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  • Yiddish Transformed

    Reading Habits in the Russian Empire, 1860-1914

    by Nathan Cohen ...
    As significant economic, social, political, and cultural transformations swept the Jewish population of Tsarist Russia and Congress Poland between 1860 and 1914, the Yiddish language (Zhargon) began to gain recognition as a central part of the Jewish cultural stage. Yiddish Transformed examines the secular reading habits of East-European Jews as the Jewish community began shifting to a modern ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Benoit Mandelbrot: A Life In Many Dimensions

    by Michael Frame, Nathan Cohen ...
    Series Book 1 - Fractals And Dynamics In Mathematics, Science, And The Arts: Theory And Applications
    This is a collection of articles, many written by people who worked with Mandelbrot, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science and the arts. Contributors include mathematicians, physicists, biologists, economists, and engineers, as expected; and also artists, musicians, teachers, an historian, an architect, a filmmaker, and a comic. Some articles are quite technical, ... Read more

    $66.59 USD

  • Financial Crisis in American Households

    The Basic Expenses That Bankrupt the Middle Class

    by Joseph Nathan Cohen ...
    More than one-third of Americans could not sustain a basic livelihood without government assistance. Almost 60 percent of seniors are dependent on the government. Why is this? This book examines how the U.S. economy's failure to deliver high-quality, universally accessible basic necessities is creating acute financial insecurity among the American middle class.Over the past 30 years, America's ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

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  • Rethinking Capitalism

    Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

    Edited by Michael Jacobs, Mariana Mazzucato ...
    Series series Political Quarterly Monograph Series
    "Thought provoking and fresh - this book challenges how we think about economics.”Gillian Tett, Financial TimesFor further information about recent publicity events and media coverage for Rethinking Capitalism please visit http://marianamazzucato.com/rethinking-capitalism/Western capitalism is in crisis. For decades investment has been falling, living standards have stagnated o... ... Read more

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  • Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy

    An Agenda for Growth and Shared Prosperity

    by Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    It’s time to rewrite the rules—to curb the runaway flow of wealth to the top one percent, to restore security and opportunity for the middle class, and to foster stronger growth rooted in broadly shared prosperity.Inequality is a choice.The United States bills itself as the land of opportunity, a place where anyone can achieve success and a better life through hard work and determination. But the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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  • In the Wake of the Crisis

    Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy

    Edited by Olivier Blanchard, David Romer, Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz ...
    Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures the state of macroeconomic thinking at a transformational moment.The crisis and the weak recovery that has ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Economists and the Powerful

    Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards

    by Norbert Häring, Niall Douglas ...
    Series series Anthem Finance
    “Economists and the Powerful: Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards” explores the workings of the modern global economy – an economy in which competition has been corrupted and power has a ubiquitous influence upon economic behavior. Based on empirical and theoretical studies by distinguished economists from both the past and present day, this book argues that the true workings of ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Corporation 2020

    Transforming Business for Tomorrow's World

    by Pavan Sukhdev ...
    There is an emerging consensus that all is not well with today’s market-centric economic model. Although it has delivered wealth over the last half century and pulled millions out of poverty, it is recession-prone, leaves too many unemployed, creates ecological scarcities and environmental risks, and widens the gap between the rich and the poor. Around $1 trillion a year in perverse subsidies and ... Read more

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  • International Economics and Business

    Nations and Firms in the Global Economy

    by Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Steven Brakman, Harry Garretsen, Charles van Marrewijk ...
    With a new title (following the successful first edition of Nations and Firms in the Global Economy), this second edition undergraduate textbook combines the dual perspectives of international economics and international business, providing a complete overview of the changing role of nations and firms in the global economy. International Economics and Business covers the key concepts typically ... Read more

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  • The Captured Economy

    How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality

    by Brink Lindsey, Steven M. Teles ...
    For years, America has been plagued by slow economic growth and increasing inequality. In The Captured Economy, Brink Lindsey and Steven M. Teles identify a common factor behind these twin ills: breakdowns in democratic governance that allow wealthy special interests to capture the policymaking process for their own benefit. They document the proliferation of regressive regulations that ... Read more

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  • What Would Keynes Do?

    How the greatest economists would solve your everyday problems

    by Tejvan Pettinger ...
    Have you ever wondered what Adam Smith would have to say about you playing the lottery? Or whether Jeremy Bentham could cure your hangover (through economics)? Ever pondered over what Milton Friedman might get you for Christmas?By comparing and contrasting what the greatest economists of all time would have to say about 40 questions from your everyday life, What Would Keynes Do? will help you get ... Read more

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