The current economic paradigm, which is based on increasing human population, economic development, and standard of living, is no longer compatible with the biophysical limits of the finite Earth. Failure to recover from the economic crash of 2008 is not due just to inadequate fiscal and monetary policies. The continuing global crisis is also due to scarcity of critical resources. Our macroecol...

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The effect of four different retinoids [retinol, 13-c/s-retinoic acid (Ro4-3780), /8-all-irans-retinoic acid, and aromatic retinoie acid ethyl ester (Ro10-9359)] on the cellular proliferation (cell number) and biochemical differentiation (tyrosinase activ ity) of a human melanoma cell line (MIRW) and three subclones was assessed. All four retinoids (10~6 M) inhibited the cellular proliferation ...

Pursuant to Article 1 of the Convention signed in Paris on 14th December 1960, and which came into force on 30th September 1961, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) shall promote policies designed: − to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintaining financial stability, and thus t...

Politicians typically focus on short-term economic issues; but, a nation’s long-term economic well-being is directly linked to its rate of economic growth. In turn, its growth rate is directly linked to the economically relevant skills of its population. Until recently, however, economists have found it hard to confirm this through empirical analysis because of difficulties in measuring the ski...

Using Chinese provincial data from 1985 to 1998 and applying recent GMM techniques developed for dynamic panels, this paper examines how the development of financial intermediation influences China’s economic growth during the post-1978 reform period. Our econometric results show that China’s financial intermediation development contributes to its rapid economic growth through two channels: the...

Submitted: Jun 26, 2013; Accepted: Jul 22, 2013; Published: Jul 25, 2013 Abstract: In the conditions of social and institutional transformations’ retardation the study of issues concerning transition shift to sustainable economic development seems to be urgent and strategic direction of scientific researches and development. The aggravation of the global economic, social and environmental probl...

This paper assesses the relationship among energy consumption, financial development, economic growth, industrialization and urbanization in Tunisia from 1971 to 2008. The autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach to cointegration and Granger causality tests is employed for the analysis. The result confirms the existence of long-run relationship among energy consumption, economic g...

This paper presents the dynamics of environmental problems in Mumbai city. An evolution concept is applied to study the present environmental status of Mumbai. In order to study its dynamics, the entire process of environmental evolution is divided into four types viz. poverty-related environmental issues, industrializationand urbanization-related environmental issues, rapid economic growth-rel...

By tracing Japan’s history, we argue that families and communities have played important roles in the country’s successful socieconomic performance. The argument is first made by comparing Japan’s socioeconomic data with those of other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Then, we look into some case studies to gain a better understanding of the roles played ...