This volume contains an Open Access chapter. In the digital age, Big Data offers an unparalleled lens into the intricacies of human behavior. Data sourced from job boards, social media platforms, or news websites allows researchers to answer questions that could not be answered with conventional...

This book discusses the conceptual foundations of mainstream and political economy and offers alternative directions for the development of theoretical economics. Presenting selected papers from the Euro-Asian Symposium on Economic Theory, held by the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of...