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Handbook of Research on Economic and Social Well-being
Edited by Conchita D’Ambrosio
The past decade has been characterized by a burgeoning interest in new concepts of individual and social well-being. The impetus for this new research has stemmed from increased demand from policy makers and civil society for measures of...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Bridging the Prosperity Gap in the EU
Edited by Ulf Bernitz, Moa Mårtensson, Lars Oxelheim, Thomas Persson
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the authors invaluably pinpoint both overarching problems and possibilities associated with the social dimension of European integration. Prominent researchers of economics, law and political science...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sick of Inequality?
Andreas Bergh, Therese Nilsson, Daniel Waldenström
There is a clear trend in rich countries that despite rising incomes and living standards, the gap between rich and poor is widening. What does this mean for our health? Does increasing income inequality affect outcomes such as obesity, ...eBook:Find out more$28.76
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Approaching Equality
Roger A. McCain
Drawing on some recent research (especially that of Piketty and his associates) and on older ideas (particularly from Sir Arthur Lewis), Roger McCain proposes policies that, together, would aim to reverse the observed tendency towards th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Investment and Social Welfare
Edited by James Midgley, Espen Dahl, Amy Conley Wright
This book contributes to the growing literature on social investment by discussing the way social investment ideas have been adopted in different countries and in various academic and professional fields, including social policy, develop...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Distribution of Wealth – Growing Inequality?
Michael Schneider, Mike Pottenger, J. E. King
This book is about the distribution of wealth among people, described by statisticians as the size distribution of wealth, and the way that this distribution has changed over time. It provides answers to a host of important questions inc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life
Edited by Luigino Bruni, Pier Luigi Porta
Offering a thorough assessment of the recent developments in the economic literature on happiness and quality of life, this Handbook astutely considers both methods of estimation and policy application. The expert contributors critically...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The New Economics of Income Distribution
Friedrich L. Sell
With the increased interest in the role of inequality in modern economies, this timely and original book explores income distribution as an equilibrium phenomenon. Though globalization tends to destroy earlier equilibria within industria...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Crises and Policy Regimes
Edited by Hideko Magara
In this innovative book, Hideko Magara brings together an expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations. The ed...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Government Failure
Wilfred Dolfsma
This highly unique book takes a fundamental look at when and how a government can fail at its core responsibility of formulating rules. Government, representing society, relates to the economy by formulating the rules within which (marke...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen
David Reisman
Thorstein Veblen was a multidisciplinary social scientist whose original insights continue to inspire debate. Rather than focusing on allocation, markets and scarcity, his perspective on economics was rather one of Darwinian evolution an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Welfare State and Life Transitions
Edited by Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch, Jill Rubery
This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some lif...eBook:Find out more$43.16
