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Anthony de Jasay

Издател: Liberty Fund

This book provides a novel account of the public goods dilemma. The author shows how the social contract, in its quest for fairness, actually helps to breed the parasitic "free riding" it is meant to suppress. He also shows how, in the absence of taxation, many public goods would be provided by spontaneous group co-operation. This would, however,

Издател: The World Bank

"Social Indicators of Development" contains the World Bank's most detailed data collection for assessing human welfare to provide a picture of the social effects of economic development. Data are presented for over 170 economies, omitting only those for which data are inadequate. World Bank staff review the social indicators for reliability and

Издател: United Nations

The social responsibility of corporations, including transnational corporations (TNCs), is typically not addressed in most international investment agreements (IIAs). The concept of corporate social responsibility is potentially very wide and may encompass development obligations, socio-political obligations and consumer protection aspects;

Carolyn L. Weaver

Издател: Тhe AEI Press

This collection of seven research papers (one by the editor), together with commentaries by distinguished discussants and an introduction by the editor, represents the proceedings of a 1989 conference held at the American Enterprise Institute. The authors and commentators are distinguished economists (including Alan Blinder of Princeton, James

Andrey Raichev, Kolyo Kolev, Andrey Boundjoulov, Lilia Dimova

Издател: The Fredrich Ebert Foundation

Ten years after the beginning of changes in the eastern part of Europe, the issue of social differentiation becomes a first-order one. It is not only an important problem to scientists and politicians but also a question per se; what kind of differentiation it is, into what groups and in what rates it occurs, which characteristics of people it