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"This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across sub-national regions and between governance levels in China. Despite the significance of emerging economies in a pathway to a zero-carbon future, research to date on China's transformation governance remains limited. Drawing on a theoretical framework for policy diffusion and based on extensive data from expert interviews with Chinese decision makers and policy practitioners, Lina Li and Maia Haru Hall focus on the policy of emissions trading systems (ETS) and two key case studies: Shanghai and Hubei. The authors examine the role of the national government and how much freedom the sub-national regions have in developing ETS policy, as well as pinpointing key actors and the role of policy and knowledge diffusion mechanisms. Overall, this book sheds light on the competition between China and the West in the transition to climate-friendly societies and economies, highlighting opportunities for cooperation between them. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental politics and policy, climate change, urban studies, and Chinese studies more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction / Monika Meireles, Bruno De Conti and Diego Guevara
• I. Rethinking Development and Financial Dependency: Theoretical Reflections
• 1. Dependency, Finance and Development: Echoes of the Past That Resonate in the Present / Manuel Felipe Martínez Mantilla and José Daniel Saade Figueroa
• 2. International Division of Finance: Functionality and Dependency of the System's Periphery / Édivo de Almeida Oliveira and Bruno De Conti
• 3. Latin America: Between Regressive Structural Change and the Pandemic / Diego Guevara and Emilia Ormaechea
• II. Financialization and Financial Reconfiguration in the Pandemic-- 4. Dependent Financialization of Latin America: A View from the COVID-19 Crisis / Armando Negrete
• 5. Latin American Development Banks in the Pandemic Crisis / Marcos V. Chiliatto and Daniela M. Prates
• 6. They Win in Mexico: Pension Funds and Financial Benefits during the Pandemic / Lizeth Alanis and Monika Meireles
• III. Economic Policy Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
• 7. Potential of Coordination Between Monetary and Fiscal Policy: The Experience of Latin America during COVID-19 / Leonardo Rojas Rodríguez and Santiago Castaño Salas
• 8. Countercyclical Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Impulses: Post-Pandemic Challenges
• The Cases of Brazil and Mexico / Teresa López González and Eufemia Basilio Morales
• 9. Effects of International Liquidity Cycles on Argentina during the Pandemic / Ezequiel Greco Laplane.

"The years 1690-1727 represented a period of significant change for Scotland. It was a time of grand colonial endeavours and financial innovation, punctuated by bouts of economic turmoil and constitutional and political uncertainty. The infamous Darien Scheme, the establishment of the Bank of Scotland and the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Anglo-Scots Union, the Hanoverian Succession, and the Jacobite rising of 1715, all occurred during this short time span. It was therefore a period which presented Scotland with opportunities, but one in which the country ultimately lost its autonomy. It was also during these years, and against this unsettled backdrop, that the Scottish Financial Revolution commenced. The complexity of the Scottish situation during the late seventeenth and the early eighteen centuries has historically made the identification of a Scottish Financial Revolution difficult. This monograph, the first dedicated to the topic, addresses this problem, and provides a model for identifying and understanding the revolution through the economic, political, and constitutional contexts of the period. Using examples of financial developments and innovation driven by Scotsmen in Scotland, Europe, and the colonies, this work defines the Scottish Financial Revolution as a series of developments which took place in Scotland when political circumstances allowed, but which also occurred outwith Scotland through the agency of members of the Scottish diaspora. This monograph is therefore the story of how Scotsmen at home and abroad contributed to financial debate and development between 1690 and 1727. Credit, Currency, and Capital: The Scottish Financial Revolution, 1690-1727 will appeal to students and scholars interested in the History of Economics and Finance. It will also be of interest to those studying the history of the Anglo-Scots Union and the complex relationship between Scotland and England"-- Provided by publisher.

• The remaking of Mexico : the state, economic elite and US capital 1982-1992
• From NAFTA to the PAN's implosion : Mexico remade for US TNCS 1992-2012
• Stagnation & income dispersion sink new PRI and fracture US Labor : 2012-2018
• López Obrador in power, 2018-2022 : a transformational or conformational moment?
• Export-led accumulation : paradoxes of the leading auto sector
• Petroleum : a strategic resource for Houston's TNCs or Mexico?
• Mining and agriculture : supporting pillars of the transnational structure
• Some final reflections on dependence and asymmetry.

• Cover
• Presidential Leadership in Feeble Times
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• A Note on Abbreviations, Data, and Sources
• 1. Introduction: Presidential Leadership and the Gilded Age Economy
• 2. The Puzzle
• 3. Prelude: The Civil War
• Interlude: Into the 1870s
• 4. Ulysses S. Grant, First Term: "A Great Soldier Might Be a Baby Politician," 1869-​1873
• 5. Ulysses S. Grant, Second Term: Panic, Depression, and the Dawn of the Gilded Age, 1873-​1877
• 6. Rutherford B. Hayes and the Great Economic Boom, 1877-​1881
• Interlude: Into the 1880s

• 7. James A. Garfield and the Economy of 1881
• 8. Chester Arthur and the Smoldering Depression of 1881-​1885
• 9. Grover Cleveland: Strict Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Recession, 1885-​1889
• Interlude: Into the 1890s
• 10. Benjamin Harrison, Patriot and Partisan: Planting the Seeds of Crisis, 1889-​1893
• 11. Grover Cleveland Returns: The Great Depression of 1893-​1897
• 12. William McKinley and the Developmental State, 1897-​1901
• 13. Conclusions
• Appendix: Estimating Presidential Performance-​ Data, Sources, and Methods
• Notes
• References
• Index

• Introduction: Splintering towers of Babel: Paradoxical architectures and urban infrastructures
• Ethical infrastructure: Rethinking the relationship between the garden and the home
• The dissemination of power infrastructure in Africa through visuals of small Babel towers
• Babel as paradoxical super-structures: A photography exhibition
• Agon--'Agón as the essence of urbanity
• A Babylonia of heritage and destruction: Gendered architecture and gender-based violence in Timbuktu
• Between Be'er-Sheva and Bruegel's Babel: Recollection as architectural indicator
• The splendor and decline of socio-engineering projects: From Babel to colonial railways in Africa
• Traversing towers: A spatial reading in Emmanuel Levinas
• Revealing the polyvocality of street names: Babel as a parable
• Conclusion: Urban and infrastructural experiences beyond the confusion of Babel.

"Splintering Towers of Babel focuses on, and redefines, soft infrastructures and critical infrastructure projects. It explores key and issues in contemporary urban studies including town planning histories, architecture, heritage, colonialism and postcolonialism, philosophy and ethics. The book combines transdisciplinary perspectives on the key historical, philosophical, and political issues associated with urban experiences, built forms and infrastructure networks. It explores uneven dimensions in contemporary urbanisms and develops spatial phenomenological thinking with reference to the northern and southern hemispheres. This book connects the past and the present, in addition to Western and global South geographies, with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Its main contribution is to broaden readers understanding of infrastructure through the lens of the humanities, and to engage with political, poetical, and ethical perspectives. This book is tailored to scholars working in the fields of urban planning, urban geography, architectural history, urban design, infrastructure studies, colonial and postcolonial studies, African studies, and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

"Drawing on modern economic theory, this book provides new insights into the economic development of ancient economies and the sustainability of their development. The book pays particular attention to the economics of hunting and gathering societies and their diversity. New ideas are presented about theories of the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, including Childe's theory of this development. The Agricultural Revolution was a major contributor to economic development because in most cases, it generated an economic surplus. However, as shown, income inequality was a necessary condition for the use of this surplus to promote economic development and to avoid the Malthusian population trap. This inequality was evident in the successful operation of the palatial economies of the Minoan and Mycenaean states. Nevertheless, some post-agricultural economies proved to be unsustainable, and they 'mysteriously' disappeared. This happened in the case of the Silesian Únětice culture and population. Economic and ecological reasons for this are suggested. The nature of economic development altered with increased trade, the use of barter, and subsequently the supply of money to facilitate this trade. These developments are examined in the context of the palatial economies of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Elsewhere, multinational business made a substantial contribution to the economic growth of Phoenicia, where international trade was not determined by its natural resource endowments. Thus, Phoenician economic exchange and development provides a different set of insights. The book makes an important contribution to the understanding of the evolution of human societies and will therefore be of interdisciplinary interest including economists (especially economic historians), anthropologists and sociologists, some archaeologists, and historians"-- Provided by publisher.

"Abolishing Poverty argues for a project of relationality that refuses the whiteness of liberal poverty studies and instead centers critiques of the poverty relation and political futures disavowed under liberal governance. In disrupting poverty thinking, the author collective opens space for diverse frameworks for understanding impoverishment and articulating antiracist knowledges and political visions. The book explores new infrastructures of possibilities and political solidarities rooted in accountable relations to each other and from flights to the future that animate diverse communities. This book is boundary and genre crossing, with broad appeal to scholars of such disciplines as human geography, ethnic studies, decolonial theory, and feminist studies. As a volume, the work is unique in its primary field of human geography in the form of its making, its collective authorship, and its investigation of politics that abolish poverty thinking and engage in activism against the poverty relation produced through settler colonialism, heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation"-- Provided by publisher.

• Forecasting Methods as a Tool for Strategic Planning of Sustainable Development of an Agrarian Enterprise
• Development of a Model for System Management of the Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Factors
• Achieving Sustainable Growth of the Grain Product Subcomplex Production on the Basis of the Formation and Development of the Integrated Structures
• Designing a Model of Cryptosecurity of Information in the System of Countering the Spread of COVID-19
• Ensuring Economic Security and Sustainable Development of the Southern Region of Russia
• The Increase of Labour Efficiency and Innovative Regionalization in Russia
• The Development of Social and Industrial Infrastructure of the Agro-Industrial Complex as a Significant Indicator of the Sustainable Development of the Industry
• Informational and Analytical Support for the Sustainable Development of Agribusiness Enterprises
• Human capital development in rural areas from the standpoint of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Economic development, social sustainability, and environmental protection play a major role in terms of efforts for innovation, digitalization, business, and global development. Today, nations all over the world attempt to accomplish the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure sustainable patterns. Combining empirical and theoretical information, this book demonstrates advanced initiatives and concrete examples from universities, research institutes, and companies, regarding cross-cutting issues in sustainable development of a wide range of fields. The major focus in the book is the promotion of quality of life, by means of a more sustainable food production, and improved food security. Additionally, the importance of digital technologies, business policy, social aspects, and corporate governance in ensuring sustainable regional development is studied. This book is a truly interdisciplinary publication, useful to scholars, social movements, practitioners, and members of governmental agencies and private companies.

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Aid Effectiveness, International Policy Transfer and Development and Post-Development Theory
• Chapter 3: The Aid Effectiveness Architecture and Kenya's Agriculture Sector
• Chapter 4: Aid Effectiveness and Kenya's Agricultural Policy and Strategy making processes
• Chapter 5: Aid Effectiveness and Perspectives and Practices of Donors
• Chapter 6: Aid and Agriculture Sector in Kenya: a Focus on Major Stakeholders
• Chapter 7: Overall Conclusions

• Introduction : Africa and the International Political Economy: Reflections on the Dynamics of Multilateralism in the 21st Century / by Emeka C. Iloh, Ernest Toochi Aniche, and Stephen Nnaemeka Azom
• Part I : Ontological, Epistemological, and Theoretical Issues
• International Political Economy : Concepts, Theories, and Thematic Ramifications / by Al Chukwuma Okoli, and Dominic Degraft Arthur
• Theories of International Trade : Perspectives from Africa / by Denis Nfor Yuni
• Transcending Neo-functionalism : Towards a New Theory of Regional Integration in Africa / by Ernest Toochi Aniche, Okechukwu Richard Oji, and Victor H. Mlambo
• Dependency and Development Question in Africa / by Ademola Azeez and Segun Oshewolo
• Part II : Africa and the Purveyors of Global Political Economy
• Africa and the World Bank : An Environmental Perspective / by Olawari D.J. Egbe
• African Development Bank and the Dynamics of African Political Economy by Stephen Nnaemeka Azom and Moses Etila Shaibu
• Group of Seven (G7) and Development Trajectories in Africa / by Gafar Idowu Ayodeji and Iseoluwa Raphael Olayinka
• Part III : Multilateralism, Integration, and Trade System in Africa
• Regional Integration and Economic Growth in North Africa : Resilience or Fading Agenda / by Jude Odigbo, Remi Chukwudi Okeke, and Chigozie Joseph Nebeife
• Regionalism and Regional Integration in East Africa : Contradictions and Challenges / by Nzube Aguchukwu Chukwuma and Emmanuel Chukwunonye Ojukwu
• African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and Regional Integration in Africa : Issues and Prospects / by Queeneth Odichi Ekeocha, Patrick Nwabueze Ubru, Chukwuemeka Vincent Muoneke and Emeka C. Iloh
• International Trade, South-South Cooperation and African Integration / by Kenechukwu Udoka Udibe
• Liberalism and Protectionism in International Trade : Options for African Political Economy / by Sunday Orinya
• International Trade Wars and Decline in Economic Diplomacy : Should Africa Really Be Worried? / by Ifeanyi P. Maduechesi
• International Trade Policies and Politics of Food Security in Africa / by Emeka C. Iloh, Clement Okonkwo and Nnabuike Christopher Anikwudike
• Part IV : International Finance and Development Issues in Africa
• Washington Consensus, North-South Relations and African Development / by Andre Ben-Moses Akuche and Goddy U. Osimen
• International Financial Flows and Development in Africa / by Felix Aja Elechi and Kennedy Chibuike Ohazuruike
• Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investments in Africa : Critical Reflections / by Jerry Mathekga
• Political Economy of Aid and Official Development Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa / by Olabode Agunbiade
• Africa and International Philanthropy : The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / by Toyin Cotties Adetiba
• Debts, Extraction and Predation : Defacing the New Foreign Regimes of Indebtedness in Kenya / by Stephen Mutie

"With the rise of new technologies and disruptive innovations reshaping the global economy, the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been characterized as a fusion between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. From the increasing adoption of mobile devices to the entrepreneurial use of 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and robotics, trends across Africa speak to the continent's potential for growth and sustainable development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In this innovative and timely study, Landry Signé examines the meaning, drivers, and implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Africa. Drawing upon comparative, continent-wide analysis, Signé powerfully challenges our understandings of Africa's transformation, and sheds light on the potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to change and shape the Global South. By defining and investigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Signé develops a valuable framework for further study and suggests strategies that Africans and their global partners can use to capitalize upon this rapidly evolving technological landscape"-- Provided by publisher.

"With the rise of new technologies and disruptive innovations reshaping the global economy, the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been characterized as a fusion between the physical, digital, and biological worlds. From the increasing adoption of mobile devices to the entrepreneurial use of 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and robotics, trends across Africa speak to the continent's potential for growth and sustainable development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In this innovative and timely study, Landry Signé examines the meaning, drivers, and implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Africa. Drawing upon comparative, continent-wide analysis, Signé powerfully challenges our understandings of Africa's transformation, and sheds light on the potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to change and shape the Global South. By defining and investigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Signé develops a valuable framework for further study and suggests strategies that Africans and their global partners can use to capitalize upon this rapidly evolving technological landscape"-- Provided by publisher.

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Great Climate Transformation
• Chapter 3: Shift in Global Climate Discourse
• Chapter 4: The Evolving Geopolitics of Climate Change
• Chapter 5: Dynamic Differentiation
• Chapter 6: The Rise of Non-state Actors
• Chapter 7: Emergent Climate-related Policy Issues
• Chapter 8: Governing Complexity
• Chapter 9: Conclusion

This book examines how Africa can secure a just transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient economies. Kennedy Mbeva is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Reuben Makomere is a Research Associate at the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) Joanes Atela is the Convenor of the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) Victoria Chengo is a Research Fellow at the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN) Charles Tonui is the Policy Convenor at the Africa Research and Impact Network (ARIN)

• Introduction
• Is it Feasible to Reduce Inequality? Income Tax and Market Regulations
• Is it Feasible to Reduce Inequality? Wealth Taxes and Tax Havens
• Should We Aim for High Taxes and Low Inequality? Weighing Costs and Benefits
• Do Rich People Deserve Their Income?
• Do the Skilled and Hard Working Deserve More Than Others?
• Does Voluntary Exchange of Private Property Justify Inequality?
• How Much Inequality is Acceptable? The Case for Maximum Limits on Income and Wealth
• Conclusion

"Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest person in the world, currently possesses $270 billion dollars. An average American worker would have to work for seven-and-a-half million years to earn this much. To put the matter the other way round, the total amount of money that a typical American will earn in their whole life - after, say, forty years of work - is the same as would be earned by Musk in just fourteen minutes. During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 250,000 Americans died and 20 million lost their jobs in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, yet the country's 614 billionaires saw their wealth actually increase by a third, from $2.95 trillion to almost $4 trillion (Manjoo, 2020). Across the world, the richest eight individuals possess the same amount of wealth as half the entire planet - three and a half billion people (Oxfam, 2017). Never across the entire expanse of human history has such a level of inequality been seen before"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• Is it Feasible to Reduce Inequality? Income Tax and Market Regulations
• Is it Feasible to Reduce Inequality? Wealth Taxes and Tax Havens
• Should We Aim for High Taxes and Low Inequality? Weighing Costs and Benefits
• Do Rich People Deserve Their Income?
• Do the Skilled and Hard Working Deserve More Than Others?
• Does Voluntary Exchange of Private Property Justify Inequality?
• How Much Inequality is Acceptable? The Case for Maximum Limits on Income and Wealth
• Conclusion

"Cut through the hype and unlock the game-changing potential of conversational AI. In Age of Invisible Machines, celebrated tech leader Robb Wilson delivers an eye-opening and startlingly insightful blueprint for leveraging conversational AI in order to make your organization self-driving--with a growing ecosystem of interconnected automations accelerating all aspects of your business. Conversational AI is changing the nature of every job at every company (starting yesterday) and this book is relevant for anyone who will be affected by the acceleration of these technologies. You'll learn how to develop a strategy for hyperautomation by identifying the outdated processes and systems holding your organization back. You'll discover ways of internalizing and orchestrating new technologies that are force-multipliers for rapid growth. A must-read for every business leader, Wilson's book debunks common myths about conversational AI while laying bare the inevitable complexity of restructuring your business to unlock the massive opportunities this new era affords"-- Provided by publisher.

"What, exactly, did tea, sugar, and opium mean in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain? Alimentary Orientalism reassesses the politics of Orientalist representation by examining the contentious debates surrounding these exotic, recently popularized, and literally consumable things. It suggests that the interwoven discourses sparked by these commodities transformed the period's literary Orientalism and created surprisingly self-reflexive ways through which British writers encountered and imagined cultural otherness. Tracing exotic ingestion as a motif across a range of authors and genres, the book considers how, why, and whither writers used scenes of eating, drinking, and smoking to diagnose and interrogate their own solipsistic constructions of the Orient. As national and cultural boundaries became increasingly porous, such self-reflexive inquiries into the nature and role of otherness provided an unexpected avenue for British imperial subjectivity to emerge and coalesce"-- Provided by publisher

• Chapte
• r1. Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using a Frequency Ratio Model: A Case Study of Chai Nat Province, Thailand.- Chapte
• r2. Influence of Hydrosphere Material Knowledge on the Attitude of High School Students in Conducting Water Conservation in Brebes Regency, Indonesia.- Chapte
• r3. Optimizing multi-reservoir systems with the aid of genetic algorithm: Mahanadi reservoir project complex, Chhattisgarh.- Chapte
• r4. Monitoring of Morphological Change in Lam Phachi River Using Geo-Informatics System.- Chapte
• r5. Developing Scenario of Plastic Waste Leakage in Jakarta Hydrology Environment using Seasonal Data Condition and Socio-Economic Aspects.- Chapte
• r6. Measurement of PM10, PM2.5, NO2, and SO2 Using Sensors.- Chapte
• r7. Encoding Social Media Wording Indexes to Analyse PM2.5 Problem Perception.- Chapte
• r8. Noise mapping of different zones in an urban area during Deepawali festival.- Chapte
• r9. Digital Twins in farming with the implementation of agricultural technologies.- Chapte
• r10. A cross-comparison between Rice Crop Monitoring System: GISTDA and International Asian Harvest mOnitoring system for Rice (INAHOR): JAXA.- Chapte
• r11. Evaluation MODIS and Sentinel-2 data for detecting crop residue burned area.- Chapte
• r12. Machine Learning Approach with Environmental Pollution and Geospatial Information for Mapping Poverty in Thailand.- Chapte
• r13. Integration of Machine Learning Algorithms and Time-series Satellite images on Land Use/Land Cover Mapping with Google Earth Engine.- Chapte
• r14. Sugarcane and Cassava Classification using Machine Learning Approach based on Multi-temporal Remote Sensing Data Analysis.- Chapte
• r15. Google Earth Engine algorithm for Evaluating the Performance of Landsat OLI-8 and Sentinel-2 in Mangrove Monitoring.- Chapte
• r16. Estimation of Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Stock using Remote Sensing Data for Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Thailand.- Chapte
• r17. Determination of Land Suitability for Oil Palm with Multi-Dimension Decision Support using Analytic Network Process (ANP) in Southern Thailand.- Chapte
• r18. Land use change and ecosystem service variations in Huai Luang River basin, Udon Thani province, Thailand.- Chapte
• r19. The Ability to Access Attractions for the Elderly from Public Transport in Bangkok Metropolis.
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This volume presents the proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Geography and Geoinformatics for Sustainable Development (ICGGS), held in Phuket, Thailand, April 7-8, 2022. The collection focuses on the importance of spatial thinking and planning by applying geography concepts and geospatial technology innovations in solving global problems such as environmental degradation, urban pollution, and climate change. The proceedings consist of case studies on wide-ranging spatial issues in developing countries, addressing challenges in mainstreaming sustainable development paradigms into their economies to improve natural resource and environmental management. One of the main goals of the volume is to share and exchange different points of view regarding global, regional, and local spatial issues and how to use geography and geoinformatics for building resilience in multiple sectors, e.g., water, ecosystems, agriculture, and health. It offers the opportunity to learn about how geospatial concepts and technologies can contribute to environmental sustainability, while advancing education and research related to geography and geoinformatics. It will be a useful resource for students and researchers to initiate research ideas related to geospatial topics in regional and local scales.
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"This book examines the meanings, uses, and agency of voice, noise, sound, and sound technologies across Asia. Including a series of wide-ranging and interdisciplinary case studies, the book reveals sound as central to the experience of modernity in Asia and as essential to the understanding of the historical processes of cultural, social, political, and economic transformation throughout the long twentieth century. Presenting a broad range of topics - from the changing sounds of the Kyoto kimono making industry to radio in late colonial India - the book explores how the study of Asian sound cultures offers greater insight into historical accounts of local and global transformation. Challenging us to rethink and reassemble important categories in sound studies, this book will be a vital resource for students and scholars of sound studies, Asian studies, history, postcolonial studies, and media studies"-- Provided by publisher

• 1. Small states in Asia Pacific: challenges amid great power competition / Stephen Noakes and Alexander C. Tan
• Part 1. National experiences : 2. Singapore: relearning, recovery, and resilience / Benjamin Ho Tze Ern
• 3. Aotearoa/New Zealand: contentious trade relations with the PRC / Jason Young
• 4. The Pacific island states: social and solidarity-based economies / Steven Ratuva
• 5. Taiwan: state and private-sector cooperation / Frank Siedlok, Natasha Hamilton-Hart, and Hsiao-Chen Shen
• Part 2. Prospects for recovery : 6. East Asia's green economic recovery: a path out of the coronacession / Sung-Young Kim
• 7. Reforming the global supply chain: a Taiwanese perspective / Roy Lee
• 8. Multilateralism and US engagement: generating new pressures and incentives / Charles Finny with Neel Vanvari
• 9. Digital regional economic integration: new trade agreements and opportunities / Stephanie Honey
• Part 3. Conclusion : 10. Together, alone: economic cooperation after the pandemic / Stephen Noakes and Alexander C. Tan.

"Explores how the smaller states in the Asia Pacific region have been effectively coping with the combined stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic and the geopolitical rivalry among major powers"-- Provided by publisher.
Both the spread of COVID-19 and the intense US-China rivalry have been sources of stress for national economies throughout Asia Pacific. The authors of Asia-Pacific Small States, eschewing the usual focus on the region's powerhouses, turn their attention instead to the coping strategies of the smaller economies. Showing how these smaller states have been navigating the current turbulent times, they shed light not only on national experiences and recovery strategies, but also on the importance of so-called marginal players in today's geopolitical competition among major powers--pg. 245.

• Introduction : A Refugee Boom Town
• Building the Working Man's Dream
• Mineral Meets Migrant Metallurgies
• Securing the Offshore Industry
• Resource Frictions
• Ekamawir Omo : Connecting Communities
• Bitter Money

"This book focuses on the production and impacts of the phosphate and asylum industries in the Republic of Nauru."-- Provided by publisher

• Chapter 1. Introduction and overview / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Part 1. Inclusive justice framework : Chapter 2. Efficiency, justice and the standard approach to policy analysis / Anna Cameron, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 3. Inclusive justice as a framework for policy analysis / Anne Cameron, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 4. Structural context and implementation challenges / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Part 2. What is a basic income? : Chapter 5. Defining a basic income / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 6. Basic income proposals in Canada / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 7. Are basic income experiments still worthwhile? / Wayne Simpson
• Part 3. The philosophical and practical implications of a basic income : Chapter 8. Philosophical considerations: the kind of society we want / Anne Cameron, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 9. Poverty reduction and fiscal cost trade-offs / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 10. Funding options and the welfare wall / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 11. Is a basic income simple? / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 12. Can a basic income replace income assistance and employment insurance? / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Part 4. Assessing claims in favour of a basic income : Chapter 13. Is a basic income the best solution to poverty? / Anne Cameron, David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 14. Effects of a basic income on paid and unpaid work / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 15. The end-of-work rationale for a basic income / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 16. Cash transfers and child outcomes / Lauren Jones and Mark Stabile
• Chapter 17. More than a basic income: the role of training and employment support programs / Sergei Filiasov and Arthur Sweetman
• Chapter 18. Can a basic income improve health outcomes and reduce health care spending? / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 19. How would a basic income affect entrepreneurship? / John Lester
• Chapter 20. Economic recovery and long-run growth / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 21. Public support for a basic income / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Part 5. Toward a just and inclusive society : Chapter 22. Our assessment of a basic income / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds
• Chapter 23. If not a basic income, then what? / David A. Green, Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, Daniel Perrin, Gillian Petit and Lindsay M. Tedds.

Calls for Canada to adopt a basic income reached a crescendo during and after the first pandemic wave, with proponents arguing that it is a simpler, more effective approach to reducing poverty and providing income support to those who need it. But evidence to support these and other claims in favour of a basic income is scattered and leaves many questions open. Is a basic income really the best policy response to poverty, precarious work and unemployment? Is it the best way to build a just and inclusive society? This book provides one of the most comprehensive evaluations of a basic income and its application as a primary social policy tool ever undertaken. Drawing on extensive research and analysis produced for the British Columbia Expert Panel on Basic Income, combined with pan-Canadian data and current evidence, leading scholars and experts examine the various claims made for and against a basic income. They assess its potential to reduce poverty and improve health and social outcomes, its cost and funding issues, its interaction with existing social programs and its broader implications for society. In examining the key arguments advanced by proponents of a basic income, contributors take a hard look at Canada's social safety net, its strengths and weaknesses, and propose a different path forward -- one that is nothing short of a full paradigm shift in social policy. It starts by asking not "How do we help the most vulnerable among us?" but "How do we create a more just society together?" The answer lies in providing the bases of self-and social respect to everyone. This means giving voice to those affected by policies, promoting both individual autonomy and community-building, ensuring that supports are adequate and accessible, and recognizing the importance of a properly functioning labour market in bolstering the social safety net--back cover.

• Introduction
• The rise of China's authoritarian economic statecraft
• The global rush for masks
• Dual-function strategy and China's core interests
• Spies and sister cities
• Zooming in
• The WHO and the Party man
• China adopts Russia's disinformation playbook
• "Chewing gum stuck to the bottom of China's shoe"
• Hong Kong outlaws global activism
• China vaccinates the world
• Building a democratic economic statecraft.

"Beijing Rules is a superb expose which reveals how China learned to master capitalism which it now wields in its own authoritarian form to achieve global dominance. As Bethany Allen, the China reporter for Axios, reveals, the long-standing belief that free-trade capitalism is a democratizing force--the assumption underlying much of American and Western policy since World War II--is demonstrably false. Capitalism is actually a two-way street: if democratic values can travel in one direction, authoritarianism can travel in the other. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has successfully engineered what Cold War champions believed to be impossible: an unabashedly Communist Party leading a prosperous capitalist state. Written by the first American journalist to expose covert Chinese influence operations in the United States, Beijing Rules includes headline-making stories of western institutions bowing to Beijing's coercion--a glimpse of what American's future might look like should liberal democracy come firmly under the thumb of authoritarian capitalism. Grounded in deep investigative reporting, it sounds the alarm about what we must do to prevent the loss of freedoms we now take for granted"-- Provided by publisher.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Making sense of the Belt and Road Initiative
• Part 2: BRI in Asia 2. South Korea response to the BRI: Hedging amidst change and continuity in the international system 3. The Belt and Road Initiative and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations: Interactions and Impact before and after COVID-19 4. Slippery Road Ahead: BRI, China and Southeast Asia amid COVID-19 Pandemic 5. Patterns of China's BRI Ingress in South Asia: Implications for Regional Order 6. China's Belt and Road Initiative and Central Asia 7. China's Belt and Road Initiative, the Middle East and Iran
• Part 3: BRI in Europe 8. The End of China's Affair with Central and East Europe 9. The European Union's Response to the Belt and Road Initiative
• Part 4: BRI in Africa 10. BRI vs. AAGC, FOIP and Africa's Agenda 2063 11. China-Africa Overseas Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone Project Cooperation: A Preliminary Evaluation 12. Worlds of work in the Belt and Road-Analysing dynamics of labour in Chinese enterprises in Africa 13. Examination of Chinese BRI projects in Africa: An Indian perspective 14. The Roads, the Belts, and the Contemporary International Political Economic System
• Part 5: Strategic overview 15. Financial sustainability of the Belt and Road Initiative before and after Covid-19 16. The Belt and Road Initiative as geostrategy
• Part 6: Conclusion 17. What have we learned from this collection?
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

This book examines the progress and reception of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in key subregions of Asia, Africa and Europe. Through its exploration of the patchwork of distinctive sub regions of each continent, the book analyses how well the BRI accommodates sub regional variation as it attempts to integrate Asia, Africa, and Europe under Chinese auspices. Individual chapters focus on how developing subregions experience BRI relations with China, while others focus on how liberal powers seek to compete with China's BRI agenda. The contributions also gauge the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the BRI in regional settings and point to its future implications. Offering a panoramic view of the vast mosaic of Asian, African, and European sub regions targeted by the BRI, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of International Relations and Global Political Economy as well as Chinese politics and those with an interest in the Belt and Road Initiative more broadly.
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This element offers a review and synthesis of the research on economic methods for evaluating regulations that improve air quality, save energy, and reduce climate risks. The intended audience is regulators and other constituencies interested in the nexus between scholarship and practice; analysts in government agencies and research organizations; and academic scholars and their graduate students. Topics include the evolution of regulatory impact assessment in the OECD; cost estimation, including engineering, partial equilibrium, and general equilibrium approaches; benefit valuation, with an emphasis on the value of reducing risk of illness and premature mortality, and methods for pricing carbon emissions; discounting methods, and their relationship to carbon pricing; the distribution of regulatory costs and benefits; and uncertainty evaluation methods for addressing less and more fundamental uncertainty. Perspective on the relevance and limitations of current research is offered.

"Examining the unprecedented scale of its development and its key role in China's economic revolution, Simpson follows Macau's emergence from historical obscurity to become the most profitable casino gaming locale in the world. In turn, his trenchant analysis provides a distinctive view into China's broader project of urbanization, its post-Mao economic reforms, and the continued rise of its consumer culture"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• The social costs of capitalism
• Power plays and propaganda
• Fighting the New Deal
• The tripod of freedom
• "A stringent, crystalline vision of the free market"
• The big myth goes West
• A questionable gospel
• No more Grapes of Wrath
• Steering the Chicago School
• The American road to serfdom
• A love story about capitalism
• The dawn of deregulation
• Magical thinking
• Apotheosis
• The high cost of the "free" market
• Conclusion

"In the early 20th century, business elites, trade associations, wealthy powerbrokers, and media allies set out to build a new American orthodoxy: down with "big government" and up with unfettered markets. With startling archival evidence, Oreskes and Conway document campaigns to rewrite textbooks, combat unions, and defend child labor. They detail the ploys that turned hardline economists Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman into household names; recount the libertarian roots of the Little House on the Prairie books; and tune into the General Electric-sponsored TV show that beamed free-market doctrine to millions and launched Ronald Reagan's political career"-- Provided by publisher

• Defining information in modern times
• Second industrial revolution encounters information
• How librarians organized information
• Early encounters by computer builders
• Mathematicians and statisticians ceate new tools
• Scientists and medical experts shape information
• New business and government information ecosystems
• What information economists created
• Contributions of political scientists and historians to modern information
• How information evolved

"This book tells the story of how information evolved since the mid-nineteenth century by looking at how the volume of facts increase and became organized into disciplines and professions, ranging from how libraries are organized to what scientists discover, economists and political scientists understand, and doctors practice"-- Provided by publisher

From the award-winning entrepreneur USA Today named one of the twenty-one most influential Blacks in technology comes an empowering, bracingly honest, entertaining blueprint for success in life and work-including the true story of what really happened to MoviePass-straight from the cofounder and former CEO himself. Stacy Spikes knows what's it like to be an outsider. Finding his footing in the tech world was an education in the complexities of being an outsider-but as Stacy came to see, rather than a hindrance, it afforded him a unique position of power. Beginning as a film studio gopher, Spikes quickly rose through the industry ranks, being named one of the Hollywood Reporter's 30 Under 30. Still, he was an outsider looking in. Defying expectations, Spikes effectively disrupted the status quo and reinvented himself from junior executive to CEO Tech Founder. What ensued was an escalating adventure with bigger stages, bigger risks, and a roller-coaster ride of exhilarating ascent-unpredictable collapse-and a story book return. Taking listeners inside the battles of the boardroom and beyond, Black Founder is a business memoir that will inspire every outsider who has a dream.

• Introduction
• Power looms
• The great coment
• Metropolis of discontent
• Breaking frames, breaking bones
• More value than work or gold
• The modern Prometheus
• The owners of the new machine age.

"The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines--on punishment of death--and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world--and is shaping our future"-- Provided by publisher.

• Section 1. Governance in the post-covid-19 era
• Section 2. The relevance of BRICS multi-development bank funding and infrastructure development
• Section 3. BRICS and technology in Africa
• Section 4. Addressing economic development disparities and inequalities in BRICS and Africa
• Section Five. BRICS and the health industry in Africa.

"The BRICS countries--Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa--have become a strong engine of South-South cooperation, contributing to a significant shift in the global balance of power. They also, taken as a whole, constitute Africa's largest trading partner. The authors of this new collection consider the potential of BRICS-Africa cooperation for promoting sustainable African development."--Publisher's description.

• Overview: Stability, Resilience and the Green Transition
• Carbon Dioxide Emissions Peak and Carbon Neutrality Policy Measures and Implementation Pathways
• Value Assessment of Nature- based Solution (NbS)
• Ecosystem-based Integrated Ocean Management under the Vision of Carbon Neutrality
• Low-carbon and Resilient Urban Development and Adaptation to Climate Change
• Sustainable Food Supply Chain
• The Key Pathways on a Green and Low-Carbon BRI.

This open access book introduces the major environmental green development issues from six major themes carbon neutrality, nature-based solution, watershed management and climate adaptation, BRI green development, sustainable food supply chain, ecosystem-based integrated ocean management focusing on the progress of China's environment and development policies from 2021 accomplishments. It is based on the research outputs of CCICED in the year of 2021, which marks China's start point of implementation of its 14th Five-Year Plan when world economy also strived to recover from the pandemic.

• Chapter1. Introduction
• Chapter2. Literature review
• Chapter3. The Caribbean perspective: Building the capacity of national institutions as a strategy for enhancing the resilience of people and communities to the impact of Climate change in St Vincent and the Grenadines
• Chapter4. Capacity-building of institutions for climate change adaption and sustainable development in a post-conflict LDC
• Chapter5. Capacity-building at the international level - Stories from the field
• Chapter 6 Reflections and Guidance for Implementing Capacity-Building Climate Resilience Programmes.

This volume uses a case study approach to present data on the relevance and effectiveness of the strategic actions implemented by NGOs, IGOs and governments at national, regional, and international scales, drawing lessons and recommendations to enhance the capacity of governments and institutions to deliver on climate change adaptation and sustainable development initiatives. The authors provide insights to policymakers, community leaders, students and researchers working on climate change adaptation and resilience-building practices and strategies in vulnerable communities, including small island developing states and post-conflict states, focusing on innovative management practices and institutional capacity building. The cases presented here provide insights into how institutions can strengthen local, national, and regional capacities to adapt to climate change and other calamities.

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Epigraph
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations and Russian Terms
• Introduction: The Communist Party in Leninist Theory, Soviet Practice and Historical Scholarship
• I.1 Methodological Leninism: Studying the Communist Rank-and-File
• 1 Building a Workers' Party
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 The Tenth Party Congress: Challenges and Responses
• 1.3 Party Building and the Formation of Grassroots Institutions
• 1.4 Party Democracy and the Left Opposition
• 1.5 Conclusion

• 2 Which Way to Socialism?: NEP and the Struggle for Power
• 2.1 Ambiguous Recovery
• 2.2 The Zinoviev Opposition: A Leningrad Mutiny
• 2.3 Rejuvenating the Party Organisation
• 2.4 Testing the Organisation
• 2.5 Conclusion
• 3 Laying the Foundations: The Rank-and-File and Rapid Industrialisation
• 3.1 The First FYP in Soviet Industry
• 3.2 Party Activism and Managerial Authority on the Factory Floor
• 3.3 No Right Deviation
• 3.4 Edinonachalie and Bacchanalian Counter-Planning
• 3.5 Conclusion
• 4 Marxism and Clean Canteens: Cultural Activism between Ideology and Practice

• 4.1 An Attempt at Cultural Revolution
• 4.2 Not So Great a Retreat
• 4.3 Conclusion
• 5 Democratisation and Repression
• 5.1 Management and Labour in the Second FYP
• 5.2 Another Purge
• 5.3 Vigilance and Verification
• 5.4 Party Revival, State Violence
• 5.5 Conclusion
• 6 Party Activism on the Road to War
• 6.1 Democratisation, Party Building and the Winding Down of Repression
• 6.2 The Eighteenth Congress and New Party Rules
• 6.3 Discipline, Control and Edinonachalie in the Third FYP
• 6.4 Conclusion

• Conclusion: The Vanguard Concept As a Promising Category for Historical Research
• Bibliography
• Archival Collections (Fondy)
• Published Sources and Secondary Literature
• Index

"By placing the party grassroots at the centre of its focus, Building Socialism presents an original account of the formative first two decades of the Soviet system. Assembled in a large network of primary party organisations (PPO), the Bolshevik rank-and-file was an army of activists made up of ordinary people. While far removed from the levers of power, they were nevertheless charged with promoting the Party's programme of revolutionary social transformation in their workplaces, neighbourhoods, and households. Their regular meetings, conferences and campaigns have generated a voluminous source base. This rich material provides a unique view of the practical manifestation of the Party's revolutionary mission and forms the basis of this insightful new narrative of how the Soviet republic functioned in the period from the end of the Russian Civil War in 1921 to its invasion by Nazi Germany in 1941"-- Provided by publisher.

"While much progress has been made in reducing poverty worldwide--especially in the pre-pandemic era--it is fair to say that an unacceptably large proportion of the world's people still live in poverty. Cash Transfers for Inclusive Societies sheds light on the widely prevalent cash transfer programs. The book asks these central questions: What is the state of the art in the development of welfare programs? What do we know works in these programs and what does not? How can an understanding of behavioral science better inform the design, delivery, and evaluation of welfare programs? The latest title in the Behaviorally Informed Organizations series, the book develops a nuanced framework for how governments, practitioners, and society in general should design cash transfer programs to improve inclusivity, reduce poverty, and improve equality. It draws on field experiments and case studies to showcase past successes, while also building frameworks and developing prescriptive advice that we can give to practitioners who are looking to design a behaviorally informed cash transfer program. With contributions from leading academics as well as seasoned practitioners, Cash Transfers for Inclusive Societies presents a new model to policymakers to study and shift the discourse on poverty alleviation from purely economic factors to also behavioral ones."-- Provided by publisher.

• Intro
• Introduction: Challenges to Global Sustainable Development and Response Mechanisms in Support of the SDGs at Different Levels of Economics and Governance
• Contents
• Challenges of the Modern Economy as Barriers to Sustainable Development
• 1 Statistic Indicators for Assessing the Measuring Efficiency to Counter Economic Sanctions
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology
• 3 Results
• 4 Conclusion
• References
• 2 The Innovative and Sustainable Development of Energetics Under the Conditions of the Post-pandemic Recovery of the Economy
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction

• 2 Materials
• 3 Literature Review
• 4 Results
• 5 Conclusions
• References
• 3 Scenario Analysis of the Development of the Russian Digital Economy Until 2025
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Method
• 3 Results
• 4 Conclusions
• References
• 4 The Post-pandemic Analysis of the Specifics of Industrial Economies' Development from the Positions of Innovativeness and Sustainability
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Literature Review
• 3 Materials and Method
• 4 Results
• 5 Conclusion
• References

• 5 The Post-pandemic Model of the Sectoral Development of Emerging Economies' Industry
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Literature Review
• 3 Materials and Method
• 4 Results
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• 6 Perspective Role of Digitalization in the Well-Balanced Development of the Global Economic System of the Future
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Method
• 3 Results
• 4 Conclusion
• References
• 7 The Role of Digital Security for the Stable Development of the Global Economic System of the Future
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Materials and Method
• 3 Results

• 4 Conclusions
• References
• 8 Sustainable Development of the World Economy of the Future on the Basis of Digitalization: The 2030 Perspective
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Literature Review
• 3 Materials and Methods
• 4 Results
• 5 Conclusion
• References
• 9 Dialectics of Systems Development
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology
• 3 Results
• 4 Conclusion
• References
• 10 Problems of Consideration of Environmental Factors in Urban Planning as a Mechanism for Sustainable Development
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Methodology
• 3 Results
• 4 Conclusion

The book focuses on a systemic study of the challenges of the modern economy and related problems and areas of sustainable development of countries, regions, and businesses, with particular attention paid to the new prospects offered by the spread of digital technology. The books contribution to the literature is that it reveals the specifics and digital perspectives of supporting the SDGs in the economy at every level of the economy: country, regional, and corporate, considering sectoral specificitiesthis is reflected in six parts of the book. Part 1 identifies contemporary challenges of the modern economy as barriers to sustainable development. Part 2 reflects the future direction of sustainable development of the countries. Part 3 considers the problems and prospects for sustainable development of regions. Part 4 focuses on the problems and prospects for the sustainable development of enterprises and industries. Part 5 sheds light on the economic and legal foundations and cooperative mechanisms of sustainable development. Part 6 offers recommendations for enhancing the use of digital technologies offered by Industry 4.0 to support the SDGs. Scientists whose research interests include sustainable economic development are the primary target audience for this book. For the primary target audience, the book forms a systemic view of the global challenges of sustainable development and offers a set of scientific and methodological recommendations to provide an effective response to these challenges at every level of the economy. An additional audience for the book is practicing experts, who will find international best practices and applied recommendations to support sustainable economic development and implementation of the SDGs in the practice of state (national regulation and public administration of the region) and corporate (in various industries) management

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Timeline
• Dramatis Personae
• Introduction
• Part I. The Early Years
• 1. Exporting Capitalism: The Origins of the Chicago Boys
• 2. The Chicago Boys in the Ivory Tower
• 3. Salvador Allende's Thousand Days of Socialism and the Chicago Boys, 1970-1973
• Part II. The Chicago Boys and the Pinochet Dictatorship, 1973-1990
• 4. Augusto Pinochet's Coup and the Chicago Boys' Reform Program
• 5. Milton Friedman's 1975 Visit and the Shock Treatment
• 6. Market Reforms and the Struggle for Power, 1975-1981

• 7. The Birth of a Neoliberal Regime: The Seven Modernizations and the New Constitution
• 8. Milton Friedman and the Currency Crisis of 1982
• 9. The Second Round of Reforms, 1983-1990: Pragmatic Neoliberalism
• Part III. Neoliberalism Under Democratic Rule, 1990-2022
• 10. The Return of Democracy and Inclusive Neoliberalism
• 11. Staying Neoliberal
• 12. Grievances, Abuses, Complaints, and Protests
• 13. The Distributive Struggle
• 14. Broken Promises: Pensions and the Revolt
• 15. The Constitutional Convention and the Electionof Gabriel Boric
• 16. The End of Neoliberalism?

• Acknowledgments
• Appendix: The Origins of Neoliberalism and the Chile Project
• Notes
• Bibliography and Archival Sources
• Index

"After a modest increase in Metro fares in Santiago, Chile, last October, twenty Metro stations were simultaneously set on fire. The fare increase was the tipping point of years of social malaise. Days later there were more than a million protesters on the streets. The people of Chile were rejecting low pensions, highway tolls, school segregation, low-quality education, and poor public-health services-the result of decades of neoliberalism. Chile was the prototype for neoliberal policies, first set up under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet with the first-hand guidance of economists from the University of Chicago. Under neoliberalism Chile was long seen as an exemplary developing economy, and a testament to the power of privatization and free trade. But all was not well. Sebastian Edwards tells the story of how Chile went from being the posterchild of market-oriented reforms and capitalist modernization to a nation rocked by violence and political upheaval. He narrates the origins of neoliberalism and the role of the "Chicago boys" in designing and implementing these reforms. He explains the tension between poverty reduction and income inequality, which led to seething discontent under the surface of strong economic numbers. The book tells the story of the signature policies first enacted in Chile that came to define the neoliberal way more broadly: the replacement of a traditional pension system with a privately managed system of individual savings accounts, openness and globalization, the fiscal rule, the taming of inflation, and austere health, education, and environmental policies. As Chile now sets out to draft a new constitution, and other countries come to terms with the same set of policies, all under the looming specter of reactionary populism, the book is an authoritative and important assessment of the success of neoliberalism at a pivotal moment in its history"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction
• Exporting capitalism : the origins of the Chicago boys
• The Chicago Boys in the ivory tower
• Salvador Allende's thousand days of socialism and the Chicago Boys, 1970-1973
• Augusto Pinochet's coup and the Chicago Boys' reform program
• Milton Friedman's 1975 visit and the shock treatment
• Market reforms and the struggle for power, 1975-1981
• The birth of a neoliberal Regime : the seven modernizations and the new constitution
• Milton Friedman and the currency crisis of 1982
• The second round of reforms, 1983-1990 : pragmatic neoliberalism
• The return of democracy and inclusive neoliberalism
• Staying neoliberal
• Grievances, abuses, complaints, and protests
• The distributive struggle
• Broken promises : pensions and the revolt
• The constitutional convention and the election of Gabriel Boric
• The end of neoliberalism?

"After a modest increase in Metro fares in Santiago, Chile, last October, twenty Metro stations were simultaneously set on fire. The fare increase was the tipping point of years of social malaise. Days later there were more than a million protesters on the streets. The people of Chile were rejecting low pensions, highway tolls, school segregation, low-quality education, and poor public-health services-the result of decades of neoliberalism. Chile was the prototype for neoliberal policies, first set up under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet with the first-hand guidance of economists from the University of Chicago. Under neoliberalism Chile was long seen as an exemplary developing economy, and a testament to the power of privatization and free trade. But all was not well. Sebastian Edwards tells the story of how Chile went from being the posterchild of market-oriented reforms and capitalist modernization to a nation rocked by violence and political upheaval. He narrates the origins of neoliberalism and the role of the "Chicago boys" in designing and implementing these reforms. He explains the tension between poverty reduction and income inequality, which led to seething discontent under the surface of strong economic numbers. The book tells the story of the signature policies first enacted in Chile that came to define the neoliberal way more broadly: the replacement of a traditional pension system with a privately managed system of individual savings accounts, openness and globalization, the fiscal rule, the taming of inflation, and austere health, education, and environmental policies. As Chile now sets out to draft a new constitution, and other countries come to terms with the same set of policies, all under the looming specter of reactionary populism, the book is an authoritative and important assessment of the success of neoliberalism at a pivotal moment in its history"-- Provided by publisher.