This series spans the globe presenting leading research in economics. International applications and examples of economic progress are invaluable in a troubled world with economic booms bursting like so many penny balloons. Topics discussed include government and individual strategy for dealing with the increasing post-retirement life expectancy; emergent money and economic cycles; global poverty; modelling the factors that determine the phenomenon of corruption in the Mediterranean and Balkan region; examining the EU-27's international migration distribution; debt in retirement; and corruption and economics.