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The Role of Financial Markets in the Pricing of Crude Oil: An Examination of Oil Pricing through the Structural Changes of the early Twenty-first Century
(2016)
The debate over the causes of the path of the price of oil over the twenty-first century has
failed to address the method of oil pricing. The thesis guiding this dissertation is that the
crude oil pricing method ...
Human Development As the Expansion of Work Capability: An Examination of Vietnam
(2020)
This dissertation aims to enhance the application of Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach by including work capability in the current assessment of human development. Development theorists have long overlooked the role of ...
Pediatric Lead Poisoning and The Built Environment in Kansas City, Missouri 2000-2013
(2021)
This study examines relationships between pediatric lead poisoning and the built environment. Focusing on Kansas City, Missouri between the years 2000 and 2013 this dissertation informs policy options and identifies under-explored lines of inquiry...
The Relationship Between Economic Growth and Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption Growth in Net Energy-Importing Emerging Economies
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation investigates the relationship between economic growth and fossil
fuel energy consumption through three interrelated chapters—each of which addresses a
facet of the relationship. The first chapter ...
A Theory of Consumer Fraud in Market Economies
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Of the many forms of human behavior, perhaps none more than those of force
and fraud have caused so much harm in both social and ecological environments. In
spite of this, neither shows signs of weakening given their ...
The Political Economy of Agriculture and the Social Economy of Local Sustainable Agriculture in Kansas City
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This dissertation contributes to heterodox economics by presenting a unique
heterodox economics approach, utilizing aspects of heterodox surplus approach, Post
Keynesian, Institutional, feminist, and ecological economics. ...
Three Essays on Monetary Sovereignty
(2022)
This dissertation examines the current economic understanding of Monetary Sovereignty through the role of the state’s currency in an economy. It recognizes that, internationally, Monetary Sovereignty is not an equal status ...
Exploring the Stories and Experiences of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Teachers’ Pre-education Programs and Professional Development
(2022)
As the diversity in the United States increases year after year, it is critical for teachers to be provided with the skills and knowledge to teach diverse learners, whether through their pre-service educational program, ...