Welfare Economics

The reason for the depth the 2008's global depression lies in the intractability of modern economic systems. This has led to an emergence of unprec...

This book analyzes the determinants of happiness for both the rich and the poor in the developing regions of Asia, Latin America and Africa. Explan...

Mainstream economics almost completely ignores the role power plays in determining economic outcomes, which means it can only provide partial expla...

Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to gove...

Countries that have suffered ethnic or religious conflict and become segregated societies reflect these divisions in education provision for their ...

Justice, Sustainability, and Security not only enhances our knowledge of these issues, but it teases out our moral dimensions and offer prescriptio...

Over the last three decades, Europe's generous social benefits have encouraged a massive surge of 'welfare migration,' especially of low skilled la...

Basic Income: An Anthology of Contemporary Research presents a compilation of six decades of Basic Income literature. It includes the most influent...

In Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets , Ashraf analyses the role of social safety nets in a time when our global economy threatens our way of l...

With the recent cost of living crisis, we are all looking for ways to cut bills and save money. Ann Russell, who is best known as 'TikTok's Auntie'...

We must quickly learn how to live well in the world as it is today, including the realm of work. We need to learn a new vocabulary of economics and...

This book explores the widening gap between the wage packets of skilled and unskilled workers that has become a pressing issue for all states in th...

Betrayed takes a new approach to the subject of global poverty, one that doesn't blame the West but also doesn't rely on the West for solutions. Be...

The lives of all Australians are profoundly affected by the quality of social services available, but a long list of royal commissions and public i...

In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty. Policy-makers put forth an unprecedented package of legislation, funding poverty programs and empower...

No sector has been as vital as oil to the Russian economy since Vladimir Putin came to power. The longest serving leader since Stalin, Putin has pr...

The extraordinary early life in India and England of one of the world's leading public intellectualsWhere is 'home'? For Amartya Sen, home has been...

This book thus takes issue with the characterisation of the South African state as developmental. The crucial aspect of care is missing from the pr...

The Country Profile of Kazakhstan, prepared at the request of the Government of Kazakhstan focuses on the housing sector, specifically on issues of...

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

The book examines the nature of the Real Living Wage as a body of civil regulation, the organizations behind the campaign and the methods they have...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in...

The United States introduced the earned income tax credit (EITC) in 1975, where it remains the most significant earnings-based refundable credit in...