Welfare economics books

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Climate Change and Starvation: From Apocalypse to Integrity

Climate Change and Starvation: From Apocalypse to Integrity...

Author: Laura Westra
ISBN: 9783030421267
Format: Paperback
$129.35

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Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas

Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of...

Author: Professor Amy C. Offner
ISBN: 9780691205205
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The untold story of how welfare and development programs in the United States and Latin America produced the instruments...  Read More >>

New Frontiers of the Capability Approach

New Frontiers of the Capability Approach

Author: Flavio Comim (University of Cambridge) ,  Shailaja Fennell (University of Cambridge)
ISBN: 9781108448185
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Leading scholars from a range of disciplines contribute to an inclusive discussion of the latest techniques and...  Read More >>

The Wealth of the Elite: Toward a New Gilded Age

The Wealth of the Elite: Toward a New Gilded Age

Author: Stamatios Tsigos ,  Kevin Daly
ISBN: 9789811521508
Format: Paperback
$258.72

Further, how wealth is distributed in the capitalist system can have an impact upon economic growth.This book offers...  Read More >>

Welfare Economics and Second-Best Theory: A Distortion-Analysis Protocol for Economic-Efficiency Prediction

Welfare Economics and Second-Best Theory: A Distortion-Analysis...

Author: Richard S. Markovits
ISBN: 9783030433628
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book examines the implications of The General Theory of Second Best for analyzing the economic efficiency of...  Read More >>

Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United States

Black Religious Landscaping in Africa and the United...

Author: Joy R. Bostic ,  Itumeleng D. Mothoagae
ISBN: 9781433172588
Format: Hardback
$293.57

The volume explores the ways in which Black people in Africa and in the Diaspora have identified obstacles and barriers...  Read More >>

A Handbook for Wellbeing Policy-Making: History, Theory, Measurement, Implementation, and Examples

A Handbook for Wellbeing Policy-Making: History, Theory,...

Author: Paul Frijters (Visiting Professor of Wellbeing Economics, London School of Economics) ,  Christian Krekel (Assistant Professor in Behavioural Science, London School of Economics)
ISBN: 9780192896803
Format: Hardback
$231.00

This volume studies what would happen if subjective wellbeing were to be the only policy metric that government...  Read More >>

Harvesting State Support: Institutional Change and Local Agency in Japanese Agriculture

Harvesting State Support: Institutional Change and Local...

Author: Hanno Jentzsch
ISBN: 9781487508548
Format: Hardback
$125.00

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Individualising Risk: Paid Care Work in the New Gig Economy

Individualising Risk: Paid Care Work in the New Gig...

Author: Fiona Macdonald
ISBN: 9789813363656
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book investigates how paid care work and employment are being transformed by policies of social care individualisation...  Read More >>

Macroeconomics as Systems Theory: Transcending the Micro-Macro Dichotomy

Macroeconomics as Systems Theory: Transcending the Micro-Macro...

Author: Richard E. Wagner
ISBN: 9783030444679
Format: Paperback
$258.72

This book examines macroeconomic theory from an analytical framework provided by theories of complex systems, in...  Read More >>

Need-Based Distributive Justice: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Need-Based Distributive Justice: An Interdisciplinary...

Author: Stefan Traub ,  Bernhard Kittel
ISBN: 9783030441234
Format: Paperback
$310.47

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The Struggle for Social Sustainability: Moral Conflicts in Global Social Policy

The Struggle for Social Sustainability: Moral Conflicts...

Author: Christopher Deeming (University of Strathclyde)
ISBN: 9781447356103
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Leading interdisciplinary scholars focus on the ‘social’ of social policy. This ground-breaking volume tackles pressing...  Read More >>

Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity: Responses from Civil Society and Civic Universities

Hope Under Neoliberal Austerity: Responses from Civil...

Author: Mel Steer (Newcastle University) ,  Simin Davoudi (Newcastle University)
ISBN: 9781447356820
Format: Hardback
$180.00

This book explores the ways in which communities are responding today’s society as government policies are increasingly...  Read More >>

Fiscal Accountability and Population Aging: New Responses to New Challenges

Fiscal Accountability and Population Aging: New Responses...

Author: Robert L. Clark ,  YoungWook Lee
ISBN: 9781800370463
Format: Hardback
$256.50

Focusing on the developing economic challenges confronting Korea and the US in response to the aging of their populations,...  Read More >>

Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

Author: David G. Blanchflower
ISBN: 9780691205496
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A candid explanation of how the labor market really works and is central to everything-and why it is not as healthy...  Read More >>

Patient Capital: The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing

Patient Capital: The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term...

Author: Victoria Ivashina ,  Josh Lerner
ISBN: 9780691217086
Format: Paperback
$55.31

How to overcome barriers to the long-term investments that are essential for solving the world's biggest problems...  Read More >>

The Changing Postal Environment: Market and Policy Innovation

The Changing Postal Environment: Market and Policy Innovation...

Author: Pier Luigi Parcu ,  Timothy J. Brennan
ISBN: 9783030345341
Format: Paperback
$310.47

This book addresses major issues facing postal and delivery services throughout the world. Worldwide, there is currently...  Read More >>

The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain

The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity...

Author: George R. Boyer
ISBN: 9780691217116
Format: Paperback
$59.99

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state?...  Read More >>

Advances in Longitudinal Data Methods in Applied Economic Research: 2020 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE)

Advances in Longitudinal Data Methods in Applied Economic...

Author: Nicholas Tsounis ,  Aspasia Vlachvei
ISBN: 9783030639693
Format: Hardback
$569.22

Featuring selected papers from the 2020 the International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE 2020) held virtually...  Read More >>

Role of Income Inequality in Shaping Outcomes on Individual Food Insecurity: Background Paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019

Role of Income Inequality in Shaping Outcomes on Individual...

Author: C. Holleman ,  V. Conti
ISBN: 9789251336090
Format: Paperback
$40.70

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If You’re a Classical Liberal, How Come You’re Also an Egalitarian?: A Theory of Rule Egalitarianism

If You’re a Classical Liberal, How Come You’re Also...

Author: Åsbjørn Melkevik
ISBN: 9783030379100
Format: Paperback
$232.85

If a necessary link exists between the classical liberal tradition and the moral and institutional dimensions of...  Read More >>

Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis: Looking for Reasonable Shortcuts

Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis: Looking for Reasonable...

Author: Ginés de Rus
ISBN: 9781839103742
Format: Hardback
$237.50

Introduction to Cost–Benefit Analysis is intended as a graduate and advanced undergraduate textbook. Nevertheless,...  Read More >>

Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting the History of Welfare Economics

Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values: Revisiting...

Author: Roger E. Backhouse ,  Antoinette Baujard
ISBN: 9781108841450
Format: Hardback
$206.97

It is widely held that economists, as scientists, should not consider ethical values, even in welfare economics...  Read More >>

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