ilość książek w kategorii: 1496
Making Sense of a Changing Economy: Technology, Markets and Morals
ISBN: 9780415136396 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Making Sense of Economics Edward Nell presents an unorthodox and original view of the current state of economic theory and policies. Deriding the general trend for 'econobabble', the author explains the reason why conventional wisdom in economics now seems irrelevant and looks to likely future scenarios. Entertaining throughout, Nell employs a lightness of touch and wit not generally associated with economic literature. It is an accessible and enjoyable read which requires minimal prior knowledge of econoimcs. It will appeal to those who care what is really happening in the...
In Making Sense of Economics Edward Nell presents an unorthodox and original view of the current state of economic theory and policies. Derid...
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285,23 zł |
Social Economy: The Logic of Capitalist Development
ISBN: 9780415153362 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Contrary to much Marxist thought, Everling does not view socialism as an antithesis to capitalism, and argues that socialism is, among other things, an objective development of capitalism. As capitalism develops it creates the premises for social development which are also the bases for a socialist and democratic construction of society.
Drawing on economics, urban geography, political theory and Marxism, Social Economy: * Examines the evolution of capitalism from its early industrial to its present urban and global forms * Shows how Marx understood the economy as a unity... Contrary to much Marxist thought, Everling does not view socialism as an antithesis to capitalism, and argues that socialism is, among other things, a...
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907,73 zł |
Rethinking Capitalist Development: Essays on the Economics of Josef Steindl
ISBN: 9780415159593 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection honours the work of the eminent economist Josef Steindl. This collection charts the thinking of one of the leading economic theorist of the twentieth century.
This collection honours the work of the eminent economist Josef Steindl. This collection charts the thinking of one of the leading economic theorist o...
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752,12 zł |
Transforming Rural China: How Local Institutions Shape Property Rights in China
ISBN: 9780415196727 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights and a strong private sector will help boost an economy. This text investigates the property rights in Chinese enterprises in the reform era, finding that the distinction between the public and the private is blurred, that national reform policies are implemented unevenly across the country and that enterprises owned by local governments, in Shanghai for example, are actually extremely profitable.
It is often assumed that privatization leads to profit, and that well-delineated property rights and a strong private sector will help boost an econom...
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752,12 zł |
Law, Capitalism and Power in Asia: The Rule of Law and Legal Institutions
ISBN: 9780415197434 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many governments in East Asia claim that the rule of law is a distinctive characteristic of their political system. Major multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank spend considerable resources in the provision of legal reform projects. There is an assumption that the rule of law will result in a transition to market-based economies and even democracy, but is this really true for Asia? This text contests that the liberal notion of the rule of law regulating the exercise of power is unlikely to come about in much of East Asia. Indeed, they argue that the rule...
Many governments in East Asia claim that the rule of law is a distinctive characteristic of their political system. Major multilateral agencies such a...
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181,49 zł |
Political Economy and the New Capitalism : Essays in Honour of Sam Aaronovitch
ISBN: 9780415202213 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political Economy and the New Capitalism examines the relevance of Sam Aaronovitch's pioneering empirical studies of British capitalism in the light of modern developments. A wide range of problems are reviewed from industrial concentration today to the co-ordination of economic policies in Europe. Aaronovitch's work on the role of finance in the British economy is the subject sustained reflection. Individual chapters examine orthodox and left-wing criticisms of finance, exchange rate instability, and employment, growth and regions in the context of European Union. This work...
Political Economy and the New Capitalism examines the relevance of Sam Aaronovitch's pioneering empirical studies of British capitalism in th...
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248,92 zł |
Transcending Transaction: The Search for Self-Generating Markets
ISBN: 9780415234900 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transcending Transaction examines recent attempts to show how, in theory and history, market transaction can emerge from the unregulated interaction of competitive traders. Alan Shipman examines the legal, informational, organisational, social and financial foundations of market trade, focusing on the possible routes by which it could arise without the influence of pre-market social conventions or political structures.
Transcending Transaction examines recent attempts to show how, in theory and history, market transaction can emerge from the unregulated inte...
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451,22 zł |
The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism
ISBN: 9780415247672 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti puts forward a number of provocative arguments that expose common ground in both neoclassical and Marxist orthodoxies. It will appeal to a broad audience of social scientists including advanced students and professionals with an interest in politics and economics.
The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti puts fo...
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959,60 zł |
Capitalism
ISBN: 9780415273947 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This imaginative and ambitious book rethinks the nature of capitalism. Lippit, a leading heterodox economist in the USA, here delivers a comparative study of different forms of capitalism. He first critically examines the three main capitalist prototypes: * the Anglo-American, market-driven version After investigating their various intricacies, he then goes on to analyze the common weaknesses of each different strand. A provocative and stimulating read, this book will be welcomed by... This imaginative and ambitious book rethinks the nature of capitalism. Lippit, a leading heterodox economist in the USA, here delivers a comparativ... |
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700,25 zł |
New Economy, New Myth
ISBN: 9780415301428 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The new economy has been criticised greatly of late, and after the speculation and hype that surrounded the internet bubble, this is hardly surprising. This book, first published in French and updated here, however treats the new economy as a discourse - one that is often misleading. In order to understand what happened during the internet bubble and the fuss that surrounded it, a central element - intellectual speculation - needs to be understood. This volume treats this speculation as a form of ultra-free-market thinking. According to this line of thought, the internet and the digital...
The new economy has been criticised greatly of late, and after the speculation and hype that surrounded the internet bubble, this is hardly surprising...
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134,81 zł |
Monopoly and Restrictive Practices
ISBN: 9780415313452 / Angielski / Twarda / 183 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The control of monopoly and restrictive practices is an important part of economic policy. This text discusses the general problem of monopoly in modern industry and examines the evolution of British policy towards monopoly and restrictive practices during the 20th century. Comparable studies with European countries and the USA are also included.
The control of monopoly and restrictive practices is an important part of economic policy. This text discusses the general problem of monopoly in mode...
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1556,10 zł |
Worlds of Capitalism: Institutions, Economic Performance and Governance in the Era of Globalization
ISBN: 9780415349000 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The decades following the Second World War have been depicted as a kind of "golden age of capitalism." In Western societies, an unprecedented economic growth and a balancing of the competing claims of capital and labour had, apparently, been brought under the control of political and democratic institutions. However, efforts to combine this outstanding economic performance with social security appear to be endangered half way through the first decade of the 21st century. This book draws together an international team of contributors, including Douglass North, Harold Demsetz and Michael Piore...
The decades following the Second World War have been depicted as a kind of "golden age of capitalism." In Western societies, an unprecedented economic...
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228,18 zł |
The Changing Economic Geography of Globalization
ISBN: 9780415353984 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Changing Economic Geography of Globalization examines the effects that recent developments in capitalism have had on shaping the global map as well as analyzing the effect on people and places which occupy different positions in the global economic system.
An international team of scholars are bought together to assess, both theoretically and empirically, the effects of globalization over space and to critically examine the prevailing debates. Collectively the essays in this volume challenge the belief that Globalization shrinks time an space and leads to a homogenized global... The Changing Economic Geography of Globalization examines the effects that recent developments in capitalism have had on shaping the global map as wel...
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778,05 zł |
The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism
ISBN: 9780415406505 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti puts forward a number of provocative arguments that expose common ground in both neoclassical and Marxist orthodoxies. It will appeal to a broad audience of social scientists including advanced students and professionals with an interest in politics and economics.
The Fundamental Institutions of Capitalism presents a radical institutional approach to the analysis of capitalism. Ernesto Screpanti puts fo...
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228,18 zł |
Social Costs and Public Action in Modern Capitalism : Essays Inspired by Karl William Kapp's Theory of Social Costs
ISBN: 9780415413510 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Social Costs approach to the globalize capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years. The present situation is one of widespread and increasing deterioration of the social, cultural, democratic, and environmental frameworks of advanced capitalist market societies. This deterioration is indicated by the threats of unemployment, precarious working conditions and increasing income/status inequality, uneven geographical developments, and the exploitation and undermining of the institutional fabric of the society. It is aggravated by the rapid extension - at local,...
The Social Costs approach to the globalize capitalist market economy has gained new relevance in recent years. The present situation is one of widespr...
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752,12 zł |
Chinese Capitalism and the Modernist Vision
ISBN: 9780415700030 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past fifty years, the experience of the Chinese economy has continually challenged the assumptions of laissez-faire economics. It has sustained a strong growth rate, changed the structure of international economic relationships and has become critical to many multinational corporations. Now, it appears to be on the verge of becoming a new economic superpower. In the past fifty years, the experience of the Chinese economy has continually challenged the assumptions of laissez-faire economics. It has sustai... |
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907,73 zł |
Money and Markets: Essays in Honor of Leland B. Yeager
ISBN: 9780415701624 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Important and celebrated economist Leland Yeager is one of the architects of the 'Virginia School' of political economy that has produced two Nobel laureates (James Buchanan and Ronald Coase) and the Public Choice movement. A number of top class contributors have here been brought together to produce a festschrift in Yeager's honor - edited by Roger Koppl, and including the aforementioned Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, David Colander, Deirdre McCloskey and Roger Garrison.
Important and celebrated economist Leland Yeager is one of the architects of the 'Virginia School' of political economy that has produced two Nobel la...
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1115,21 zł |
Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler, and the New Economy
ISBN: 9780415771672 / Angielski / Twarda / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Co-winner of the 2006 Schumpeter Prize of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society. This book explains the shift of the organizational landscape away from vertically integrated firms and towards more specialized entities connected by markets and networks. In doing so, it places in a larger theoretical framework the work of Joseph Schumpeter and Alfred Chandler, two of the twentieth century's most important analysts of the modern corporation. Weaving together business history, economic theory and the history of ideas, Langlois - who won the Newcomen... Co-winner of the 2006 Schumpeter Prize of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society. This book explains the shift of t... |
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778,05 zł |
Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation
ISBN: 9780415933445 / Angielski / Twarda / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Economic Justice and Democracy Robin Hahnel argues that progressives need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how they conceive of economic justice and economic democracy. He presents a coherent set of economic institutions and procedures that can deliver economic justice and democracy through a "participatory economy." But this is a long-run goal; he also explores how to promote the economics of equitable cooperation in the here and now by emphasizing ways to broaden the base of existing economic reform movements while deepening their commitment to more far reaching...
In Economic Justice and Democracy Robin Hahnel argues that progressives need to go back to the drawing board and rethink how they conceive of...
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700,25 zł |
Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation
ISBN: 9780415933452 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Economic theories from the left and the right are dismissed as undemocratic, and a plan for restructuring the relationship between markets and governments according to effects, rather than contributions is outlined here in this stimulating volume.
Economic theories from the left and the right are dismissed as undemocratic, and a plan for restructuring the relationship between markets and governm...
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228,18 zł |