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not least from labour markets, as workers look to make up for inflation-induced reductions in real income. And the structural factors that have kept inflation low in recent decades may wane as globalisation retreats.
6 TAPPING THE RCEP OPPORTUNITIES: HONG KONG TO MAXIMISE GBA'S UNIQUE EDGE AS A BUSINESS PLATFORM The changes to trade rules, supply chains, tariffs and regional co-operation are sure to impact companies in the region, and they will adopt different strategies to tap into these new opportunities...
The study of globalisation has emphasised interconnectedness, focusing on the mobility of individuals, the move- ment of goods, and the flow of information; often aiming to decentre European agency and sometimes decentering the territorial state as well, highlighting direct ties between the local and...
3 The Context of Public Policy on the Sharing Economy Błaz˙ej Koczetkow and Andrzej Klimczuk Introduction It is much easier to talk about public policy—in general or in relation to some aspects of it—when it is viewed not as an abstract idea but as a phenomenon embedded in a given...
Although this TVP-HAR can portray the impact of financial crises on volatility, it provides no indication of the timing and/or the intensity of the transition. To accommodate the diversity of volatility across financial markets, that is likely at the onset of an unfamiliar pandemic, we introduce...
It should not be thought, however, that anarchism is only a critique of modern civilisation, just “negative” or “destructive.” It is also a proposal for a free society. Emma Goldman expressed what might be called the “anarchist question” as follows:“The problem that confronts us today...
This chapter of this book deals with the connections between social inequality, childhood and media. The first part is dedicated to national contexts of social inequality and to a discussion of social disadvantage in rich Western societies, with the spec
Moreover, it is framed as a long continuous expansion of globalisation engendered by the same uniform ideology since 1945 that has finally reached its inevitable implosion and collapse (see, for example, Dasgupta Citation2018). Indeed, globalisation is fiercely debated among those who believe it is...
While such terms suggest a uniform process, the reality was of course very complex as there were different forms of modernity and the West was not homogenous. This complexity became extremely evident in the post-colonial era in Vietnam, as the northern half of the country pursued a socialist ...