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Hardback. This new book by two leading economists is a far-reaching analysis of the role and organization of the financial system in the aftermath of the economic crisis. The authors argue that the financial markets, as currently organized, hinder genuine market transactions and therefore harm the economy, along with any chance of sustained recovery. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745672557
- ISBN
- 9780745672557
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Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Hardback. Increasingly, economists have acknowledged that a major limitation to economic theory has been its failure to incorporate human values and beliefs as motivational factors. This book explores how values and beliefs structure the dual processes of provisioning and consuming. Editor(s): McAnany, Patricia A. Series Editor(s): Wood, Donald; Bishop, John. Series: Research in Economic Anthropology. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 579.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762314850
- ISBN
- 9780762314850
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Condition: New
€ 111.81
€ 111.81
Paperback. Nobel laureate Solow shows how Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper "The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing" fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and uses it as a springboard for a critical consideration of spectacular recent developments that have made growth theory a dynamic topic today. Series: Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures Series. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 9. Weight in Grams: 91.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728416
- ISBN
- 9780804728416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.41
€ 29.99
€ 26.41
Paperback. Arguing against the perception that the capitalist marketplace permits no alternatives, the author shows that a kind of economic "common sense" conditions how people organize their everyday lives and understand their powers as social agents within markets that are far from monolithic and uniform. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; JFC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730860
- ISBN
- 9780804730860
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.99
€ 29.99
€ 26.99
Paperback. In his final work, Murakami confronts three crucial questions: How and in what form can a harmonious and stable post-cold-war world order be created? How can the world maintain the necessary economic performance while minimizing conflicts and environmental deterioration? What must be done to safeguard the freedoms of all peoples? Translator(s): Yamamura, Kozo. Num Pages: 500 pages, illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 720.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804735193
- ISBN
- 9780804735193
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Condition: New
€ 57.13€ 55.99
€ 57.13
€ 55.99
Paperback. This text centres the future of Southern California on the links between the two fastest-growing racial groups in California, Asians and Latinos, and the economic and social mainstream of this important sector of the global economy. Editor(s): Lopez-Garza, Marta; Diaz, David R. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JFFN; JFSL4; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780804736312
- ISBN
- 9780804736312
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.52
€ 51.99
€ 46.52
History Matters: Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographi...
William A. Sundstrom (Ed.)
Hardback. Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and the analysis of new data sources, this volume makes a case for a more historical economics both by argument and example. Seventeen essays use both economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why "history matters". Editor(s): Sundstrom, William A.; Guinnane, Timothy W.; Whatley, Warren C. Num Pages: 528 pages, 29 tables, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743983
- ISBN
- 9780804743983
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.47
€ 108.47
Paperback. Essays on Philosophy, Politics, & Economics offers a critical examination of economic, philosophical, and political notions, with an eye towards working across all three, so that students and scholars from can expand their perspectives as they approach the necessarily complex research questions of today and tomorrow. Editor(s): Gaus, Gerald F.; Favor, Christi; Lamont, Dr. Julian. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 table, 3 figures. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762557
- ISBN
- 9780804762557
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Condition: New
€ 57.13€ 54.57
€ 57.13
€ 54.57
Paperback. A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice. Translator(s): Savoth, Eric. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPX; JHB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804771320
- ISBN
- 9780804771320
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Paperback. A critique of the Law & Economics movement, this book draws connections between conceptions of science and efforts at legitimating American legal theory as an objective enterprise. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; LAB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822339984
- ISBN
- 9780822339984
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
€ 31.99
€ 29.02
Hardback. The contributors to New Countries examine how eight newly independent nations in the Western Hemisphere between 1750 and 1870 played fundamental roles in the global transformation from commercial to industrial capitalism. Editor(s): Tutino, John. Num Pages: 408 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361145
- ISBN
- 9780822361145
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Condition: New
€ 130.79
€ 130.79
Hardback. Editor(s): Marciano, Alain; Medema, Steven G. Series: History of Political Economy Annual Supplement. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822368335
- ISBN
- 9780822368335
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Condition: New
€ 69.70
€ 69.70
Hardcover. Includes the articles that highlight research on the role of western economic advisors in China before the Communist Revolution, minimum wage legislation, a symposium on Clement Juglar, and a comparison of the work in the history of economics and the history of science. Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E. Series Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Johnson, Marianne; Biddle, Jeff E. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 452 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 39. Weight in Grams: 788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780857240590
- ISBN
- 9780857240590
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Condition: New
€ 140.61
€ 140.61
Hardcover. Features a collection of essays on the Irish and English economists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Editor(s): Thompson, Noel W.; Allington, Nigel F. B. Series Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Johnson, Marianne. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 410 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857240613
- ISBN
- 9780857240613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.94
€ 158.94
hardcover. The volume gathers together papers presented at the second biennial Wirth conference on Austrian economics, held in October 2008 when the crisis of Fall 2008 was still new and shocking. This coincidence of timing makes policy issues and crisis management a kind of leitmotif of the volume. Editor(s): Horwitz, Steven; Desrochers, Pierre; Koppl, Roger. Series Editor(s): Koppl, Roger. Series: Advances in Austrian Economics. Num Pages: 258 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DFA; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857242617
- ISBN
- 9780857242617
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Condition: New
€ 115.73
€ 115.73
Hardcover. Consists of David Cass' early work from his time in graduate school at Stanford University, studying under Hirofumi Uzawa, and as an assistant professor at Yale's Cowles Commission, and his tenure at Carnegie Mellon University's Graduate School of Industrial Administration. Editor(s): Spear, Stephen. Series Editor(s): Barnett, William A. Series: International Symposia in Economic Theory & Econometrics. Num Pages: 377 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KCA; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 377
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857246417
- ISBN
- 9780857246417
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Condition: New
€ 148.47
€ 148.47
Hardcover. Covers the period from the middle 1980's through the end of David Cass' life in 2008. Editor(s): Spear, Stephen. Series Editor(s): Barnett, William A. Series: International Symposia in Economic Theory & Econometrics. Num Pages: 404 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KCA; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780857246455
- ISBN
- 9780857246455
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Condition: New
€ 148.04
€ 148.04
Paperback. Reviews the role of culture in social explanation. Contributors examine the relationship between the economic and the cultural. They agree that the boundaries of production and consumption are themselves cultural constructs, but offer various remedies for the problems created by this. Editor(s): Melling, Joseph; Barry, Jonathan. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JHM; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859893800
- ISBN
- 9780859893800
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.87
€ 29.99
€ 26.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCA; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 182 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781118929032
- ISBN
- 9781118929032
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Condition: New
€ 152.19
€ 152.19
Paperback. Finance and the Economics of Uncertainty explores the growing range of economic decisions that are conducted under uncertainty both on the personal level, as well as by large firms. * Analyzes the allocation of risk in the context of the current literature, as well as emphasizes the role of information in decisions and prices. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5. BIC Classification: KCA; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Malden, MA
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121392
- ISBN
- 9781405121392
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Condition: New
€ 59.61
€ 59.61
Hardback. Parallax of Growth explores the ideas of economy and ecology and the factors that have put them on a collision course. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCG; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781509506231
- ISBN
- 9781509506231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.30
€ 71.30
Hardback. A collection of articles that includes both refereed articles and review essays of books in the history of economic thought and methodology. It highlights research the historiography and methodology of the English Poor Laws, behavioural economics, and the socialist calculation debate; as well as AD Roy and portfolio theory. Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E. Series Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Johnson, Marianne. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 452 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780520063
- ISBN
- 9781780520063
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Condition: New
€ 139.30
€ 139.30
Hardback. Publishes notes from Martin Bronfenbrenner's course in the Distribution of Income at the University of Wisconsin in 1954. This title is suitable for economists working in mid-20th century history of economic thought as well as those interested in the evolution of neoclassical theory and the nexus between economics and Cold War politics. Editor(s): Johnson, Marianne; Samuels, Warren J. Series Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Johnson, Marianne. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780520100
- ISBN
- 9781780520100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.30
€ 139.30
Multiple-component retail product. A collection of articles that includes both refereed articles and review essays of books in the history of economic thought and methodology. It highlights research - the historiography and methodology of the English Poor Laws, behavioural economics, and the socialist calculation debate; as well as AD Roy and portfolio theory. Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E. Series Editor(s): Emmett, Ross B.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Johnson, Marianne. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 1400 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 80. Weight in Grams: 1848.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780520124
- ISBN
- 9781780520124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 397.21
€ 397.21