of impact shocks using a sustainable growth and change model. Finally, key topics incorporate new urban thinking for economic recovery, developing sustainable economies post-COVID-19, understanding social practices during a crisis, and developing community robustness via shock events. The book integrates an interdisciplinary approach to understanding how to best mitigate the COVID-19 crisis as well as reduce future shocks to the African continent. It raises vital questions connecting the effects of lockdown measures, crisis causation, and shock impacts most countries faced over the last two-year period. The answers to these questions are not limited to economists and sociologists, instead, they magnify to include policymakers and everyday people. The nature of this book is to help piece together solutions for preparedness, a stronger understanding of sound development, and a united and resilient Pan-Africanism to best handle future shock events.
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    ISBN: 9783031087905
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 186 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 28
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    Keywords: Science—Philosophy. ; Evolution (Biology). ; Economics. ; Ecology . ; Knowledge, Theory of.
    Abstract: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Preliminary reflections Analogical reasoning between economics and biology -- Chapter 3 Set of 25 keywords, Adaptation/Learning, Altruism, Chance/Uncertainty, Classification, Communication/Signalling, Competition, Constraint/Trade-off, Cooperation, Crisis, Cycles, Development/Growth, Diversity, Equilibrium, Fitness/Utility, Heredity/Transmission, Information, Market, Mutation/Innovation, Optimality, Organizational levels, Population, Resource /Investment, Selection, Strategic interactions, Time scales, Chapter 4 Concluding remarks 1. The relevance of the studied analogies according to their field origin and system characteristics -- Chapter 5 Concluding Remarks 2 Economics and evolutionary biology: An overview of their (recent) interactions.
    Abstract: This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the major key concepts common to economics and evolutionary biology. Written by a group of philosophers of science, biologists and economists, it proposes analyses of the meaning of twenty-five concepts from the viewpoint respectively of economics and of evolutionary biology –each followed by a short synthesis emphasizing major discrepancies and commonalities. This analysis is surrounded by chapters exploring the nature of the analogy that connects evolution and economics, and chapters that summarize the major teachings of the analyses of the keywords. Most scholars in biology and in economics know that their science has something in common with the other one, for instance the notions of competition and resources. Textbooks regularly acknowledge that the two fields share some history – Darwin borrowing from Malthus the insistence on scarcity of resources, and then behavioral ecologists adapting and transforming game theory into evolutionary game theory in the 1980s, while Friedman famously alluded to a Darwinian process yielding the extant firms. However, the real extent of the similarities, the reasons why they are so close, and the limits and even the nature of the analogy connecting economics and biological evolution, remain inexplicit. This book proposes basis analyses that can sustain such explication. It is intended for researchers, grad students and master students in evolutionary and in economics, as well as in philosophy of science.
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    ISBN: 9783031189272
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XX, 254 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Springer Climate
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    Keywords: Political planning. ; Climatology. ; Public administration. ; Economics. ; Environmental policy. ; Economic development.
    Abstract: Part I. Climate Policy Integration: Widely Called for, but Contested in Implementation -- Chapter 1. The Case for Climate Policy Integration -- Chapter 2. Concepts and Theories for CPI -- Chapter 3. Research Design, Methods and Motivations for Country and Sector Selection -- Part II. Pathways for Climate Policy Integration -- Chapter 4. Introduction to Countries and Sectors: Energy and LUCF Sectors of Mexico and Indonesia -- Chapter 5. Four Cases of Climate Policy Integration: Energy and LUCF Sectors of Mexico and Indonesia -- Part III. The Bigger Picture: Climate Policy Integration Approaches in the Context of Transformational Change -- Chapter 6. Towards a CPI Typology -- Chapter 7. Building Theories: CPI in the Context of Transformational Change -- Chapter 8. Policy Recommendations and Outlook.
    Abstract: This book analyzes climate policy integration processes by investigating cause-effect relations in cases of integrating climate policy in energy and land-use sectors of Indonesia and Mexico, taking a novel comparative case study approach. The book identifies root causes for integration outside of the public administration, discussing decisive factors in the political economy of the energy and land-use sectors. Showing how policy windows may open for the successful integration of climate policies nevertheless, the book addresses the need to identify and properly use these windows to establish the administrative and institutional arrangements for effective climate policy implementation. This book offers two-fold insights for overcoming the challenges posed by climate policy integration: Firstly, it contributes to theory-building by amending theories of the policy process and by taking a wider perspective on the role of integration in the context of transformational change processes in emerging economies. Secondly, it sets forth a set of research-based practical policy recommendations on how to foster climate policy integration in the political decision-making processes as well as the public administration structures. Therefore, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers of public policy, public administration, political science, and environmental sciences, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in a better understanding of climate policy integration in energy and land-use sectors.
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  • 40
    ISBN: 9783030846909
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XIV, 220 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy 61
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
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    Keywords: Philosophy of mind. ; Self. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Ethnology. ; Social sciences. ; Humanities.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Towards a Relational Anthropology Fostering an Economics of Human Flourishing -- Chapter 3. Natural Goodness -- Chapter 4. Homo Amans: A Personalist Response -- Chapter 5. God’s Work in the World: The Deep Compatibility of Real Liberalism with Any Abrahamic Religion -- Chapter 6. What Is the Nature of Christian Love? Homo Amans and Revolutionary Altruism -- Chapter 7. Searching for the Anthropological Foundations of Economic Practice: Controversies and Opportunities -- Chapter 8. Altruistic Concern for the Other and the Development of the Virtue of Humility -- Chapter 9. Trust, Faith, and Social Imaginary: Prolegomena to an Anthropology of Personhood -- Chapter 10. Homo amans in the Economy: A Utopia? -- Chapter 11. Out with the Old, In with the New? From Conceptual Reconstruction in Philosophical Anthropology to a Realistic Theory of Change -- Chapter 12. Personal Leadership: How to Change What Cannot Be Changed: A Response to Wesley Wildman’s Out with the Old, In with the New? -- Chapter 13. A Relational Anthropology for Contemporary Economics? Concluding Reflections.
    Abstract: This open access book offers a multidisciplinary dialogue on relational anthropology in contemporary economics. A particular view of the human being is often assumed in economic models, but seldom acknowledged let alone explicated. Addressing this neglected area of research in economic studies, altogether the contributors touch upon the importance and potential of virtues, the notions of freedom and self-love, the potential of simulation models, the dialectics of love, and questions of methodology in constructing a relational anthropology for contemporary economics. The overall result is a highly informative and constructive dialogue, establishing inter alia a research agenda for future collaborative and multidisciplinary study.
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    ISBN: 9783030933210
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 154 p. 22 illus., 18 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: New Economic Windows
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    Keywords: Marxian economics. ; Economics. ; Social sciences—Mathematics. ; Labor economics. ; Econometrics. ; Economics—History. ; Labor theory of value ; Marxist political economy ; Political economy of capitalism ; Capitalist economic system ; Economic development ; Accumulation of wealth ; Inequality and wages ; Labor economics ; Marxist economics ; Arbeitsökonomie ; Politische Ökonomie ; Kapitalismus ; Wirtschaftswachstum
    Abstract: 1 Introduction and major propositions -- Part I Foundations -- 2 Production and labor -- 3 Probabilistic framework -- 4 Labor content – properties and postulates -- Part II Results -- 5 Law of decreasing labor content -- 6 Wages and class divisions -- 7 Limits to growth and accumulation -- Part III Futures -- 8 Limits to capitalist development -- 9 Open problems of transition -- Appendix A: Open Theoretical Problems -- Appendix B: Technical Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Index. .
    Abstract: This book presents a probabilistic approach to studying the fundamental role of labor in capitalist economies and develops a non-deterministic theoretical framework for the foundations of political economy. By applying the framework to real-world data, the authors offer new insights into the dynamics of growth, wages, and accumulation in capitalist development around the globe. The book demonstrates that a probabilistic political economy based on labor inputs enables us to describe central organizing principles in modern capitalism. Starting from a few basic assumptions, it shows that the working time of employees is the main regulating variable for determining strict numerical limits on the rate of economic growth, the range of wages, and the pace of accumulation under the present global economic system. This book will appeal to anyone interested in how the capitalist mode of production works and its inherent limitations; in particular, it will be useful to scholars and students of Marxian economics. “Emmanuel Farjoun and Moshé Machover, follow up their pathbreaking work on the application of statistical physics methods to political economy in this book with David Zachariah, in which they develop methods for making educated and structured estimates of stylized facts applicable to capitalist economies. There’s a lot for economists and anyone interested in the political economy of capitalism to learn from their reasoning on these issues, including their novel and challenging suggestion of bounds on the rates of increase of use-value productivity of labor, and on the range of variation of the wage share.” Duncan K. Foley Leo Model Professor of Economics New School for Social Research.
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    ISBN: 9783031019340
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 175 p. 31 illus., 27 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Schools of economics. ; Power resources. ; Environmental economics. ; Economics. ; Ecological economics ; earth system science ; radical political economics ; environmental degradation ; property ; capitalism ; Umweltökonomie
    Abstract: Part I: Basic Framework -- Chapter 1.: Beyond Reification: Envisioning the Earth -- Chapter 2: The Modern Institution of Science -- Chapter 3: The History of Political Economy -- Part II. Conceptual Development and Critique of Capitalism -- Chapter 4: Fictitious Capital: Money, the Symbol and the State -- Chapter 5: Public/Private Divide -- Chapter 6: Abstraction and Reification -- Part III: Alternatives -- Chapter 7: History of Commodification and Proletarianization in the US -- Chapter 8: Regional Ecological Communities -- Chapter 9: Conclusion and Further Reflections.
    Abstract: This book takes a radical approach to ecological economics, proposing a new paradigm based on earth systems science. This book questions the foundation of economics on individual private property, and proposes new forms of relationship to land and to the state. It questions the foundation of economics on the individual, and proposes new forms of regional ecological collectives, integrated at the global level. It critically examines the assumptions of economics and re-envisions it as more integrally related to society and ecology. The volume integrates insights from a variety of fields, including humanities, natural, and social science, placing human life in the setting of ecology. The chapters invoke a historical institutional methodology to examine the link between economic theories and economic institutions, understanding performativity and applying reflexivity, and the potential for the emergence of new visions and methods. The method draws upon literary studies, linguistic philosophy, as well as long term economic history. Providing an alternative view of the relationship of humans to the earth, this book is appropriate for students and researchers across a variety of disciplines including economics, history, ecology, and philosophy.
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031211829
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXXV, 253 p. 71 illus., 63 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
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    Keywords: Environmental policy. ; Environmental management. ; Sustainability. ; Social sciences. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Introduction -- 1.Environmental ethics -- 2.Environmental sustainability -- 3.Environmental decisions -- 4.Conclusions.
    Abstract: This book provides a summary of the main concepts involved in environmental ethics, sustainability and decisions and a consistent sequence of environmental ethics, sustainability and decisions. It presents many environmental ethics, by focusing on maximising welfare within teleological approaches and minimising inequalities within deontological approaches. It presents many sustainability paradigms, by focusing on weak sustainability to maximise welfare and strong sustainability to minimise inequalities. Two main decisions are presented by focusing on policies (taxes, standards, subsidies, permits, protected areas, exploitation rights) and projects (CBA) towards efficiency to maximise welfare and policies (national laws/regulations, bilateral/multilateral agreements) and projects (MCA) towards equity to minimise inequalities.
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    ISBN: 9783030977306
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XI, 270 p. 98 illus., 81 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 432
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    Keywords: Engineering—Data processing. ; Computational intelligence. ; Economics.
    Abstract: This book addresses the issues of information, digital and intellectual technologies in economics and management. The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Digital and Information Technologies in Economics and Management" (DITEM2021) was held on November 2, 2021, on the Microsoft Teams platform due to COVID-19. A distinctive feature of the book is that it presented reports of authors from Italy, South Korea, Poland, Armenia, Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Researchers from different countries presented the process of transition of economic activities to the information and digital path of development and presented the main directions and developments that can improve the efficiency and development of the economy and management. The book may be useful to state and regional authorities, international and supranational organizations, the scientific and professional community.
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    ISBN: 9783030979430
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XI, 188 p. 8 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Social choice. ; Religions. ; History, Ancient. ; Welfare economics. ; Religion—History. ; Economics of religion ; Transition from polytheism to monotheism ; Hinduism and Zoroastrianism ; Greco-Roman religion and its demise ; Priesthood as a profession and as an interest group ; Religion and political economy ; Birth of monotheism ; Political economy to polytheistic religion ; Polytheistic theology as a rational choice problem
    Abstract: Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Polytheism and Economics -- Part I The Beginnings -- 2 Greeks and Romans: The Religions Without Professional Priests -- 3 Celts and Germans: The Elusive Religions -- 4 Indians and Iranians: The Priestly Religions -- Part II The Endings -- 5 Extinction: Polytheism Unreformed -- 6 Death and Rebirth: Polytheism Reformed -- Part III The Economics -- 7 Economic Analysis: From Typology to Outcomes -- 8 Economic Models: Gods, Supplicants, and Priests -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Abstract: This book sheds new light on the evolution and transformation of polytheistic religions. By applying economic models to the study of religious history and by viewing religious events as the result of rational choices under given environmental constraints, it offers a political economy perspective for the study of Indo-European polytheism. The book formally models the rivalry or competition among multiple gods in a polytheistic system and the monotheistic solution to this competition. Presenting case studies on the transformation and demise of various polytheistic religions, it highlights the pivotal role of the priestly class in driving religious change and suggests a joint explanation for the demise of Greco-Roman religion and the resilience of Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. It will appeal to scholars of the economics of religion and religious history and to anyone seeking new insights into the birth and death of religions, and the birth of monotheism in particular.
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    ISBN: 9783030938055
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XIX, 381 p. 48 illus., 20 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Kappler, Moritz Western multinational corporations in Latin America
    Keywords: Economic development. ; Schools of economics. ; Economics. ; International economic relations. ; Economic history. ; Public administration. ; Institutional change ; Institutions ; Varieties of capitalism ; Multinational corporations ; Organizational field ; Comparative capitalism ; Organizational sociology ; Host country ; Social embeddedness ; Dual vocational education ; Socioeconomic development ; International business ; Foreign subsidiary ; Institutional duality ; Institutional complementarities ; Latin America ; Actor-centered institutionalism ; Education system ; Institutional dynamics ; Institutional isomorphism
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Point of Departure -- Chapter 3. Actor Specificities and the Types of Economic Organization -- Chapter 4. Transcending Borders and Institutional Dynamics -- Chapter 5. Conflating Capitalisms: Western MNCs in Latin America -- Chapter 6. The Action Situation and Behavioral Patterns – A Quantitative Approach -- Chapter 7. Institutional Contradiction and Actor-induced Institutional Change: German Dual Vocational Training in Brazil (and Mexico) – A Qualitative Approach -- Chapter 8. Summary and Concluding Remarks.
    Abstract: This book advances the debate on socio-economic development and multinational corporations (MNCs). It provides an actor-centered perspective and develops the framework called ‘Conflating Capitalisms’ that allows for a better understanding of both MNC-induced institutional change in the host country and the subsequent impact on local development. The book uses the empirical case of Western MNCs in Latin America. It applies a sequential mixed-method design, including a large-scale elite survey on corporate behavior and in-depth, semi-structured interviews with local decision-makers on the institutionalization of German dual vocational training (DVT) in Brazil. The book presents strong evidence for both behavioral contradiction in the host country - with MNCs showing alien-to-the-system behavior - and subsequent actor-induced institutional change, with varied developmental impact. Additionally, the book offers novel insights into MNCs’ handling of missing complementary institutions and the institutionalization process of coordinated practices in Latin America. This book appeals to scholars, students, and practitioners who are interested in advancing the field of development and MNCs.
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    ISBN: 9783031094507
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XLV, 298 p. 35 illus., 19 illus. in color.)
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    Keywords: Economics. ; Finance, Public. ; Economic development. ; market cycles ; property value ; volatility ; appraisal ; market conditions ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Inside Property Market Cycle -- Chapter 2: Property Market Cycle -- Chapter 3: On the Essence of property cycles -- Chapter 4: Addressing Cyclicality Through International Financial Standards -- Chapter 5: Dealing with Cyclical Assets -- Chapter 6: The Logic of a Cyclical Adjustment. Some reflexions -- Chapter 7: Property Market Cycle, Commercial Property and Mortgage Lending Value -- Chapter 8: The Effects of Heuristics and Biases on Real Estate Valuation -- Chapter 9: Standardized valuation of real estate reflecting cyclical economic development – experience of last two decades -- Part II: Problems and Solutions -- Chapter 10: Thinking Out the Box -- Chapter 11: Regulatory Responses to Property Cycles -- Chapter 12: Property Valuation in Cyclical Market Conditions -- Chapter 13: Property Market Cycle and Valuation: A Geometrical Approach -- Chapter 14: The Transactional Assets Pricing Approach: property valuation implications and a potential for fundamental value research -- Chapter 15: Measures of Variability in the Application of Cyclical Capitalization (normal form) to London Office Market -- Chapter 16: Housing valuation and the business cycle: The hedonic house price indices approach -- Chapter 17: Property valuation, transaction prices and market activity -- Chapter 18: Methodological Integration between Property Market Cycle and Valuation Process. Other Cyclical Capitalization Models -- Part III: Conclusion -- Chapter 19: Property Market Cycle and Valuation…Filling the Gap.
    Abstract: This book discusses the role of the property market cycle in real estate valuation. Challenging traditional property valuation methods that rely on current market conditions and economic trends, this book argues for a re-evaluation of the relationship between property valuation and cycles in property markets. The book is divided into two parts. The first part gathers research on property market cycle analysis and the delicate problems dealing with property market information including the development of the real estate market index, appraisal bias, and the use of time series in plotting the market cycle. The second part proposes several possible modifications to the traditional income approach methodologies, including cyclical capitalization and the hedonic price method. Furthermore, this part also addresses the need for amendments to current s property valuation standards and institutional regulations. Written by an international cross-section of expert voices in market cycles and property valuation, the book is a comprehensive resource for any researcher or upper-level student studying economic volatility.
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    ISBN: 9783030840440
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 313 p. 13 illus., 2 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Social innovation in higher education
    Keywords: Innovation ; Hochschule ; Forschungskooperation ; Sozialer Wandel ; Innovationssystem ; Economics. ; Management science. ; Higher education. ; Business. ; Public finance. ; Education and state. ; Education—Economic aspects. ; Technological innovations. ; Education, Higher. ; Finance, Public.
    Abstract: Introduction: An Overview of the Research -- Facets of Social Innovation in Higher Education -- Pathways towards Enhancing HEI’s Role in the Local Social Innovation Ecosystem -- Digital Transformation in Higher Education Institutions as a Driver of Social Oriented Innovations -- Design of a Social Innovation Competence Framework to Educate Entrepreneurs in Developing on the International Stage -- Higher Education Practices for Social Innovation and Sustainable Development -- The Role of Higher Education Institutions in Development of Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of Tallinn University Social Entrepreneurship Study Program, Estonia -- Fostering Research with Societal Impact in Higher Education Institutions: A Review and Conceptualization -- The Role of Higher Education in Creating Socially Responsible Innovations – A Case Study of the EIT Food RIS Consumer Engagement Labs project -- Defining ‘Responsible’ in Responsible Research and Innovation: The Case of Quadruple Helix Innovation in the Energy Sector in the Tampere Region -- A Human-Centric Co-Creation Platform for Solving Wicked Social Challenges -- “Thinking Outside the Box”: Social Innovations Emerging from Academic Nursing-Community Partnerships -- Social Innovation in Higher Education from a Disability Studies Perspective -- Possibilities of Social Bonds Using to Finance Higher Education Institutions.
    Abstract: This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry leaders present new developments, research evidence, and practice expertise on social innovation in higher education institutions (HEIs), across academic and professional disciplines. The book includes a selected set of peer-reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs. The volume demonstrates how HEIs can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change, and contribute to the development of international public policy discourse. It answers the question ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. Furthermore, it examines how higher education innovation assists societal challenges and investigates the benefits of effective social innovation engagement by HEIs. The interdisciplinary approach of the volume makes it a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners of economics, education, business and management, political science, and sociology interested in a better understanding of social innovation.
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    ISBN: 9783030938857
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 191 p. 8 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Contributions to Economics
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Economics—Psychological aspects. ; Economics. ; Evolutionary economics. ; Institutional economics. ; Schools of economics. ; Economic trade ; Economic forecasts ; Human aggregations ; Innovations ; Economic systems ; Human behavior ; Economic behavior
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Prologue -- Chapter 2. Trading: Humans Are Heterogeneous Animals -- Chapter 3. Forecasting: Humans Are Prone-To-Predicting Animals -- Chapter 4. Aggregating: Humans Are Social Animals -- Chapter 5. Innovating: Humans Are Ingenious Animals -- Chapter 6. Epilogue.
    Abstract: Trading, forecasting, aggregating, and innovating (the Four) are key social interactions in human life at both the individual and aggregate levels. They are part of the human fabric because they stem from mankind’s peculiarities—heterogeneity, inclination to forecast, sociality, and inventiveness. But humans have multifaceted behavior, too. They are capable of having contradictory impulses towards one another, integrating and disintegrating as well as cooperating and dominating, and behaving prosocially and anti-socially. Hence, humans need to organize themselves in order to maintain, improve, and extend their social interactions as well as a safe and ordered life. Crucial intersections emerge naturally—the efficiency of humans’ way of tackling the Four is a joint product of economic systems, institutions, and behaviors. All told, the main idea of this book is to include in a single tour a collection of insights on why and how humans implement the Four. The narrative highlights several connections as well as how key these businesses are as the traveler is escorted through some Four-related behavioral problems and institutional solutions that humans have been, respectively, facing and elaborating over time. Economics students may exploit this book by both inserting what they are learning from textbooks into a wider framework and enjoying some of the hints revealed by the grand social theorizing of giants such as A. Smith and J. Schumpeter. But the proposed tour may also attract outsiders to economics who are curious about disparate economic themes linked to the Four but who wish to gain an overview without engaging in longer readings.
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    ISBN: 9783030956998
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 308 p.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
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    Keywords: Schools of economics. ; Economics. ; Economics—History. ; Phenomenology . ; Environmental economics. ; Economics—Psychological aspects. ; Regenerative economics ; Ecological economics ; Development studies ; Well-being ; Phenomenology ; Human-scale development ; Nature's economy ; Associative economics ; Aristotle ; Modern economic life ; Gothean science ; Human needs ; Environmental history ; Free markets ; Karl Polanyi ; Economic liberalism ; Aldo Leopold ; Leopold Kohr ; Income inequality
    Abstract: Part I. What Went Wrong with Modern Economic Science? -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Encounter of the Fifth Kind with an Alien Science -- Chapter 2. Is Economics a Science? -- Chapter 3. About Economists and Theologians -- Chapter 4. Taking a Phenomenological Approach to Oikonomics: Looking at the World in Living and Holistic Terms -- Part II. What is the Oikonomy all About? -- Chapter 5. Aristotles’ View – Oikonomy as the Art of Living and Living Well -- Chapter 6. Polanyis’ View – The Different Forms of Oikonomy -- Chapter 7. The Troubles with Free-Markets -- Part III. Nature’s Oikonomy -- Chapter 8. The Ways of Gaia -- Chapter 9. A Matter of Scale -- Chapter 10. Learning to See Again -- Chapter 11. The Evolution of Consciousness -- Part IV. Human’s Oikonomy -- Chapter 12. Humans as Part of Nature’s Oikonomy -- Chapter 13. Are We in Need of Our Needs? -- Chapter 14. Money, Cancer and Finances: Why the Rich Get Rich, and the Poor Stay Poor -- Chapter 15. Conclusion – In Freedom and Responsibility.
    Abstract: This book presents a unique real-world-centred approach to economic life from a phenomenological approach. It offers a much-needed alternative to conventional economic thinking, giving a transdisciplinary depiction of the economic process’s social, cultural, technological, political, and ecological dimensions. Doing so appeals to students and researchers in economics aiming to get an alternative to the reductionist model-based approach. Written in a jargon-free and non-technical way, it appeals to non-economists alike and those seeking a more profound and living understanding of the economic process. What is the role of nature in the economic process? Is there more to economics than we have been told? Do we have infinite needs? What are these needs? Can we keep on growing forever? Does economic growth improve our wellbeing? Why is the income gap widening? What is the role of financial capital in our current world? Are there other forms of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth beyond markets? What are the functions of markets, and how do they work in the real world? These and many other aspects are discussed in living and holistic ways in this book. It is a must-read for all those interested in gaining a more profound and genuine understanding of our current reality and those looking for ways out of our current crises.
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    ISBN: 9783030819453
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 305 p. 64 illus., 38 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Series in Supply Chain Management 13
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovative technology at the interface of finance and operations ; Volume 2
    Keywords: Economics. ; Production management. ; Blockchain ; Supply Chain Finance ; 3D Printing ; FinTech ; OpTech ; Crowdsourcing ; Crowdfunding ; On-Demand Platforms ; Sharing Platforms ; IoT ; Big Data ; Machine Learning ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Primer on Operations, Finance, and Their Interface -- Chapter 2. Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing -- Chapter 3. Blockchain -- Chapter 4. FinTech and OpTech -- Chapter 5. Supply Chain Finance -- Chapter 6. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robots -- Chapter 7. Analytics, IoT (Internet of Things), Virtual Reality, Connectivity, and Big Data -- Chapter 8. On-demand and Sharing Platforms -- Chapter 9. 3D Printing. .
    Abstract: This book examines the challenges and opportunities arising from an assortment of technologies as they relate to Operations Management and Finance. It contains primers on operations, finance, and their interface. Innovative technologies and new business models enabled by those technologies are changing the practice and the theory of Operations Management and Finance, as well as their interface. These technologies and business models include Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, 3D printing, sharing platforms, crowdfunding, and crowdsourcing. The book will be an attractive choice for PhD-level courses and for self-study.
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    ISBN: 9783031162541
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXIV, 323 p. 1 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Springer Climate
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    Keywords: Climatology. ; Earth sciences. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Part1. Policy and Scenarios -- Chapter1. Climate change, science policies, National Perspectives in Global context -- Chapter2. Climate changes over Indian subcontinent - Scenarios and impacts -- Chapter3. Assessing the historical and future relationship between climatic factors and the production of different crops over India -- Part2. Geopolitics and Conflicts -- Chapter4. Geopolitics of Climate Change and Water Security in South Asia: Conflict and Cooperation -- Part3. Water (Water/Sea-Level Rise/Precipitation) -- Chapter5. Vulnerability Analysis of Sea Level Rise (SLR) on a micro-tidal coast: a case study of Nagapattinam Coast -- Chapter6. Lacustrine records of anthropogenic change and precipitation in the monsoonal core zone of Central India since the last century -- Chapter7. Anthropogenic interference and climatic changes influencing precipitation, sediment load and sand deposition by Phalgu River in and around Jahanabad district, Bihar: A case study -- Part4. Land (geology, archeology/paleo/tectonics) -- Chapter8. Impact of contrasting climate on the intensity of chemical weathering and maturity of sediments in different latitudes: a geochemical study from peninsular and extra peninsular India -- Chapter9. Manganese mineralisation in manganiferous quartzite in Boringpadar-Amath area, Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt, Odisha, India: Implication for climatic changes -- Chapter10. Archaeological evidences of climate change: Potential source to understand the past climate trend -- Chapter11. A review study on Youngest Toba Tuff ash, artifacts and vertebrate remains preserved in the Quaternary alluvial sediments of India and their significances in climate and paleoenvironment interpretations -- Chapter12. Active Tectonics-climate interaction in the structural depo-centres of Central Indian Tectonic Zone (CITZ) -- Chapter13. Application of Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Quaternary Sciences using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry.
    Abstract: This collection of articles captures and disseminates contemporary perspectives on climate change from an Indian context. Starting with an argument on a new climate deal which highlights the importance of policies and regulations within the climate change debate, some of India’s best-known geologists, meteorologists, climate scientists and archaeologists have put forward their concerns and convictions in this collection. The book covers articles on climate change scenarios, impacts, policies, regulations and protocols as well as geopolitical and geoeconomics implications of climate change over the Indian sub-continent including climatogenic vulnerability analyses of sea level rise (SLR) and crop production assessment. The geological perspectives of climate change over the Indian sub-continent are covered, along with highlighted climate impacts on the chemical weathering and maturity of sediments as well as on the manganese mineralisation in manganiferous quartzite in the Boringpadar-Amath area. The evolution of the monsoon, the most significant event of tropical belt is addressed through lake’s and river’s sediments, assessing the anthropogenic influences. Climatic conditions reconstructed through Quaternary alluvial sediments as proxy indicator of past climatic conditions over the Indian sub-continent are presented. There is also a separate chapter on the role of cosmic radio nuclide in paleoclimatic reconstructions. The inter-relation of climate change and tectonics over the Indian sub-continent is also covered, while the geopolitics on the conflicts of climate change have been discussed in the larger perspective of the South-Asian region.
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  • 53
    ISBN: 9783031205576
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XXII, 205 p. 5 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Economic geography. ; Globalization. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction: The Role of International Trade Fairs in the Global Political Economy -- Chapter 2: International Trade Fairs as Mediators of Institutional Change -- Chapter 3: The Study of Comparative Capitalisms and the Problem of Institutional Change -- Chapter 4: Trade Fairs as “Organized Anarchies” and the Garbage Can Model of Organizational Choice -- Chapter 5: The Nature of Firms’ Search Processes at International Trade Fairs: A Qualitative Analysis -- Chapter 5: The Nature of Firms’ Search Processes at International Trade Fairs: A Qualitative Analysis -- Chapter 6: Identifying National Patterns of Firm Behaviour at International Trade Fairs: A Quantitative Analysis -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Ongoing Specialization or Convergence of Capitalist Varieties?. .
    Abstract: Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty caused by a shift toward protectionism and the COVID-19 pandemic among other issues, this book suggests that international trade fairs (ITFs) represent a vital source of economic dynamism that can support national and regional economies by creating opportunities for firms to access new markets, network with key actors in their industry or value chain, and tap into valuable external knowledge flows regarding new technologies and innovations. Author Rachael Gibson argues that ITFs have become crucial nodes in the global political economy, driving global economic dynamics and mediating differences between capitalist economies regarding their technological and institutional practices and conditions. In this way, ITFs represent a decisive mechanism by which distinct national patterns of technological specialization may converge or diverge. Trade fairs represent important platforms for networking, interactive learning, and knowledge exchange because they foster intense interactions among actors despite spatial boundaries. ITFs also tend to be organized according to a specific technological or industry focus, which means that they can facilitate interactions between firms from different capitalist varieties. Through the diffusion of state-of-the-art knowledge, ITFs may, thus, serve as drivers of economic globalization, challenging the continuation of distinct capitalist varieties by enabling cross-system convergence regarding the technological specializations of firms. Yet, it is clear that countries have retained competitive advantages in specific industries and that full convergence has not taken place. This book explores this puzzle.
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  • 54
    ISBN: 9783030757298
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(XII, 296 p. 47 illus., 7 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Springer Series in Supply Chain Management 11
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Innovative technology at the interface of finance and operations ; Volume 1
    Keywords: Blockchain ; Finanztechnologie ; Künstliche Intelligenz ; Finanzdienstleistung ; Portfolio-Management ; Business logistics. ; Industrial procurement. ; Production management. ; Business enterprises—Finance. ; Economics.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Primer on Operations, Finance, and Their Interface -- Chapter 2. Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing -- Chapter 3. Blockchain -- Chapter 4. FinTech and OpTech -- Chapter 5. Supply Chain Finance -- Chapter 6. Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robots -- Chapter 7. Analytics, IoT (Internet of Things), Virtual Reality, Connectivity, and Big Data -- Chapter 8. On-demand and Sharing Platforms -- Chapter 9. 3D Printing.
    Abstract: This book examines the challenges and opportunities arising from an assortment of technologies as they relate to Operations Management and Finance. The book contains primers on operations, finance, and their interface. After that, each section contains chapters in the categories of theory, applications, case studies, and teaching resources. These technologies and business models include Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, 3D printing, sharing platforms, crowdfunding, and crowdsourcing. The balance between theory, applications, and teaching materials make this book an interesting read for academics and practitioners in operations and finance who are curious about the role of new technologies. The book is an attractive choice for PhD-level courses and for self-study. .
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    ISBN: 9783030834845
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 339 p. 21 illus., 17 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Competitive Government: Public Private Partnerships
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on public private partnerships in transportation ; vol. 1: Airports, water ports, rail, buses, taxis, finance
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft ; Schienenverkehr ; Luftverkehr ; Taxigewerbe ; Hafenwirtschaft ; Welt ; Public policy. ; Economic policy. ; Public administration. ; Finance, Public. ; Political planning. ; Economics. ; Public Private Partnership ; Transport ; Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Public Private Partnerships in Transportation: Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, and Taxis- AN OVERVIEW -- Chapter 2. Evaluating The Viability of The Ghana Airport Cargo Centre as Publica-Private Partnership Project -- Chapter 3. The role of individual actors in public-private partnership (PPP) projects: Insights from Madinah Airport in Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 4. Models, Expectations, And Reality In Airport Public Private Partnerships -- Chapter 5. Airport Privatization in the United States -- Chapter 6. Legal Impediments to Airport P3s in the United States -- Chapter 7. Public-Private Partnerships in Port Areas: Lessons Learned from Case Studies in Antwerp and Rotterdam -- Chapter 8. Seaport PPPs in the EU: Policy, Regulatory and Contractual Issues -- Chapter 9. Sustainable Strategies for Mass Rapid Transit PPPs -- Chapter 10. Rational Inattention in Non-Profit Public-Private Partnerships: The Las Vegas Monorail Bankruptcy Case -- Chapter 11. Public -Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA -- Chapter 12. Governance of Public Private Partnerships: Lessons from the Italian Experience in Transportation Projects -- Chapter 13. Developing Urban Rail Using Public Private Partnership – A Case Study of the Gold Coast Light Rail Project -- Chapter 14. For Hire Vehicle Regulation, misunderstanding, mismatch, control and capture: the case of Vehicles for Hire and PPP -- Chapter 15. Using History to Develop Future Regulation of TNCs and Autonomous Taxis -- Chapter 16. Distinguishing Between Demand-Risk And Availability-Payment Public-Private Partnerships.
    Abstract: This book discusses the role of public-private partnerships in global transportation infrastructure. Seen as a way to provide vital services in an era of shrinking government budgets, public-private partnerships have become an increasingly important part of travel infrastructure worldwide. This book describes and analyzes the structure of various models of PPPs in various countries, evaluating their effectiveness, and drawing policy implications for future use. Written by leading international researchers and practitioners in the transportation field, each chapter is a case study on the adoption, implementation, and outcome of transportation services in different municipalities. Taken together, these diverse case studies provide an integrated framework for evaluating and using PPPs. Providing rigorous empirical analysis of PPPs in transportation, this volume will be of interest to researchers in public administration, political science, and economics as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in establishing and monitoring PPPs in transportation.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783030932329
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 443 p. 14 illus., 9 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Texts in Business and Economics
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Macroeconomics. ; International economic relations. ; Economics. ; Finance, Public. ; National monetary union ; Multinational monetary union ; Eurozone ; USA ; European monetary union ; Central banking ; Monetary theory ; Monetary policy ; Economic institutions ; International economic ; Economic Community of Western African States ; India ; Analytics of a monetary union ; Economic reasoning ; Monetary union as an international monetary system ; International trade ; Monetary sovereignty ; Fiscal policies ; Fiscal union ; Banking union ; Europäische Union ; Währungsunion ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: Monetary Issues: Monetary Unions: Between International Trade and National Sovereignty -- Why a Monetary Union?- Monetary Policy in a Monetary Union: Lessons from Simple Models -- Institutions and Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Issues: Government Deficits, Transfers and Debt -- Fiscal Policies in a Monetary Union -- The Policy Mix -- Toward an Ever Closer Union: Structural Adjustments and Reforms -- Fiscal Union -- Banking Union -- The Fate of a Monetary Union -- General Conclusion. .
    Abstract: This textbook explains the notion of monetary union, highlighting the key concepts, procedures, and challenges involved. The book is organized in three parts. In the first part, the reader learns about monetary issues, like definitions and typology of monetary unions, rationale of monetary unions, monetary policy, monetary institutional matters. The second part is devoted to fiscal matters and the interplay between fiscal and monetary policies, such as deficits, transfers, public debt sustainability issues, fiscal policy, policy mix. The last part focuses on other distinct but related issues, necessary to complete the union: banking and fiscal unions, structural adjustments in a monetary union. It ends with a chapter on the fate of monetary unions: how they develop, mature and sometimes dissolve. The book addresses students at undergraduate and graduate level, interested in a better understanding of international macroeconomics and monetary unions, as well as policy-makers, practitioners and economists in central banks, ministries of economics, economic institutions and banks.
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  • 57
    ISBN: 9783030966874
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 111 p. 181 illus., 146 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Economics
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Labor economics. ; Finance, Public. ; Economics. ; shadow economy ; informal employment ; Unemployment ; unofficial labour market ; Lithuanian regions ; Lithuanian municipalities
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Theorizing the informal economy -- 3. Relationship between unemployment and the informal economy in Lithuania -- 4. Conclusions and recommendations.
    Abstract: This Brief examines the dynamics between the informal economy and unemployment rates, the causes of informality, its consequences and potential reduction measures at both the theoretical and empirical level. Using Lithuania as a case study, this book tests the assumption that participation in the informal economy is largely by the unemployed in emerging economies. Chapters present a systematic and comparative literature analysis, a quantitative survey of participation in the Lithuanian informal economy, especially among the unemployed, an expert evaluation involving representatives of municipalities in charge of the issues of employment, and a statistical analysis of the results. Challenging traditional narratives around the informal economy, this Brief is targeted at academic and postgraduate researchers studying labor economics, public economics, human resource management, industrial relations, and economic sociology. .
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  • 58
    ISBN: 9783031087639
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 371 p. 47 illus., 13 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Frontiers in Economic History
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Economic history. ; Economics—History. ; Historiography. ; History—Methodology. ; Europe—History—To 476. ; Economics. ; History, Ancient. ; Ancient history ; Ancient Near East ; Protohistoric economies ; Economic history ; Economic systems in ancient history ; History of economic thought ; History of ancient Rome ; History of ancient Greece ; Palace economies ; Archaeology ; Prehistoric societies ; Historical school ; Pre-monetary economies ; Antiquity ; History of comparative economic thought ; Greek economic thought ; Economic anthropology ; German history of economic thought ; Political economies ; Aufsatzsammlung
    Abstract: Part I: Methodology for the Economic History and the History of Economic Thought of Antiquity -- Part II: Development Models -- Part III: Trade, Specialisation and Growth -- Part IV: Debts, Slaves and Finance.
    Abstract: This volume addresses the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it studies different aspects of ancient economies, such as the material living conditions, including production technologies, etc., economic institutions, such as markets or coinage, as wekk as the economic thinking of the time. It hereby explores the comparability of economic thought, economic institutions and economic systems in ancient history. Focusing on the Ancient Near East as well as the Mediterranean, including Greece and Rome, the comparative perspective makes it possible to identify historical permanencies, but also diverse forms of social and political organization and cultural systems. These institutions are evaluated in terms of their capacity to solve economic problems, such as the efficient use of resources or political stability. The first part of the book introduces readers to the methodological context of the comparative approach, including an evaluation of the related historiographical tradition. Subsequent parts discuss a range of development models, elements of economic thinking in ancient societies, the role of trade and globalization, and the use of monetary and financial instruments, as well as political aspects.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031122637
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 271 p. 27 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
    Series Statement: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Economics. ; International economic relations. ; Globalization. ; International relations. ; New paradigm in economic theory ; Political economy of globalization ; International coordination of economic policies ; Socio-economic development ; Political economy of capitalism ; Democracy ; International economy ; New Pragmatism ; Economic Systems
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. New pragmatism for new times -- Chapter 3. Political system and socio-economic development -- Chapter 4. People’s planet -- Chapter 5. Leadership: economics and politics of great change -- Chapter 6. One-third of the century of transformation -- Chapter 7. Shortageflation 3.0: war economy - state socialism - pandemic crisis -- Chapter 8. The irreversibility of globalization -- Chapter 9. Ending, or how to row uphill.
    Abstract: This book provides answers to fundamental questions of sustainable development and international cooperation in light of irreversible globalization. Based on comprehensive research and a wealth of experience from his own political activities, the author offers an insightful analysis of the globalized economy and its political, cultural and ecological context. Presenting an objective assessment, the author diagnoses the state of affairs and formulates recipes to overcome present day challenges, such as income inequalities, climate change, demographic imbalance and the new Cold War, which overlap with the “black trinity”: populism, nationalism and authoritarianism. "Grzegorz Kolodko is one of the most acute observers of the international economy, based on long experience both as a practitioner and as an academic. His writings are always an important starting point for debate and discussion about the political economy of globalization." Francis Fukuyama, Stanford University, author of “The End of History” "Grzegorz Kolodko unites deep policy experience, a vast breadth of observation and a solid grip on real-world economics in his case for a new pragmatism. For all involved in the causes of peace, justice, shared prosperity and public purpose, he is a leader and an ally." James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin "Dr. Kolodko delivers comprehensive and inspiring economic analysis, drawing on his rich historical political leadership. His probing and insightful assessment of globalization in today's and tomorrow's world is a must read." Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, President of Rainbow Coalition and International Civil Rights Activist .
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    ISBN: 9783031101151
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (VI, 175 p.)
    Series Statement: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences 25
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als 200 years of Friedrich Engels
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Engels, Friedrich ; Economics—History. ; Economics. ; Economic history. ; World politics. ; Friedrich Engels ; Dialectics of Nature ; Political economy ; Marxism ; Scientific socialism ; Industrial capitalism ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Engels, Friedrich 1820-1895
    Abstract: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Friedrich Engels at 200 Revisiting his maiden paper “Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy” (1844) -- Chapter 3: The Internal Contradiction of Land Rent and Young Engels’ Critical Theory of Private Ownership -- Chapter 4: Engels, Werner Sombart, and the significance of Marx’s economics -- Chapter 5: Friedrich Engels and positivism – an attempt at classification -- Chapter 6: Engels’ Conceptions of Dialectics, Nature and Dialectics of Nature -- Chapter 7: Friedrich Engels and the revolution -- Chapter 8: Remarks on the embarrassed publishing history of Engels, Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England -- Chapter 9: “Economic facts are stronger than politics”: Friedrich Engels, American Industrialization, and Class Consciousness -- Chapter 10: Engels’ strategic advice to the representatives of the Italian labour movement -- Chapter 11: Friedrich Engels and Electricity -- Chapter 12: Two sides of young Friedrich Engels: private letters and professional studies.
    Abstract: This edited volume discusses the life and scholarship of Friedrich Engels. Written to commemorate the two-hundred-year anniversary of Engels’ birth, the contributions take a look into his research from a variety of viewpoints, trace the influence of his predecessors, and critically evaluate his place within 19th century scholarship. In addition, specific topics are taken up, such as his (mis)assessment of American capitalism, his influence on the Italian labor movement, the thematization of social problems and the relevance of his thought in a global economy. Providing a fresh look at the co-founder of scientific socialism, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of contemporary political, social and economic systems, the history of economic thought, and political history.
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    Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783031181993
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(V, 152 p. 13 illus.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Economics and literature. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Digital humanities.
    Abstract: Cultural economics, books and reading -- Economics and novels: good, evil and becoming better people -- The economics of the modern American comic book market -- Unraveling the effect of extrinsic reading on reading with intrinsic motivation -- Don’t judge a book by its cover: examining digital disruption in the book industry using a stated preference approach -- More than a good book: contingent valuation of public library services in England -- List of Reviewers.
    Abstract: This book gives an overview of the key issues related to books and reading within the field of cultural economics and identifies additional lacunae in this area of research. The field of cultural economics is surprisingly short on research on the book market and on the activity of reading compared with other more recently invented media such as films and musical recordings. In addition, books and reading are strongly impacted by the disruptive innovations of digital technology and the use of online distribution platforms that fuel much of the research on the more recently invented cultural media. This book shows that the area of books and reading has had contributions in historically established areas of cultural economics and those currently exciting attention - chiefly with respect to digital disruption. Finally, it explains how books and reading are a fully developed rational addition model rather than something just based on the addition of past behaviour. Previously published as a Special Issue in the journal: Journal of Cultural Economics "Special Issue: Economics of Books and Reading" .
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    ISBN: 9783031095320
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(X, 260 p. 37 illus., 34 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Music Business Research
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Communication and traffic. ; Music. ; Economics. ; Culture.
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- Part I: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Music Business -- 2. ‘Losing Work, Losing Purpose’: Representations of Musicians’ Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19 -- 3. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incomes of Freelance Classical Musicians in Austria -- 4. Digital Transformation in the Music Industry: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated New Business Opportunities -- 5. Social ‘Capitalising’ the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Portrait of Three Zimbabwean Female Musicians -- 6. The Shape of Clubs to Come: Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Live Music Venues in Germany -- 7. Jazz Festivals in the Time of COVID-19: Exploring Exposed Fragilities, Community Resilience and Industry Recovery -- Part II: The Music Business in General -- 8. Straight Outta Mumbai: Exploring Informality and Innovation in Dharavi’s Hip-Hop Industry -- 9. Optimisation of Musical Distribution in Streaming Services: Third-Party Playlist Promotion and Algorithmic Logics of Distribution -- 10. The Music Modernization Act: Mechanical Copyright in the Age of Music Streaming -- 11. Musical Aspirations and DIY/DIO Practices in Online Communities of Amateur Independent Filipino Songwriters -- 12. Market Readiness for the Digital Music Industries: A Case Study of Independent Artists -- 13. The Changing Role and Function of Music Charts in the Contemporary Music Economy.
    Abstract: COVID-19 had a global impact on health, communities, and the economy. As a result of COVID-19, music festivals, gigs, and events were canceled or postponed across the world. This directly affected the incomes and practices of many artists and the revenue for many entities in the music business. Despite this crisis, however, there are pre-existing trends in the music business – the rise of the streaming economy, technological change (virtual and augmented reality, blockchain, etc.), and new copyright legislation. Some of these trends were impacted by the COVID-19 crisis while others were not. This book addresses these challenges and trends by following a two-pronged approach: the first part focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the music business, and the second features general perspectives. Throughout both parts, case studies bring various themes to life. The contributors address issues within the music business before and during COVID-19. Using various critical approaches for studying the music business, this research-based book addresses key questions concerning music contexts, rights, data, and COVID-19. Rethinking the music business is a valuable study aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students in subjects including the music business, cultural economics, cultural management, creative and cultural industries studies, business and management studies, and media and communications. .
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    ISBN: 9783031141218
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource(VI, 309 p. 42 illus., 33 illus. in color.)
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022.
    Series Statement: Contributions to Management Science
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
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    Keywords: Tourism. ; Management. ; Economics. ; Culture. ; Sustainability.
    Abstract: Chapter 1. Cultural Organisations as Drivers for Change in Tourism -- Chapter 2. Cultural Ecosystem Approaches as Key for New Development Paths: A Reflection on Management and Governance Implications -- Chapter 3. Towards Sustainable Innovation in Tourism. The Role of Cultural Heritage and Heritage Communities -- Chapter 4. Cultural and Creative Industries as Activators and Attractors for Contemporary Culture-driven Nomadism -- Chapter 5. Cultural and Creative Industries in the Brussels Region. Challenges and Opportunities of the Ecosystem -- Chapter 6. Industrial Tourism as a New Opportunity for Cultural Tourism Development in the Post-pandemic Era -- Chapter 7. Documentation Activities for Historic Railways: Detection of Potential and Weaknesses for a Sustainable Cultural Heritage Resource -- Chapter 8. Digital Documentation for Enhancement and Conservation of Minor or Inaccessible Heritage Sites -- Chapter 9. Digitalisation and Cultural Heritage Tourism in Asia: Stepping in Without Stepping Out -- Chapter 10. Girona Episcopal: An Analysis of a New Cultural Brand -- Chapter 11. Multidimensional Value Creation Through Cultural Programmes? Challenges for Veszprém-balaton ECoC 2023 -- Chapter 12. Eliminating Overtourism in UNESCO Destinations: A Case Study from Slovakia -- Chapter 13. Sustainability and Commodification? The Role of Cultural Assets in the Development of New Paths for Tourism in Catalonia -- Chapter 14. Сultural Relationship Marketing Prospects and Potential -- Chapter 15. Inclusive Tourism, a Cultural Paradigm Shift in Approaching Tourism Development -- Chapter 16. Towards a Demand Profile of Wwoofers in Portugal: Ecological, Rural and Voluntary Principles in Tourism.
    Abstract: Cultural tourism has proved to be a significant source of economic development for cultural destinations, but it has also emerged as a sometimes potentially controversial and unsustainable phenomenon. The recent pandemic has also pointed out that we need different models of development of tourism, that include a more balanced approach to cultural components in cities and rural areas. Calls have been made on the need to design more sustainable models of tourism development for cultural destinations, conceiving tourism as a means to increasing the quality of life and generating economic opportunities in cities and regions by involving their communities and stakeholders. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the transition towards more sustainable models of cultural tourism development. Starting from the ongoing debate on cultural ecosystems, the book explores the potential key role of cultural and creative organizations as leaders of change. Including theoretical contributions, quantitative and qualitative analyses and international case studies, the book explores the role of cultural actors as leaders and their potential as drivers of culture-led innovation for tourism in cities and regions.
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    Cham : Springer International Publishing | Cham : Imprint: Springer
    ISBN: 9783319699097
    Language: English
    Series Statement: Springer eBook Collection
    Keywords: Quality of life. ; Positive psychology. ; Medical research. ; Economics. ; Management science.
    Abstract: This 2nd edition is the definite source on issues pertaining to the full range of topics in scientific and other scholarly research on the quality of life, including health-related quality of life research or also called patient-reported outcomes research. Altogether 500 new entries appear in this new edition. This single, multidimensional reference work connects the most salient and important contributions to the relevant fields from the behavioral and social sciences as well as health and healthcare. New topics in this 2nd edition are on disabilities, religion/spirituality, sex, sports, politics, government, science, literature, performance and visual arts, environmental quality and sustainable development. The 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research is an indispensable reference point for future research and writing topics on quality of life. .
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