Economics

The macroeconomic experience of emerging and developing economies has tended to be quite different from that of industrial countries. Compared to industrial countries, emerging and developing economies have tended to be much more unstable, with more...

Though Tomas is half-German, he is taught by English war veterans. He walks the ruins of Coventry with his English Gran, still crumbling from the blitz. Later, when Tomas nears adulthood, he goes to Germany to stay with his enigmatic uncle, Herr Poppel...

The work of Karl Polanyi has become a central reference point for scholars in a variety of traditions and disciplines within the social sciences, including international relations, international political economy, economic sociology and economic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262544771Author John StachurskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

The rapid collapse of socialism has raised new economic policy questions and revived old theoretical issues. In this book, Joseph Stiglitz explains how the neoclassical, or Walrasian model (the formal articulation of Adam Smith's invisible hand), which...

Applying experimental methods has become one of the most powerful and versatile ways to obtain economic insights, and experimental economics has especially supported the development of behavioral economics. The Art of Experimental Economics identifies...

Serial entrepreneur and business visionary Dale Partridge reveals seven core beliefs that create success by putting people first. Every day major headlines tell the story of a new and better American marketplace. Established corporations have begun...

How religious beliefs and practices can influence the wealth of nationsWhich countries grow faster economically-those with strong beliefs in heaven and hell or those with weak beliefs in them? Does religious participation matter? Why do some countries...

Designed for a one-semester course, Applied Statistics for Business and Economics offers students in business and the social sciences an effective introduction to some of the most basic and powerful techniques available for understanding their world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393091861Author Raymond VernonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 473gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

For twenty years since the publication of his seminal paper 'The Market for "Lemons"', George A. Akerlof's work has changed the way we see economics, and the economics of information in particular. In abandoning the perfect-competition benchmarks of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262038065Author W. Kip ViscusiFormat HardbackPage Count 1056Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

In How Economics Became a Mathematical Science E. Roy Weintraub traces the history of economics through the prism of the history of mathematics in the twentieth century. As mathematics has evolved, so has the image of mathematics, explains Weintraub,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523099924Author Marjorie KellyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

This important book outlines the core principles that define a free society. It provides an accessible introduction to the institutions and policies necessary to preserve and enhance individual freedom. The author also sets out the wider benefits of free...

It's not breaking news that our understanding of certain parts of our bodies is somewhat... lacking. Throw in the misinformation lurking on the internet (we're looking at you, everyone on Yahoo Answers), and you've got a real mess when it comes to sex...

Value and Crisis brings together selected essays written by Alfredo Saad-Filho, one of the most prominent Marxist political economists writing today. Divided into two parts, "Essays on the Theory of Value" and "Essays on Contemporary Capitalism," this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262547888Author Jerome AddaFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Both state-space models and Markov switching models have been highly productive paths for empirical research in macroeconomics and finance. This book presents recent advances in econometric methods that make feasible the estimation of models that have...

Since his pioneering application of economic analysis to racial discrimination, Gary S. Becker has shown that an economic approach can provide a unified framework for understanding all human behavior. In a highly readable selection of essays Becker...

The transformation of Britain's energy policy in the last two decades has been more radical than any such change in developed economies. Since 1979 the great state energy monopolies created after the Second World War have been privatised and made subject...

In a world where there is increasing demand for the performance of health providers to be measured, there is a need for a more strategic vision of the role that performance measurement can play in securing health system improvement. This volume meets...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545846Author Thomas W. MaloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 152g

The World Bank is a controversial organisation. It is widely viewed with suspicion, as the international economic arm of the US, in thrall to the President who is responsible for appointing the head of the Bank. Eric Toussaint gives a highly readable...

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...

This book examines the array of financial crises, slumps, depressions and recessions that happened around the globe during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It covers events including World War I, hyperinflation and market crashes in the...

'An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.' -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems?'A smart and insightful read that will totally change the way you think - and live.'-Thomas Erikson, author...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865976368Author Armen A AlchianFormat HardbackPage Count 1589Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 2435g

How religious beliefs and practices can influence the wealth of nationsWhich countries grow faster economically-those with strong beliefs in heaven and hell or those with weak beliefs in them? Does religious participation matter? Why do some countries...

In economics, most noncooperative game theory has focused on equilibrium in games, especially Nash equilibrium and its refinements. The traditional explanation for when and why equilibrium arises is that it results from analysis and introspection by the...

The German sociologist Max Weber is considered to be one of the founding fathers of sociology, and ranks among the most influential writers of the 20th-century. His most famous book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, is a masterpiece of...

In this witty and revelatory investigation of the so-called dismal science, University of British Columbia professor Marina Adshade skips the usual widgets and uncovers how the market comes to bear on our most intimate decisions: sex, dating, courtship,...

This book is about preferences, principally as they figure in economics. It also explores their uses in everyday language and action, how they are understood in psychology and how they figure in philosophical reflection on action and morality. The book...

This classic study of the spontaneous play of young children combines vivid and delightful observations with profoundly important insights. Alison Stallibrass, an expert on children's play and the mother of five children, makes clear the importance of...

Coverage has been extended to include recent topics. The book again presents a unified treatment of economic theory, with the method of maximum likelihood playing a key role in both estimation and testing. Exercises are included and the book is suitable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865979055Author Armen A AlchianFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1080g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865975682Author Ludwig von MisesFormat HardbackPage Count 275Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 590g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473594664Author Grant J RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Big Idea Publishing CompanyPublisher Big Idea Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451651737Author Steven E LandsburgFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684512652Author Kevin A HassettFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 231mm...