International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 25 Issue 6/7/8

The varied life of an economist: Travels and international contacts of Clem Tisdell

Outlines the international travels of Clement Allan Tisdell in the period 1965‐1996 and an Australian journey made to Adelaide in 1962 for academic reasons and indicates the…

The imperatives of Biosphere conservation and wise Homosphere development

Briefly discusses eight major threats to the biosphere and highlights environmental education efforts. Concludes that increased public enlightenment and conservation measures…

The “sleeper” issue in medicine: Clem Tisdell’s academic scribbling on the economics of antibiotic resistance

Presents a brief account of the development of antibiotics so as to put such drugs in perspective. Then the issue of antibiotic resistance is considered and Tisdell’s economic…

Economic change, the environment and Buddhism in Asia

The paper aims to identify the form and significance of the influence of Buddhism upon the nature of past and future national economic change. It is divided to address two major…

If planning is about anything, what is it about?

The discipline and practice of regional and town planning is searching uneasily for new directions attendant upon conceptual and empirical developments since the early 1970s. This…

Caste, class synergies and discrimination in India

There is sufficient empirical evidence to suggest that discrimination, defined as absence of equal opportunities, exists before the market as well as in the market against certain…

The political economy of reservations in public jobs in India : Implications for efficiency in public administration and equity in society

This article presents a problem situation for study of the vexed eco‐bureau‐political question of job reservation in public administration, public sector and government‐aided…

Economics and ethics in an Indian society: a reflective analysis

Discusses the ethics and law of Indian business tradition and economics. Highlights many current business practices that it finds highly unethical.

The woes of economic reform: poverty and income inequality in Fiji

Amongst the major development problems facing many of the developing countries is the increasing levels of poverty and income inequality. Economic growth in the 1950s, 1960s and…

Gender issues in poverty alleviation: a case study of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 1988‐89, 48 per cent of rural and 44 per cent of urban households had a daily per capita consumption of less than 2,122…

Environmental, socio‐cultural and developmental linkages in a South Asian set‐up

Examines the agro‐ecological and socio‐political systems of the Bengal basin of the Ganges floodplain (now mostly in Bangladesh region) from the precolonial period (before 1757)…

Tracking the poor: the making of wealth and poverty in Thailand (1982‐1994)

The paper tracks 77 households in two villages in Northeastern Thailand over a period of 12 years between 1982 and 1994. The survey data show that the “original” poor of 1982 have…

Macroeconomic insights on the liberalised trading regime of Thailand

This study reviews the emergence of Thailand in the 1990s as the Fifth Tiger economy of Asia following the regime switch from an import substitution to export oriented…

Regional catching up and productivity growth in Chinese reform period

Following the catching‐up hypothesis and using new published provincial data, this paper examines Chinese regional productivity growth by way of catch‐up in the reform period. It…

Quality‐adjusted life years (qalys) versus willingness to pay in matters of life and death

Qalys (quality‐adjusted life years) are used to make judgements about resource allocation in medical care and other matters. Since this may involve the qalys of prospective…

Technology transfer models across cultures: Brunei‐Japan joint ventures

Cultural aspects play an important role in technology transfer. Some member economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have recently conducted joint venture studies…

On the social value of biological control of weeds

Weeds are any plants growing where they are not wanted. Their most profound effect is in reducing agricultural production. Chemical weed control is the most common method of…

The Schumpeterian hypothesis and technical change

This paper provides an empirical test of the available evidence concerning firms’ productivity structure and the Schumpeterian hypothesis using the Japanese trunk route airlines…

Internationalisation and the Australian labour market

Internationalisation of the Australian economy is profoundly changing the macroeconomic fabric of the Australian labour market. This study aims to shed light on both trade and…

The accounting‐economics interface: where the market fails

The conclusion of this paper is that market prices fail to reflect the information required to provide meaningful accounting measurements that are used in real‐life decision…

The implications of economic inequality for social welfare and social conflict

In this article, first, we show how equity considerations, in the guise of inequality of income, enters into a social welfare function. In this connection the important properties…

National financial policies, global environmental damage and missing international institutions

This paper categorises environmental damage as local, national, transfrontier and international in nature. It argues that since the developed countries’ environmental protection…

Emergent issues of environmental economics: What we should be analysing closely but haven’t thought much about

Environmental policies are rarely set by environmentalists, whatever they may think to the contrary. Macro‐level policies relating to land, water, atmosphere and other prime…

Trying to stay Canadian ‐ maybe: Uncertainties and paradoxes in public policies for Canadian television broadcasting

This paper examines recent Canadian public policies intended to create a window for domestic entertainment programming on television in the face of a series of economic and…

Zero prices, equity and natural areas

A policy of zero prices for entry to publicly provided parks and reserves treats people equally, but does not result in equitable outcomes. Entry to New Zealand parks and reserves…

Good governance in sustainable development: the impact of institutions

The possibilities for good governance depends on institutional structures and the economic resources available for ensuring governance. In some cases centralised governance…

The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism