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The Production of Space, Place, and Food: The Ecology of Money and the Emergence of Transformative Circuits of Money Capital
(2015-08-04)
This dissertation argues that Henri Lefebvre’s (1991) The Production of Space
expresses a theoretical blueprint for the construction of an interdisciplinary approach to
social science that integrates political economy, ...
Local Food and Economic Development
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
.S. agriculture, assesses the empirical evidence for local food thus far, assesses the theoretical arguments for and against local food, and develops a new theoretical perspective to examine local food. This study finds the strongest case for local food comes from...
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. ...
Resource Transformation Through Capitalization Processes in Community Economic Development
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
This dissertation presents a critical institutionalist theory of resource
transformation through capitalization processes in the context of community economic
development. The arguments are presented through three ...
Commodity Based Sovereign Wealth Funds: An Alternative Path to Economic Development
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
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Developmental state and agriculture for development: lessons for Ghana from East Asia
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-05-27)
Comparative studies between Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia have shown
divergence in economic growth and development. This study argues that in order for Sub-
Saharan Africa to make progress in its quest for development, ...
The Role of Catholic Social Theory in Economic Policy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)
. These policies were intended, at least the argument goes to serve the common good and were based on theoretical concepts and perceptions. One question, from the perspective of CST is: are the policies in agreement with CST? The purpose of this study...
Employment generation programs and long term development- the case of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
The impact of neo-liberal policies on labor and employment opportunities in
developing country like India has been less than satisfactory. The purpose of this
dissertation is to study the role of government in employment ...
Modern money theory and ecological tax reform: a functional finance approach to energy conservation
(2013)
perspective lends itself to various public policy prescriptions, such as government employment policies or the employer of last resort (ELR), which has been discussed at length elsewhere (Wray 1998; Tcherneva 2007, Forstater 2003). This research contributes...
Racial residential segregation in the Kansas City area: a comparative study between Blacks and Hispanics
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-01)
There is considerable literature on racial residential segregation but there are few
examples that examine similarities and differences between two ethnic groups within an
urban area. Racial residential segregation among ...
Ecological Regionalism: A Synthesis of Ecological Economics and Organicist Regionalism
(2015-08-04)
To realize visions of regional ecological and economic sustainability—extant the
ecological economics literature—a unified understanding and philosophy of the region is
needed. Additionally, this philosophy needs to be ...
Value, Money, and Accounting for Pax Ecologica: Contouring a Price-Coordination System for Ecological-Economic Provisioning
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
The objective of this dissertation is to conceptualize and contour an alternative
provisioning system (“Pax Ecologica,” “ecocentric provisioning”) to address, account for, and
coordinate humankind’s scientific-technological ...
Capitalism, ecological destruction and mainstream environmental economic theory: a radical critique
(2014-07-18)
This dissertation contributes to heterodox environmental economics by providing a
unique and thorough critique of mainstream environmental economic theory. This
dissertation draws on insights developed by radical political ...
Full Employment and Development: The Case of Indian Economy
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2014)
The purpose of this study is to establish the feasibility and desirability of full
employment and price stability in India via an Employer of Last resort program. After
providing a brief historical background of the ...
An Evaluation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families from the Catholic Social Teaching Perspective
(University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2016)
Any evaluation of an economic policy necessarily involves a normative foundation or a moral perspective. Traditional economic theory often attempts to remain value-free, but it often fails to do so in the sub discipline of welfare economics despite...
Saudization or Sustainable Jobs Creation: Two Approaches In Solving Unemployment in Saudi Arabia
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Over the past two decades, Saudi Arabia has witnessed acceleration in both national
unemployment and environmental degradation. These two areas are at the forefront of
being very real challenges. In solving the ...
The origins of money: evaluating chartalist and metallist theories in the context of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-02)
Tracing the origins of money in archaic Greece (roughly 900-500 BC) and ancient
Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, this thesis assesses the applicability of Chartalist and Metallist theories of money's origins. It ...
The Logic of Violent Conflicts in DR Congo: A Nested-Analysis Approach to the Understanding of Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2020)
as outcomes of ethnic differences and competition for resources. This study challenges the conventional interpretation of civil wars in sub-Saharan Africa, using a mixed-method approach that nests case-study analysis within cross-country econometric analysis...
Human Development As the Expansion of Work Capability: An Examination of Vietnam
(2020)
capability is dependent on individual educational attainment, the economic, social, and educational resources of the individual’s family, and the dynamics of capital. The dissertation calls for new formulas of human development measurement, for practical...
Towards a Heterodox Theory of Income Distribution
(2015)
The present study seeks to examine a number of important questions in the theory
of income distribution from a heterodox economic perspective, an approach to economic
theory that is inherently interdisciplinary. The ...