Updated according to classroom feedback, this comprehensive textbook blends theory and formal models with real-world applications and take-away lessons. Zobraziť viac
Katharina Pistor explains how, behind closed doors in the offices of private attorneys, capital is created--and why this little-known activity is one of the biggest reasons for the widening wealth gap between the holders of capital and everybody else.... Zobraziť viac
While the literature of hybrid regimes has given up the presumption that post-communist countries must democratize, its language and concepts still mostly relate to Western democracies. Magyar and Madlovics strongly argue for a vocabulary and grammar... Zobraziť viac
The essays in the book compare the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The papers deal with the causes of the divorce and discuss the political, economic and social developments in the new countries. This is the... Zobraziť viac
Describes the history of economic thought, focusing on the development of economic theory from Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" to the late twentieth century. This text examines how important economists have reflected on the sometimes conflicting goals... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Meet the billionaire traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food. You've probably never heard of them... Zobraziť viac
Many companies make disruption their goal. They believe that if they develop the right innovation, they will disrupt... Zobraziť viac
Cultural economics has become well established as a subject of interest for students and instructors of courses ranging from economics to arts administration as well as for policy-makers and practitioners in the creative industries. Digitization has... Zobraziť viac
In this elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa and poverty, economist Paul Collier writes persuasively that although nearly five billion of the world's people are beginning to climb from desperate poverty... Zobraziť viac
Society is full of would-be 'change agents'-campaigners, government officials, enlightened business people... Zobraziť viac
The only book to successfully integrate social, economic and environmental considerations with an accessible, quantitative approach to energy science... Zobraziť viac
Set out like a good lunchtime conversation, Free Lunch will escort you through the mysteries of the economy. Your guides will be some of the greatest names in the field, including Smith, Marx and Keynes... Zobraziť viac
The definitive guide to the history of economic thought, fully revised twenty years after first publication... Zobraziť viac
A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph'Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the... Zobraziť viac
A damning account of the forces that have hijacked progress on climate change, and a bold vision of what it will take, politically and economically, to face the existential threat of global warming head-on. Zobraziť viac
The Making of Modern Economics presents a bold and engaging history of economics - the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built today's rigorous social science. This comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the major economic... Zobraziť viac
Nowe, zaktualizowane i rozszerzone wydanie cieszącego się od lat niesłabnącym zainteresowaniem podręcznika zawierającego prezentację podstawowych zagadnień współczesnej ekonomii, zarówno w skali makro, jak i mikro... Zobraziť viac
Adam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand the economy is to study the most advanced practice of production. Today that practice is no longer conventional manufacturing: it is the radically innovative vanguard known as the... Zobraziť viac
An inclusive, character-driven, and deeply researched history of the American labor movement from Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly. Zobraziť viac
