Economics of specific sectors

Plantation forestry is the planting, managing, and harvesting of trees for the production of industrial wood.

Drawing on the work of leading researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including economic geography, economics, economic history, finance, law, and public policy, this edited collection provides a comprehensive assessment of stranded assets and the environment, covering the fundamental issues and debates, including climate change and societal responses to environmental change, as well as its origins and theoretical basis.

Drawing on the work of leading researchers and practitioners from a range of disciplines, including economic geography, economics, economic history, finance, law, and public policy, this edited collection provides a comprehensive assessment of stranded assets and the environment, covering the fundamental issues and debates, including climate change and societal responses to environmental change, as well as its origins and theoretical basis.

Originally published in 1990, this study tracks the issues, progress and problems in environmental issues in the United States from the 1980's.

Originally published in 1990, this study tracks the issues, progress and problems in environmental issues in the United States from the 1980's.

Only a few economists have vigorously dealt with mineral economics.

Only a few economists have vigorously dealt with mineral economics.

Despite their obvious importance, the ethical implications of climate change are often neglected in economic evaluations of mitigation and adaptation policies.

Despite their obvious importance, the ethical implications of climate change are often neglected in economic evaluations of mitigation and adaptation policies.

Why do critics and celebrants of globalization concur that international trade and finance represent an inexorable globe-bestriding force with a single logic?

Risk analysis is not a narrowly defined set of applications.

Risk analysis is not a narrowly defined set of applications.

The analytical approach of standard health economics has so far failed to sufficiently account for the nature of care.

The analytical approach of standard health economics has so far failed to sufficiently account for the nature of care.

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades.

The question of how to allocate scarce medical resources has become an important public policy issue in recent decades.

Originally published in 1984, this study explores multiple theoretical perspectives as well as critically analysing the most recent evidence at the time to try and find a full explanation for inequality in the United States.

Originally published in 1984, this study explores multiple theoretical perspectives as well as critically analysing the most recent evidence at the time to try and find a full explanation for inequality in the United States.

Macroeconomics in Context: A European Perspective lays out the principles of macroeconomics in a manner that is thorough, up to date, and relevant to students.

Macroeconomics in Context: A European Perspective lays out the principles of macroeconomics in a manner that is thorough, up to date, and relevant to students.

State climate and clean energy policy will play a critical role in the future of the political dialogue and economic development.

This collection brings together leading economists from around the world to explore key issues in economic analysis and the history of economic thought.

This collection brings together leading economists from around the world to explore key issues in economic analysis and the history of economic thought.

This book presents a new System Dynamics model (the ERRE model), a novel stock and flow consistent global impact assessment model designed by the authors to address the financial risks emerging from the interaction between economic growth and environmental limits under the presence of shocks.

This book presents a new System Dynamics model (the ERRE model), a novel stock and flow consistent global impact assessment model designed by the authors to address the financial risks emerging from the interaction between economic growth and environmental limits under the presence of shocks.

What we eat - as well as how it is produced, processed, moved, sold, and used by our bodies seems to matter like never before.

What we eat - as well as how it is produced, processed, moved, sold, and used by our bodies seems to matter like never before.

Before there was economics, there was political economy, an interdisciplinary adventure boldly and critically seeking to understand capitalism.

Before there was economics, there was political economy, an interdisciplinary adventure boldly and critically seeking to understand capitalism.

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally.

This book offers historical and comparative analyses of changes in agrarian society forced by the globalization of capitalism, and the implications of these changes for human welfare globally.

This book shows how we can solve the climate change crisis, which is the greatest threat humanity has faced.

This book shows how we can solve the climate change crisis, which is the greatest threat humanity has faced.

From market crisis to market boom, from welfare to wealth care, from homelessness to helplessness, and an all-out assault on the global environment-these are just some of the indecencies of contemporary economic life that Profit Pathology takes on.

From market crisis to market boom, from welfare to wealth care, from homelessness to helplessness, and an all-out assault on the global environment-these are just some of the indecencies of contemporary economic life that Profit Pathology takes on.

Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct.

Consumer society is an unquestionably complex social construct.

This book presents a positive account of Aristotle's theory of political economy, arguing that it contains elements that may help us better understand and resolve contemporary social and economic problems.

This book presents a positive account of Aristotle's theory of political economy, arguing that it contains elements that may help us better understand and resolve contemporary social and economic problems.

Today, the general public craves information on food and agriculture with an unprecedented passion.

Today, the general public craves information on food and agriculture with an unprecedented passion.

International environmental agreements provide a basis for countries to address ecological problems on a global scale.

International environmental agreements provide a basis for countries to address ecological problems on a global scale.

This Handbook offers an up-to-date collection of research on agricultural economics.

This Handbook offers an up-to-date collection of research on agricultural economics.

This book deals with the transformations of both accumulation process and labour in the transition from a Fordist to a cognitive capitalism paradigm, with specific regard to Western economies.

This book deals with the transformations of both accumulation process and labour in the transition from a Fordist to a cognitive capitalism paradigm, with specific regard to Western economies.

While water is an increasingly scarce resource, most existing methods to allocate it are neither economically nor environmentally efficient.

Biofuels are a renewable source of energy used mainly for transportation.

Biofuels are a renewable source of energy used mainly for transportation.