The Creation of Wealth and Poverty is a study of the means and ways by which wealth and poverty are created in both developed and developing countries. It puts a particular emphasis on the role played by economic policy in shaping the stratification of modern societies through s…
The Creation of Wealth and Poverty is a study of the means and ways by which wealth and poverty are created in both developed and developing countries. It puts a particular emphasis on the role played by economic policy in shaping the stratification of modern societies through s…
What is human happiness and how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence and Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a new paradigm in which human fl…
Dem Verbleib in der eigenen Wohnung und damit dem Raumbezug älterer Menschen wurden in letzter Zeit eine neue Rolle zugewiesen. Eine große Zahl von Initiativen versuchen ältere Menschen dabei zu unterstützen, in sozialräumlichen Bezügen aktiv, selbst bestimmt und selbst organisi…
"Spence develops and applies a normative model based on rationalist and virtue ethics as well as stoic philosophy to assess the impact of technology on wellbeing. Through developing this model, Spence offers a novel and important examination of the benefit of technology to our s…
State and society responses to China's social welfare needs : an introduction to the debate / Shawn Shieh and Jonathan Schwartz -- Beyond corporatism and civil society : three modes of state - NGO interaction in China / Shawn Shieh -- Social welfare responses in noncrisis situat…
"From the bestselling cartoonist of The Cartoon History of the Universe comes an explosive graphic takedown of capitalism Bestselling "overeducated cartoonist" Larry Gonick has delighted readers for years with sharp, digestible, and hilarious accounts of everything from the hist…
