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Paperback. Who was the greater economist - Adam Smith or Charles Darwin? This title predicts that within the next century Darwin will unseat Smith as the intellectual founder of economics. It argues that Darwin's understanding of competition describes economic reality far more accurately than Smith's. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
With a New afterword by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156682
ISBN
9780691156682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

Hardback. Editor(s): Wallace, Robert G.; Wallace, Rodrick. Num Pages: 111 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; MBNS; MJCJ; PSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 242 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319409399
ISBN
9783319409399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HB; HRAM2; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penn State University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
V9780271063768
ISBN
9780271063768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.57

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBF; PBT; PBW; PN; TBC; TJF; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Condition
New
SKU
V9783709174432
ISBN
9783709174432
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.05

Paperback. Describes six fundamental ideas for using modern information technology and advanced financial theory to temper basic risks that have been ignored by risk management institutions - risks to the value of our jobs and our homes, to the vitality of our communities, and to the very stability of national economies. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120119
ISBN
9780691120119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. This text disputes the laissez-faire direction of both economic theory and practice that has gained prominence since the mid-1970s. Dissenting voices, the author argues, have been drowned out by a sea of circular arguments and complex mathematical models that ignore real-world conditions. Num Pages: 428 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCH; KCLT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226465555
ISBN
9780226465555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Defines the common thread linking the world's greatest economic thinkers and explores the philosophies that motivate them. This work enables us to see more deeply into our history, and provides the new theme that connects thinkers as different as Adam Smith and Karl Marx: the desire to understand how a capitalist society works. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
7th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140290066
ISBN
9780140290066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. Selections from great writings on economics, annotated and introduced by a distinguished economist and teacher. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393316070
ISBN
9780393316070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.87

Paperback. In The Worldly Philosophers, Robert Heilbroner set out to describe what the great economists thought would happen to the system of capitalism. In later books. Professor Heilbroner projected his own views about the future of the capitalist system. Now he asks a still more demanding question: What is capitalism? Num Pages: 226 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 126 x 194 x 15. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393955293
ISBN
9780393955293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. A critique of American snobbery and wastefulness. It satirizes practices such as 'conspicuous consumption', a pattern of behaviour that still flourishes among us. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: JFSC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
US Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140187953
ISBN
9780140187953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Hardcover. Irving Fisher was one of the greatest and certainly one of the most colorful American economists. Num Pages: 344 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; BGB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557863058
ISBN
9781557863058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Paperback. Nobel laureate Solow shows how Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper "The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing" fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and uses it as a springboard for a critical consideration of spectacular recent developments that have made growth theory a dynamic topic today. Series: Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures Series. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 9. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728416
ISBN
9780804728416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Nobel laureate Solow shows how Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper "The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing" fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and uses it as a springboard for a critical consideration of spectacular recent developments that have made growth theory a dynamic topic today. Series: Kenneth J. Arrow Lectures Series. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728409
ISBN
9780804728409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.01

Hardback. Demonstrates that the claim that neoclassical economics is a science comparable to the physical sciences is totally bogus and that our failure to recognize and deal with this fact constitutes the greatest single barrier to the timely resolution of the crisis in the global environment. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231127981
ISBN
9780231127981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 51.34

Paperback. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781461285496
ISBN
9781461285496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Hardback. This text discusses the development of an institutional approach to general economic equilibrium, and concludes that equivalence is extremely hard to achieve and that perfect competition thus has a pathological nature. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 324 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792342007
ISBN
9780792342007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.13

Paperback. This book details standard concepts in cooperative game theory with applications to the analysis of social networks and hierarchical authority organizations. It covers the multi-linear extension, the Core, the Shapley value, and the cooperative potential. Series: Theory and Decision Library C. Num Pages: 281 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCH; KJT; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642263156
ISBN
9783642263156
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 149.91

Paperback. Human Action, a treatise on laissez-faire capitalism by Ludwig von Mises, is a historically important and classic publication on economics, and yet it can be an intimidating work due to its length and formal style. Choice, however, skilfully relays the main insights from Human Action in a style that will resonate with modern readers. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598132182
ISBN
9781598132182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.24

Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Independent Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598132175
ISBN
9781598132175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.39

Paperback. Challenging the myth of the "post-belief society". Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Verso
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781681749
ISBN
9781781681749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

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