N/A
Focusing on biodiversity loss, the report examines the urgent need for sustainable solutions to address this critical issue. It encourages a shift in mindset, actions, and metrics of success to effectively combat environmental degradation. By highlighting the current challenges and proposing transformative approaches, the report aims to guide individuals and organizations toward a more sustainable future.
Dass die Weltwirtschaft über unser Glück im Arbeitsleben entscheidet, und infolge dessen vielleicht noch über viel mehr, das haben wir gerade erst zu spüren bekommen. Der hochrenommierte englische Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Partha Dasgupta erinnert in seiner verständlichen, umfassenden und wohlabgewogenen Darstellung der Weltwirtschaft, ihrer Funktionsmechanismen, Chancen und Risiken aber auch daran, dass wir alle nicht nur mit der Wall Street, sondern auch mit den Dorfwegen in Äthiopien oder Indien, mit den Slumstraßen in Sao Paolo oder Djakarta in Verbindung stehen. Nicht nur großes Geld treibt die Weltwirtschaft, auch großer Hunger und große Hoffnung.
Here Partha Dasgupta, an internationally recognized authority in economics, presents readers with a solid introduction to its basic concepts, including efficiency, equity, sustainability, dynamic equilibrium, property rights, markets, and public goods. Throughout, he highlights the relevance of economics to everyday life, providing a very human exploration of a technical subject. Dasgupta covers enduring issues such as population growth, the environment, and poverty. For example, he explores how the world's looming population problems affect us at the local, national, and international level.Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life. Here, Dasgupta goes beyond the basics to show it's innate effects on our history, culture, and lifestyles.About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.
In recent years economists have found the theory of games to be an attractive route for exploring imperfectly competitive markets. This collection of articles explores both the potential and the limitations of this theoretical framework.
A collection of articles examining equilibrium outcomes in social and economic environments which possess cooperative infrastructures.