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Paperback. First published in the 1930s and 1940s, the essays collated in this volume discuss topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory, as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. Editor(s): Hayek, F. A. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386. 280 pages. Editor(s): Hayek, F. A. First published in the 1930s and 1940s, the essays collated in this volume discuss topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory, as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KCA. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 17. Weight: 334.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226320939
ISBN
9780226320939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.30

Paperback. Neoclassical economics assumes that people are highly rational and can reason their way through even the most complex economic problems. This book shows how the cumulative experiences of many individuals coalesce over time into customs, norms, and institutions that govern economic and social life. Num Pages: 208 pages, 43 line illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: KCA; KJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691086873
ISBN
9780691086873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.48

Hardback. Introduces the concept of indifference pricing in models of discrete time and finite state spaces where duality theory can be exploited readily. This book also discusses utility indifference pricing for diffusion models, and addresses problems of optimal design of derivatives. Editor(s): Carmona, Rene. Series: Princeton Series in Financial Engineering. Num Pages: 440 pages, 7 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: KCA; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138831
ISBN
9780691138831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.61
€ 105.13

Paperback. Covering optimal control theory and applications, this work presents a new elementary yet rigorous proof of the maximum principle and a fresh way of applying the principle that can enable students to solve various kinds of one-dimensional problems routinely. It features an unified framework that illuminates many economic examples and models. Num Pages: 358 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025769
ISBN
9780674025769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. The Research in the History of Economic Methodology (RHETM) 34A, includes original research from preeminent scholars in the field. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFA; JHBC; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 246 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785609602
ISBN
9781785609602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.55

Paperback. This volume looks at why people emigrate, how they choose where to go, what difference it makes to the economies they leave and the ones they join, and how we are all affected for good and ill. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165912
ISBN
9780691165912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. Consumers, investors, and corporations orient their activities toward a future that contains opportunities and risks. How do these actors assess uncertainty? Jens Beckert adds a new chapter to the theory of capitalism by showing how fictional expectations drive modern economies-or throw them into crisis when imagined futures fail to materialize. Num Pages: 358 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JPA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088825
ISBN
9780674088825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 42.23

Paperback. Faith in the free market has become a basic tenet of public policy debate. But as Joel Blau demonstrates in this eye-opening book, so-called "free market" programmes have been a dismal failure, heightening inequality, lowering the median standard of living, and steadily eroding the quality of our social and political life. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCA; KCB; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392. Large format paperback. clean copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc New York
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
SKU
KEX0232103
ISBN
9780195146066
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691175867
ISBN
9780691175867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. Provides an important way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities - and not just economic incentives - influence our decisions. This title explains how our conception of who we are and who we want to be may shape our economic lives more than any other factor, affecting how hard we work, and how we learn, spend, and save. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 halftone. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691152554
ISBN
9780691152554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. .
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781446249758
ISBN
9781446249758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.61

Hardback. This text surveys the anthropological foundations to the disciplines of economics and moral theology. The book presents an overview of the German, French, and Polish branches of personalist thought and surveys models of human nature that have been espoused by various schools of free-market thought. Series: Religion, Politics & Society in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 130 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHMC; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101841
ISBN
9780739101841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.23

Paperback. A study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business investments in equipment. This edition has four new chapters, covering topics including: human capital, fertility and economic growth, the division of labour and economic considerations within the family. Num Pages: 412 pages, 6ill.2tabs. BIC Classification: JH; JN; KCA; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Third Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041209
ISBN
9780226041209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Greave, Bettina Bien. Num Pages: 1037 pages, port. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 109. Weight in Grams: 2046.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc.
Number of pages
1037
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
In Four Volumes ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865976313
ISBN
9780865976313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.52

Paperback. By explaining, comparing, and finally combining classical and Keynesian economics, Roger Farmer shows how to design ways of correcting the excesses of free market economies that preserve the best features of capitalism without stifling entrepreneurship. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199360307
ISBN
9780199360307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.72

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
€ 11.84

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4 recorded music items, 28 graphs, 3 figures. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; PBT; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180726
ISBN
9780231180726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 50.77

Paperback. How did we get to where we are? This title shows that the roots of our financial failure lie not with individuals, but with an idea - the idea that markets are inherently rational. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036519
ISBN
9780141036519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. In the global economy, linguistic diversity influences economic and political development as well as public policies in positive and negative ways. This title examines linguistic diversity as a global social phenomenon and considers what degree of linguistic variety might result in the greatest economic good. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line illus. 34 tables. BIC Classification: CF; JFFS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691136899
ISBN
9780691136899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.37

Hardcover. The West has long defined the pursuit of happiness in economic terms but now, in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis, it is time to think again about what constitutes our happiness. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745680125
ISBN
9780745680125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.06

Paperback. The emergence of high levels of unsustainable home ownership has many consequences for social and public policy. Using a wide range of methodological strategies, including in-depth qualitative interviews, this book paints a rich empirical picture of the causes, socio-economic distribution and social consequences of mortgage arrears and possessions. Num Pages: 212 pages, 4figs.28tabs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBA; JPA; KCA; KFFL; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861342614
ISBN
9781861342614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.77

Paperback. For the past several decades, politicians and economists thought that high levels of inequality were good for the economy. This book explains that to have strong, sustainable growth, the economy needs to work for everyone and expand from the middle out. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286528
ISBN
9780520286528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.86

Paperback. The description for this book, History of Marginal Utility Theory, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691624341
ISBN
9780691624341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765625991
ISBN
9780765625991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.09

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