wyszukanych pozycji: 18
Does Foreign Exchange Intervention Work?
ISBN: 9780881321043 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. How much impact on exchange rates do central banks have when they buy and sell currencies? According to many analysts, such intervention has no independent impact. This book challenges the conventional wisdom, demonstrating that such intervention can be an effective and extremely important tool for policymakers. Using previously unavailable daily intervention data from the US Federal Reserve and German Bundesbank, the authors show that even "sterilized" intervention -intervention that entails no corresponding changes in monetary policy- has a significant effect. A key element is whether the...
How much impact on exchange rates do central banks have when they buy and sell currencies? According to many analysts, such intervention has no indepe...
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82,32 zł |
NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2011, Volume 8
ISBN: 9780226260358 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 500 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The "NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics" brings together leading American and European economists to discuss a broad range of current issues in global macroeconomics. An international companion to the more American-focused "NBER Macroeconomics Annual," the distinguished ISoM has met annually in Europe for over thirty years. Papers in this year s volume fall into three categories: productivity in the international economy; a view of demand stimulus through the lens of the high level of unemployment that most advanced countries experience in the recent global recession; and nominal...
The "NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics" brings together leading American and European economists to discuss a broad range of current issues...
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205,94 zł |
The Economics of Exchange Rates
ISBN: 9780521485845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book is a survey of exchange-rate economics. Using the latest econometric techniques, it covers the main theories that explain the determination of exchange rates and utilizes recent empirical data on exchange rate behavior.
This book is a survey of exchange-rate economics. Using the latest econometric techniques, it covers the main theories that explain the determination ...
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253,37 zł |
The Right to Privacy: Volume 17, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521786218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays is this volume--written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers--examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles that this right plays in moral philosophy, legal theory, and public policy. Some of the essays discuss possible justifications for privacy rights, basing them on classical liberal principles or the considerations of moral pluralism. Other essays examine the role that privacy plays in American consitutional theory. Still others assess how privacy considerations affect certain issues in medical ethics, such as the proper extent of access to...
The essays is this volume--written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers--examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles ...
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129,81 zł |
Natural Rights Liberalism from Locke to Nozick: Volume 22, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521615143 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of the late Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick, who died in 2002. The publication of Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia in 1974 revived serious interest in natural rights liberalism, which, beginning in the latter half of the eighteenth century, had been eclipsed by a succession of antithetical political theories including utilitarianism, progressivism, and various egalitarian and collectivist ideologies. Some of our contributors critique Nozick's political philosophy. Other contributors examine earlier figures in the liberal tradition,...
This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of the late Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick, who died in 2002. The publication of Nozick's Anar...
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189,12 zł |
Problems of Market Liberalism: Volume 15, Social Philosophy and Policy, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521649919 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume assess the strength and impact of market liberal or libertarian political theory, which, broadly conceived, advocates a more carefully circumscribed role for the state and a greater reliance on the ability of individuals and voluntary, private-sector institutions to confront social problems. They offer insights into the limits of government, develop market-oriented solutions to pressing social problems, and explore some defects in traditional libertarian theory and practice.
The essays in this volume assess the strength and impact of market liberal or libertarian political theory, which, broadly conceived, advocates a more...
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169,34 zł |
Bioethics: Volume 19, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521525268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Fifteen philosophers, social scientists, and academic lawyers assess various aspects of bioethics. Some detail its development and challenge the field's basic assumptions. Others consider bioethics's role in contemporary society and examine it in policy administration as well as in its interaction with other branches of philosophical inquiry. Chapters also focus on specific issues, including the responsibilities of researchers to subjects in clinical trials; the proper criteria for determining when a living organism has died; the allocation of scarce, life-saving medical resources; and the...
Fifteen philosophers, social scientists, and academic lawyers assess various aspects of bioethics. Some detail its development and challenge the field...
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169,83 zł |
Democracy: Volume 17, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521786201 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume explore questions about democracy that are relevant to political philosophy and political theory. Some examine the difficulties involved in determining and carrying out the will of the people; some address questions relating to the kinds of influence citizens can or should have over their representatives. Other essays analyze democratic institutions, while still others examine the relationship between democracy and value pluralism, or consider the suitability of democracy as a form of government in non-Western societies.
The essays in this volume explore questions about democracy that are relevant to political philosophy and political theory. Some examine the difficult...
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129,81 zł |
Freedom of Speech: Volume 21, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521603751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Freedom of expression will, as the essays in this volume illuminate, encounter new and continuing controversies in the twenty-first century. Advances in digital technology raise pressing questions regarding freedom of speech and, with it, intellectual property and privacy rights. Cyberspace looms as a relatively uncharted frontier for free speech and copyright law, and expressive liberties may face their greatest challenge from government efforts to thwart terrorism.
Freedom of expression will, as the essays in this volume illuminate, encounter new and continuing controversies in the twenty-first century. Advances ...
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129,81 zł |
Natural Law and Modern Moral Philosophy: Volume 18, Social Philosophy and Policy, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521794602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume--written by academic lawyers as well as legal and moral philosophers--address some of the most intriguing questions raised by natural law theory and its implications for law, morality, and public policy.
The essays in this volume--written by academic lawyers as well as legal and moral philosophers--address some of the most intriguing questions raised b...
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129,81 zł |
Human Flourishing: Volume 16, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521644716 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume examines human flourishing and its relationship to other key concepts in moral theory. Some essays question whether a theory of human nature can allow us to develop an objective list of goods valuable to all agents. Some look at the role of relationships in a good life, or ask whether an ethical theory based on human flourishing can accommodate concern for others. Other essays analyze the function of social-political institutions in promoting the flourishing of individuals. Still others explore the implications of flourishing for political theory and principles of social justice.
This volume examines human flourishing and its relationship to other key concepts in moral theory. Some essays question whether a theory of human natu...
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189,12 zł |
Self-Interest: Volume 14, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521598927 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. These essays examine the nature of self-interest and the relationship between rationality and morality. Some challenge the assumption that morality is exclusively concerned with the pursuit of the good of others, arguing that self-interest can be a legitimate moral motive. Some ask whether it is possible to resolve the apparent conflict between self-interest and morality by appealing to some third, overarching standard, or by showing that self-regard and regard for others share significant common features or spring from a common source. Others explore the relationship between self-interest...
These essays examine the nature of self-interest and the relationship between rationality and morality. Some challenge the assumption that morality is...
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129,81 zł |
Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Relativism in Ethics: Volume 25, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521719636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 442 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; subjectivists answer that things are good because we desire them. Further, does it make sense to account for moral disagreement by claiming, as the moral relativist does, that something might be good for one person but not for another? Some essays in this book consider whether objective moral truths can be grounded in an understanding of the nature of human beings as rational and social animals. Some discuss the ethical theories of historical...
Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; s...
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169,34 zł |
New Essays in Political and Social Philosophy: Volume 29, Part 1
ISBN: 9781107604537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the fact of human association gives rise to recurrent themes in political and social philosophy. The character and requirements of justice, the profile of political legitimacy, and the relationship between the powers of government and the rights of the governed are some of the subjects of ongoing consideration and debate in the disciplines of philosophy, political theory, economics and law. This volume represents a contribution to the investigation...
Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the...
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174,98 zł |
Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice: Volume 23, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521685993 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 295 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. What constitutes a just tax system, and what are its moral foundations� Should a society's tax regime be designed to achieve a just distribution of wealth among its citizens, or should such a regime be designed to promote economic growth, rising standards of living, and increasing levels of employment� Are these two goals compatible or incompatible� Why should justice not require, or at least lead to, an increase in general prosperity� The essays in this volume examine the history of tax policies and the normative principles that have informed the selection of...
What constitutes a just tax system, and what are its moral foundations� Should a society's tax regime be designed to achieve a just distributio...
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144,09 zł |
Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?: Volume 19, Part 1
ISBN: 9780521005357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. Some consider empirical claims about the amount of equality in modern market economies, assessing the allegation that income and wealth have become more unequally distributed in the past quarter-century. Others consider the extent to which various government initiatives can ameliorate the problems inequality putatively poses. They consider which standards of equality meet the requirements of distributive justice. They also ask if inequality is intrinsically immoral, regardless...
The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. Some consider empirical claims a...
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Moral Obligation: Volume 27, Part 2
ISBN: 9780521168960 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 345 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The notion of obligation occupies a central place in morality. The essays in this volume address this issue.
The notion of obligation occupies a central place in morality. The essays in this volume address this issue.
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174,98 zł |
NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2005
ISBN: 9780262562294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics brings together leading American and European economists to discuss a broad range of current issues in global macroeconomics. An international companion to the more American-focused NBER Macroeconomics Annual, the 2005 volume first explores macroeconomic issues of interest to all advanced economies, then analyzes topical questions concerning the eastward expansion of the European Monetary Union.Jeffrey A. Frankel is James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Economic Growth at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of... The NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics brings together leading American and European economists to discuss a broad range of current issue... |
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248,56 zł |