Wealth of Pigeons

Abstract Feral pigeons are among the most familiar and abundant birds in the world, urban creatures living in close association with humans yet possessing the charac...

Does wealth accumulation impact subjective well-being? Within a country, household wealth has been shown to improve individual well-being by providing a safety net of protection ag...

This chapter brings wealth into the picture, again in a comparative perspective, to bring out key features of recent trends and their implications for the prosperity and prospects ...

Chapter 6 examines real estate as a neglected feature of actual economies. It begins with an empirical overview demonstrating the preeminent role of land as a part of nonfinancial ...

After describing the stunning wealth that some people in our world enjoy, the chapter contrasts two ways of thinking about the sources of such wealth and poverty. While many people...

Pensions and retirement saving plans have helped millions of households build financial security. But tens of millions of people have been left behind, without access to these weal...

This chapter examines the industrial spy, who represented the negative case for the auto workers' notions of exemplary manhood, of real union manhood, and of the manhood of the fig...

Lifetime uncertainty represents an additional risk that affects intertemporal choice, because consumers may live longer than expected and run the risk of exhausting the resources a...