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"An in-depth examination of the international fashion trade and related goods, this book raises visibility of the ethical aspects of promoting overconsumption through explaining the ecological damange resulting from the high rate of discarding old clothes. It focuses on the promotion, globalization, and integration of the apparel sector into our social and political landscape. It presents an expert overview of the garment industry, highlighting the harsh realities of the environmental and labor problems associated with it. It tracks the commercial and cultural factors that have led to the growth of fast fashion retail and its dominance of the entire industry"--Back cover

Introduction --. - Economic sanctions : an overview --. - Myanmar : twenty years of sanctions and their lasting effect --. - Myanmar sanction legacy : the results of non-engagement --. - Absorb and control : how North Korean responds to economic sanctions --. - Alternatives to sanctions --. - Sanctions or soft power : implications for competitiveness --. - Engage or not? : conclusions and policy implications --

The book seeks to untangle the complexities of how America and the West work within emerging markets, addressing the political and diplomatic implications of investment alongside emerging theory within IPE and its implications for the USA.

AbstractIn an effort to attract new investors and retain existing producers, governments use corporate tax rates as a policy tool for industrial recruitment, resulting in inter‐state tax competition. Foreign direct investment (FDI) growth and GDP growth are the two policy outcomes gauged in inter‐state tax competition. The assumption is that lower corporate taxes lead to increases in FDI, which results in capital formation that generates GDP growth. This 60‐nation panel study tests that assumption through examining economic indicators contingent on taxation, such as FDI and mergers and acquisitions among multinational corporations between 1999 and 2009. The results suggest that reduced corporate tax rates can increase FDI but decrease annual GDP growth. The main policy implication is that tax competition may attract investment, but may not promote overall economic growth, offering support for value‐extraction theories.

Introduction -- Political polarization and cannabis legalization by Paul Musgrave and Clyde Wilcox -- The cannabis strain : marijuana prohibition in an age of police defunding by Robert Hardaway -- Seeing through the haze : using intersectionality to reveal systematic differences in support for marijuana decriminalization by Geoffrey Whitebread -- The politics of marijuana, immigration, and Latinos by Joe R. Tafoya and Melissa R. Michelson -- Implementing social equity : opportunities and challenges from marijuana legalization in Massachusetts by Jeffrey Moyer -- Bureaucratic structures and policy implementation challenges in medical cannabis by Céline Mavrot -- Consumer well-being and cannabis spending habits : evidence from Massachusetts by D. Steven White, Catharine M. Curran, Paul Bacdayan, and Marion McNabb -- Exaggerated panic or valid concerns? Post-legalization youth drug use by Renee Scherlen and José Antonio Cisneros-Tirado -- Using administrative and survey data to evaluate the impact of changing marijuana laws and policies on marijuana use, treatment admissions for marijuana, and mortality related to marijuana and other drug use by Maggie Martin, Rebecca Ivester, Jesse Mishra, Maryam Salihu, Sonja Richard and Ryan Kling -- The unintended consequences of marijuana decriminalization on illegal commerce and the opioid crisis by Nikolay Anguelov, Michael P. McCarthy and Thalia Valkanos.

AbstractThis research examines the impact of increasing the stringency of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) on the consumption of energy produced from renewable sources. Putting prior findings in the context of policy learning, first we focus on technological innovation, factor endowments, and economic energy dependence of American states to track how RPS have proliferated and strengthened. Next, we look at the net effect of this RPS evolution on state fossil fuel energy divestment. To evaluate the interplay between: a) the political desire to lower fossil fuel use, b) technological feasibility to do so, and c) the economic trade‐offs and risks, we focus on the industrial sector dependence on energy security and affordability. Our results indicate that energy security is a priority and even in light of increasing RPS stringency, states with relatively weak but mandatory RPS are leaders in aggregate renewable energy consumption. This fact is due to favoring biofuel and hydro generation rather than solar and wind because of lower deployment costs.