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paperback. This text reflects on some of the most fundamental concerns of economists since the 18th century. In 15 essays, the author evaluates the contributions of a number of figures, including Adam Smith, and George Stigler, as well as economists at the London School of Economics in the 1930s. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
230
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226111032
ISBN
9780226111032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.96

Paperback. A particular, narrow way of thinking about the economy is dominant in society today. This book explores how this came to be, why the system cannot continue and how to build a better future. Series Editor(s): Moran, Mick. Series: Manchester Capitalism. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 graphs, 3 tables. BIC Classification: KCA; KCP; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526110138
ISBN
9781526110138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.02

Paperback. Revision of: History of economic thought / Lionel Robbins -- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1998. Editor(s): Medema, Steven G.; Samuels, Warren J. Num Pages: 784 pages, 68 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables, 41 black & white halftones, 27 bl. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1392.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415568685
ISBN
9780415568685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.60

Hardback. A small number of economists have begun to use laboratory experiments to evaluate economic propositions under carefully controlled conditions. This work offers a comprehensive treatment of this area of research. Acknowledging that laboratory experiments are no panacea, it argues for their effectiveness in selected situations. Num Pages: 584 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 41. Weight in Grams: 994.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
590
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691043173
ISBN
9780691043173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.99
€ 126.73

Paperback. Asserts that - regardless of the efforts of individual capitalists, public authorities or even generous philanthropists - any market economy is inevitably doomed to endure a series of worsening, explosive crises leading finally to complete collapse. Translator(s): Fernbach, David. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 49. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140445701
ISBN
9780140445701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics from a social and historical perspective. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
178
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848139220
ISBN
9781848139220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.74

Hardback. Shows how the tools of stochastic control can be applied to dynamic problems of decision making under uncertainty when fixed costs are present. This book provides a treatment of two types of models, impulse and instantaneous control. It is suitable for graduate students and researchers in macroeconomics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691135052
ISBN
9780691135052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 63.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231152655
ISBN
9780231152655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.36

Hardcover. Are Thomas Piketty's analyses of inequality on target? Where should researchers go from here in exploring the ideas he pushed to the forefront of global conversation? In After Piketty, a cast of economists and other social scientists tackle these questions in dialogue with Piketty, in what is sure to be a much-debated book in its own right. Editor(s): Boushey, Heather; DeLong, J. Bradford; Steinbaum, Marshall. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780674504776
ISBN
9780674504776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 16.99

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

€ 13.00
€ 11.88

Paperback. Presents a critical survey of the results and methods of laboratory experiments in economics. The first chapter provides an introduction to experimental economics, with the remaining chapters providing surveys in areas of economics that have seen a concentration of experiments: public goods, coordination problems, bargaining, and others. Editor(s): Kagel, John H.; Roth, Alvin E. Num Pages: 744 pages, 69 line drawings 73 tables. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1146.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
740
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058979
ISBN
9780691058979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.95
€ 97.78

Hardback. Behavioral economics has revolutionized the way economists view the world. This volume makes the case for a greater use of behavioral ideas in six fields - public economics, development, law and economics, health, wage determination, and organizational economics. It is intended policymakers, sociologists, psychologists, as well as economists. Editor(s): Diamond, Peter; Vartiainen, Hannu. Num Pages: 336 pages, 50 line illus. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691122847
ISBN
9780691122847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.84
€ 83.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, index. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780913966655
ISBN
9780913966655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. "Poetry is the language of nonexchangeability, the return of infinite hermeneutics, and the return of the sensuous body of language. I'm talking about poetry here as an excess of language, a hidden resource which enables us to shift from one paradigm to another."--P. [4] of cover. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 116 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351122
ISBN
9781584351122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 290 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173023
ISBN
9780691173023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9783540326960
ISBN
9783540326960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 236.59
€ 145.53

Paperback. Shows that investment professionals cannot make good portfolio choices unless they understand the determinants of asset prices. The author sets out an approach to asset pricing in a nonmathematical form that can be comprehensible to a broad range of investment professionals, including investment advisors, money managers, and financial analysts. Series: Princeton Lectures in Finance S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 60 line illus. 84 tables. BIC Classification: KCA; KFFH; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138503
ISBN
9780691138503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Series: The Gorman Lectures in Economics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 36 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691171739
ISBN
9780691171739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.61
€ 53.80

Paperback. Features a selection of writings on economics, philosophy, social theory and policy. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846148132
ISBN
9781846148132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Complements theoretical analysis with detailed discussions of the empirics of the economics of agglomeration, offering a mix of theoretical and empirical research that gives a fresh perspective on spatial disparities. This book provides an introduction to economic geography and includes history and background of the field of spatial economics. Num Pages: 416 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: KCA; KCM; RGCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691139425
ISBN
9780691139425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.84
€ 83.50

Paperback. In this work a political scientist seeks to offer a jargon-free introduction to the market system, for all readers with or without a background in economics. He assesses the character, rules, advantages and shortcomings of the institution co-ordinating modern economic and social life. Series: The Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
8.2.2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300093346
ISBN
9780300093346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

Paperback. Explains the foundations of Bayesian decision theory and shows why Savage restricted the theory's application to small worlds. This title discusses the various philosophical attitudes related to the nature of probability and offers resolutions to paradoxes believed to hinder further progress. Series: The Gorman Lectures in Economics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 43 line illus. BIC Classification: GPQ; KCA; PBUD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Fourth Impression
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149899
ISBN
9780691149899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.01

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

€ 56.89

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