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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

€ 24.14

paperback. The U.S. economy faced the prospect of a serious recession even prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks. The afflictions that had deepened under both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush - wage stagnation, rising inequality and wildly inflated stock markets - sharpened further. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
VERSO
Condition
New
SKU
9781844675340
ISBN
9781844675340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Argues that wealth is not - or should not be - an end in itself, but a means to 'the good life'. Tracing the concept from Aristotle to the present, this book shows how far modern life has strayed from that ideal. It rejects the idea that there is any single measure of human progress, whether GDP or 'happiness'. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
PENGUIN PRESS/CLASSICS
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241953891
ISBN
9780241953891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. John Maynard Keynes was one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. His ideas have had a central influence on many of areas of economics used today, both in theory and practice. In this Very Short Introduction Lord Robert Skidelsky looks at Keynes's life, his philosophy, his theories, and the legacy he left behind. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Approx 5 black and white photos. BIC Classification: BG; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199591640
ISBN
9780199591640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. When unbridled capitalism falters, is there an alternative? This title shows how the great economist's ideas not only explain why the current financial crisis occurred - but are our best way out. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043609
ISBN
9780141043609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Karlsen, Robert W.; Pettyfer, Michael A. Num Pages: 139 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KJVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613243541
ISBN
9781613243541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.54
€ 70.23

Paperback. Reviews the debate about industrial policy in East and Southeast Asia and chronicles the changing fortunes of these economies over the 1990s. This title extends the argument to explain the boom of the first half of the decade and the crash of the second, stressing the links between corporations, banks, governments, and others. Num Pages: 496 pages, 28 tables. 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPA; KCA; KCP; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117294
ISBN
9780691117294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.24
€ 42.14

Paperback. Emphasizes that we need not choose between accepting and rejecting globalization, and that we can have a different globalization. This title also states that the movement of people and ideas is more important than the movement of things and money, and that freedom to change the institutions defining a market economy is needed. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145884
ISBN
9780691145884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Hogarth, Robin M.; Reder, Melvin W. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMJ; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226348599
ISBN
9780226348599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.18

Paperback. Responses to the financial crash of 2008 by a unique combination of scholars (primarily economists and political philosophers) and actual players in the world of finance-including from Wall Street, from watchdog nonprofit organizations seeking to monitor Wall Street, and from the U.S. Treasury itself. Editor(s): Berkowitz, Roger. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249619
ISBN
9780823249619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190621438
ISBN
9780190621438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Woo-Cumings, Meredith. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 534. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. 336 pages, 2 tables. Editor(s): Woo-Cumings, Meredith. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCA; KCP. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight: 532.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485664
ISBN
9780801485664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Paperback. Leading thinkers, from both North and South, confront what is to be done about the clearly unstable world economic system. Editor(s): Bello, Walden; Bullard, Nicola; Malhotra, Anju; Malhotra, Kamal. Num Pages: 256 pages, glossary, tables, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1QFG; 1QFH; GTF; JFFS; KCA; KCL; KCS; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Zed Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KRA0005044
ISBN
9781856497923
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Talks about the knowledge industry in the US. Evaluating everything from stationery to presidential addresses, the author points out that the proportion of the labor force involved in the knowledge economy has increased from 11 to 32 percent between 1900 and 1959. He also founded the field of information economics. Num Pages: 436 pages, tabs.n.e. BIC Classification: KCA; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003566
ISBN
9780691003566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

Paperback. This study of the choices people make draws together the conflicting beliefs of economists and other social scientists. The book includes the social environment with goods and services in its utility functions, providing analysis of how the individual and society interact. Num Pages: 190 pages, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011212
ISBN
9780674011212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.98

Hardback. Under what conditions of supply and demand are experts likely to give us good advice? When is expert failure more likely? Do entrepreneurs challenge existing expertise? Are they experts themselves? This title brings a heterogeneous collection of thinkers, some "Austrian" and to engage the problem of experts. Editor(s): Koppl, Roger; Horwitz, Steven; Dobuzinskis, Laurent. Series Editor(s): Koppl, Roger. Series: Advances in Austrian Economics. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781902165
ISBN
9781781902165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.28

hardcover. The volume gathers together papers presented at the second biennial Wirth conference on Austrian economics, held in October 2008 when the crisis of Fall 2008 was still new and shocking. This coincidence of timing makes policy issues and crisis management a kind of leitmotif of the volume. Editor(s): Horwitz, Steven; Desrochers, Pierre; Koppl, Roger. Series Editor(s): Koppl, Roger. Series: Advances in Austrian Economics. Num Pages: 258 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DFA; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857242617
ISBN
9780857242617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.79

Hardback. Features papers presented at the inaugural Wirth Institute Conference on the Austrian School of Economics. This work explores issues in economic policy, applied economics, and pure theory from a variety of perspectives. Editor(s): Koppl, Roger. Series: Advances in Austrian Economics. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848553309
ISBN
9781848553309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991340
ISBN
9781784991340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.85

Hardback. A classic in the field of political economy, reissued here with a new, incisive introduction. The global financial crisis that Strange predicted in her work has now taken place, and to a large extent is still happening. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992651
ISBN
9781784992651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 85.43

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