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Why Capitalism Survives Crises: The Shock Absorbers
ISBN: 9781848555860 / Angielski / Twarda / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focuses attention on why capitalism survives crises by developing the argument that it has moved on from its 19th century embodiment to include a class of shock absorbers. This book tells how this class, consisting of fractionalised individuals, absorbs the massive surpluses of produced commodities.
Focuses attention on why capitalism survives crises by developing the argument that it has moved on from its 19th century embodiment to include a clas...
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983,98 |
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Creation and Transfer of Knowledge: Institutions and Incentives
ISBN: 9783540644262 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Is knowledge an economic good? Cumulation of knowledge is a key determinant of economic growth, but only recently has knowledge moved to the core of economic analysis. This volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to focus attention on knowledge as a key economic issue.
Is knowledge an economic good? Cumulation of knowledge is a key determinant of economic growth, but only recently has knowledge moved to the core of e...
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402,53 |
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Faltering Economy
ISBN: 9780853456049 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The essays in this volume, by veteran economists as well as younger scholars, are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced capitalist development without discarding the real theoretical breakthroughs made by Keynes. The contributors argue that Keynes was correct in pointing to the economic contradictions stemming from unemployment, income inequality, and speculative finance, but failed to consider the class composition of social output, the macroeconomic effects of the modern firm, and the atrophy of investment under conditions of capitalist maturity. They thus seek...
The essays in this volume, by veteran economists as well as younger scholars, are part of a radical attempt to grapple with the problems of advanced c...
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114,20 |
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Sanctions in Haiti: Human Rights and Democracy Under Assault
ISBN: 9780275966072 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gibbons analyzes the ruinous three-year trade embargo imposed on Haiti in response to the September 1991 coup d'etat to President Aristide's return to office in October 1994. She dissects the multidimensional impact of sanctions on Haitian society by examining the economic devastation and social dislocation that they provoked, despite the mitigation of humanitarian exemptions consistently granted by the Security Council. Gibbons also examines the counterproductive, unpredictable effects that sanctions have had on Haiti's nascent democratic institutions and processes. Drawing... Gibbons analyzes the ruinous three-year trade embargo imposed on Haiti in response to the September 1991 coup d'etat to President Aristide's return... |
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128,84 |
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INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK ON ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ISBN: 9781848441927 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This important Handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental technology, environmental management and technology management. With contributions from more than 55 outstanding authors representing ten countries and five continents, the reader is provided with a vast range of insightful perspectives on the latest industry and policy issues. With the aid of numerous case studies, leading experts reflect on significant changes in the use of technology and management practices witnessed in the last decade.
This important Handbook is the first comprehensive account that brings together recent developments in the three related fields of environmental techn...
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345,16 |
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Global Project Finance, Human Rights and Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781107658516 / Angielski / Miękka / 534 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the positive and negative effects project finance has on societies: for socially responsible investment versus the constraints placed upon the investing parties. The book takes these positive and negative impacts and tries to marry the demands of commercial performance with respect for human rights and environmental protection. It sets out the basics behind the finance model, observes the positive and negative features and goes on to look at international case studies. Finally, it goes on to make proposals for reform.
This book looks at the positive and negative effects project finance has on societies: for socially responsible investment versus the constraints plac...
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252,21 |
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Budget & Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018
ISBN: 9781604567724 / Angielski / Twarda / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The pace of economic growth slowed in 2007, and there are strong indications that it will slacken further in 2008. In CBO's view, the problems in the housing and financial markets and the high price of oil will curb spending by households and businesses and trim the growth of GDP.
The pace of economic growth slowed in 2007, and there are strong indications that it will slacken further in 2008. In CBO's view, the problems in the ...
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438,17 |
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Global Privatization & Its Impact
ISBN: 9781604567854 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years, the economic policy of privatisation, which is defined as the transfer of property or responsibility from public sector to private sector, is one of the global phenomenon that increases use of markets to allocate resources. One important motivation for privatisation is to help develop factor and product markets, as well as security markets. Progress in privatisation is correlated with improvements in perceived political and investment risk. Many emerging countries have gradually reduced their political risks during the course of sustained privatisation. In fact, most risk...
In recent years, the economic policy of privatisation, which is defined as the transfer of property or responsibility from public sector to private se...
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568,09 |
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New Deal or Raw Deal?: How Fdr's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America
ISBN: 9781416592372 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A sharply critical new look at Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depression -- and are still hurting America today. In this shocking and groundbreaking new book, economic historian Burton W. Folsom exposes the idyllic legend of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a myth of epic proportions. With questionable moral character and a vendetta against the business elite, Roosevelt created New Deal programs marked by inconsistent planning, wasteful spending, and opportunity for political gain -- ultimately elevating public...
A sharply critical new look at Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency reveals government policies that hindered economic recovery from the Great Depres...
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73,22 |
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Trade Policy Flexibility and Enforcement in the Wto: A Law and Economics Analysis
ISBN: 9780521761208 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This critical analysis of contractual escape and punishment in the WTO proposes a politically realistic and systemically viable reform agenda.
This critical analysis of contractual escape and punishment in the WTO proposes a politically realistic and systemically viable reform agenda.
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535,26 |
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Stimulus: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: PL 111-5: Official Text
ISBN: 9781605906614 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--better known as the Stimulus Act--leaves no business, no American untouched. Signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was established to address the current economic crisis facing the United States. The provisions of the Act call for investments in infrastructure, health care, education, the environment, energy, housing and other needed services. This set includes one volume containing the complete and official text of the Act and a separate volume full of essential...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--better known as the Stimulus Act--leaves no business, no American untouched. Signed into law on Fe...
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210,60 |
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Stimulus: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Essential Documents
ISBN: 9781605906638 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Full text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Full text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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298,76 |
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End the Fed
ISBN: 9780446559973 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.
Most people think of the Fed as an indispensable institution without which the country's economy could not properly function. But in END THE FED, Ron Paul draws on American history, economics, and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Fed is both corrupt and unconstitutional. It is inflating currency today at nearly a Weimar or Zimbabwe level, a practice that threatens to... In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challen...
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114,15 |
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Trade Unions and the Coming of Democracy in Africa
ISBN: 9780230600614 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical introduction and case studies from major African countries argue that unions were often the most important single social force in the democratization process.
In this book, top scholars look at the efficacy of trade union and worker protest in overthrowing authoritarian governments in Africa. The analytical ...
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402,53 |
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Economic Informality: Causes, Costs, and Policies-A Literature Survey
ISBN: 9780821379967 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informality in developed and developing economies. Using recent evidence, the survey discusses the nature and roots of informal economic activity across countries, distinguishing between informality as the result of -exclusion- and -exit.- The survey provides an extensive review of recent international experience with policies aimed at reducing informality, in particular, policies that facilitate the formalization process, create a framework for the...
This survey assembles recent theoretical and empirical advances in the literature on economic informality and analyzes the causes and costs of informa...
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58,73 |
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Forgive Us Our Debts: The Intergenerational Dangers of Fiscal Irresponsibility
ISBN: 9780300158632 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explains why federal debt is rising, what effects it may have on Americans, why our government borrows, and what it can take to pay it all back. This book shows how rising Medicare, Social Security, and other spending on one hand, and insufficient government revenues on the other, make a mockery of fiscal responsibility.
Explains why federal debt is rising, what effects it may have on Americans, why our government borrows, and what it can take to pay it all back. This ...
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61,87 |
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Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought
ISBN: 9780739122693 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The number of people who live in poverty has always far exceeded the number who do not. Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought examines the main arguments of some of the most prominent Western political theorists about the causes, effects, and solutions to the problem of poverty.
The number of people who live in poverty has always far exceeded the number who do not. Poverty, Justice, and Western Political Thought examines the m...
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220,40 |
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Reductions in U.S. Domestic Spending: How They Affect State and Local Governments
ISBN: 9780878559237 / Angielski / Miękka / 406 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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225,25 |
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NETWORK MODELS OF THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS
ISBN: 9781881303220 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text presents a key to understanding how ideas, products and opinions take off and spread throughout society - referred to as the diffusion of innovation - and provides a means to estimate how fast or slow that spread occurs. The diffusion of innovations occurs among individuals in a social system, and the pattern of communications among these individuals is a social network. The network determines how quickly innovations diffuse and the timing of each individual's adoption. The book thus analyses how social networks structure the diffusion of innovation.
This text presents a key to understanding how ideas, products and opinions take off and spread throughout society - referred to as the diffusion of in...
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102,81 |
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Democratization, Development, and Legality: Chile, 1831-1973
ISBN: 9781403984067 / Angielski / Twarda / 281 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces the evolution of Chilean political and legal institutions by looking at the process of democratization. As well as explaining the strengths and weaknesses of the political regime, Faundez shows the impact of legal institutions and legal ideology on the country's political development.
This book traces the evolution of Chilean political and legal institutions by looking at the process of democratization. As well as explaining the str...
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201,24 |
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