Libros de: Princeton University Press

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  • Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism

    Case, Anne Deaton,Angus

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691190785
    • Páginas: 312
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    From economist Anne Case and Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton, a groundbreaking account of how the flaws in capitalism are fatal for America's working class

    Life expectancy in the United States has recently fallen ...

  • Meeting Globalization's Challenges "Policies to Make Trade Work for All"

    Catao, Luis A.V. Obstfeld, Maurice

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691188935
    • Páginas: 280
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    Leading economists propose solutions to the problems of globalization

    Globalization has expanded economic opportunities throughout the world, but it has also left many people feeling dispossessed, disenfranchised, and angry. Luìs Catão and Maurice Obstfeld ...

  • Markets, State, and People "Economics of Public Policy"

    Coyle, Diane

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691179261
    • Páginas: 376
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resources

    While economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend ...

  • Under the Influence "Putting Peer Pressure to Work"

    Frank, Robert H.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691193083
    • Páginas: 296
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, bold new ideas for creating environments that promise a brighter future

    Psychologists have long understood that social environments profoundly shape our behavior, sometimes ...

  • Dark Data "Why What You Don't Know Matters"

    Hand, David J.

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691182377
    • Páginas: 336
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A practical guide to making good decisions in a world of missing data

    In the era of big data, it is easy to imagine that we have all the information we need to make ...

  • Going the Distance "Eurasian Trade and the Rise of the Business Corporation, 1400-1700"

    Harris, Ron

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691150772
    • Páginas: 400
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    A historical look at the early evolution of global trade and how this led to the creation and dominance of the European business corporation

    Before the seventeenth century, trade across Eurasia was mostly conducted ...

  • The Lost History of Liberalism "From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century"

    Rosenblatt, Helena

    Princeton University Press (2020)

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    • EAN: 9780691203966
    • Páginas: 350
    • Fecha de edición: 2020

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    The changing face of the liberal creed from the ancient world to today

    The Lost History of Liberalism challenges our most basic assumptions about a political creed that has become a rallying cry-and a ...

  • A Republic of Equals "A Manifesto for a Just Society"

    Rothwell, Jonathan Townsend

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691183763
    • Páginas: 392
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    Why political inequality is to blame for economic and social injustice

    Political equality is the most basic tenet of democracy. Yet in America and other democratic nations, those with political power have special access ...

  • The Outsiders "Refugees in Europe Since 1492"

    Ther, Philipp

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691179520
    • Páginas: 304
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    The history of Europe as a continent of refugees

    European history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee movement since 1492, when the Catholic rulers of Spain set in motion ...

  • The Passions and the Interests "Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph"

    Hirschman, A.

    Princeton University Press (2013)

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    • EAN: 9780691160252
    • Páginas: 161
    • Fecha de edición: 2013

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    In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests--so long condemned as the deadly sin ...

  • Dark Matter Credit "The Development of Peer-to-Peer Lending and Banking in France"

    Hoffman, Philip T. Postel-Vinay, Gilles Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691182179
    • Páginas: 303
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    How a vast network of shadow credit financed European growth long before the advent of banking

    Prevailing wisdom dictates that, without banks, countries would be mired in poverty. Yet somehow much of Europe managed ...

  • Ten Great Ideas About Chance

    Diaconis, Persi Skyrms, Brian

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691196398
    • Páginas: 230
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    A fascinating account of the breakthrough ideas that transformed probability and statistics

    In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, ...

  • American Default "The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle Over Gold "

    Edwards, Sebastian

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691196046
    • Páginas: 250
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    The untold story of how FDR did the unthinkable to save the American economy

    The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet ...

  • Curves for the Mathematically Curious "An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic "

    Havil, Julian

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691180052
    • Páginas: 260
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writers

    Curves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, ...

  • The Nobel Factor "The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn "

    Offer, Avner Soderberg, Gabriel

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691196312
    • Páginas: 325
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    How the creation of the Nobel Prize in Economics changed the economics profession, Sweden, and the world

    Our confidence in markets comes from economics, and our confidence in economics is underpinned by the Nobel ...

  • Tales of Impossibility "The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity "

    Richeson, David S.

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691192963
    • Páginas: 436
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    A comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematics

    "Tying together Lincoln, Napoleon, dramatic duels, and amazing intellectual achievements spanning more than two millenia, Tales of Impossibility presents a terrific story. ...

  • Straight Talk on Trade "Ideas for a Sane World Economy "

    Rodrik, Dani

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691196084
    • Páginas: 320
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    An honest discussion of free trade and how nations can sensibly chart a path forward in today's global economy

    Not so long ago the nation-state seemed to be on its deathbed, condemned to irrelevance ...

  • Artificial You "AI and the Future of Your Mind "

    Schneider, Susan

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691180144
    • Páginas: 180
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    A sober-minded philosophical exploration of what AI can and cannot achieve

    Humans may not be Earth's most intelligent beings for much longer: the world champions of chess, Go, and Jeopardy! are now all AIs. ...

  • Unelected Power "The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State"

    Tucker, Paul

    Princeton University Press (2019)

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    • EAN: 9780691196305
    • Páginas: 640
    • Fecha de edición: 2019

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    How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracy

    Unelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the ...

  • Female Labor Supply "Theory and Estimation"

    Smith, James P.

    Princeton University Press (2014)

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    • EAN: 9780691616223
    • Páginas: 398
    • Fecha de edición: 2014

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    This collection of original essays brings econometric theory to bear on the problem of estimating the labor force participation of women. Five scholars here examine, both theoretically and empirically, the determinants of women's wages in ...