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Inventing The Electronic Century
Chandler, Alfred
Harvard University Press (2005)
- EAN: 9780674018051
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2005
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Consumer electronics and computers redefined life and work in the twentieth century. In Inventing the Electronic Century, Pulitzer Prize-winning business historian Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. traces their origins and worldwide development. From electronics prime mover ...
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A Failure Of Capitalism
Posner, Richard A.
Harvard University Press (2009)
- EAN: 9780674035140
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2009
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The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 is the most alarming of our lifetime, if only because of the warp-speed at which it is occurring. How could it have happened, especially after all ...
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Better Living Through Economics
Siegfried, John J.
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674036185
- Páginas: 324
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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"Better Living Through Economics" consists of twelve case studies that demonstrate how economic research has improved economic and social conditions over the past half century by influencing public policy decisions. Economists were obviously instrumental in ...
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Natural Experiments Of History
Diamond, Jared Robinson, James A.
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674035577
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the ...
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The Creation And Destruction Of Value "The Globalization Cycle"
The Globalization CycleJames, Harold
Harvard University Press (2009)
- EAN: 9780674035843
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2009
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Harold James examines the vulnerability and fragility of processes of globalization, both historically and in the present. This book applies lessons from past breakdowns of globalization - above all in the Great Depression - to ...
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The Return To Keynes
Bateman, Bradley Hirai, Toshiaki
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674035386
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Keynesian economics, which proposed that the government could use monetary and fiscal policy to help the economy avoid the extremes of recession and inflation, held sway for thirty years after World War II. However, it ...
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The Shock Of The Global "The 1970s In Perspective"
The 1970s In PerspectiveFerguson, Niall Maier, Charles S.
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674049048
- Páginas: 390
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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A stellar group of authors tackles the transformation of the world in the 1970s, showing how the decade should be seen as ushering in the contemporary global age. Ranging from the end of U.S. economic ...
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The Ideologies Of Taxation
Eisenstein, Louis
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674046115
- Páginas: 220
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Originally published in 1961, "The Ideologies of Taxation" is a classic of taxation - a long-unavailable volume that remains uniquely applicable today. Louis Eisenstein starts from the idea that the tax system in a democracy ...
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Neoconservatism
Vaisse, Justin
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674050518
- Páginas: 350
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Neoconservatism has undergone a transformation that has made a clear identity almost impossible to capture. The Republican foreign policy operatives of the George W. Bush era seem far removed from the early liberal intellectuals who ...
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Allies Of The State China'S Private Entrepreneurs And Democratic Change
Chen, Jie Dickson, Bruce
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674048966
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Jie Chen and Bruce Dickson draw on extensive fieldwork as they explore the extent to which China's private sector supports democracy, surveying more than 2,000 entrepreneurs in five coastal provinces with over 70 per cent ...
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Socially Inclusive Business In Latin America
Berger, Gabriel Marquez, Patricia Reficco, Ezequiel
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674053366
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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The idea that market mechanisms can mobilize social change by engaging the poor in win-win scenarios is gaining increased world attention. Companies, social sector organizations, and development agencies are all beginning to glean the potential ...
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The Colombian Economy In The 20th Century "A Quantitative Analysis"
A Quantitative AnalysisRobinson, James A.
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674053380
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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This wide-ranging book looks at many aspects of Colombia's recent economic history, from foreign trade to fiscal policy. The editors have assembled a who's who of Colombian economic thinkers, including Adolfo Meisel, Roberto Junguito, and ...
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Jealousy Of Trade International Competition And The Nation-State In Historical Perspective
Hont, Istvan
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674055773
- Páginas: 560
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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This collection explores eighteenth-century theories of international market competition that continue to be relevant for the twenty-first century. 'Jealousy of Trade' refers to a particular conjunction between politics and the economy that emerged when success ...
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Valuing Children Rethinking The Economics Of The Family
Folbre, Nancy
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674047273
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets - primarily for the pleasure of their company. Children become the workers and taxpayers of the ...
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What Children Need
Waldfogel, Jane
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674046405
- Páginas: 278
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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What do children need to grow and develop? And how can their needs be met when parents work? Emphasizing the importance of parental choice, quality of care, and work opportunities, economist Jane Waldfogel guides readers ...
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Revolutionary Commerce "Globalization And The French Monarchy"
Globalization And The French MonarchyCheney, Paul
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674047266
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. The discovery of the New World and the ...
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The Crisis Of Capitalist Democracy
Posner, Richard A.
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674055742
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Following up on his timely and well-received book, A Failure of Capitalism, Richard Posner steps back to take a longer view of the continuing crisis of democratic capitalism as the American and world economies crawl ...
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Brand New China Advertising Media And Commercial Culture
Wang, Jing
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674047082
- Páginas: 432
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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One part riveting account of fieldwork and one part rigorous academic study, "Brand New China" offers a unique perspective on the advertising and marketing culture of China. Jing Wang's experiences in the disparate worlds of ...
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The Mystery Of Economic Growth
Helpman, Elhanan
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674046054
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Far more than an intellectual puzzle for pundits, economists, and policymakers, economic growth - its makings and workings - is a subject that affects the well-being of billions of people around the globe. In "The ...
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The Dismal Science How Thinking Like An Economist Udermines Community
Marglin, Stephen
Harvard University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780674047228
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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See "Stephen Marglin on the Future of Capitalism" at FORA.tv. Economists celebrate the market as a device for regulating human interaction without acknowledging that their enthusiasm depends on a set of half-truths: that individuals are ...
