This overview of 101 topics in global economics, written for a popular audience, provides the historical and conceptual background to each topic and summaries of "what you should know" and "why you should care.

In a variety of sectors ranging from defense to business to political parties there has been an increasing interest in the use of analytics to predict future trends, calculate outcomes, increase efficiency, assess risk, and optimize decisions. Analytics and Modern Warfare delves directly into...

This book demonstrates how economic tools have been used throughout history to accomplish goals of military conflict, how they can be used more effectively than traditional means of warfare in the modern era, and how we can derive a better understanding of economic strategy applicable not just...

Purpose: The question being assessed is whether changes in the degree of global geopolitical risk (GPR), as defined by the framework developed by Iacoviello (2018), can be used to improve allocative efficiency, thereby increasing investment returns on oil commodities....

By referring to a handful of battles throughout history, a new form of military strategy is derived through the manipulation of supplies, capital, and markets. This book combines economic theory with applied analyses of military successes and failures, explaining them simply for audiences of all...