Moral Hazards

Author : Tim Martin
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525562792

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IN WAR RIGHT CAN GO WRONG AND SOMETIMES WRONG IS THE ONLY RIGHT THING LEFT TO DO. Anik is a rookie human rights lawyer with a mission to make rape as a weapon of war recognized as a crime against humanity. After she is humiliated by the loss of a high-profile case against a Nazi war criminal who had been hiding out in Canada, she looks for redemption in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab. Against the backdrop of a devastating African civil war, women refugees provide evidence to Anik that atrocities are happening where a UN peacekeeping operation has been deployed. Together with Omar, a renegade politician, Anik embarks on a quest for justice that takes her into deadly conflict with an ambitious UN general and a vicious warlord.

Author : Juan Flores Zendejas,Norbert Gaillard,Rick J. Michalek
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000515022

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Moral Hazard by Juan Flores Zendejas,Norbert Gaillard,Rick J. Michalek Pdf

Moral Hazard is a core concept in economics. In a nutshell, moral hazard reflects the reduced incentive to protect against risk where an entity is (or believes it will be) protected from its consequences, whether through an insurance arrangement or an implicit or explicit guarantee system. It is fundamentally driven by information asymmetry, arises in all sectors of the economy, including banking, medical insurance, financial insurance, and governmental support, undermines the stability of our economic systems and has burdened taxpayers in all developed countries, resulting in significant costs to the community. Despite the seriousness and pervasiveness of moral hazard, policymakers and scholars have failed to address this issue. This book fills this gap. It covers 200 years of moral hazard: from its origins in the 19th century to the bailouts announced in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak. The book is divided into three parts. Part I deals with the ethics and other fundamental issues connected to moral hazard. Part II provides historical and empirical evidence on moral hazard in international finance. It examines in turn the role of the export credit industry, the international lender of last resort, and the IMF. Finally, Part III examines specific sectors such as automobile, banking, and the US industry at large. This is the first book to provide an interdisciplinary analysis of moral hazard and explain why addressing this issue has become crucial today. As such, it will attract interest from scholars across different fields, including economists, political scientists and lawyers.

Author : Kate Jennings
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007154623

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Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings Pdf

Savage and heartbreaking, "Moral Hazard" is a wry look at greed and alienation in the workplace, "a love story about the saddest way for love to end" ("Newsday"), and a timely, exquisitely written novel about failure and human resilience.

Author : Chandra S. Mishra,R. Zachary
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137371461

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The Theory of Entrepreneurship by Chandra S. Mishra,R. Zachary Pdf

The Theory of Entrepreneurship examines the interiors of the entrepreneurial value creation process, and offers a new unified and comprehensive theory to afford empirical investigations as well as delineate a broader view of the entrepreneurial contextual milieu.

Author : William Baker
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470558003

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Endless Money by William Baker Pdf

A detailed look at how, and why, the American financial system has reached its current state Today's economy and capital markets are faced with the long-term buildup of public and private credit. Furthermore, we face higher taxes, greater spending, and more debt. We are now at a critical crossroads and our leaders have few realistic solutions. Proposals calling for tax reforms or fewer regulations have fallen on deaf ears. In fact, U.S. democracy has become more socialist and reform is needed immediately. Endless Money is an examination of how the U.S. government and the country's financial systems have embraced socialism, and why cultural deterioration reinforces the trend and jeopardizes democracy. In it, author William Baker sees this socialism embodied in two things. The first is the socialization of income, the second is the socialization of credit. Explores the present socialistic qualities of the American government and its financial system Looks back at how today's conditions relate not just to the Great Depression, but ancient empires such as Rome Calls for radical changes such as reduced regulatory power of the Federal Reserve, a considerable devaluation of the dollar in terms of gold, and repeal of income tax Includes a Web site devoted to book, with recommendations, quotes from the financial community, and think tank contacts Insightful and informative, Endless Money examines our current economic condition and describes what the United States can do to get back on the right economic track.

Author : Rayyar Marron
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317119500

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Humanitarian Rackets and their Moral Hazards by Rayyar Marron Pdf

The humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon has become one of the most populist causes in the world, yet the causes of the crisis have been misrepresented, whilst on-going humanitarian assistance could arguably be said to amplify problems that exist in the camps. Shedding light on the disturbing occurrence of corruption, rent-seeking and racketeering, together with the emergence of zones of privatised territory based on self-enrichment, this book challenges the conception of refugees in camps as helpless, vulnerable individuals. Based on detailed and sustained research at the camp of Shatila in Beirut, Humanitarian Rackets and their Moral Hazards reveals that even the access of humanitarian agencies to the camp is determined by payment to certain refugee groups, whilst the degree of humanitarian interaction has created a sense of entitlement amongst some, based on a belief in their own exceptionalism as a displaced ethnic group. Detailing the everyday economic transactions that transpire in refugee camps, this book shows that, far from being helpless victims with no power over their circumstances, many Palestinian refugees have created lucrative ventures from humanitarian assistance. A rich, yet troubling study of refugee life and the 'cartelisation' of camp space, this book will be of interest to sociologists, anthropologists and political scientists working in the fields of humanitarian intervention, development, criminology and informal economies.

Author : Amy Finkelstein
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780231538688

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Moral Hazard in Health Insurance by Amy Finkelstein Pdf

Addressing the challenge of covering heath care expenses—while minimizing economic risks. Moral hazard—the tendency to change behavior when the cost of that behavior will be borne by others—is a particularly tricky question when considering health care. Kenneth J. Arrow’s seminal 1963 paper on this topic (included in this volume) was one of the first to explore the implication of moral hazard for health care, and Amy Finkelstein—recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic—here examines this issue in the context of contemporary American health care policy. Drawing on research from both the original RAND Health Insurance Experiment and her own research, including a 2008 Health Insurance Experiment in Oregon, Finkelstein presents compelling evidence that health insurance does indeed affect medical spending and encourages policy solutions that acknowledge and account for this. The volume also features commentaries and insights from other renowned economists, including an introduction by Joseph P. Newhouse that provides context for the discussion, a commentary from Jonathan Gruber that considers provider-side moral hazard, and reflections from Joseph E. Stiglitz and Kenneth J. Arrow. “Reads like a fireside chat among a group of distinguished, articulate health economists.” —Choice

Author : John Eatwell,Murray Milgate,Peter Newman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1989-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349202157

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Allocation, Information and Markets by John Eatwell,Murray Milgate,Peter Newman Pdf

This is an extract from the 4-volume dictionary of economics, a reference book which aims to define the subject of economics today. 1300 subject entries in the complete work cover the broad themes of economic theory. This volume concentrates on the topic of allocation information and markets.

Author : Carol A. Heimer
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520318465

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Reactive Risk and Rational Action by Carol A. Heimer Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

Author : Lauren Traczykowski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367409127

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Ethics, Law and Natural Hazards by Lauren Traczykowski Pdf

This book argues that the international community has a moral duty to intervene on behalf of a population affected by a natural hazard when their government is either unable or unwilling to provide basic, life-saving assistance. The work draws on law, international relations theory, and political philosophy to articulate that non-response to a natural hazard is unethical. In providing policy suggestions the author articulates what should happen based on an ethical analysis. Readers will thus gain an ethical lens with which to view intervention in the aftermath of a natural hazard. The book encourages readers to consider the nuances of arguments from various disciplines about whether or not intervention is appropriate. Whilst arguing throughout that an intervention policy in response to natural hazards should be developed by the international community, the study also accounts for why intervention should only be used in very limited situations. This interdisciplinary approach makes the book essential reading for researchers, academics and policy-makers working in the areas of international law, humanitarian studies, human rights, international relations and political science.

Author : N. Demise,Y. Miwa,M. Nabayashi,Y. Nakoshi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9784431309208

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Corporate Governance in Japan by N. Demise,Y. Miwa,M. Nabayashi,Y. Nakoshi Pdf

This book is the result of an international comparative study of corporate governance begun in 2002, and provides analysis of the issue as it applies to management, moral hazards, accounting practices, and the institutional investor from both a Japanese and a global perspective. The study presents a view of the company as an entity that not only maximizes profit for stockholders but that also has a social role to play in maintaining a sustainable society.

Author : Barry J. Eichengreen
Publisher : Centre for Economic Policy Research
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 189812857X

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Can the Moral Hazard Caused by IMF Bailouts be Reduced? by Barry J. Eichengreen Pdf

Economics literature emphasizes the need to limit IMF financial rescues, but inaction is too painful. This first "Special Report" argues that institutional reforms are needed if the international policy community is to succeed in containing the moral hazard caused by IMF financial rescues.

Author : Allan N. Kornblum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Gambling
ISBN : UCAL:B4351869

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The Moral Hazards by Allan N. Kornblum Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Hilgert
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801469237

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Hazard or Hardship by Jeffrey Hilgert Pdf

Today, hazardous work kills 2.3 million people each year and injures millions more. Among the most compelling yet controversial forms of legal protection for workers is the right to refuse unsafe work. The rise of globalization, precarious work, neoliberal politics, attacks on unions, and the idea of individual employment rights have challenged the protection of occupational health and safety for workers worldwide. In Hazard or Hardship, Jeffrey Hilgert presents the protection of refusal rights as a moral and a human rights question. Hilgert finds that the protection of the right to refuse unsafe work, as constituted under international labor standards, is a failure and calls for a reexamination of worker health and safety policy from the ground up. The current model of protection follows an individual employment rights framework, which fails to protect workers against the inherent social inequalities within the employment relationship. To adequately protect the right to refuse as a human right, both in North America and around the world, Hilgert argues that a broader protection must be granted under a freedom of association framework. Hazard or Hardship will be a welcome resource for labor and environmental activists, trade union leaders, labor lawyers and labor law scholars, industrial relations experts, human rights advocates, public health professionals, and specialists in occupational safety and health.

Author : Samuel Shem
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984805379

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Man's 4th Best Hospital by Samuel Shem Pdf

The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God Years after the events of The House of God, the Fat Man has been given leadership over a new Future of Medicine Clinic at what is now only Man's 4th Best Hospital, and has persuaded Dr. Roy Basch and some of his intern cohorts to join him to teach a new generation of interns and residents. In a medical landscape dominated by computer screens and corrupted by money, they have one goal: to make medicine humane again. What follows is a mesmerizing, heartbreaking, and hilarious exploration of how the health-care industry, and especially doctors, have evolved over the past thirty years.