Resource constraints and global growth : evidence from the financial sector / Efundem Agboraw, Aled Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agboraw, Efundem, author.

Jones, Aled, author.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural resources--Great Britain.

Natural resources.

Economic development--Great Britain.

Economic development.

Climatic changes.

Macroeconomics.

Environmental economics.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 135 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), tables ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]

Summary:

With substantial risks arising from resource constraints on global growth, serious questions are being posed about how a scarcity of finite resources may impact global social and political fragility. The research which forms the core of this book focuses on how this scarcity will impact the financial sector, especially through insurance, pension and banking activities. The UK finance sector, which is considered to be amongst the most globalised, is placed under the microscope, and its approaches to food and oil are particularly noteworthy. Interviews with senior financial experts are analysed alongside more traditional quantitative economic analysis to explore potential future impacts, the scope of natural resource constraints and their impact on the economy--back cover.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Economics and natural resource constraints

3. Finance and natural resource constraints

4. Exploring the validity of literature

5. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132) and index.

ISBN:

9783319677521

3319677527

OCLC:

1002126607