When reassessing the role of Debreu’s axiomatic method in economics, one has to explain both its success and unpopularity; one has to explain the “bright shadow” Debreu cast on the discipline: sheltering, threatening, and difficult to pin down. Debreu himself did not expect to have such an influence. Before he received the Bank of Sweden Prize in 1983 he had never openly engaged with the method...

there is a growing global market in healthcare and patients. and while there is a small body of evidence emerging around this phenomenon commonly known as medical tourism there remain significant unanswered policy and research questions which need to be addressed. we outline some of the key issues set against the six key disciplinary preoccupations of the journal: epidemiology, health economics...

Both Keynesians and modern institutional economists are critical of the “classical economists”. In being so, they employ similar micro foundations of the business behavior (the “institutional arrangements”) of individuals. Yet in contrast to Keynesians, the representatives of modern institutional economics incorporate the institutional framework into their analysis: For them, the linkage betwee...

The deepening of global economic integration challenge the traditional concept of geopolitics, and thus put a profound impact on the inter-State conflict and cooperation situations. Some scholars argue that the traditional geopolitics is based on conflict and confrontation, while the geo-economics is based on cooperation, Therefore, currently we should take the geo-economic thought as theoretic...

The journal Leviathan devotes itself to enlightenment and criticism in the social sciences. It publishes current research debate on topics drawn from politics, culture, economics, philosophy, law society.

Studies in Comparative International Development, Spring 2006, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 53-75. Jeffrey Drope is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Miami. His recent articles and current research examine the political economy of trade policy and, more generally, how interests and institutions interact to generate policy. Don’t Buy from Me Argentina: Politics,...

There is a growing global market in healthcare and patients. And while there is a small body of evidence emerging around this phenomenon commonly known as medical tourism there remain significant unanswered policy and research questions which need to be addressed. We outline some of the key issues set against the six key disciplinary preoccupations of the journal: epidemiology, health economics...

This volume includes papers originally discussed at the symposium, “A Changing Cuba in a Changing World” (The Graduate Center, City University of New York, March, 2008). The conference featured a wide range of scholars and panelists working on contemporary Cuba (Appendix). The essays in this collection explore various aspects of change in today’s Cuba, including politics and economics, history,...

In the recent years, with the development of network and multimedia technology, multimedia data, especially image, audio and video data, is used more and more widely in human society. Some multimedia data, including entertainment, politics, economics, militaries, industries, education etc, are necessary to be protected by providing confidentiality, integrity, and ownership or identity. In this ...

For centuries, the wisdom of the West of investing in basic science and technology led to its dominance in world politics and economics. Today, this wisdom is being put aside: fundamental research is losing its appeal to funding agencies and as a professional asset for job hunters. This state of affairs could exacerbate a dearth of innovations and lead to a transition of the "haves" into the "h...