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Democracy for Realists "Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government"
Achen, Christopher H. Bartels, Larry
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178240
- Páginas: 407
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.
Christopher ... -
The Gunpowder Age "China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History"
Andrade, Tonio
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178141
- Páginas: 448
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind ...
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The Myth of Independence "How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve"
Binder, Sarah Spindel, Mark
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691163192
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Born out of crisis a century ago, the Federal Reserve has become the most powerful macroeconomic policymaker and financial regulator in the world. The Myth of Independence traces the Feds transformation from a weak, secretive, ...
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Success and Luck "Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy"
Frank, Robert H.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691178301
- Páginas: 208
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts everyone, and what we can ...
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Money "Whence It Came, Where It Went"
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691171661
- Páginas: 392
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Money is nothing more than what is commonly exchanged for goods or services, so why has understanding it become so complicated? In Money, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith cuts through the confusions surrounding the subject ...
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The Culture of Contentment
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691171654
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In The Culture of Contentment, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class-not the privileged few but the socially and economically advantaged ...
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Economics in Perspective "A Critical History"
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691171647
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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In Economics in Perspective, renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith presents a compelling and accessible history of economic ideas, from Aristotle through the twentieth century. Examining theories of the past that have a continuing modern resonance, ...
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth "Standard of Living Since the Civil War "
Gordon, Robert J.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691175805
- Páginas: 784
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But ...
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Anatomy of Satire
Highet, Gilbert
Princeton University Press (2015)
- EAN: 9780691619415
- Páginas: 338
- Fecha de edición: 2015
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Literary satire assumes three main forms: monologue, parody, and narrative (some fictional, some dramatic). This book by Gilbert Highet is a study of these forms, their meaning, their variation, their powers. Its scope is the ...
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Visions of Empire "How Five Imperial Regimes Shaped the World "
Kumar, Krishnan
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691153636
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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What the rulers of empire can teach us about navigating today's increasingly interconnected world
The empires of the past were far-flung experiments in multinationalism and multiculturalism, and have much to teach us ... -
Mathematics for Physics and Physicists
Appel, Walter
Princeton University Press (2007)
- EAN: 9780691131023
- Páginas: 672
- Fecha de edición: 2007
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What can a physicist gain by studying mathematics? By gathering together everything a physicist needs to know about mathematics in one comprehensive and accessible guide, this is the question Mathematics for Physics and Physicists successfully ...
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The Sum of Small Things "A Theory of the Aspirational Class"
Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691162737
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us all
In todays world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. ... -
Beating the Odds "Jump-Starting Developing Countries"
Monga, Célestin Yifu Lin, Justin
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691176055
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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How poor countries can ignite economic growth without waiting for global action or the creation of ideal local conditions
Contrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth ... -
Masters of Craft "Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy"
Ocejo, Richard E.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691165493
- Páginas: 369
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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How educated and culturally savvy young people are transforming traditionally low-status manual labor jobs into elite taste-making occupations
In todays new economy'in which 'good' jobs are typically knowledge or technology based'many well-educated ... -
The Happiness Philosophers "The Lives and Works of the Great Utilitarians"
Schultz, Bart
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691154770
- Páginas: 456
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders
In The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of ... -
Between Debt and the Devil "Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance"
Turner, Adair
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691175980
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets ...
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The First Serious Optimist "A. C. Pigou and the Birth of Welfare Economics"
Kumekawa, Ian
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691163482
- Páginas: 352
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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A groundbreaking intellectual biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential economists
The First Serious Optimist is an intellectual biography of the British economist A. C. Pigou (1877-1959), a founder of welfare economics ... -
Philosophy of Mathematics
Linnebo, Oystein
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691161402
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading contemporary scholars
Mathematics is one of humanity's most successful yet puzzling endeavors. It is a model of precision ... -
Adaptive Markets "Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought"
Lo, Andrew W.
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691135144
- Páginas: 220
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists ...
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Money Talks "Explaining How Money Really Works"
Bandelj, Nina Wherry, Frederick F. Zelizer, Viviana
Princeton University Press (2017)
- EAN: 9780691168685
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2017
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The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make ...
