Libros de: Princeton University Press
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Democratic Capitalism at the Crossroads "Technological Change and the Future of Politics"
Boix, Carles
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691190983
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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The twentieth century witnessed the triumph of democratic capitalism in the industrialized West, with widespread popular support for both free markets and representative elections. Today, that political consensus appears to be breaking down, disrupted by ...
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The Infidel and the Professor "David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought"
Rasmussen, Dennis C.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691192284
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as 'the Great Infidel' for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to ...
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Priced Out "The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care"
Reinhardt, Uwe E.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691192178
- Páginas: 232
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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Uwe Reinhardt was a towering figure and moral conscience of health care policy in the United States and beyond. Famously bipartisan, he advised presidents and Congress on health reform and originated central features of the ...
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Darkness by Design "The Hidden Power in Global Capital Markets"
Mattli, Walter
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691180663
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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Capital markets have undergone a dramatic transformation in the past two decades. Algorithmic high-speed supercomputing has replaced traditional floor trading and human market makers, while centralized exchanges that once ensured fairness and transparency have fragmented ...
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Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers
Xuetong, Yan
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691190082
- Páginas: 280
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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While work in international relations has closely examined the decline of great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their rise. The upward trajectory of China is a particularly puzzling case. ...
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Trade in the Ancient Mediterranean "Private Order and Public Institutions"
Terpstra, Taco
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691172088
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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From around 700 BCE until the first centuries CE, the Mediterranean enjoyed steady economic growth through trade, reaching a level not to be regained until the early modern era. This process of growth coincided with ...
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Patient Capital "The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing"
Ivashina, Victoria Lerner, Josh
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691186733
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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How to overcome barriers to the long-term investments that are essential for solving the worlds biggest problems
There has never been a greater need for long-term investments to tackle the worlds most difficult problems, ... -
Markets, Games, and Strategic Behavior "An Introduction to Experimental Economics"
Holt, Charles A.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691179247
- Páginas: 696
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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From a pioneer in experimental economics, an expanded and updated edition of a textbook that brings economic experiments into the classroom
Economics is rapidly becoming a more experimental science, and the best way to ... -
Adaptive Markets "Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought"
Lo, Andrew W.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691191362
- Páginas: 504
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behavior
Half of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists cant agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern ... -
Economics in Two Lessons "Why Markets Work So Well, and Why They Can Fail So Badly"
Quiggin, John
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691154947
- Páginas: 408
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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A masterful introduction to the key ideas behind the successes'and failures'of free-market economics
Since 1946, Henry Hazlitts bestselling Economics in One Lesson has popularized the belief that economics can be boiled down to one ... -
The End of Theory "Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction"
Bookstaber, Richard
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691191850
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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An in-depth look at how to account for the human complexities at the heart of today's financial system
Our economy may have recovered from the Great Recession'but not our economics. In The End of ... -
The Fate of Rome "Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire"
Harper, Kyle
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691192062
- Páginas: 440
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire
Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of ... -
The Tyranny of Metrics
Muller, Jerry Z.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691191911
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens our schools, medical care, businesses, and government
Today, organizations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that the path to success is quantifying human performance, ... -
The Diversity Bonus "How Great Teams Pay Off in the Knowledge Economy"
Page, Scott E.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691191539
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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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? What if ... -
A Lot of People Are Saying "The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy "
Muirhead, Russell Rosenblum, Nancy L.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691188836
- Páginas: 210
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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How the new conspiracists are undermining democracy-and what can be done about it
Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new-conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has ... -
Economics for the Common Good
Tirole, Jean
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691192253
- Páginas: 566
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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From the Nobel Prize-winning economist, a bold new agenda for the role of economics in society
When Jean Tirole won the Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street ... -
Private Government "How Employers Rule Our Lives (And Why We Don't Talk About It) "
Anderson, Elizabeth
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691192246
- Páginas: 224
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments--and why we can't see it
One in four American workers says their workplace is a "dictatorship." Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized ... -
How Global Currencies Work "Past, Present, and Future "
Chitu, Livia Eichengreen, Barry Mehl, Arnaud
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691191867
- Páginas: 250
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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A powerful new understanding of global currency trends, including the rise of the Chinese yuan
At first glance, the modern history of the global economic system seems to support the long-held view that the ... -
Data Visualization "A Practical Introduction"
Healy, Kieran
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691181622
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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An accessible primer on how to create effective graphics from data
This book provides students and researchers a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization. It explains what makes some graphs ... -
Empires of the Weak "The Real Story of European Expansion and the Creation of the New World Order"
Sharman, J.C.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691182797
- Páginas: 216
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world order
What accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of ...