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The European Guilds "An Economic Analysis"
Ogilvie, Sheilagh
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691137544
- Páginas: 672
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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A comprehensive analysis of European craft guilds through eight centuries of economic history
Guilds ruled many crafts and trades from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution, and have always attracted debate and controversy. ... -
Why Not Default? "The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt"
Roos, Jerome
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691180106
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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How creditors came to wield unprecedented power over heavily indebted countries'and the dangers this poses to democracy
The European debt crisis has rekindled long-standing debates about the power of finance and the fraught relationship ... -
Love, Money, and Parenting "How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids"
Doepke, Matthias Zilibotti, Fabrizio
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691171517
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequality
Parents everywhere want their children to be happy and do well. Yet how parents seek to achieve this ... -
The Discrete Charm of the Machine "Why the World Became Digital"
Steiglitz, Ken
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691179438
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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The genesis of the digital idea and why it transformed civilization
A few short decades ago, we were informed by the smooth signals of analog television and radio; we communicated using our analog telephones; ... -
Fraud "An American History from Barnum to Madoff"
Balleisen, Edward J.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691183077
- Páginas: 496
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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In America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of distinguishing salesmanship from deceit. In this sweeping narrative, Edward Balleisen traces the history ...
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The Power of Networks "Six Principles That Connect Our Lives"
Brinton, Christopher G. Chiang, Mung
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691183305
- Páginas: 328
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order search results? Why do Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube use fundamentally different rating and recommendation methods'and why does it matter? Is ...
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Masters of Craft "Old Jobs in the New Urban Economy"
Ocejo, Richard E.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691183190
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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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 and culturally ... -
Just Giving "Why Philanthropy Is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better"
Reich, Rob
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691183497
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy
Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to todays democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for societys benefit, Just Giving ... -
On Freedom
Sunstein, Cass R.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691191157
- Páginas: 136
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a brisk, provocative book that shows what freedom really means'and requires'today
In this pathbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein asks us to rethink ... -
99 Variations on a Proof
Ording, Philip
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691158839
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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An exploration of mathematical style through 99 different proofs of the same theorem
This book offers a multifaceted perspective on mathematics by demonstrating 99 different proofs of the same theorem. Each chapter solves an ... -
Microeconomics for Managers
Kreps, David M.
Princeton University Press (2019)
- EAN: 9780691182698
- Páginas: 520
- Fecha de edición: 2019
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A thoroughly revised new edition of a leading textbook that equips MBA students with the powerful tools of economics
This is a thoroughly revised and substantially streamlined new edition of a leading textbook that ... -
Optimal Transport Methods in Economics
Galichon, Alfred
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183466
- Páginas: 184
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Optimal Transport Methods in Economics is the first textbook on the subject written especially for students and researchers in economics. Optimal transport theory is used widely to solve problems in mathematics and some areas of ...
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Condensed Matter in a Nutshell
Mahan, Gerald D.
Princeton University Press (2010)
- EAN: 9780691140162
- Páginas: 592
- Fecha de edición: 2010
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Condensed Matter in a Nutshell is the most concise, accessible, and self-contained introduction to this exciting and cutting-edge area of modern physics. This premier textbook covers all the standard topics, including crystal structures, energy bands, ...
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Digital Renaissance "What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture"
Waldfogel, Joel
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691162829
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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How digital technology is upending the traditional creative industries'and why that might be a good thing
The digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries'music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ... -
The Internet Trap "How the Digital Economy Builds Monopolies and Undermines Democracy"
Hindman, Matthew
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691159263
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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A book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the online economy
The internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible. Instead, behemoths like Google and Facebook now dominate the ... -
Dark Commerce "How a New Illicit Economy Is Threatening Our Future"
Shelley, Louise I.
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691170183
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Though mankind has traded tangible goods for millennia, recent technology has changed the fundamentals of trade, in both legitimate and illegal economies. In the past three decades, the most advanced forms of illicit trade have ...
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Gods and Robots "Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology"
Mayor, Adrienne
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183510
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life'and even invented real automated machines
The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. ... -
The Mathematics of Secrets "Cryptography from Caesar Ciphers to Digital Encryption"
Holden, Joshua
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183312
- Páginas: 392
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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The Mathematics of Secrets takes readers on a fascinating tour of the mathematics behind cryptography'the science of sending secret messages. Most books about cryptography are organized historically, or around how codes and ciphers have been ...
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The Sum of Small Things "A Theory of the Aspirational Class"
Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183176
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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In todays world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed ...
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Capitalism without Capital "The Rise of the Intangible Economy"
Haskel, Jonathan Westlake, Stian
Princeton University Press (2018)
- EAN: 9780691183299
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha de edición: 2018
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Early in the twenty-first century, a quiet revolution occurred. For the first time, the major developed economies began to invest more in intangible assets, like design, branding, R&D, and software, than in tangible assets, like ...
