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Intro -- ECONOMICS OF WEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- ECONOMICS OF WEALTH IN THE 21ST CENTURY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 RECENT TRENDS IN HOUSEHOLD WEALTH IN THE U.S.: RISING DEBT AND THE MIDDLE CLASS SQUEEZE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA SOURCES AND METHODS -- 3. MEDIAN WEALTH ROSE BRISKLY DURING THE 2000S -- 4. WEALTH INEQUALITY SHOWS A MODEST INCREASE OVER THE EARLY 2000S -- 5. STOCKS REMAIN HIGHLY CONCENTRATED IN THE HANDS OF THE RICH -- A. Portfolio Composition by Wealth Class -- B. Concentration of Assets by Asset Type -- C. The "Middle Class Squeeze" -- 6. THE RACIAL DIVIDE REMAINS LARGELY UNCHANGED OVER TIME -- 7. WEALTH SHIFTS FROM THE YOUNG TO THE OLD -- 8. STOCK OWNERSHIP FIRST RISES AND THEN FALLS -- 9. AN UPDATE TO 2009 -- 10. SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: DATA SOURCES AND METHODS -- Chapter 2 WHEN THE MARKET DOES NOT DELIVER: AN INCLUSIVE GROWTH EXPERIMENT FALLS VICTIM TO WEALTH CONSTRAINTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE MODEL -- Economic Agents -- Set Of (Physical) Outcomes -- Utility Functions -- Special Restrictions -- THE IMPLIED GAME IN STRATIC FORM -- Strategies -- Payoff Functions -- Nash Equilibria Of Γ(S, ) -- EXPLANATION OF THE STRATEGIC FORM GAME Γ -- RESULTS -- Policy Failure as Equilibrium Outcome -- Nash Equilibria -- INTERPRETATION -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 CAN WE EXPLAIN AWAY THE BLACK-WHITE WEALTH GAP? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- FINDINGS FROM OLS REGRESSION MODELS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter4CONSILIENTAPPROACHESTOMODELINGWEALTH -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TheEnergy-OrganizationFramework -- 3.EarlyLiterature -- 3.1.TheMysteryofSteam -- 3.2.The20thCentury -- 4.TheOilCrises:TheDawningofaNewEra -- 4.1.TheAddendumApproach -- 4.2.TheEcologicalApproach.

The article provides a description of T. Veblen's views, showing his place in the history of economic thought. The author analyzes the context of Veblen's life and work and considers different aspects of his theoretical legacy. Special attention is paid to the discussion of Veblen's role in the development of institutional economics. The author describes in detail the main trends in the development of institutionalism after Veblen.

"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Brazilian economic thought ranging from colonial times through to the early 21st Century. It explores the production of ideas on the Brazilian economy through various forms of publication and contemporary thoughts on economic contexts and development policies, all closely reflecting the evolution of economic history. After an editorial introduction, it opens with a discussion of the issue of the historical limits to and circumstances of the production of pure economic theory by Brazilian economists. The proceeding chapters follow the classical periodization of Brazilian economic history, starting with the colonial economy (up until the early 19th century) and the transition into an economy independent from Portugal (1808 through the 1830s) when formal independence took place in 1822. This book is ideal for international and national scholars in social sciences, students in both undergraduate and graduate courses in economics, and any individuals interested in Brazilian economic and intellectual history"--

Seit Beginn des Kriegs Russlands gegen die Ukraine blickt die europäische Öffentlichkeit auch auf Polen. Als direkter Nachbar der Ukraine spielt Polen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Hilfe für das bedrängte Land. Die innenpolitische Entwicklung unter Polens nationalkonservativer Regierung weckt allerdings seit 2015 europaweit Besorgnis. Immer wieder kommt es zu Konflikten zwischen der EU und Polens Regierung. Reinhold Vetter untersucht die Gründe und Ursachen dieser Entwicklung und analysiert dazu die Qualität der polnischen Verfassung und des politischen Systems, Stärken und Schwächen der Wirtschaft und der Sozialsysteme, Polens Position in EU und NATO, sowie die Haltung seiner Bürger:innen zur parlamentarischen Demokratie

"This is a book about what people imagine it means to live in a world where private property is dominant, and their fears - and sometimes hopes - about living in a future world where private property has disappeared. In the propertied imagination, private property is a fragile thing, an institution beset by terrifying enemies and racialised and gendered mobs: Levellers and Diggers, socialists and anarchists, fervent religious radicals, abolitionists, feminists, and haughty welfare-state bureaucrats. The history of private property is the history of a recurring nightmare that one or another of these groups would storm the castle and take control. That threatened social chaos is the central unifying story of this book.Private property and the fear of social chaos starts by charting the thinkers who laid the foundations for how we understand private property, including Locke, Burke, Marx and Engels. The book looks at how their ideas have been put into practice in ways that continue to shape the modern world, from Harry Truman's housing policies and the anti-abolitionist George Fitzhugh to Margaret Thatcher and Elon Musk. Arguing that the spectre of 'the mob' has been intimately interconnected with the idea of private property throughout capitalist modernity, the book ambitiously narrates this history from the early colonisation of the Americas to Silicon Valley, and the future of human colonisation in space."

This revised and expanded edition of a benchmark collection compares how civil services around the world have adapted to cope with managing public services in the 21st century. The volume provides insights into multi-level governance, juridification and issues of efficiency and responsiveness as well as exploring the impact of fiscal austerity.

This article explores the medical history of abortion in South Africa during the last three decades of the twentieth century, focusing on the role played by doctors in their clinical encounters with abortion patients. It also examines doctors' views of the state's contested policies on abortion, while locating these policies within the wider global movement towards the legalisation of abortion. Many doctors and public health officials employed by the apartheid state occupied an ambiguous space, taking a racist and paternalistic approach to their patients, while also providing the services these patients demanded for the protection of their health, including contraception and abortion. I combine the analysis of medical articles, laws and policies governing abortion with the oral-historical recollections of doctors, to examine how changes in abortion laws were understood in medical writing and practice during this time. Two key issues dominated public debates about abortion from the 1970s: the procurement of abortion on psychiatric grounds and the health outcomes of illegal abortions. Ultimately, changes in abortion laws reflected the political transition from apartheid to democracy, during a period in which political leaders and women's health advocates championed the legalisation of abortion despite public opposition.

As the rivalry between the US and China enters a dangerous new phase, reaffirming the politics of anti-imperialism is a task more important than ever.From trade wars and pandemic politics to rioting workers, intercontinental balloons, and battles over TikTok, the US media tends to present contemporary China-when its discussed at all-in sensationalist terms. This portrayal has only intensified as Chinas relationship with the United States has grown increasingly hostile. Whether in the form of overtly racist rhetoric and aggressive trade actions, or the more buttoned down but equally antagonistic efforts to oppose Chinese interests abroad, the US has made clear that it has no interest in giving up its position as global hegemon. This seemingly endless cycle of nationalism, jingoism, and reactionary politics on both sides of the Pacific suggests a downward spiral that could plausibly result in catastrophic military confrontation.China in Global Capitalism forcefully makes the case that workers and socially marginalized people in both the US and China must oppose our rulers claims that they have our best interests in mind as they ratchet up their rivalry. Rather, if were to avert nuclear calamity, we must oppose imperialism in all its forms, and regardless of its source and rhetoric.Through snapshots of Chinas growing social movements-from its labor struggles to feminist campaigns, and more-Lin, Liu, Friedman, and Smith provide some of the building blocks well need to construct a movement that centers international solidarity across borders

This book reproduces the original 1937 founding pamphlet of Mass-Observation - the compelling social research project that ran for decades in the mid-20th century - with expert commentary throughout. It also features brand new supporting essays by and informative interviews with prominent scholars of Mass-Observation which reflect on the organisation, its origins and its influence on multiple academic disciplines, including history, sociology and anthropology. An introductory essay by the editor synthesizes the arguments of this material, as well as contributing vital historical context and suggestions for ways in which other disciplines might benefit from the use of Mass-Observation approaches and archival material. There is also a chronology of Mass-Observation, its publications and major figures associated with it. Mass-Observation offers an unparalleled wealth of insights into the lived experiences of Britons in the 20th century and this volume provides the best introduction to it available, familiarizing you with both the original Mass-Observation aims and what value this fascinating material carries for us today