Economics

Based on a three-year course prepared by Leon MacLaren for the School of Economic Science in London in the late 1960s, this book reassesses the first principles of economics. Leon MacLaren (1910-1994) was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the...

The degree to which markets incorporate information is one of the most important questions facing economists today. This book provides a fascinating study of the existence and extent of information efficiency in financial markets, with a special focus on...

This work provides a unified and simple treatment of dynamic economics using dynamic optimization as the main theme, and the method of Lagrange multipliers to solve dynamic economic problems. The author presents the optimization framework for dynamic...

How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights. Among them is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available...

This volume critically re-examines the profession's understanding of asset bubbles in light of the global financial crisis of 2007-09. It is well known that bubbles have occurred in the past, with the October 1929 crash as the most demonstrative example...

Originally, economics was called political economy, and those studying it readily accepted that economic decisions are made in a political world. But economics eventually separated itself from politics to pursue rigorous methods of analyzing individual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262018906Author Carlos A. VeghFormat HardbackPage Count 912Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 1606gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 203mm * 38mm

The incredible true story behind the global gaming phenomenon! Generation Decks tells the story of the mould-breaking fantasy card game Magic: The Gathering. The brainchild of misfit maths genius Richard Garfield, Magic combines fiendishly complex...

Why society's expectation of economic growth is no longer realisticEconomic growth-and the hope of better things to come-is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following booms in an endless cycle. In the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780990715306Author James L Ritchie-DunhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 374Imprint Vibrancy Ins, LLCPublisher Vibrancy Ins, LLCWeight(grams) 499g

When The Handbook of Experimental Economics first came out in 1995, the notion of economists conducting lab experiments to generate data was relatively new. Since then, the field has exploded. This second volume of the Handbook covers some of the most...

Environmental issues are of fundamental importance, and a broad approach to understanding the relationship between the human economy and the natural world is essential. In a rapidly changing policy and scientific context, this new edition of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781285423524Author Steven LandsburgFormat HardbackPage Count 720Imprint Cengage Learning AustraliaPublisher Cengage Learning AustraliaWeight(grams) 1450g

The key to achieving mass flourishing is culture - not genes, geography, institutions, or policies. In this thought-provoking book, David C. Rose argues that societal success depends on overcoming the challenge posed by rational self-interest...

Neoclassical Finance provides a concise and powerful account of the underlying principles of modern finance, drawing on a generation of theoretical and empirical advances in the field. Stephen Ross developed the no arbitrage principle, tying asset...

The violent financial disruptions of the past several years have toppled nearly all of the lords of Wall Street, except for a few voices that warned of economic collapse. Among them, Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Paul Volcker. Though their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992975609Author Tanweer AliFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint The Work ForumPublisher The Work Forum

How will the coalition government which took office in 2010 be assessed? It hopes to be credited with tackling the abuse of the welfare state and restoring the levels of employment. In reality it introduced a vicious program of cuts and intimidation...

This book discusses multiple ways of voting in a democratic system and explains the basis of more consensual politics. Without delving into too much technical argument or too many mathematical examples, it aims toshow that binary decision-making is...

This is the first book to examine the central tenets of economics from a feminist point of view. In these original essays, the authors suggest that the discipline of economics could be improved by freeing itself from masculine biases. Beyond Economic Man...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735821313Author Godfree P RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Godfree RobertsPublisher Godfree RobertsWeight(grams) 581gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Economics for Business and Management by Alec Chrystal and Richard Lipsey is a concise introductory economics textbook which has been carefully crafted to meet the needs of business studies and management students. Developed using the authors' highly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789090335674Author Joseph John KeaneFormat HardbackPage Count 366Imprint Joseph John KeanePublisher Joseph John KeaneWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

The central tradition of mainline economics deals with one way of making a living; producing goods and services. But there is another way of getting ahead through conflict or the 'dark side', by appropriating what others have produced. Parallel to...

This book introduces the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant-in particular, the concepts of autonomy, dignity, and character-to economic theory, explaining the importance of integrating these two streams of intellectual thought. Mainstream economics is...

What caused the Financial Crisis of 2008? While government mandates and private sector mistakes did contribute to the crisis and can be blamed at least in part for what happened, this book takes a different approach. Russ Roberts argues that the true...

The Economic System provides an accessible account of introductory economics theory that allows students more fully to appreciate the main features and complexity of the Economic System by integrating microeconomic and macroeconomic principles on a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845408343Author Laurie Fitzjohn-SykesFormat PaperbackPage Count 115Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 200g

It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes. The last decade has seen significant expansion in research examining how institutional contexts affect the nature and behaviour of firms, the operation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009010566Author Jomana AmaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 75Imprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press

Covering all the essential topics for undergraduate courses, this is the ideal student introduction to game theory. The book sets out the basics of the subject in a non-technical way. All discussion and explanation is clear, well structured, and entirely...

Since ancient times, fashion jewellery in Italy has been, and still is, an important component of clothing. The history of fashion cannot be written without mentioning its jewels. This book presents 200 Italian fashion jewels that, spanning from the era...

This unique and comprehensive 'modern guide' presents state-of-the-art surveys covering the main areas of macroeconomics and economic policy by well-known post-Keynesian authors. The chapters explore intriguing and important issues including:the history...

What tools are available for setting and analyzing monetary policy? World-renowned contributors examine recent evidence on subjects as varied as price-setting, inflation persistence, the private sector's formation of inflation expectations, and the...

A century ago Frederick Lanchester formulated a mathematical model of combat which suggested that the combat power of a military force was proportional to the product of the individual effectiveness of the units in the force and the square of the number...

General Equilibrium Theory: An Introduction presents the mathematical economic theory of price determination and resource allocation from elementary to advanced levels, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of economics. This...

'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior to The Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others appear to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by anyone else.' - Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904)In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452289024Author J.C. BradburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 329g

The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of...

Since the turn of the century, low-income African countries have undergone a process of mining industrialization led by transnational corporations. The process has been sustained by an African Mining Consensus uniting international financial...