A key capitalist process that relates to, and in some ways underpins, many of the above-mentioned processes is ‘financialisation’. Epstein (2005) refers to financialisation as the ‘increasing role of financial motives, financial markets, financial actors and financial institutions’ in the econ...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) causes high levels of global mortality. There is a global need to develop new antimicrobials to replace those whose efficacy is being eroded, but limited incentive for companies to engage in R&D, and a limited pipeline
The analogy between regulation and tax transcends national and ideological boundaries because all democratic governments have a mandate to regulate, to tax and to spend, and all are limited in these respects by what their national economies can afford. The trick is to deliver the benefits of ...
Given the above, the aim of this paper is to bring transport firms’ goals and the market structure in which they operate together in one model and then discuss the effects on transport users’ prices and demand of an equal per unit tax on all suppliers. In line with Jørgensen and Pede...
When inflation becomes established and pervasive - not just direct price effects of this or that supply shock or tax increase (or combination of them) - it generally doesn't come down all by itself. Expressed in terms of conventional monetary policy, it
On the way from its farm origin to the retail store shelf in the consumer country, a cocoa bean is transformed in many steps requiring additional labour, energy, sugar, often dairy, and other inputs before it becomes a chocolate consumer product. Of the value added generated along the chain...
The Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products and How to Tackle It (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: International Tax and Investment Center.Search in Google Scholar Becker, G. S., K. M. Murphy, and M. Grossman. 2006. “The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs.” Journal of Political ...
It is a comprehensive strategy for restructuring public services in the interests of capital, with privatisation therefore both a political and commercial determinant of health. There is growing discussion on the need for re-nationalisation of certain public assets, including by the Victorian ...
Energy and fuel poverty have long been known to adversely affect the health of populations living in these conditions. In Europe, for instance, research has shown a high incidence of poor physical and mental health among the most energy poor households. The inequality in health outcomes is most...
In particular, promoting consumption of fruits and vegetables through campaigns of the “five-a-day” type is found to be cost-beneficial in all three countries. By contrast, targeting consumption of meat, consumption of all animal products, or the climate footprint of diets directly through ...