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Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Money, Myths, and Thoughtlessness -- A Note About Anti-Semitism -- The First Debate: The Nature of Money and the Myth of Barter -- The Second Debate: The Cult of Neoliberalism and Economism -- Thoughtless Cognition -- Hyper-complex Abstract Systems and Thoughtless Cognition -- Money and Thoughtlessness -- Chapter 3: The Neolithic Revolution: From Social Currencies to Debt -- Money in the Pre-Axial Age -- Hunter-Gatherers -- The Neolithic Revolution: Agriculture and "Civilization" -- Sacrifice, Hierarchy, and Cosmic Imbalance -- "Primitive" Money -- Chapter 4: The Axial Age -- The Axial Age -- The Axial Age and Money -- The Suspicion of Money and Merchants -- Protean Money, Protean People -- The Axial Age, the Denunciation of Wealth, and the Praise of Poverty -- Robbing the Common World -- Ambiguities and Aporias of Money and Abstract Thought -- Conclusions -- Chapter 5: Animist Ontologies, Abstraction, and Slavery -- The Moral Limits of Markets in Contemporary Thought -- Anthropocentrism, Quantification, Abstraction -- Power in the Living Cosmos: Native American Ontology -- Animist Ontologies: Kinship with the Living Cosmos -- The Force of Things -- The Modern Ontology of Death -- Slavery, Abstraction, Disenchantment -- Initial Conclusions -- Chapter 6: Mastering Money: Usury, Governance and Science in Medieval Europe -- The Theological Power of Money and Christian Empire -- Mastering Money -- Money, Quantification, Proto-Science -- The Colonizing Empire of Homo Economicus -- Chapter 7: The Modern Attacks on the Traditional Suspicions of Money and Merchants -- Political Arguments Against the Traditional Suspicions of Money and Merchants -- Religious Arguments Against the Traditional Suspicions of Money and Merchants.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Affordable Housing and Poverty -- The Role of Price Formation and Land Use Policy -- The Role of Zakat -- Zakat from Company Shareholding -- The Role of Waqf -- State Housing Development Projects -- References -- 2 Islamic Mortgages and Securitization -- The Issue of Resource Mobilization and Securitization -- Bai Al-Inah -- Bai Al-Dayn (Islamic Discounting/Factoring) -- Organized Tawarruq: Commodity Murabaha -- Islamic Mortgages and Lending -- Murabaha as Practiced by Islamic Banks for House Financing -- Ijara as Practiced by Islamic Banks House Financing -- Islamic Resource Mobilization -- Ethis Crowdfunding, Indonesia -- Islamic Rent-Supporter Lottery System, Turkey -- The Next Level Housing Program -- The Role of Community Waqf in Real Estate Development -- References -- 3 Food Security and Poverty -- SDGs and Food Security -- Fi'sabilillah Spending -- Zakat for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security -- Economic Empowerment Programs -- The Issue of Agricultural Prices -- Post-Harvest Losses and the Role of Warehousing -- International Trade of Agricultural Commodities -- References -- 4 Financing the Trade of Agricultural Commodities -- Islamic Trade Finance Contracts and Risk for Financiers -- Risk in Asset-Based Islamic Trade Finance Contracts -- Risk in Asset-Backed Islamic Trade Finance Contracts -- Margin Call -- Murabaha Sale: Asset-Based or Asset-Backed -- Commodity Price Risk Management -- Security Margin Calculation and Margin Call -- Islamic Future Contract and Liquidity Management -- Shari'ah Non-compliant Products on the Stage -- Shari'ah Compliant Alternatives from the Grassroots -- References -- 5 Financing the Production of Agricultural Commodities -- Cotton Cooperative and Financing -- What is Structured Trade Finance -- Financing Based on Warehouse Receipt.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Group Behavior and Negativity: Why Comparisons Are Needed -- Need for Comparison Studies -- Chapter Introductions -- How to Use This Text -- Thank You and Welcome to the Journey -- References -- 2 Investigating Perceptions of Out-groups in Sport and United States Politics -- Background -- Social Identity Theory in Politics and Sport -- Rivalry in Sport and Politics -- Perceptions and Likely Behaviors Toward Out-Group Members in Sport and Politics -- Celebrating Out-group Failure in Sport and Politics -- The Current Study -- Method -- Participants -- Instrument -- Data Collection -- Results -- Testing the Hypotheses -- Discussion -- Political and Sport Out-group Perceptions and Likely Behaviors -- Common In-Group Influence on Out-Group Perceptions and Likely Behaviors -- Out-Group Perceptions and Likely Behaviors Among Democrats and Republicans -- Implications and Future Investigation -- Appendix -- References -- 3 Rivalry and Group Behavior in Sport and Religious Brands -- Background -- The Current Study -- Method -- Instrument and Participants -- Results -- Testing the Hypotheses -- Discussion -- Implications and Future Research -- References -- 4 Revisiting the Hierarchy of Out-group Derogation and the Out-group Derogation Spectrum -- Background -- Group Competition and Rivalry -- Negative Group Behavior -- The Current Study -- Method -- Items -- Data -- Results -- Research Question 1 -- Discussion -- Hierarchy of Out-Group Derogation -- Out-Group Derogation Spectrum -- General Discussion -- Future Study -- References -- 5 Shared Perspectives: Can Common Interests Help Decrease Out-Group Derogation? -- Implications -- Implications for Research -- Implications for Practice -- Shared Perspectives -- References -- 6 Continuing the Journey.

This book explores human decision-making heuristics. The monograph studies how nudging and winking can help citizens to make rational choices and governments to create choice architectures that aid in stabilizing markets and flourishing society. By applying the behavioral economics approach to political outcomes, it demonstrates how economics can be employed for personal benefits but also foster the greater societal good. A review of the current literature on human decision-making advantages and failures in Europe and North America opens the book. A wide range of nudges and winks is presented that aid to curb the harmful consequences of human decision-making fallibility. Awareness of mental heuristics and biases in the finance domain is strengthened in order to understand how to nudge people to benefit from economic markets but also help governments to stabilize economies in providing strategic market communication. The author also proposes concrete leadership and followership directives on nudging in the digital age. This book appeals to scholars and policy makers interested in rational decision-making. The behavioral perspective features the strategic use of nudging and winking in the digital age. The second revised and expanded edition offers the newest insights on behavioral e-Economics and the latest developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers topics such as the role of social media in finance and discrimination in searchplace competition. It also offers new insights on strategic leadership and smart followership directives to successfully navigate through complex and fast-paced e-architectures

Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Editor -- Part I Setting the Scene -- 1 Did the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement Change the Trajectory of the Global Response to the Build-Up of Greenhouse Gas Emissions? -- Introduction -- Background -- Climate Change -- Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change -- The Paris Agreement -- The Overall Approach of the Agreement -- Noteworthy Aspects of the Agreement -- The Effect of the Agreement -- What Can Be Done? -- The Flaws of the Paris Agreement -- Alternatives to the Paris Agreement -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 COP26: Ambition, Coal, Finance, and the Paris Rulebook -- Introduction -- Focus Areas -- Ambition -- Coal -- Finance -- The Paris Rulebook -- Bringing It Home -- Singapore's Climate Plan -- Case in Point: Renewable Energy -- Concluding Thoughts -- Dispute Resolution and Enforcement -- Different Mindset -- References -- 3 Was COP26 Critical for the Implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement? -- Introduction -- COP 26 Finalised the Guidelines of the Paris Agreement -- Some Aspects Under the Paris Agreement Were Strengthened upon -- Some Goals of the Paris Agreement Were not Achieved -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Can the Political Process in Washington Create Policy for Meaningful Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions? -- Introduction -- The Political Process in the USA Cannot Create Policy for Meaningful GHG Emissions Reductions -- The USA's Executive in Relation to GHG Emissions Reduction -- The USA's Congress in Relation to GHG Emissions Reduction -- For a Major Climate Change Initiative to Advance, Change Is Needed -- An Independent Climate Change Committee -- Changing Public Perception -- The USA on the Global Arena -- Conclusion -- Part II How to Move Forward Effectively -- 5 Carbon Pricing: Some Problems and Solutions -- Introduction -- Form -- Price -- Scope -- Point of Taxation.

Conceived in the 1850s and opened to navigation in 1869, the Suez Canal's construction coincided with Italy's path to unification and its first foray into nineteenth-century globalization. Since then, the history of Italy and the Canal have intertwined in many ways, throughout in peace and war. This edited collection explores the fundamental technical, diplomatic and financial contributions that Italy made to the production of the Canal and to its subsequent development, from the mid-nineteenth century to the Cold War. Drawing from unpublished public and private archival sources, this book is the first comprehensive account of this long and multifaceted relationship, providing innovative perspectives on Italy's diplomatic, economic, social, colonial and cultural history. An insightful read for those studying maritime, diplomatic or Italian history, this book contributes to a growing body of research on the Canal, which has largely emerged from international business, labour and social history, and offers new insights into the Euro-Mediterranean region

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Economic and Geopolitical Change -- Existing Literature and Misconceptions -- Methodology -- Organization of the Book -- References -- Part I Sectoral and Historical Issues -- 2 History: The Long Trajectory of a Relationship yet to Be Fulfilled -- Introduction -- Tracing the Roots of a Winding but Emerging Relation -- The End of the Cold War, a New Century, and the Possibility of a New Historical Chapter -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Chinese Foreign Investment Policy: Internationalization in LAC and Future Perspectives -- Introduction -- Foreign Direct Investment Accompanied the Consolidation of China as an Economic Power -- China Has Emerged as a Main Origin and Destination of FDI Three Decades After Opening -- China's Regionally Differentiated Internationalization Strategy -- LAC's Burgeoning Investment Relationship with China -- From 2010 the Presence of Chinese Companies in the Region Deepens -- From Natural Resources to Sectoral Diversification: Chinese FDI in LAC, 2005-2019 -- Prospects for China's Internationalization in LAC -- Challenges and Evolution in the China-LAC Investment Relationship -- China-LAC Investment Prospects in a Changing World -- Belt and Road Initiative -- The Health Silk Road -- The Green Silk Road -- The Digital Silk Road -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Chinese Economic Development: Impact on LAC Countries -- Introduction -- History of Chinese Economic Development After the Opening up (1978-2000) -- Political Background -- Economic Background -- The Chinese Development Path After 2000 -- Export-Led Strategy -- Became a Manufacture Powerhouse -- Financial Crisis and Adjustment of Development Path -- China's Economic Relations with Latin America: Start Investing in LAC.