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Paperback. Tipping points are thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with considerable (largely unforecastable) consequences. This book explores the scientific, economic, social, and spiritual and creative approaches to identifying and anticipating tipping points so that societies can adapt to more sustainable ways of living. Editor(s): O'Riordan, Timothy; Lenton, Timothy. Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks. Num Pages: 300 pages, 15 figures. BIC Classification: JFFR; KCA; KCS; RNP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265536
- ISBN
- 9780197265536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.26
€ 53.26
Paperback. Attempts to explain the core ideas of the great economists, beginning with Adam Smith and ending with Joseph Schumpeter. This book intends to separate the economic sphere of life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is led by the invisible hand of the market to a socially beneficial outcome, from the rest of social life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 line illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674027299
- ISBN
- 9780674027299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.94
€ 42.94
Hardback. This book aims to show that Adam Smith (1723-90), the author of The Wealth of Nations, was not the promoter of ruthless laissez-faire capitalism that is still frequently depicted. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623525
- ISBN
- 9780748623525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.79
€ 46.99
€ 41.79
paperback. A dialogue between the head of a hypothetical, formerly socialist East European country and a fervently market-minded American adviser. Their spirited give-and-take highlights the monumental political as well as economic complexities faced by the former Soviet bloc countries as they struggle to transform themselves into free market economies. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; KCA; KCL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 257.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691000534
- ISBN
- 9780691000534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.82
€ 64.82
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966068
- ISBN
- 9780913966068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.86
€ 19.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780913966075
- ISBN
- 9780913966075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. A new, critical biography of Scottish thinker Adam Smith, acknowledged as the father of capitalism and developer of the concept of the 'invisible hand'. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGH; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780235684
- ISBN
- 9781780235684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.91
€ 22.91
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605944
- ISBN
- 9780691605944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.98
€ 63.98
Multiple-component retail product. Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology is an annual series which presents research materials in the fields of the history of economic thought and the methodology of economics. Editor(s): Biddle, Jeff E.; Emmett, Ross B. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783500628
- ISBN
- 9781783500628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 323.53
€ 323.53
Hardcover. This volume includes referred articles, archival pieces, and book reviews. The first section deals with economics and AntiSemitism and focuses on the contribution of four leading economists: Werner Sombart; Thorstein Veblen; Maffeo Pantaleoni and the Italian corporatist Gino Arias. Editor(s): Fiorito, Luca. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 237 x 33. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784411541
- ISBN
- 9781784411541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.11
€ 152.11
Hardcover. Vol 33 includes research from preeminent scholars such as Malcolm Rutherford, current HES President-elect Jeff E. Biddle, Steven G. Medema, author of The Hesitant Hand: Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas, leading methodologist John B. Davis, and Robert W. Dimand, one of the world's foremost experts on John Maynard Keynes. Editor(s): Fiorito, Luca; Scheall, Scott; Suprinyak, Carlos Eduardo. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784418588
- ISBN
- 9781784418588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.98
€ 157.98
Hardback. Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology is an annual series which presents research materials in the fields of the history of economic thought and the methodology of economics. Editor(s): Biddle, Jeff E.; Emmett, Ross B.; Johnson, Marianne. Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783500581
- ISBN
- 9781783500581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.79
€ 165.79
Paperback. Lionel Robbins' lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas. This volume features these lectures. It covers a broad chronological range, including Plato, Aristotle, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Marx, and Alfred Marshall. Editor(s): Medema, Steven G.; Samuels, Warren J. Num Pages: 408 pages, 11 line illus. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070148
- ISBN
- 9780691070148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. This book, first published in 1996, introduces students to optimization theory and its use in economics and allied disciplines. Num Pages: 376 pages, 11 b/w illus. BIC Classification: KCA; PBU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 692. 375 pages, 11 b/w illus. This 1996 book introduces students to optimization theory and its use in economics and allied disciplines. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCA; PBU. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 20. Weight: 672.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 375
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 130.65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521497701
- ISBN
- 9780521497701
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.43
€ 53.43
Paperback. Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? This title tackles these profound questions and suggests a fresh way in which culture explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 432 pages, 25 halftones. 78 line illus. 65 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; HBTK; JHBL; KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141282
- ISBN
- 9780691141282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.52
€ 36.99
€ 32.52
Paperback. In the early 1980s, rational expectations and new classical economics dominated macroeconomic theory, with the result that such pathologies can hardly be discussed within the vocabulary of the theory. This essay evolved from the author's profound disagreement with that trend. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209898
- ISBN
- 9780631209898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.09
€ 74.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPH; KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634831499
- ISBN
- 9781634831499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 153.67€ 114.37
€ 153.67
€ 114.37
Paperback. * Focuses on the foundations of econometrics. * Integrates real--world topics encountered by professionals and practitioners. * Draws on up--to--date research in areas not covered by standard econometrics texts. * Organized to provide clear, accessible information and point to further readings. . Editor(s): Baltagi, Badi H. Series: Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics. Num Pages: 736 pages, 46. BIC Classification: KCA; KCH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106764
- ISBN
- 9781405106764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.83
€ 95.83
Paperback. Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, this companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought, the history of economics as a discipline, and the historiography of economic thought. Editor(s): Samuels, Warren J.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Davis, John B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 169 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405134590
- ISBN
- 9781405134590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.73
€ 78.73
Hardback. This companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. It has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought; the history of economics as a discipline; and the historiography of economic thought. Editor(s): Samuels, Warren J.; Biddle, Jeff E.; Davis, John B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics. Num Pages: 736 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225737
- ISBN
- 9780631225737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 276.76
€ 276.76
Paperback. Savings and wealth accumulation are important dimensions of research and policy debates. This collection of critical surveys presents the reader with a range of up-to-date work from some of the leading scholars in the area, writing on private and public sector aspects of savings and wealth accumulation. Series: Surveys of Recent Research in Economics. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119158387
- ISBN
- 9781119158387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.96
€ 34.96
Paperback. Writing for a wide audience, Harvey here tells the political-economic story of where neoliberalization came from and how it proliferated on the world stage. He constructs a framework, not only for analyzing the political and economic dangers that now surround us, but also for assessing the prospects for more socially just alternatives. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous graphs, 3 line drawings, 5 maps and 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JPA; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 16. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199283279
- ISBN
- 9780199283279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.93
€ 25.93
'Short Treatise' on the Wealth and Poverty of Nations (1613)
Serra, Antonio. Ed(S): Reinert, Sophus A.
Hardback. Editor(s): Reinert, Sophus A. Series: Economic Ideas That Built Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857289735
- ISBN
- 9780857289735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.45
€ 128.45