Myth of Social Cost

Myth of Social CostFor over 50 years economists have argued that where private costs or benefits differ from social costs or benefits in noise, smells, congestion, pollution of the environment there is a 'clear case' for government intervention to correct the divergence. This argument has been used to justify almost endless intervention. However, the original analysts of social costs benefits were led into error by failing to test their propositions against the evidence

It also provides analysis and historical commentary on the history of medieval German martial arts

The Paleolithic site of Barda Balka ("standing stone

Common non-compliance issues are described

This book tells the stories of two French women and a French African man

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focussing particularly on rice production systems

Richard Pankhurst in 1986

this introduction to health economics draws on a wider range of economic thinking than that normally underpinning health policy to explore how economics can best contribute to improved health care

The first comprehensive examination of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)

Life cycle assessment provides a useful tool for identifying where significant improvements can be made to achieve environmental sustainability in agricultural production

the analysis of this select handful of photographs brings to light compelling stories about cultural memory and identity in the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century

Assembling cultures charts the development of workplace activism in the British motor industry between 1945 and 1982