Investigates three sets of questions raised by the economic downturn. The first concerns issues of ethics and social responsibility in economic policymaking and in business and finance, secondly how the costs of the downturn have fallen within the population; and lastly the rise of unmet basic needs. MARTHA STARR Assistant Professor at American University, USA. She is the co-editor on the Review of Social Economics journal and on the editorial board of Journal of Economics Issues and Journal of Pluralism and Economic Education. Professor Starr's research interests are consumption, saving, wealth, macroeconomics, monetary policy, developing and emerging-market countries, and social economics. INDICE: Introduction - Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Economic Policy - Socio-distributional Aspects of Economic Downturn - Social Economy and the Economic Downturn b Food, Shelter, and Health
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10531-7
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 284
- Fecha Publicación: 25/02/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Desconocido