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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 ...
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The Theory Of Taxation And Public Economics
Kaplow, Louis
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691148212
- Páginas: 496
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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The Theory of Taxation and Public Economics presents a unified conceptual framework for analyzing taxation--the first to be systematically developed in several decades. An original treatment of the subject rather than a textbook synthesis, the ...
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Corporate Governance Promises Kept, Promises Broken
Macey, Jonathan
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691148021
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Even in the wake of the biggest financial crash of the postwar era, the United States continues to rely on Securities and Exchange Commission oversight and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which set tougher rules for boards, ...
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Social And Economic Networks
Jackson, Matthew
Princeton University Press (2011)
- EAN: 9780691148205
- Páginas: 520
- Fecha de edición: 2011
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Networks of relationships help determine the careers that people choose, the jobs they obtain, the products they buy, and how they vote. The many aspects of our lives that are governed by social networks make ...
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Awakening Giants, Feet Of Clay "Assessing The Economic Rise Of China And India"
Assessing The Economic Rise Of China And IndiaBardhan, Pranab
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691129945
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention - and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent ...
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Chasing Stars "The Myth Of Talent And The Portability Of Performance"
The Myth Of Talent And The Portability Of PerformanceGroysberg, Boris
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691127200
- Páginas: 464
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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It is taken for granted in the knowledge economy that companies must employ the most talented performers to compete and succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. But Boris ...
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Economic Sociology "A Systematic Inquiry"
A Systematic InquiryPortes, Alejandro
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691142234
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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The sociological study of economic activity has witnessed a significant resurgence. Recent texts have chronicled economic sociology's nineteenth-century origins while pointing to the importance of context and power in economic life, yet the field lacks ...
