Economics

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The book provides one of the most comprehensive overviews of the internal and external challenges of processing venture capital deals, providing an eight stage investment model that breaks down each part of the deal into its own specific challenges and...

At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalisation is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even the...

When this classic work was first published in 1976, its central tenet--more is not necessarily better--placed it in direct conflict with mainstream thought in economics. Within a few years, however, this apparently paradoxical claim was gaining wide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992778460Author Ken WebsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Ellen MacArthur Foundation PublishingPublisher Ellen MacArthur Foundation...

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It is Shackle's view that human conduct is chosen with a view to its consequences. But these are in the future, which cannot be directly known. Expectation will confine itself to what is deemed possible, but this leaves it free to entertain widely...

Experts examine the application of economic theory to antitrust issues in both the United States and Europe, discussing mergers, agreements, abuses of dominance, and the impact of market features. Over the past twenty years, economic theory has begun to...

The distinctive feature of this book is that it provides a unified framework for the analysis of short- and medium-run macroeconomics. This gives students a model that they can use themselves to understand a wide range of real-world macroeconomic...

Why has capitalism produced economic growth that so vastly dwarfs the growth record of other economic systems, past and present? Why have living standards in countries from America to Germany to Japan risen exponentially over the past century? William...

This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation. The opening chapters introduce current thinking in the philosophy of science and review the literature on methodology. Professor Blaug then turns to the troublesome question of the...

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This is your essential one stop shop for information on starting and running a practice. Case studies and advice from practitioners, big and small, run alongside outlines of all the key topics, to give you an insight into the problems and challenges...

From Picasso's Cubism and Duchamp's readymades to Warhol's silkscreens and Smithson's earthworks, the art of the twentieth century broke completely with earlier artistic traditions. A basic change in the market for advanced art produced a heightened...

"It is impossible to grasp the meaning of the idea of sound money if one does not realize that it was devised as an instrument for the protection of civil liberties against despotic inroads on the part of governments." - from The Theory of Money and...

Finance is widely seen as an obstacle to a better world. Principles of Sustainable Finance explains how the financial sector can be mobilized to counter this. Using finance as a means to achieve social goals we can divert the planet and its economy from...

What makes countries rich? What makes countries poor? Europe's Growth Champion: Insights from the Economic Rise of Poland seeks to answer these questions, and many more, through a study of one of the biggest, and least heard about, economic success...

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For thirty years, the British economy has repeated the same old experiment of subjecting everything to competition and market because that is what works in the imagination of central government. This book demonstrates the repeated failure of that...

Olivier Blanchard, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is author of one of the most important standard macroeconomics textbooks, which is used throughout the world. Endorsed by Blanchard himself, Anti-Blanchard Macroeconomics...

As the agricultural systems of many countries are poised, as a result of the recent advances in biotechnology for what may soon come to be called the Second Green Revolution, this book is particularly appropriate. Vandana Shiva examines the impact of the...

'If we want to achieve a different society where the principle of money operates equitably, if we want to abolish the power money has developed over people historically, and position money in relationship to freedom, equality and fraternity ...then we...

Game theory, the formalized study of strategy, began in the 1940s by asking how emotionless geniuses should play games, but ignored until recently how average people with emotions and limited foresight actually play games. This book marks the first...

Richard Barrett, author of the best-selling book Liberating the Corporate Soul, presents his new thinkingBased on his experience working with over 1,000 organizations in 32 countries on cultural transformation for the values-driven organization. He...

Is there life after capitalism? In this creatively argued follow-up to their book The End of Capitalism (As We Knew It), J. K. Gibson-Graham offer already existing alternatives to a global capitalist order and outline strategies for building alternative...

Aimed at civil engineers and quantity surveyors and students of these disciplines in the preparation of bills of quantities.About the AuthorIVOR SEELEY was long-time editor of the Macmillan Building and Surveying Series, and the author of a number of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865978508Author Ludwig von MisesFormat PaperbackPage Count 215Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 364g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262035941Author Luis M. B. CabralFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 235mm * 203mm * 19mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865970236Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 391Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 645g

Why and how systems of political financing and representation in Europe and North America give outsized influence to the wealthy and undermine democracy, and what we can do about it.One person, one vote. In theory, everyone in a democracy has equal power...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262533140Author Felix Munoz-GarciaFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 13mm

Immanuel Wallerstein is one of the most innovative social scientists of his generation. Past president of the International Sociological Association, he has had a major influence on the development of social thought throughout the world, and his books...

This book presents a detailed and critical account of the regulation approach in institutional and evolutionary economics. Offering both a theoretical commentary and a range of empirical examples, it identifies the successes and failures of the...

Exploitation is a globally pervasive phenomenon. Slavery, serfdom, and the patriarchy are part of its lineage. Temporary and sex workers, commercial surrogacy, precarious labour contracts, sweatshops, and markets in blood, vaccines or human organs, are...

In this witty, accessible, and revealing book, Deirdre McCloskey demystifies economic theory and practice to show that behind the economists claim to certainty is the ancient art of storytelling. If You're So Smart will engage, enlighten, and empower...

An in-depth look at how to account for the human complexities at the heart of today's financial systemOur economy may have recovered from the Great Recession-but not our economics. The End of Theory discusses why the human condition and the radical...

First Published in 1998. The textbook provides a thorough grounding in the science of food preparation for BTEC National, HNC/D, and GNVQ Hospitality and Catering. It will also be useful for courses in Home Economics, Food Science, Food Technology,...

Macroeconomics is your guide to how economics shape how the world functions today. But too often our understanding is based on orthodox, dogmatic analysis. This distinctive book draws upon years of critical questioning and teaching and exposes how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262041690Author Prajit K. DuttaFormat HardbackPage Count 506Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 998gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 29mm