The interrelationship between economic growth, efficient use of natural resources, and sustainability has been of great interest to economists, researchers and policy makers. Knowledge of actual causality direction between sustainability, efficiency and growth has important implications for...

In the current competitive scenario, the banking industry must contend with multiple challenges tied to regulations, legacy systems, disruptive models/technologies, new competitors, and a restive customer base, while simultaneously pursuing new strategies for sustainable growth. Banking...

Chapter 1. Introduction (Paolo Savona) -- Chapter 2. Economics and money: political and epistemological perspectives of connecting and fault lines. A fil rouge from Keynes to digitization (Rainer Stefano Masera) -- Chapter 3. The Great Repricing: Central Banks and the World Economy (Mervyn...

1. Declining Population Growth and the Serendipity Theorem -- 2. Consumption of Leisure Goods, Leisure Time, and Inheritance of Tastes for Leisure in an Overlapping Generations Model -- 3. Overlapping Generations Model with Relative Preference for Children's Human Capital -- 4. The Impact of...

A 'moderately prosperous society' with no Chinese individual left behind - that's the vision for China set out by Chinese President Xi Jinping in a number of important speeches in 2017. 'Moderate' prosperity may seem like a modest goal for a country with more billionaires (609 at last count)...

Chapter 1. The Impact of Tourism and Renewable Energy Use over Economic Growth in Top 10 Tourism Destinations -- Chapter 2. The Possible Influence of the Tourism Sector on Climate Change in The US. Chapter 3. Tourism Sector and Environmental Quality: Evidence from Top 20 Tourist Destinations --...

What relevance does economic growth have for achieving environmental policy goals? The report analyzes the arguments of various positions in this discourse and formulates an ideal-type "precautionary post-growth position". It also presents causes of economic growth and identifies social areas...