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Economic theory & philosophy
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
€ 50.54
€ 50.54
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
€ 19.24
€ 19.24
Paperback. Discusses the history of 20th century economics, and how it has become dominated by mathematical approaches. Series: Science & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photos. BIC Classification: KCA; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822328711
- ISBN
- 9780822328711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.39
€ 47.39
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
€ 67.13
€ 67.13
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€ 13.36
€ 17.99
€ 13.36
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
€ 89.84
€ 89.84
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
€ 15.99€ 11.77
€ 15.99
€ 11.77
Paperback. A shocking account of how economics became known as the dismal science Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472089055
- ISBN
- 9780472089055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.64
€ 46.64
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€ 39.66
€ 40.99
€ 39.66
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
€ 37.14
€ 37.14
Paperback. Series: Culture of Enterprise. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Intercollegiate Studies Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933859279
- ISBN
- 9781933859279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.79
€ 23.99
€ 21.79
paperback. Useful for those interested in science and human nature. The author warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. He demonstrates that theorist explanations do not work and that if taken seriously their theories tend to have dangerous social consequences. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JM; KCA; PDA; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034150
- ISBN
- 9780199265503
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.65
€ 5.65
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446249758
- ISBN
- 9781446249758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.26
€ 57.26
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€ 22.44
€ 24.99
€ 22.44
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€ 18.70
€ 24.99
€ 18.70
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
€ 4.99
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€ 43.38
€ 49.99
€ 43.38
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€ 22.42
€ 30.99
€ 22.42
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
€ 239.60
€ 239.60
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
€ 164.27
€ 164.27