The study is focused on empowering the people in order to cultivate, nurture, and consolidate democratisation and good governance processes in Afri...

In the beginning of the 1990s, Denmark was developing along a 'basic income path'. At that time the hegemonic growth discourse was in crisis. Its l...

In presenting Hermeneutics of Capital, the author fears that most modern economists are not prepared or even interested in the approach that has be...

In the wake of the summer of 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah and an armed domestic confrontation between Hezbollah and rival Lebanese groups ...

The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high u...

High-frequency trading (HFT) is a broad term without a precise legal or regulatory definition. It is used to describe what many characterise as a s...

Developing the before presented methodological framework further, is a self-referential and self-reflexive process. This simply means that detailin...

In many countries across the world, the demographic compositions of universities have changed with the increasing numbers of international students...

This compilation first details the ways the Plan for the Alliance for Prosperity in Honduras sought to generate sources of employment, develop huma...

Hong Kong in Focus - Political & Economic Issues

This book explores Hong Kong today and since the People's Republic of China (China) resumed sovereignty over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, an event fr...

In this book, several methods for cohort analysis are reviewed and compared via empirical analyses and simulations. In particular, household behavi...

The mortgage crisis in the US has resulted in lower housing costs, as well as greater future income uncertainty. This book examines the effects of ...

In this compilation, the authors outline the main stages that have marked the transformations of the notion of human capital, as well as the attemp...

In this book, the authors gather current research in the study of human capital and human resource management. Topics discussed include managing mu...

This final volume (save for the Index) in Liberty Fund's 'The Collected Works of James M Buchanan' acquaints us most intimately with the man himsel...

Identity theft tax refund fraud is a persistent, evolving threat to honest taxpayers and tax administration. It occurs when an identity thief files...

Beginning with the concept that the way we think of social justice will depend on our understanding of who we are, Equity, Identity and Social Just...

Includes six works in which Arthur Seldon discusses the way ideas influence policy. He explains how he worked to bring about a revival of classical...

Aliens may be removed from the United States for a variety of reasons, such as having entered the country unlawfully, overstaying a visa, or commit...

This collected volume presents immigration research from an interdisciplinary perspective. It includes chapters written by psychologists, sociologi...

This book examines U.S. immigration law and policy issues, including border security, criminal aliens, worksite enforcement, employment eligibility...

For several years, some Members of Congress have favoured "comprehensive immigration reform" (CIR), a label that commonly refers to omnibus legisla...

The long-term trend in declining retirement security has been exacerbated by the recent turmoil in the financial markets, and underscores the need ...

This book analyses the macro and microeconomic effects on a host economy in regards to the entry of foreign-owned companies (i.e., multinational en...

This book analyses the macro and microeconomic effects on a host economy in regards to the entry of foreign-owned companies (i.e., multinational en...

This book explores the world economic crisis that began in 2008, and which has had major consequences for U.S. agriculture. The weakening of global...

This book addresses the problem of correlations between investments, economic growth and employment using three different instruments: error correc...

Offshoring, also known as offshore outsourcing, is the term now being used to describe a practice among companies located in the United States of c...