Libros de: Princeton University Press
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The Hesitant Hand "Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic Ideas"
Taming Self-Interest in the History of Economic IdeasMedema, Steven G.
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691150000
- Páginas: 248
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself - not by government - led, via an invisible hand, to the ...
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The Economics of Linguistic Diversity "How Many Languages Make Sense?"
How Many Languages Make Sense?Ginsburgh, Victor Weber, Shlomo
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691136899
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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In the global economy, linguistic diversity influences economic and political development as well as public policies in positive and negative ways. It leads to financial costs, communication barriers, divisions in national unity, and, in some ...
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Unified Growth Theory
Galor, Oded
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691130026
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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For most of the vast span of human history, economic growth was all but nonexistent. Then, about two centuries ago, some nations began to emerge from this epoch of economic stagnation, experiencing sustained economic growth ...
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Guaranteed to Fail "Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage Finance"
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Debacle of Mortgage FinanceAcharya, Viral V.
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691150789
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The financial collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2008 led to one of the most sweeping government interventions in private financial markets in history. The bailout has already cost American taxpayers close to ...
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The New Global Rulers "The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy"
The Privatization of Regulation in the World EconomyButhe, Tim Mattli, Walter
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691144795
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Over the past two decades, governments have delegated extensive regulatory authority to international private-sector organizations. This internationalization and privatization of rule making has been motivated not only by the economic benefits of common rules for ...
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Exchange-Rate Dynamics
Evans, Martin D.D.
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691150895
- Páginas: 600
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Variations in the foreign exchange market influence all aspects of the world economy, and understanding these dynamics is one of the great challenges of international economics. This book provides a new, comprehensive, and in-depth examination ...
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The End of the West "The Once and Future Europe"
The Once and Future EuropeMarquand, David
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691141596
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain ...
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Blind Spots. "Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About it"
Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do About itBazerman, Max H. Tenbrunsel, Ann E.
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691147505
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In "Blind Spots", leading business ...
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The Economics of Enough. "How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters"
How to Run the Economy as If the Future MattersCoyle, Diane
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691145181
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The world's leading economies are facing not just one but many crises. The financial meltdown may not be over, climate change threatens major global disruption, economic inequality has reached extremes not seen for a century, ...
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Beyond Mechanical Markets "Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the State"
Asset Price Swings, Risk, and the Role of the StateFrydman, Roman Goldberg, Michael D.
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691145778
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. The problem, Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg ...
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Debtor Nation. "The History of America in Red Ink"
The History of America in Red InkHyman, Louis
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691140681
- Páginas: 392
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Before the twentieth century, personal debt resided on the fringes of the American economy, the province of small-time criminals and struggling merchants. By the end of the century, however, the most profitable corporations and banks ...
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Mafias on the Move "How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories"
How Organized Crime Conquers New TerritoriesVarese, Federico
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691128559
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New ...
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The Machiavellian Moment "Florentine Political Thought And The Atlantic Republican Traditi"
Florentine Political Thought And The Atlantic Republican TraditiPocock, John Greville
Princeton University Press (2003)
- EAN: 9780691114729
- Páginas: 648
- Fecha de edición: 2003
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"The Machiavellian Moment" is a classic study of the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness of the ideal of the classical republic revived by Machiavelli and other thinkers of Renaissance Italy. J.G.A. Pocock suggests ...
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The Big Ditch "How America Took, Built, Ran, And Ultimately Gave Away The Panam"
How America Took, Built, Ran, And Ultimately Gave Away The PanamMaurer, Noel Yu, Carlos
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691147383
- Páginas: 438
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The ...
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Numerical Algorithms For Personalized Search In Self-Organizing Information Networks
Kamvar, Sep
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691145037
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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This book lays out the theoretical groundwork for personalized search and reputation management, both on the Web and in peer-to-peer and social networks. Representing much of the foundational research in this field, the book develops ...
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The Crisis Of The Twelfth Century Power, Lordship, And The Origins Of European Goverment
Bisson, Thomas N.
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691147956
- Páginas: 720
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Medieval civilization came of age in thunderous events like the Norman Conquest and the First Crusade. Power fell into the hands of men around castles who imposed coercive new lordships in quest of nobility, heedless ...
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Nonplussed Mathematical Proof Of Implausible Ideas
Havil, Julian
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691148229
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true: Conclusions that, for example, ...
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Economists And Societies Discipline And Profession In The United States Britain, And France 1890s 1990s
Fourcade, Marion
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691148038
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Economists and Societies is the first book to systematically compare the profession of economics in the United States, Britain, and France, and to explain why economics, far from being a uniform science, differs in important ...
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Plight Of The Fortune Tellers "Why We Need To Manage Financial Risk Differently"
Why We Need To Manage Financial Risk DifferentlyRebonato, Riccardo
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691148175
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Today's top financial professionals have come to rely on ever-more sophisticated mathematics in their attempts to come to grips with financial risk. But this excessive reliance on quantitative precision is misleading--and puts everyone at risk. ...
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Portfolios Of The Poor "How The World'S Poor Live On 2 Dollars a Day"
How The World'S Poor Live On 2 Dollars a DayCollins, Daryl
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691148199
- Páginas: 312
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you ...