Libros de: Princeton University Press
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Reverse Mathematics "Proofs from the Inside Out"
Stillwell, John
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691177175
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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This book presents reverse mathematics to a general mathematical audience for the first time. Reverse mathematics is a new field that answers some old questions. In the two thousand years that mathematicians have been deriving ...
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Measuring Tomorrow "Accounting for Well-Being, Resilience, and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century "
Laurent, Eloi
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691170695
- Páginas: 219
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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How moving beyond GDP will improve well-being and sustainability
Never before in human history have we produced so much data, and this empirical revolution has shaped economic research and policy profoundly. But are we ... -
Unequal Gains "American Growth and Inequality Since 1700 "
Lindert, Peter Williamson, Jeffrey G.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178271
- Páginas: 424
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Unequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today.
While other economic historians ... -
Ten Great Ideas about Chance
Diaconis, Persi Skyrms, Brian
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691174167
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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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 ... -
Capitalism "A Short History"
Kocka, Jürgen
Princeton University Press (2016)
- EAN: 9780691178226
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha de edición: 2016
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In this authoritative and accessible book, one of the world's most renowned historians provides a concise and comprehensive history of capitalism within a global perspective from its medieval origins to the 2008 financial crisis and ...
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Taxing the Rich "A History of Fiscal Fairness in the United States and Europe"
Scheve, Kenneth Stasavage, David
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178295
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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In today's social climate of acknowledged and growing inequality, why are there not greater efforts to tax the rich? In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage ask when and why countries ...
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Financial Decisions and Markets " A Course in Asset Pricing "
Campbell, John
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691160801
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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From the field's leading authority, the most authoritative and comprehensive advanced-level textbook on asset pricing
In Financial Decisions and Markets, John Campbell, one of the fields most respected authorities, provides a broad graduate-level ... -
The Confidence Trap "A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War I to the Present"
Runciman, David
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178134
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Why do democracies keep lurching from success to failure? The current financial crisis is just the latest example of how things continue to go wrong, just when it looked like they were going right. In ...
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The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve
Conti-Brown, Peter
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178387
- Páginas: 360
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? ...
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Peddling Protectionism "Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression"
Irwin, Douglas
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178066
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which raised U.S. duties on hundreds of imported goods to record levels, is America's most infamous trade law. It is often associated with--and sometimes blamed for--the onset of the Great ...
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Why Minsky Matters "An Introduction to the Work of a Maverick Economist"
Wray, L. Randall
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178400
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Perhaps no economist was more vindicated by the global financial crisis than Hyman P. Minsky (1919-96). Although a handful of economists raised alarms as early as 2000, Minsky's warnings began a half-century earlier, with writings ...
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Big Mind "How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World "
Mulgan, Geoff
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691170794
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This "bigger ...
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Economics for the Common Good
Tirole, Jean
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691175164
- Páginas: 584
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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From Nobel Prize-winning economist Jean Tirole, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society
When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in ... -
Capitalism without Capital "The Rise of the Intangible Economy"
Haskel, Jonathan Westlake, Stian
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691175034
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The first comprehensive account of the growing dominance of the intangible economy
Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more ... -
Money Changes Everything "How Finance Made Civilization Possible"
Goetzmann, William N.
Princeton University Press
- EAN: 9780691178370
- Páginas: 0
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In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William ...
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The Language of Global Success "How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations"
Neeley, Tsedal
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691175379
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley ...
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The Diversity Bonus "How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy"
Page, Scott E.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691176888
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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How businesses and other organizations can improve their performance by tapping the power of differences in how people think
What if workforce diversity is more than simply the right thing to do in order ... -
The Infidel and the Professor "David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought "
Rasmussen, Dennis C.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691177014
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships-and how it influenced modern thought
David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he ... -
The Curse of Cash "How Large-Denomination Bills Aid Crime and Tax Evasion and Constrain Monetary Policy "
Rogoff, Kenneth S.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178363
- Páginas: 303
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Is Different, "a fascinating and important book" (Ben Bernanke) about phasing out most paper money to fight crime and tax evasion--and to battle financial crises ...
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The Development Dilemma "Security, Prosperity, and a Return to History "
Bates, Robert H.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691167350
- Páginas: 200
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Reassessing the developing world through the lens of Europe's past
Today's developing nations emerged from the rubble of the Second World War. Only a handful of these countries have subsequently attained a level of ...