This is a comprehensive textbook covering all of the topics taught in the graduate-level, two-semester course in microeconomic theory required of all graduate students in economics. It combines the results of the authors' experience of teaching... Zobraziť viac
This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated... Zobraziť viac
The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in... Zobraziť viac
In The Laws of Wealth, psychologist and behavioral finance expert Daniel Crosby presents three sets of real, actionable rules that investors can use to apply the lessons of behavioral finance. Zobraziť viac
Doyne Farmer is the world's leading thinker on technological change. For decades he has focused on the question of how we can make sense of the data of today to see where the world is going tomorrow. This wonderful book applies these insights to ... Zobraziť viac
It used to be that ravaging another country’s economy required blockading its ports and laying siege to its cities. Now all it takes is a statement posted online by the U.S. government. In Chokepoints, Edward Fishman, a former top State Department ... Zobraziť viac
"This excellent book has already become a classic reference for economists who want to study the basic New Keynesian model. This update contains important extensions such as the impact of the zero lower bound on interest rates and an explicit treatment... Zobraziť viac
This book discusses the econometric foundations of structural vector autoregressive modeling, as used in empirical macroeconomics, finance, and related fields. Zobraziť viac
This long-awaited Second Edition continues to offer an accessible introduction to the way social arrangements affect economic activity, and shows that economic exchanges are deeply embedded in social relationships... Zobraziť viac
Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of economism. It is a project advocating the democratically-led shrinking of production and consumption with the aim of achieving... Zobraziť viac
The Competitive Advantage of Nations is one of the most influential business and management books of all time. Michael Porter's research identified the fundamental determinants of national competitive advantage in an industry and how they work... Zobraziť viac
Second edition of David Landes's classic history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Zobraziť viac
The American working class didn’t disappear with the manufacturing economy. It transformed. Instead of unionized blue-collar men, today’s working class is dominated by underpaid women in service jobs—especially health care. With recognition of this... Zobraziť viac
History of the Conquest of Peru (1959) contains a detailed analysis of the political, religious and social organisation of the Incas prior to the arrival of the Spanish colonisers, and then moves on to look at the story of the conquest and subjugation... Zobraziť viac
A powerful argument that our current path toward progress, based on continual economic expansion and inefficient use of resources, runs contrary to three foundational scientific laws. In this compelling, cogently argued, and acclaimed book, Tom... Zobraziť viac
Sociologist Stephen Klineberg presents ';a trailblazing study' (Kirkus Reviews) that shows how the city of Houston has emerged as a microcosm for America's futurebased on a meticulously researched, thirty-eight-year study of its changing economic,... Zobraziť viac
In this trailblazing manifesto, political economist Ricardo Tranjan places tenants and landlords on either side of the class divide that splits North American society. Zobraziť viac
In Fossil Future, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein applies his distinctive ''human flourishing framework'' to the latest evidence on fossil fuels and comes to the shocking conclusion that their benefits will continue to far outweigh their... Zobraziť viac
Winner of the 2022 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingAs the world's second-largest economy, China is extending its influence across the globe with the complicity of democratic nations. Joanna Chiu has spent a decade tracking China's... Zobraziť viac
Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson and policy analyst Joshua Rosner investigate the insidious debt-laden world of private equity, revealing how it leeches profits from everyday Americans, tanks... Zobraziť viac
