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Economic theory & philosophy
paperback. This book draws together a collection of lively and authoritative essays on the future of public policy by distinguished academics in the field. Compiled in memory of Henry Neuburger, a leading economic analyst and adviser, the essays together form an excellent introduction to key issues in contemporary policy making. Editor(s): Fraser, Neil; Hills, John. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16figs.16tabs. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPQB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861342676
- ISBN
- 9781861342676
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€ 37.99€ 36.65
€ 37.99
€ 36.65
Hardcover. Are humans at their core seekers of their own pleasure or cooperative members of society? Paradoxically, they are both. This title focuses on the evolution of morality, its meaning, why it came about, and how it influences human attitudes and behavior. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922713
- ISBN
- 9780226922713
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€ 52.13€ 44.67
€ 52.13
€ 44.67
paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; HRAM2; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780271063768
- ISBN
- 9780271063768
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.36
€ 45.99
€ 35.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816683178
- ISBN
- 9780816683178
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Posner uses economic analysis to probe justice and efficiency, primitive law, privacy, and the constitutional regulation of racial discrimination. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 313 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- n Second printing
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674235267
- ISBN
- 9780674235267
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€ 51.99€ 42.96
€ 51.99
€ 42.96
Paperback. Market Society provides an original and accessible review of changing conceptions of the market in modern social thought. The book considers markets as social institutions rather than simply formal models, arguing that modern ideas of the market are based on critical notions of social order, social action and social relations. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745620275
- ISBN
- 9780745620275
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Condition: New
€ 25.26
€ 25.26
Paperback. Today neoliberals argue that we should let ourselves be guided by market forces and that there is little we can do to stem the flow of economic globalization. On the other hand, thinkers on the left continue to denounce domination and claim to speak in the name of victims who are powerless to change the circumstances of their lives. Num Pages: 128 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPA; JPFK; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745624341
- ISBN
- 9780745624341
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Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
Hardcover. Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 662.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Imprint Academic United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845403102
- ISBN
- 9781845403102
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€ 51.99€ 49.14
€ 51.99
€ 49.14
Paperback. Challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets - primarily for the pleasure of their company. This book emphasizes the need for better accounting of public expenditure on children over the life cycle. Series: The Family & Public Policy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 line illustrations, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JHBK; JKS; JPQB; KCA; KCC; KCP; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674047273
- ISBN
- 9780674047273
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.14
€ 35.99
€ 30.14
paperback. In 'The Economics of Feasible Socialism' Nove identifies a workable socialist programme, achievable in the lifetime of a child born today, that avoids farfetched or utopian assumptions. Num Pages: 260 pages, index. BIC Classification: JPFF; KCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780043350492
- ISBN
- 9780043350492
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Condition: New
€ 67.92
€ 67.92
paperback. Editor(s): Cassiers, Isabelle. Series: Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781138744028
- ISBN
- 9781138744028
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Condition: New
€ 57.10
€ 57.10
hardcover. The work is based on an EU-funded project, conducted from four university or research centres. Many case studies and surveys are presented providing practical solutions to market forest goods and services. These empirical data are then related to economic models concerning public goods. Editor(s): Mantu, U.; etc. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; KCA; KNAL; KNSG; KNSP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1134.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851994802
- ISBN
- 9780851994802
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Condition: New
€ 170.82
€ 170.82
hardcover. A study of Irish-born Richard Cantillon, 18th century banker and economist whose "Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en General" (1755), published twenty-one years after his death, remains a significant contribution to the development of monetary theory. Num Pages: 356 pages, 7 halftones, charts, tables. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198285359
- ISBN
- 9780198285359
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Condition: New
€ 192.85
€ 192.85
Hardcover. Central to this book is a discussion of the notion of freedom in Marx and Engel's work. The book argues that the libertarian foundations of political economy were present in Marx's and Engel's work and utilizes contemporary theories of freedom to reinterpret and analyse their original work. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPFC; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230018969
- ISBN
- 9780230018969
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Condition: New
€ 122.32
€ 122.32
Hardcover. Consistency and Viability of Capitalist Economic Systems develops an original analytical framework to understand the relationship between the economic, political, and ideological structures, the external environment, and the process of reform that give rise to certain economic systems by establishing consistency. Num Pages: 298 pages, 19 black & white tables, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110601
- ISBN
- 9780230110601
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Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. In Hungary, as in all of "new Europe," liberalization is troubled. Using Hungary as an in-depth case study, Korkut demonstrates that, in squandering popular goodwill, credibility, and favorable circumstances after 1989, liberal politicians have found themselves vulnerable to conservative populist politics and the global economic crisis. Series: Europe in Transition: The NYU European Studies Series. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVH; JPFK; JPH; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230114593
- ISBN
- 9780230114593
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Condition: New
€ 64.29
€ 64.29
Hardcover. Recognizing increasing returns disrupts much of the established wisdom in economic analysis, making money non-neutral, equity conflict with freedom, and encouraging goods with increasing returns efficient. This book discusses these problems and ways they can be handled, helping to explain phenomena in the real world. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230202092
- ISBN
- 9780230202092
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Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Hardcover. This book is a comprehensive guide for those seeking to fully understand Keynes' General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, and especially those approaching the work for the first time. It also highlights Keynes' important policy insights. This book is an essential introduction to Keynes' most influential text. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230220133
- ISBN
- 9780230220133
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Condition: New
€ 123.22
€ 123.22
Hardcover. This book aims at presenting and assessing imperialism as a theoretical concept. It aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation, focusing specifically on the tension between Marx's theoretical system of the Critique of Political Economy and the theories of capitalist expansion and domination. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTQ; JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230221000
- ISBN
- 9780230221000
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Condition: New
€ 122.79
€ 122.79
Hardcover. This book offers a radical new way of approaching the Old Testament. Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto argues that rational, institutional and constitutional economic lessons can be derived from the Old Testament, with applications to social conflict and resolution. The book suggests that this religious text also anticipated many modern economic advances. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222229
- ISBN
- 9780230222229
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Condition: New
€ 122.91
€ 122.91
Paperback. This book looks at the life of Keynes leading up to the writing of his seminal General Theory, examines the General Theory in detail and explores how it differs from classical theory. The impact of Keynes's work on the economy post-war and up to the present day is also assessed. Series: Great Thinkers in Economics. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229204
- ISBN
- 9780230229204
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Condition: New
€ 121.69
€ 121.69
Paperback. This book offers an accessible introduction to post-Keynesian economics, showing that there is an alternative to neoclassical economics and its free-market economic policies. Post-Keynesian economics is founded on realistic assumptions, such as interest targeting by central banks or constant average variable costs in manufacturing and services Num Pages: 178 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230229211
- ISBN
- 9780230229211
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Condition: New
€ 94.73
€ 94.73
Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: The Contribu...
Sacconi, Lorenzo, Blair, Margaret, Freeman, R...
Hardcover. Corporate social responsibility is examined in this book as multi-stakeholder approach to corporate governance. This volume outlines neo-institutional and stakeholder theories of the firm, new rational choice and social contract normative models, self regulatory and soft law models, and the advances from behavioural economics. Editor(s): Vercelli, Alessandro. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 482 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KCK; KCP; KJR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 32. Weight in Grams: 892.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236547
- ISBN
- 9780230236547
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Condition: New
€ 125.01
€ 125.01
Paperback. Specially selected from The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd edition, each article within this compendium covers the fundamental themes within the discipline and is written by a leading practitioner in the field. A handy reference tool. Editor(s): Durlauf, Steven N.; Blume, Lawrence E. Series: New Palgrave Economics Collection. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238688
- ISBN
- 9780230238688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.98
€ 95.98