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This book explores multifaceted dimensions of economic crisis management including strategies and trends post-crisis. It examines the constraints and opportunities shaping the future of economics, social science and policy making, providing various economic models and paradigms. Featuring the best papers presented at the 2022 International Conference of Economic Scientific Research - Theoretical, Empirical and Practical Approaches (ESPERA), this book explores topics of highest interest such as energy crisis, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, food security, safety and sustainability, the future of work, global financial systems, sovereign debt sustainability, digital currencies, supply chain disruptions, and cybersecurity, among others. Through the discussion of these topics, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice in economic crisis management and it is useful for scholars, researchers, academics, and policymakers.

Love and the Working Class is a unique look at the emotions of hard-living, racially diverse nineteenth-century Americans who were often on the cusp of literacy. Wrongly assumed to be inarticulate on paper, these laboring folk highly valued letters and, however difficult it was, wrote to stay connected to those they loved.

Part I. Global Value Networks & Polycentricity -- Chapter 1. Resilience and innovation in regio-global value networks - conception and de-sign (Josef Wieland) -- Chapter 2. The new ethical values of the relational market economy: Value change in the private business world and the movement towards sustainable development goals in business and economics (Jacob Dahl Rendtorff) -- Chapter 3. Environmental Disclosure in Italian SMEs: A Theory of Planned Behaviour Approach (Edoardo Crocco) -- Chapter 4. Comparing Classifications of inter-organizational Relationships and inter-organizational Networks (Lucio Biggiero) -- Part II. Relational Leadership & Management -- Chapter 5. Cultural Complexity and Relational Leadership (Derick de Jongh) -- Chapter 6. Values and Cultural Risk Management Through Transcultural Learning. The Cases of the EU, Chinese BRI and ASEAN (Josef Wieland) -- Chapter 7. Constructing the Capacity for Viable Multicultural Organizations (Milton J. Bennett) -- Part III. Relational Philosophy & Economic Thought -- Chapter 8. Relationizing Normative Economics: Some Insights from Africa (Thaddeus Metz) -- Chapter 9. Value Dimensions of the Transaction (Michael Schramm) -- Chapter 10. The Markets of Truth (Jan Söffner) -- Chapter 11. Relationality in Aristotle's Economy (Birger P. Priddat).

1. Introduction -- 2. Keynes's Theory in the Making -- 3. How Did Keynes Transform His Theory from the Tract into the Treatise? -- 4. How, and for How Long Did Keynes Maintain The Treatise Theory? -- 5. The Turning Point in Keynes's Theoretical Development -- 6. Keynes as a Planner and Negotiator - International Clearing Union -- 7. Keynes and the Transmutation Process of the Plan for Commodity Control Scheme -- 8. International Design and the British Empire - On the Relief Problem -- 9. The Welfare State in the Making - Beveridge and Keynes -- 10. Keynes's Employment Policy in the Making - The Keynesian Revolution in Economic Policy -- 11. A Treatise on Probability and My Early Beliefs -- 12. Keynes's New Liberalism Re-Examined -- 13. Hawtrey's Philosophy through His Unpublished Thought and Things -- 14. Hawtrey on Welfare and Value -- 15. Exploring Hawtrey's Social Philosophy through His Unpublished Book -- 16. Prof. Aoyama's Study on Robertson and Keynes in Interwar Japan -- 17. Keynes and Monetary Economics -- 18. Recent Japanese Studies in the Development on Keynes's Thought.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Notes to the Reader -- Introduction -- 1 A Single Sail -- 2 The Palace of Minos -- 3 The Amber Routes -- 4 The Erupting Sea -- 5 Band of Brothers -- 6 Alphabet City -- 7 Regime Change -- 8 I Am Not Your Servant -- 9 Through the Pillars -- 10 The Invention of Greece -- 11 The Assyrian Mediterranean -- 12 He Who Saw the Deep -- 13 The Bitter River -- 14 The King of Kings -- 15 The Persian Version -- 16 Continental Thinking -- 17 Of Elephants and Kings -- 18 Clouds in the West -- 19 Fighting for Freedom -- 20 Rome, Open City -- 21 Trade Winds -- 22 Salt Roads -- 23 The Rise of the Barbarians -- 24 Kings of the World -- 25 The Father of Europe -- 26 The Translation Movement -- 27 The Sign of the Cross -- 28 Kalila wa-Dimna -- 29 The Land of Darkness -- 30 A New World -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 A Single Sail -- 2 The Palace of Minos -- 3 The Amber Routes -- 4 The Erupting Sea -- 5 Band of Brothers -- 6 Alphabet City -- 7 Regime Change -- 8 I Am Not Your Servant -- 9 Through the Pillars -- 10 The Invention of Greece -- 11 The Assyrian Mediterranean -- 12 He Who Saw the Deep -- 13 The Bitter River -- 14 The King of Kings -- 15 The Persian Version -- 16 Continental Thinking -- 17 Of Elephants and Kings -- 18 Clouds in the West -- 19 Fighting for Freedom -- 20 Rome, Open City -- 21 Trade Winds -- 22 Salt Roads -- 23 The Rise of the Barbarians -- 24 Kings of the World -- 25 The Father of Europe -- 26 The Translation Movement -- 27 The Sign of the Cross -- 28 Kalila wa-Dimna -- 29 The Land of Darkness -- 30 A New World -- Picture Credits -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

Front Cover -- The Global Climate Crisis -- The Global Climate Crisis: What To Do About It -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photos -- List of Textboxes and Special Reports -- Textboxes -- Special Reports -- Preface: Why read this book? -- Highlights -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 - Introduction -- Highlights -- Introduction -- Should we be concerned about global warming? -- What about solar radiation? -- The greenhouse effect -- What are the greenhouse gases? -- What are the signs of global warming? -- What are the dangers of global warming? -- Can anything be done about global warming? See Textbox 1.1 -- 2 - Dealing with global warming -- Highlights -- What is the challenge? -- Latency is a huge problem -- Global warming is not obvious to the vast majority of people -- The global economy is powered by fossil fuels -- There is a need for unprecedented and perhaps unachievable international cooperation -- All of us will have to be willing to accept changes -- What can be done? -- One -- 3 - The earth as a system -- Highlights -- Incident solar radiation -- Milankovitch cycles -- More about the greenhouse effect -- Carbon cycle -- Temperature increase-land and sea -- 4- Fundamental drivers of global warming -- Highlights -- Global population rising -- Inequities: The early role of the United States and United Kingdom -- The pivotal position of the United States -- Need to consider both absolute and per capita emissions -- GDP growth and energy use are related -- More energy will be required by developing countries -- Findings -- 5 - Evidence for a warming planet -- Highlights -- Global warming is not a new idea -- Earth's temperature is rising -- Ocean temperatures are rising -- CO2 emissions are rising -- Correlation of increasing global temperature with increasing atmospheric CO2.

Front Cover -- Sustainable Agricultural Practices -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Multifactorial stress combination, plant microbiome recruitment, and reactive oxygen species/antioxidant feedbacks for pl... -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Plant responses to multifactorial stress combination -- 1.3 Plant stress and abscisic acid crosstalk -- 1.4 Abscisic acid signaling and reactive oxygen species connection to cope with plant stress -- 1.5 Plant microbiome: the invisible life that helps plants against stress -- 1.6 Endophyte recruitment (cry for help strategy) under stress: from transitory altered state to plant resilience -- 1.7 Reactive oxygen species/antioxidants feedback for microbiome modulation, symbiosis, plant stress mitigation, and more: ... -- 1.8 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Impact of COVID-19 on global agriculture and food sector -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Background -- 2.3 Control measures -- 2.3.1 Travel restriction -- 2.3.2 Border closure -- 2.3.3 Social distancing -- 2.4 Immediate impacts -- 2.4.1 Food production -- 2.4.2 Food processing -- 2.4.3 Connectivity: transport and distribution -- 2.4.4 Labor availability -- 2.4.5 Impairment of farm systems -- 2.4.6 Market and retailer -- 2.4.7 Consumer -- 2.5 Conclusions and future perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 3 State of the soil health before maize intercropped with Eucalyptus grandis under agroforestry environment in Limpopo Prov... -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Materials and methods -- 3.2.1 Nitrogen determination -- 3.2.2 Determination of functional diversity -- 3.2.3 Determination of soil microbial enzymatic activity -- 3.2.4 Statistical analyses -- 3.3 Results and discussion -- 3.3.1 Carbon source utilization profiles -- 3.3.2 Soil microbial enzymatic activity, viz. microbial activity -- 3.4 Conclusions -- References.

Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Understanding Where We Are Now -- Chapter 1: Setting the Scene: Stories That Have Formed Us Culturally and Personally -- Chapter 2: Our Connection with the Earth and Love for Nonhumans -- Chapter 3: The Western Cultural Imaginary: Stories That Taught Us to Value the Mind Over the Body -- Part II: Envisioning and Preparing for the Journey Ahead -- Chapter 4: Inspiration: Stories of Vision and Change -- Chapter 5: Preparation: Tools for Accessing Inner Wisdom and Love -- Interlude: Two Stories -- Part III: From Root to Branch: Consider the Myriad Ways We Learn to Be -- Chapter 6: Three Influences on Children Today: Family, Environment, and Screens -- Chapter 7: Stories from Traditional Education -- Chapter 8: Education as a Playground for Change: Three Inspirational Stories -- Part IV: "Restorying" for Change: What Does It Mean and How Does It Work? (A BEGINNER'S GUIDE) -- Chapter 9: The Power of Story: Toward an Understanding of Its Role in Our Lives -- Chapter 10: A New Narrative Beginning: Storying Yourself into a Courageous Force for Change -- Notes -- Index.