Reviews highlights
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The high price of inequality: lessons on the costs and consequences of child poverty in advanced societies
Alejandro Arias Lera,an analyst at the Spanish Government’s High Commissioner’s Ouice for the fight against child poverty
The books reviewed here consider why it is important for everyone, and not just for the most vulnerable, to achieve more egalitarian societies.
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Housing: from fundamental principles to policies
Monstserrat Pareja-Eastaway,director of the Master’s Degree in Cultural Management at the University of Barcelona
What is the role of the public sector in access to housing? Can public policies act as a counterweight to the market? These two books examine the question from the European and United States viewpoint.
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The arts and the advancement of the economy and society
David Throsby,Professor of Economics, Macquarie University, Australia
What relationship exists between art and economics? We present two books that study the importance of creativity and innovation in the arts, as well as how art contributes to economic development.
