Healthy natural ecosystems such as forests, rivers, coral reefs, and wetlands can be viewed as “natural capital,” because they in effect provide “goods and services” that are fundamental to human wellbeing. However, the benefits of these ecosystems largely fall outside of formal markets and are therefore undervalued. Thus, mobilizing financial capital to conserve and sustain such natural capita...

Inequality in wealth has been well-documented, but its causes remain uncertain. Family processes in childhood are likely to shape adults' wealth accumulation, but these factors have attracted little attention. I argue that family size matters: children from larger families accumulate less wealth than do those from smaller families. Siblings dilute parents' finite financial resources and nonmate...

The legislative, normative legal acts adopted during martial law, which regulate the filling of budgets and using financial resources, are analyzed. It is established that in September 2022, compared to March, deficit consolidated state increased several times. analysis sources structure revenues directions local spending for nine months 2022 by areas, including study budget programs, showed mo...