Government collapsing? Zombies hunting you down? Not to worry! Economics holds the keys to survival. Often known as "the dismal science", it is particularly equipped to reveal order in what seems like chaos. This book draws from popular culture to show economic principles at work in the dystopian so..
An overview of the macroeconomic forecasting industry in the United States that explains and evaluates the forecasting techniques used to make predictions about various aspects of the national economy...
The object of this book is to acquaint the reader with the vast literature in economics on the rationale for, and effects of, criminal law. The author shows how the standard tools of microeconomic theory, which are used in other fields, also apply to crime and enforcement issues...
This book unites sixty-three leading researchers in the area of experimental evironmental economics and their latest explorations in its behavioural underpinnings, with the critical advantage of appealing to experimental and non experimental economists...
An introduction to the significance of the debate surrounding the accuracy of the Consumer Price Index. The work presents the full text of the Boskin Commission report (stating that the CPI overstates inflation by 1.1per cent) and discusses the Commission's research methodology and its conclusions...
An introduction to the significance of the debate surrounding the accuracy of the Consumer Price Index. The work presents the full text of the Boskin Commission report (stating that the CPI overstates inflation by 1.1per cent) and discusses the Commission's research methodology and its conclusions...
Quality care is critical and unsatisfactory human service greatly influences people’s quality of life. Yet, profit for human service providers is essential for sustainable service provision. This book focuses on striking a balance between human services’ need for quality assurance and market provide..
This book contributes to a more sophisticated economic understanding of organised crime by advancing recent developments in research on organised crime and illegal markets and by taking the reader to new markets where organised crime is currently active. _x000D_
This book was published as a special ..