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Adam Smith : Critical Responses
ISBN: 9780415157940 / Angielski / Twarda / 3088 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection gathers together comments and reviews on the works of Adam Smith. All introductions to the later editions of his works, either in English or in translation, are included as well as the editor's notes (where possible). Volume One contains contemporary comments, letters and reviews on Smith's works from his Edinburgh lectures to the posthumous Essays on Philosophical Subjects . The second and third volumes contain introductions, supplementary chapters and notes to the early English editions, together with early reviews. They also include some critical remarks on his moral...
This collection gathers together comments and reviews on the works of Adam Smith. All introductions to the later editions of his works, either in Engl...
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6367,04 |
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Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future
ISBN: 9780415161848 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After decades of economic decline and potential instability, the Southern African region has engaged in a process of rapid and far-reaching political and economic changes. This development has been reinforced by South Africa's transition from apartheid, a transition which has created optimistic expectations not only for that country but also for the southern African regions as a whole. This book brings together academics in the field to present a review of the prospects for economic integration and development in Southern Africa, and to analyse alternative strategies and policies for the...
After decades of economic decline and potential instability, the Southern African region has engaged in a process of rapid and far-reaching political ...
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710,17 |
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Economy-Environment-Development-Knowledge
ISBN: 9780415162586 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As we approach the end of the second millennium, we find ourselves in times of radical social change. Orthodox explanations of the economy, the environment and the development process are unable to provide coherent policies for such issues as employment creation, environmental degradation and social progress.
Economy-Environment-Development-Knowledge provides alternative perspectives on these fundamental aspects of human existence. Economists, environmentalists, and development theorists have so far been unable to agree on the most successful prescriptions to address problems. To... As we approach the end of the second millennium, we find ourselves in times of radical social change. Orthodox explanations of the economy, the enviro...
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930,57 |
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Economy-Environment-Development-Knowledge
ISBN: 9780415162593 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As we approach the end of the second millennium, we find ourselves in times of radical social change. Orthodox explanations of the economy, the environment and the development process are unable to provide coherent policies for such issues as employment creation, environmental degradation and social progress.
Economy-Environment-Development-Knowledge provides alternative perspectives on these fundamental aspects of human existence. Economists, environmentalists, and development theorists have so far been unable to agree on the most successful prescriptions to address problems. To... As we approach the end of the second millennium, we find ourselves in times of radical social change. Orthodox explanations of the economy, the enviro...
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303,61 |
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Labour Market Theory : A Constructive Reassessment
ISBN: 9780415166768 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides a perspective on the economics of labour markets by demonstrating how radical political economy has been incorporated into mainstream economics. The book aims to present a new approach to an important area of economic theory and is intended to supplement existing orthodox texts on theory of labour markets. It covers such issues as minimum wage, gender, and unemployment.
Provides a perspective on the economics of labour markets by demonstrating how radical political economy has been incorporated into mainstream economi...
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979,55 |
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Risk and Business Cycles: New and Old Austrian Perspectives
ISBN: 9780415169196 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Risk and Business Cycles examines the causes of business cycles, a perennial topic of interest within economics. The author argues the case for the revival of an important role for monetary causes in business cycle theory, which challenges the current trend towards favouring purely real theories. The work also presents a critique of the traditional Austrian theory of the trade cycle. This controversial approach will ensure that the book is of interest to all those involved with business cycles, as well as Austrian economics.
Risk and Business Cycles examines the causes of business cycles, a perennial topic of interest within economics. The author argues the case f...
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881,59 |
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The Economics of Science : Methodology and Epistemology as if Economics Really Mattered
ISBN: 9780415172578 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science can be difficult and costly to conduct. Many aspects are explored from an economic viewpoint and the scientist is often treated as an economically rational individual. This study seeks to create an economics of science. It begins with economic models of misconduct in science and the legitimate practices of science. It moves on to market failure, the market place of ideas, self-correctiveness and the organizational and institutional structures of science and ends with and exploration of broader methodological themes raised by an economics of science.
Science can be difficult and costly to conduct. Many aspects are explored from an economic viewpoint and the scientist is often treated as an economic...
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710,17 |
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David Ricardo: Critical Responses
ISBN: 9780415181792 / Angielski / Twarda / 1360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This four-volume set in the Critical Responses series brings together for the first time 19th Century responses to, and appreciations of, the work of David Ricardo. The collection covers the period from 1817, the year of publication of Ricardo's major work, The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, to 1848, and represents the first and probably the liveliest period of Ricardo-criticism. The publication of John Stuart Mill's own Principles in 1848 marks an end to this period with the first great 'rehabilitation' of Ricardo following decades of searching criticism.
This four-volume set in the Critical Responses series brings together for the first time 19th Century responses to, and appreciations of, the work of ...
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6367,04 |
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Marx's Concept of Money: The God of Commodities
ISBN: 9780415182003 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work relates Marx's theory of money to his overall political economy, and places it firmly within the wider context of his political and philosophical thought. It has for some time been held that there exists an epistomological break between the early humanist and later scientific Marx. However, in this study the author links Marx's conecept of money to his early key concepts with particular reference to alienation.
This work relates Marx's theory of money to his overall political economy, and places it firmly within the wider context of his political and philosop...
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783,64 |
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Manufacturing in Transition
ISBN: 9780415182713 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining the UK's manufacturing sector, this book features contributions from specialists in business, management, economics, organizational behaviour and economic geography. Subjects covered include: the nature of change in the management of manufacturing organizations; the significance of manufacturing in the mature economies of the 21st century; the impact of Japanese companies and methods; the implications of de-industrialization; comparative analysis of British, Japanese and American electronics manufacturers; the regional political economy of manufacturing; the changing nature of...
Examining the UK's manufacturing sector, this book features contributions from specialists in business, management, economics, organizational behaviou...
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930,57 |
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Manufacturing in Transition
ISBN: 9780415182720 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The future of British manufacturing is of immense importance and topicality. As we slide towards a service sector economy based on finance and tourism, it is worth reflecting on whether this is the most appropriate or inevitable scenario.
Manufacturing in Transition makes a genuinely interdisciplinary contribution to the debate over the UK's strategy for industrial renewal. Aimed primarily at business, economics and industrial relations students, it looks at the current state of British manufacturing sector within the global economy and asks whether manufacturing matters in the... The future of British manufacturing is of immense importance and topicality. As we slide towards a service sector economy based on finance and tourism...
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303,61 |
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Romancing the Market
ISBN: 9780415184175 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Romancing the Market is a radical rethinking of marketing understanding. Marketing and consumer research are dominated by the neo-classical ideals of the Enlightenment such as rigour, dispassion and the search for scientific 'truth'. In a series of provocative essays, the contributors challenge these assumptions with reference to the individuality, innovation and imagination of the Romantic movement.
The book contains essays by an international selection of the most creative contemporary marketing scholars, including Elizabeth Hirschman, Russell Belk, Craig Thompson and Robin... Romancing the Market is a radical rethinking of marketing understanding. Marketing and consumer research are dominated by the neo-classical i...
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930,57 |
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Romancing the Market
ISBN: 9780415184182 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Romancing the Market is a radical rethinking of marketing understanding. Marketing and consumer research are dominated by the neo-classical ideals of the Enlightenment such as rigour, dispassion and the search for scientific 'truth'. In a series of provocative essays, the contributors challenge these assumptions with reference to the individuality, innovation and imagination of the Romantic movement.
The book contains essays by an international selection of the most creative contemporary marketing scholars, including Elizabeth Hirschman, Russell Belk, Craig Thompson and Robin... Romancing the Market is a radical rethinking of marketing understanding. Marketing and consumer research are dominated by the neo-classical i...
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333,00 |
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Vilfredo Pareto: Critical Assessments
ISBN: 9780415184991 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection presents an overview of Pareto's vast intellectual legacy and considers both theoretical and applied contributions. The articles are thematically arranged and the themes most closely linked are included in single volumes. This arrangement allows historians of economic thought to discern Pareto's specific contributions without losing sight of the fact that each element of Pareto's work is a component of a broad system wide social framework. The set contains material for historians of economic thought, but also historians of sociological ideas and methodology. Volume One covers...
This collection presents an overview of Pareto's vast intellectual legacy and considers both theoretical and applied contributions. The articles are t...
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4285,51 |
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Individualism in Modern Thought: From Adam Smith to Hayek
ISBN: 9780415185240 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text aims to present a comprehensive survey of methodological individualism in social, political and economic thought from the Enlightenment to the 20th century. Exploring the works of such figures as de Mandeville, Smith, Marx, Spencer, Durkheim, Simmel, Weber, Hayek, Popper and Parsons, the study underlines the contrasts between methodological collectivism and methodological individualism. The analysis offered here also reveals the theoretical presuppositions behind the collectivist and individualist traditions and the practical consequences of their applications. Infantino concludes...
This text aims to present a comprehensive survey of methodological individualism in social, political and economic thought from the Enlightenment to t...
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Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change
ISBN: 9780415187046 / Angielski / Twarda / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and challenges the widely held assumption that it is a co-operative process, arguing that in fact it tends to be coercive and detrimental to development objectives. Through detailed case studies of twenty one recipient countries, he explores the key issues of:
* ownership * role of agencies * government objectives and the effects of policy. The conclusion is that conditionality has been counterproductive to price stability, economic... This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and...
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930,57 |
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Aid and the Political Economy of Policy Change
ISBN: 9780415187053 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and challenges the widely held assumption that it is a co-operative process, arguing that in fact it tends to be coercive and detrimental to development objectives. Through detailed case studies of 21 recipient countries, he explores the key issues of: ownership; the role of agencies; and government objectives and the effects of policy. The conclusion is that conditionality has been counterproductive to price stability, economic growth and...
This volume looks at the effectiveness of conditionality in structural adjustment programmes. Tony Killick charts the emergence of conditionality, and...
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313,40 |
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The Entrepreneurial State in China : Real Estate and Commerce Departments in Reform Era Tianjin
ISBN: 9780415187411 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. China's economic reforms are now the subject of intense interest. One of the least expected developments, however, has so far passed with little comment. From the late 1990s, the Chinese state went into business. Jane Duckett describes in detail the new state business activities and explains why they have appeared. Using research on the northern city of Tianjin during the 1990s she argues that individual departments, within the Chinese state, are involved in the market economy through the establishment of their own businesses. The book demonstrates that many of these businesses are genuinely...
China's economic reforms are now the subject of intense interest. One of the least expected developments, however, has so far passed with little comme...
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215,45 |
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Money and Growth: Selected Papers of Allyn Abbott Young
ISBN: 9780415191555 / Angielski / Twarda / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Allyn Young is one of the central figures in the development of American economic thought, and is one of the originators of modern endogenous growth theory. However it has been difficult to appreciate the full extent of Young's work because many of his most significant contributions are buried in obscure journals and unsigned articles. This volume addresses this by reprinting much of Young's lost work, as well as other, selected pieces that reveal the scope of his vision which encompasses two of the grand themes of economics, growth and money. The biggest finds are 36 encyclopedia articles,...
Allyn Young is one of the central figures in the development of American economic thought, and is one of the originators of modern endogenous growth t...
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881,59 |
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Jean-Baptiste Say: Critical Assessments of Leading Economists
ISBN: 9780415193405 / Angielski / Twarda / 1676 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) is remembered primarily for Say's Law, one of the cornerstones of classical economics. The success of his Traite d'economie Politique made Say the best-known expositor of Adam Smith in Europe and America, and he became France's first professor of political economy.
The set covers the following themes: * Say in the history of economics * classical statements on Say's Law * later statements on Say's Law (the prelude to the General Theory) * the Keynesian Revolution and the attack on Say's Law * Lange, Say's Law and the demand for money *... Jean-Baptiste Say (1767-1832) is remembered primarily for Say's Law, one of the cornerstones of classical economics. The success of his Traite d'econo...
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4652,84 |