Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry.
This volume presents the proceedings of the ZAFIN Finance and Sustainability conference, organized by the Wroclaw University of Economics in cooperation with Corvinus University of Budapest and the University of Economics in Prague.
This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population.
In light of demographic change and the growing problems of traditional old-age security systems, this book discusses two essential instruments in connection with privately providing for old-age security: (1) savings in private pension schemes and (2) building up equity for home-ownership.
This edited volume takes a closer look at various European pension-plan models and the recent challenges, trends and predictions related to the design of such schemes.
Wenn Arbeitslosigkeit Verschuldung oder Zahlungsunfähigkeit auslöst, Schulden zugleich die Stellensuche erschweren oder verhindern, dann ist guter Rat teuer.
This book presents selected papers from the 26th and 27th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conferences, held in Prague, Czech Republic, and Bali, Indonesia.
This book critically discusses the changing relationship between the Indian state and capital by examining the mediating role of society in influencing developmental outcomes.
This book brings together scholars from the fields of politics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology and economics, to explore pathways towards implementing a Basic Income in Australia.
This Handbook responds to the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of development economists by providing critical reference material alongside or in relation to mainstream propositions.
This book addresses the central question of European solidarity in the face of a multitude of crises in Europe and focuses on its discursive manifestation in public debates.
This book surveys existing literature from both waste management and behavioural sciences to offer a complete overview of how economic agents relate to a central matter in the policy making agenda: that of waste prevention and recycling.
This book explains the theoretical and policy issues associated with the taxation of financial services and includes a jurisdictional overview that illustrates alternative policy choices and the legal consequences of those choices .
This book contains selected papers of the International Conference on Industrial Economics Systems and Industrial Security Engineering (IEIS 2020), which is co-organized by Beijing Jiaotong University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, in July 25-28 2020.
This book employs a qualitative analysis of China's publicly financed construction sector, taking the system design as its point of departure and applying comprehensive evaluation techniques to create an index system for this type of construction - which in turn serves as a basis for quantitatively evaluating China's publicly financed construction sector.
Remembering S R Nathan: A Mentor for All Seasons is a collection of essays commemorating the life of Singapore's sixth President, the late Mr S R Nathan.
Reflecting the diverse and profound changes triggered by the latest wave of economic globalization, this book highlights various governance responses at national, regional and global levels.
Drei von vier der 50- bis 75-jährigen können sich gesellschaftliches Engagement im Alter grundsätzlich vorstellen, für 48% stellt die Gründung eines sozialen Unternehmens einen vorstellbaren Weg dar, sich für die Gesellschaft zu engagieren.
Der Band thematisiert aktuelle Diskurse um Veränderungen und Herausforderungen in Organisationen der Sozialwirtschaft im Kontext von politischen, wirtschaftlichen, gesellschaftlichen und technologischen Entwicklungen.
Classical liberalism has typically sought to maintain as much room as possible for the exercise of personal initiative in the face of the encroachment of states.
While most people assume that all bribery is unethical, the literature provides examples and philosophical arguments to support the proposition that some bribery may actually be ethical, based on utilitarian grounds.
Das Studienbuch „Personalführung in der Sozialwirtschaft“ bietet einen wissenschaftlich kompakten und gleichzeitig praxisnahen Einblick in die Vielfalt der Leitungsaufgaben in Sozialen Organisationen, im Gesundheitswesen sowie in der öffentlichen Verwaltung.
The phenomenon of excess volatility in the context of share prices and of the term structure of interest rates has been documented by the existing literature, highlighting the limitations of traditional models of rational expectations and of reliance on the efficient market hypothesis.
Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Darstellung der Finanzierungs- und Organisationsstruktur des deutschen Sozialstaates mit einem Schwerpunkt im Bereich der Sozialversicherung.
