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The Cash Ceiling "Why Only the Rich Run for Office--and What We Can Do about It"
Carnes, Nicholas
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691182001
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about it
Why are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the ... -
Millions, Billions, Zillions "Defending Yourself in a World of Too Many Numbers"
Kernighan, Brian W.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691182773
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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An essential guide to recognizing bogus numbers and misleading data
Numbers are often intimidating, confusing, and even deliberately deceptive'especially when they are really big. The media loves to report on millions, billions, and trillions, ... -
On the Future "Prospects for Humanity"
Rees, Martin
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180441
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees
Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and ... -
The Great Leveler "Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century"
Scheidel, Walter
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183251
- Páginas: 528
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history
Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, ... -
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies "A Comprehensive Introduction "
Bonneau, Joseph Felten, Edward Goldfeder, Steven Miller, Andrew Narayanan, Arvind
Princeton University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780691171692
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies provides a comprehensive introduction to the revolutionary yet often misunderstood new technologies of digital currency. Whether you are a student, software developer, tech entrepreneur, or researcher in computer science, this authoritative ...
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Keys to the City "How Economics, Institutions, Social Interactions, and Politics Shape Development "
Storper, M.
Princeton University Press (2013)
- EAN: 9780691143118
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2013
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Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael Storper, one of the world's leading economic ...
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GDP A Brief but Affectionate History "Revised and expanded edition "
Coyle, Diane
Princeton University Press (2015)
- EAN: 9780691169859
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha de edición: 2015
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Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013-or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ...
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Liberalism "The Life of an Idea"
Fawcett, Edmund
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180380
- Páginas: 536
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Despite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics, liberalism is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what ...
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The Republic of Beliefs "A New Approach to Law and Economics"
Basu, Kaushik
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691177687
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the law
In The Republic of Beliefs, Kaushik Basu, one of the world's leading economists, argues that the traditional economic analysis ... -
The Infinite Desire for Growth
Cohen, Daniel
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691172538
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Why societys expectation of economic growth is no longer realistic
Economic growth--and the hope of better things to come'is the religion of the modern world. Yet its prospects have become bleak, with crashes following ... -
American Default "The Untold Story of FDR, the Supreme Court, and the Battle over Gold"
Edwards, Sebastian
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691161884
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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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 ... -
Small Wars, Big Data "The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict"
Berman, Eli Felter, Joseph H. Shapiro, Jacob N.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691177076
- Páginas: 408
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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How a new understanding of warfare can help the military fight todays conflicts more effectively
The way wars are fought has changed starkly over the past sixty years. International military campaigns used to play ... -
Totally Random "Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics (A Serious Comic on Entanglement)"
Bub, Jeffrey Bub, Tanya
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691176956
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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An eccentric comic about the central mystery of quantum mechanics
Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to really understand the central mystery of quantum mechanics--entanglement: what it is, what ... -
A Culture of Growth "The Origins of the Modern Economy "
Mokyr, Joel.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180960
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial Revolution
During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made ... -
How Growth Really Happens "The Making of Economic Miracles through Production, Governance, and Skills"
Best, Michael H.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691179254
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A groundbreaking study that shows how countries can create innovative, production-based economies for the twenty-first century
Achieving economic growth is one of today's key challenges. In this groundbreaking book, Michael Best argues that to ... -
Currency Power "Understanding Monetary Rivalry"
Cohen, Benjamin
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691181066
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Monetary rivalry is a fact of life in the world economy. Intense competition between international currencies like the US dollar, Europe's euro, and the Chinese yuan is profoundly political, going to the heart of the ...
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A World of Struggle "How Power, Law, and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy"
Kennedy, David
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180878
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A World of Struggle reveals the role of expert knowledge in our political and economic life. As politicians, citizens, and experts engage one another on a technocratic terrain of irresolvable argument and uncertain knowledge, a ...
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#Republic "Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media"
Sunstein, Cass R.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691180908
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nudge and The World According to Star Wars, a revealing account of how today's Internet threatens democracy'and what can be done about it
As the Internet ... -
Unelected Power "The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory State"
Tucker, Paul
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691176734
- Páginas: 656
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Guiding principles for ensuring that central bankers and other unelected policymakers remain stewards of the common good
Central bankers have emerged from the financial crisis as the third great pillar of unelected power alongside ... -
Pricing Lives "Guideposts for a Safer Society"
Viscusi, Kip W.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691179216
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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How societys undervaluing of life puts all of us at risk'and the groundbreaking economic measure that can fix it
Like it or not, sometimes we need to put a monetary value on people's lives. ...
