Why Forests? Why Now?

Why Forests? Why Now?
Author: Frances Seymour
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1933286865

Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.

I Love You, Now Read This Book. (It's About Human Decision Making and Behavioral Economics.)

I Love You, Now Read This Book. (It's About Human Decision Making and Behavioral Economics.)
Author: Susan Weinschenk Ph D
Publisher:
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781076909329

Have you heard about behavioral economics? Don't be scared; it's fun, exciting, and interesting. This book is a summary of some of the best and most recent research in the quickly growing field of behavioral economics. I read the original research studies and put only the best and most brilliant ideas together in a fun, easy to read, and inspiring book. There are cute little illustrations, visual aids, and all the research is cited. Use it as a reference guide of great research, to share wonderful ideas, or simply as an entertaining read. It is going to be so fun! I hope you'll join me. You will find the information useful, fascinating, and maybe it will explain ourselves and fellow humans just a little bit more. I've worked hard to make this book an excellent value by keeping the price low, and it filling with almost 500 pages of love and useful information. Thanks, Guthri

Economics for Today

Economics for Today
Author: Allan P. Layton
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2002
Genre: Economics
ISBN: 9780170104623

This new text is written for one-semester, introductory economics subjects that introduce students to the key concepts of both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Authors Layton and Tucker from Queensland University of Technology.

Economics Today

Economics Today
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Economics
ISBN: 9780132554510

Students learn best when they see a concept applied in the context of examples they understand. That is why Economics Today: The Macro View is so successful in classrooms where students hail from a wide variety of majors, backgrounds, and ages. An abundance of relentlessly current, news-worthy examples motivate every chapter and reflect the interests of today's diverse student population.

Feminist Economics Today

Feminist Economics Today
Author: Marianne A. Ferber
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 022677516X

The 1993 publication of Marianne A. Ferber and Julie A. Nelson's Beyond Economic Man was a landmark in both feminist scholarship and the discipline of economics, and it quickly became a handbook for those seeking to explore the emerging connections between the two. A decade later, this book looks back at the progress of feminist economics and forward to its future, offering both a thorough overview of feminist economic thought and a collection of new, high-quality work from the field's leading scholars.

Pandemic Economics

Pandemic Economics
Author: Thomas R. Sadler
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2021-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000411354

Pandemic Economics applies economic theory to the Covid-19 era, exploring the micro and macro dimensions of the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic phases. Using core economic tools such as marginal analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and opportunity cost, this book explores the breadth of economic outcomes from the pandemic. It shows that a tradeoff between public health and economic health led to widespread problems, including virus infections and unemployment. Taking an international and comparative approach, the book shows that because countries implemented different economic policies, interventions, and timelines during the crisis, outcomes varied with respect to the extent of recession, process of recovery, availability of medical equipment, public health, and additional waves of the virus. Pedagogical features are weaved throughout the text, including country case studies, key terms, suggested further reading, and discussion questions for solo or group study. On top of this, the book offers online supplements comprising PowerPoint slides, test questions, extra case studies, and an instructor guide. This textbook will be a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on pandemic economics, macroeconomics, health economics, public policy, and related areas.

Living Economics

Living Economics
Author: Peter J. Boettke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781598130751

" This lively book illuminates how economics affects all walks of life, whether in the marketplace, voting booth, church, family, or any human activity. Boettke believes that economics is not merely a game to be played by clever professionals, but a discipline that touches on the most pressing practical issues at any historical juncture. The wealth and poverty of nations are at stake; the length and quality of life turns on the economic conditions individuals find themselves living with. So teaching and learning economics are high stakes ventures"--Book cover.

Economics Today

Economics Today
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Pearson
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2017-01-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9780134479804

Debunking Economics

Debunking Economics
Author: Steve Keen
Publisher: Zed Books
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2001-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781856499927

What is the score card for economics at the start of the new millennium? While there are many different schools of economic thought, it is the neo-classical school, with its alleged understanding and simplistic advocacy of the market, that has become equated in the public mind with economics. This book shows that virtually every aspect of conventional neo-classical economics' thinking is intellectually unsound. Steve Keen draws on an impressive array of advanced critical thinking. He constitutes a profound critique of the principle concepts, theories, and methodologies of the mainstream discipline. Keen raises grave doubts about economics' pretensions to established scientific status and its reliability as a guide to understanding the real world of economic life and its policy-making.