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Access to medicines and vaccines : implementing flexibilities under intellect…
This open access book is the outcome of a Global Forum on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines held in December 2019 at the Max Plank Instititute in Munich, organised by the South Centre and the Max Plank Institute. The academics and experts from international organisations participating have contributed chapters to this book. The book is for policy makers (in Ministries of…
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- 9783030831141
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- x, 369 p. : ill.
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- 346.0486 COR a
The politics of inclusive development : interrogating the evidence
It is now widely accepted that politics plays a significant role in shaping the possibilities for inclusive development. However, the specific ways in which this happens across different types and forms of development, and in different contexts, remains poorly understood. This collection provides the state of the art review regarding what is currently known about the politics of inclusive devel…
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- 9780198788829
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- xx, 396 p. : ill.
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- 338.9 BUK t
Inequality in the developing world
Inequality has emerged as a key development challenge. It holds implications for economic growth and redistribution and translates into power asymmetries that can endanger human rights, create conflict, and embed social exclusion and chronic poverty. For these reasons, it underpins intense public and academic debates and has become a dominant policy concern within many countries and in all mult…
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- 9780198863960
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- xx, 352 p. : ill.
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- 330.91724 TAR i
Globalisation and its economic consequences : looking at APEC economies
Given the rising criticisms of and growing doubts about globalisation, this timely edited volume looks at globalisation and its economic impact on eight countries in Asia and the Pacific region, namely Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States (US), and Vietnam. The eight selected countries are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and yet…
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- 9781003138501
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- xv, 247 p. : ill.
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- 306.091823 URA g
Futures past : economic forecasting in the 20th and 21st century
Few areas in economics are as controversial as economic forecasting. While the field has sparked great hopes for the prediction of economic trends and events throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, economic forecasts have often proved inaccurate or unreliable, thus provoking severe criticism in times of unpredicted crisis. Despite these failures, economic forecasting has not lost its importance…
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- 9783631818695
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- 218 p . : ill.
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- Literature – Culture – Economy
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- 330.0112 FRI f
Is behavioral economics doomed?: the ordinary versus the extraordinary
It is fashionable to criticize economic theory for focusing too much on rationality and ignoring the imperfect and emotional way in which real economic decisions are reached. All of us facing the global economic crisis wonder just how rational economic men and women can be. Behavioral economics — an effort to incorporate psychological ideas into economics — has become all the rage. This bo…
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- 9781906924942
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- vii, 154 p. ; ill
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- 330.019 LEV i
Industry 0.4 and regional transformation
This volume brings together expert contributors to explore opportunities and challenges that Industry 4.0 is likely to pose for regions, firms and jobs in Europe. Drawing on theory and empirical cases, it considers emerging issues like servitization, new innovation models for local production systems, and the increase in reshoring.
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- 9780429057984
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- xviii, 257 p. : ill.
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- 338.064094 BAI i
The value of culture : on the relationship between economics and arts
Culture manifests itself in everything human, including the ordinary business of everyday life. Culture and art have their own value, but economic values are also constrained. Art sponsorships and subsidies suggest a value that exceeds market price. So what is the real value of culture? Unlike the usual focus on formal problems, which has 'de-cultured' and 'de-moralized' the practice of economi…
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- 9053562I92
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- 238 p. : bnw, ill.
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- 338.477 KLA t
The unity of the capitalist economy and state
Geert Reuten's The unity of the capitalist economy and state offers a systematic exposition of the capitalist system. Outlining the economic and state institutions and processes that sustain capitalism, Reuten shows how the capitalist economy and state inevitably constitute a unity. Readership: Scholars and advanced students in political economy, economics, political science, social geography, …
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- 9789004392809
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- vi, 727p. : ill.
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- 330.122 REU t
Labour and value : rethinking Marx's theory of exploitation
In this book Ernesto Screpanti provides a rigorous examination of Marx’s theory of exploitation, one of the cornerstones of Marxist thought. With precision and clarity, he identifies the holes in traditional readings of Marx’s theory before advancing his own original interpretation, drawing on contemporary philosophy and economic theory to provide a refreshingly interdisciplinary exegesis. …
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- 9781783747818
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- 144 p. : ill.
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- 179.8 SCR l
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