n this paper we argue that very high marginal labor income tax rates are an effective tool for social insurance even when households have preferences with high labor supply elasticity, make dynamic savings decisions, and policies have general equilibrium effects. To make this point we construct...

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Urgent Need to Think (and Rethink) Innovation -- I.1. Critical philosophy of innovation and the innovator -- I.2. (Re)thinking innovation through philosophy -- 1. The Need to...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- President's Foreword, Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors -- Preface -- Synopsis -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Contemporary overview of...

"Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective describes the dramatic acceleration of the global and political economy in a story that has four parts: colonialism, the development era, the current era of globalization, and global counter-movements for equity and sustainability. The text,...