Welfare Economics

The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequalitya critically important examination of poverty around the worldIn this,...

The untold story of how welfare and development programs in the United States and Latin America produced the instruments of their own destructionIn...

Originally published in 1920, The Economics of Welfare provided a solution to the much discussed problem of externalities associated with market in...

Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers. This volume provides solutions-o...

In 2001 Germany and Austria became the last EU states to lift transnational controls restricting access to their labour markets for citizens of ex-...

This book provides new interdisciplinary and comparative answers as to why banking sectors in 'liberal' and 'coordinated' market economies operated...

Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan's potential for a basic income program ...

This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing go...

This bookexamines inclusive growth in a range of social and economic areas in India, including physical infrastructure, vulnerable sections of the ...

Having previously defined a good society as a sustainable society with a high level of development, significant provision of meaningful jobs, and l...

Increasingly flexible labour markets and reforms of old-age pension systems are still ranking high on the political agenda of European countries. T...

Free Money for All makes the case for a basic income guarantee of $10,000 per adult US citizen. The book shows that a basic income guarantee will i...

Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national inf...

The second volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World explores the development of modern economic growth from 1870 to the present...

The first volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World traces the emergence of modern economic growth in eighteenth century Britain...

This book examines the Thatcher governments attempt to revolutionise Britains pensions system in the 1980s and create a nation of risk-taking saver...

This book highlights the importance of economic knowledge in government decision-making. Almost every decision and responsibility facing government...

'A well-researched, enjoyable and thoughtful book'. - Calum Chace, ForbesExtraordinary innovations in technology promise to transform the world, bu...

Bringing together diverse approaches and case studies of international health worker migration, Global Migration, Gender, and Health Professional C...

From Consent to Coercion examines the increasing assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada by federal and provincial governments. C...

Oil fuels the global economy and remains a staple of our energy system. Yet, its production and use continue to draw negative criticism, and an inc...

From Consent to Coercion examines the increasing assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada by federal and provincial governments. C...

This textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trad...