FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, SAVING AND GROWTH: SAFETY NETS, REGULATION, AND RISK REDUCTION IN GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS By

Financial Structure, Saving and Growth: Safety Nets, Regulation, and Risk Reduction in Global Financial Markets

Mortgage Choice : A Review of the Literature

Although it appears that a theoretical body of knowledge for the Financial Planning Profession has always existed, until recently theory was not often explored as such, and there was no written common understanding or agreement on the theoretical basis of the financial planning profession. A survey of the financial planning literature over the past 50 years was performed, and certain basic theo...

Interpreting the Asian Financial Crisis: Open Issues in Theory and Policy

This paper discusses the theoretical and policy debate on the Crisis in South East Asia. After contrasting competing interpretations of the crisis, the paper presents stylized facts about fundamental imbalances in the economies of the region before the currency collapse. Then, it reviews current theories of currency and financial instability, assessing them as interpretive schemes of the crisis...

Austerity, ageing and the financialisation of pensions policy in the UK

This article offers a detailed analysis of the recent history of pensions policy in the UK, culminating in two apparent ‘revolutions’ in policy now underway: the introduction of ‘automatic enrolment’ into private pensions, and proposals for a new ‘single-tier’ state pension’. These reforms are considered exemplary of the ‘financialisation’ of UK welfare provision – typified in pensions policy b...

Unintended Pregnancy and Its Adverse Social and Economic Consequences on Health System: A Narrative Review Article

Unintended pregnancy is among the most troubling public health problems and a major reproductive health issue worldwide imposing appreciable socioeconomic burden on individuals and society. Governments generally plan to control growth of births (especially wanted births as well as orphans and illegitimate births) imposing extra burden on public funding of the governments which inevitably affect...