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Nella 52° Sessione della Commissione GeodeticaItaliana tenuta a Padova il 27 febbraio 1954, allorché venne fatto ilconsuntivo dello stato attuale del rilievo gravimetrico di 1° ordine inItalia, risultò ancora non rilevata la regione fra l'Emilia (rilievo dell'Istitutodi Geodesia dell'Università di Bologna), la Toscana (IstitutoGeografico Militare) e la congiungente Roma-Pescara (limite Norddel rilievo del Servizio Geologico d'Italia).

The Scottish National Party led Scottish Government has identified household poverty as a key focus for its anti-poverty strategy. The government's 'Solidarity Target' seeks to both increase wealth and increase the share of total income gained by the bottom three deciles. The ability to demonstrate the advantages of policy divergence within Scotland, relative to the other parts of the United Kingdom, is central to the government's aim of gaining support for increased powers for the devolved government. This paper seeks to provide evidence on one aspect of the government's anti-poverty strategy: the degree to which Scotland differs from the rest of the UK over levels of entrenched poverty. The paper demonstrates that not only does Scotland have greater entrenched poverty but that the changes in mobility since the 1990s have impacted on Scotland to a lesser degree than the rest of the UK.

This text demonstrates the continuing relevance of economics for understanding the world, through a restatement of the importance of plurality and heterodox ideas for teaching and research. The Great Financial Crash of 2007-8 gave rise to a widespread critique of economics for its inability to explain the most significant economic event since the 1930s. The current straightjacket of neo-classical undergraduate economic teaching and research hinders students' understanding of the world they live in. The chapters in this book provide examples to demonstrate the importance of pluralistic and heterodox ideas from across the breadth of economics.

Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- 1: Introduction: The Financial Crash and Post-Crash Economics -- Economic Policy -- Inequality -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Student Reflections and Post-Crash Economics -- Introduction -- Teaching Pluralist and Heterodox -- Policy and Applied Economics -- Future Directions for Economics -- Students' Conclusions -- Appendix: Questionnaire -- References -- Part I: Problems in Business Economics -- 3: Business Strategy, Economic Crisis and the Theory of the Firm -- Business Strategy and Economics Collide -- Neo-Classical Theories of the Firm -- Equilibrium -- Keynesianism and Theories of the Firm -- Labour Theory of Value and the Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Fall -- Post-Keynesian Approaches Linking Labour Theory of Value with State Regulation -- Conclusion -- References -- 4: History of Contemporary Economic Thought: Radical Economics, Marxist Economics and Marx's Economics -- Introduction -- Varieties of Radical Economics -- Bourgeois Economics Before Keynes -- Keynes' Revolutionary Contribution -- Keynesianism and the Post-war Boom -- Influence on Social Democratic Thinking -- Was Keynesianism Responsible for the "Long Boom"? -- The End of the Keynesian Consensus and the Rise of Neoliberalism -- Radical Economics from 1945 to 2008 -- Radical Economics After the 2008 Crisis -- Financialisation -- Underconsumption and Inequality -- A Synthesis of Inequality and Financialisation in Explaining the Crisis -- Marx's Economics -- Marx and the Falling Rate of Profit -- Marx, Credit and Finance -- Lack of Profitability or Lack of Demand? -- Capital, Exploitation and Accumulation -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Problems in Micro Economics -- 5: Applying Principles of Action Learning in Undergraduate Economics -- Introduction -- The Concept of Action Learning

1. The story up to 1939 -- 2. De-globalization and decline, 1939-99 -- 3. The industry and its workforce -- 4. Defending the domestic industry -- 5. Firms' responses to the decline of the industry -- 6. Influencing government -- 7. The decline of jute and the economic health of Dundee.

This article examines the theoretical underpinning of living wage campaigns. The article uses evidence, derived from the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey from 2005 to 2008, to examine the extent to which a living wage will address low pay within the labour force. We highlight the greater incidence of low pay within the private sector and then focus upon the public sector where the living wage demand has had most impact. The article builds upon the results from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey with analysis of the British Household Panel Survey in 2007 in order to examine the impact that the introduction of a living wage, within the public sector, would have in reducing household inequality.