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The human imprint on the biosphere has become so pronounced in recent years that there has been talk of a new geological era, the 'Anthropocene'. Gathering contributions from some of the world's foremost heterodox economists, this book explores the new economic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-12-12
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This book investigates the relationship between taxation, the State and society in democracy. Fiscal sociology is a broad social science in terms of its disciplines: law, economics, sociology, political science, management, economics, psychology etc. are mobilized....
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P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
Parution :
2011-12-01
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Why do markets exist? How are they maintained? What are market systems and how are they formed? This book addresses these fundamental questions and challenges the traditional view that markets and market systems are 'natural', asserting instead that they are...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-11-03
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The quick recovery of Asian economies from recent recessions in comparison to the struggling American and European economies can be attributed in part to the positive aggregate-demand externalities of their self-employment sectors. This book presents a behavioural...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-10-18
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Marx's Theory of Price and its Modern Rivals provides an original look at how Marx understood the role of money, extending his theory to consider how prices move over the course of business cycles. Key modern theories of price are also analysed; Neoclassical, Post...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-10-18
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Issues in Finance: Credit, Crises and Policies presents a collection of surveys on key issues surrounding the relationship between credit, finance, and the macro-economy that are linked to the recent global financial crisis. Presents a timely collection of surveys...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-07
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Surveys of Recent Research in Economics
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Das französische Melodram stellt die erste Form populärer Erfolgsliteratur dar und ist im Zuge der Demokratisierung der französischen Theaterlandschaft nach der Revolution entstanden. Während die Bedeutung dieser Bühnengattung für das Schaffen so namhafter Autoren wie...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-25
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Diese Untersuchung hat die westdeutschen Integrationsbemühungen ostdeutscher Flüchtlinge durch Beruf und Qualifikation im Zeitraum vom Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs bis zur deutschen Wiedervereinigung zum Gegenstand. Sie verfolgt dabei zwei Ziele: Zum einen sollen...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-16
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Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-07-26
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Adam Smith and Friedrich Hayek saw the liberty principle as focal and accorded it strong presumption, but their wisdom invokes how little we can know. In Knowledge and Coordination, Daniel Klein re-examines the elements of economic liberalism. He interprets Hayek's...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-06-01
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In this new edition of his landmark book, Richard Layard shows that there is a paradox at the heart of our lives. Most people want more income. Yet as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not just anecdotally true, it is the story told by...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2011-04-07
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From renowned economist Thomas Sowell, an indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies "From one of America's most noted conservative economists, a short, original book that offers some unconventional ideas about how to think about common economic...
Editeur :
Basic Books
Parution :
2011-03-22
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Die Bundeswehr ist keine vierte Macht im Gefüge des Grundgesetzes und das moderne Völkerrecht ist nicht mehr das von vor 1945. Für moderne Auslandseinsätze unter internationaler Führung stellen sich alte Haftungsfragen neu. In dieser Arbeit geht es um die Frage,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-02-21
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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...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-12-14
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This book focuses on the concepts of social capital, corporate social responsibility, and economic development in relation to economic theory of institutions and behavioural economics. It also takes a macroeconomic and empirical approach, on the relationship between...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-12-13
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Financial crises have been pervasive for many years. Their frequency in recent decades has been double that of the Bretton Woods Period (1945-1971) and the Gold Standard Era (1880-1993), comparable only to the period during the Great Depression. Nevertheless, the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-30
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John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is a central thinker of the twentieth century, not just an economic theorist and statesman, but also in economics, philosophy, politics, and culture. In this Very Short Introduction Lord Skidelsky, a renowned biographer of Keynes,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-10-07
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This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Updated to include new scholarship which has recently come to light, this full-scale biography of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-23
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This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Updated to include new scholarship which has recently come to light, this full-scale biography of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2010-09-23
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Building upon the work of Donald Schon, this edited collection expands the research into the idea of the reflexive practice - understanding how to create better solution-oriented practices for business during turbulent and chaotic situations.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-09-13
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