Trade and Economic Development
Focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative, this two-volume work explores its significant effects on economic growth, trade, financial systems, and international relations. By integrating theoretical insights with real-world examples, the author enhances the understanding of how these developments are influencing the Global Economy.
Focusing on a human capital model, the book explores how transformational growth occurs across various stages of economic development, leading to technological changes that necessitate adjustments in human capital. Using China as a case study, it offers insights into the transition process and presents valuable lessons applicable to other emerging economies.
The Private and Social Costs of Overeating and their Remedies
Focusing on the psychological aspects of overeating, the book delves into its historical context, social class disparities, and geographic distribution. It explores environmental impacts of overconsumption and suggests economic solutions like a sugar tax to combat obesity. Additionally, the author critiques the corporate social responsibility of food and beverage companies, discussing how their involvement could influence healthier consumer choices and mitigate poor health outcomes.
Volume I: Domestic and International Economic Policies
Focusing on China's economic transformation, this two-volume work delves into both domestic and international policies and their implications for growth and quality of life. The first volume differentiates between economic growth and sustainable development, analyzing past and current policies and the shift towards a consumer-oriented economy. The second volume addresses the effects of these policies on income distribution, poverty alleviation, education, and environmental concerns. This comprehensive analysis is aimed at researchers and scholars interested in China's rising economic influence.
Volume II: The Impact of Economic Policies on the Quality of Life
Focusing on China's economic transformation, this two-volume work delves into both domestic and international policies and their impacts on growth and quality of life. The first volume differentiates between economic growth and sustainable development, analyzing past and present policies and the shift towards a consumer-oriented economy. The second volume addresses the effects of these policies on income distribution, poverty alleviation, education, and environmental costs, making it a valuable resource for researchers and scholars interested in China's economic evolution.
The Changing International Financial System and Implications
Focusing on the Belt and Road Initiative, this two-volume work explores its significant effects on economic growth, trade, financial systems, and international relations. By integrating theoretical frameworks with practical examples, the author, Joshua, enhances the understanding of how these developments are influencing the Global Economy. The comprehensive analysis provides valuable insights into the initiative's role in shaping contemporary economic landscapes.
The Private and Social Costs of the Abuse of Alcohol and Their Remedies
This title discusses the phenomenon of alcohol abuse as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details alcohol’s status as a psychoactive drug; he notes, however, that in contrast to other psychoactive drugs, alcohol has been widely culturally accepted in Western countries and legally available, except in isolated incidents for a short period of time. Joshua considers which policies are being correctly utilised so as to reduce the abuse of alcohol, and how these policies may operate on a supply and demand model. Whereas programs of prevention and treatment operate on the demand side of alcohol abuse, legislation is directed at the supply side of alcohol; that is, dealing with marketing – product, promotion, point of sales and price. This is the second title in a four volume series ‘The Economics of Addictive Behaviours’, consisting of three additional volumes on smoking, illicit drug abuse and overeating.
This two-volume book addresses the economic transformation occurring in China at present. The author investigates China's domestic and international policies, the impact of these policies on economic growth, and their effect on the quality of life for the people of China. In the first volume, the author distinguishes between economic growth and sustainable economic development, and discusses China's current and past economic policies towards growth. Chapters also explore the structural transformation of China's economy and its increasingly consumer-oriented nature. The second volume looks more specifically at the result of domestic policies on the quality of life for people living in China. The author examines the distribution of income, the alleviation of poverty, the Chinese education system, and the environmental cost of economic growth. These volumes will be of particular interest to researchers and scholars concerned with China's emerging economic power.
The Private and Social Costs of Smoking and Their Remedies
This title discusses the phenomenon of smoking as a behavioural disease and the associated costs. The author details the consequences of smoking, in addition to the detrimental effects caused by second-hand tobacco smoke exposure as a health risk to children as well as to the general public. The central contribution of Joshua’s work is to address these concerns in terms of the issues of free choice and the market. Considering the various restrictive policies designed to reduce smoking’s prevalence, including the banning of smoking in public places, and the inclusion of warning labels on cigarette packets, Joshua carefully analyses potential economic remedies to the problem of smoking, notably the Pigovian tax. Finally, the book concludes with a highly relevant discussion of corporate social responsibility, and the role that this might play in anti-smoking projects. This is the first title in a four volume series ‘The Economics of Addictive Behaviours’, which consists of three further volumes on alcohol abuse, illicit drug abuse and overeating.
The Private and Social Costs of the Abuse of Illicit Drugs and Their Remedies
This title offers an in-depth analysis of the causes, consequences and treatments of illicit drug abuse. The author examines the effects of existing drug policies and proposes drug use legalisation within a regulated market as a viable alternative. Joshua assesses the factors that make individuals vulnerable to drug abuse and the pathways they may follow. As well as exploring the physical and psychological effects on the individual, Joshua examines the social and economic consequences for society. He highlights the pitfalls of a purely legal approach to drug abuse, which is primarily a health matter, and questions whether special drugs courts could be used as an alternative to the present criminal justice system. This book adds to the debate on whether most drugs could be sold in a regulated market in the same way as other drugs are, such as alcohol or nicotine. This is the third title in a four volume series ‘The Economics of Addictive Behaviours’, consisting of threeadditional volumes on smoking, alcohol abuse and overeating.