Автор: Rodrik Dani Название: Economics rules ISBN: 0393246418 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780393246414 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3406.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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In the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a science. In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short and when it works, to give a surprisingly upbeat account of the discipline.
Drawing on the history of the field and his deep experience as a practitioner, Rodrik argues that economics can be a powerful tool that improves the world--but only when economists abandon universal theories and focus on getting the context right. Economics Rules argues that the discipline's much-derided mathematical models are its true strength. Models are the tools that make economics a science.
Too often, however, economists mistake a model for the model that applies everywhere and at all times. In six chapters that trace his discipline from Adam Smith to present-day work on globalization, Rodrik shows how diverse situations call for different models. Each model tells a partial story about how the world works. These stories offer wide-ranging, and sometimes contradictory, lessons--just as children's fables offer diverse morals.
Whether the question concerns the rise of global inequality, the consequences of free trade, or the value of deficit spending, Rodrik explains how using the right models can deliver valuable new insights about social reality and public policy. Beyond the science, economics requires the craft to apply suitable models to the context.
The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers challenged many economists' deepest assumptions about free markets. Rodrik reveals that economists' model toolkit is much richer than these free-market models. With pragmatic model selection, economists can develop successful antipoverty programs in Mexico, growth strategies in Africa, and intelligent remedies for domestic inequality.
At once a forceful critique and defense of the discipline, Economics Rules charts a path toward a more humble but more effective science.
Автор: E. Mishan Название: Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics ISBN: 0415682495 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415682497 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 16614.00 р. 23734.00-30% Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: First published in 1986, Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics is a polemical study in which the author focuses on the popular myths and misconceptions that colour our understanding of economic issues.
Автор: Brueckner Jan K. Название: Lectures on Urban Economics ISBN: 0262016362 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262016360 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 7618.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A rigorous but nontechnical treatment of major topics in urban economics.
Lectures on Urban Economics offers a rigorous but nontechnical treatment of major topics in urban economics. To make the book accessible to a broad range of readers, the analysis is diagrammatic rather than mathematical. Although nontechnical, the book relies on rigorous economic reasoning. In contrast to the cursory theoretical development often found in other textbooks, Lectures on Urban Economics offers thorough and exhaustive treatments of models relevant to each topic, with the goal of revealing the logic of economic reasoning while also teaching urban economics.
Topics covered include reasons for the existence of cities, urban spatial structure, urban sprawl and land-use controls, freeway congestion, housing demand and tenure choice, housing policies, local public goods and services, pollution, crime, and quality of life. Footnotes throughout the book point to relevant exercises, which appear at the back of the book. These 22 extended exercises (containing 125 individual parts) develop numerical examples based on the models analyzed in the chapters. Lectures on Urban Economics is suitable for undergraduate use, as background reading for graduate students, or as a professional reference for economists and scholars interested in the urban economics perspective.
Автор: Barr, Nicholas Название: Economics of the Welfare State ISBN: 0199297819 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199297818 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8235.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service, and education. The text is organized into four parts: Concepts, Cash benefits, Benefits in kind, and Epilogue.
Автор: Ocampo, Jos? Antonio; Ros, Jaime Название: The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Economics ISBN: 019957104X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199571048 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 19008.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A comprehensive overview of the key factors affecting the development of Latin American economies that examines long-term growth performance, macroeconomic issues, Latin American economies in the global context, technological and agricultural policies, and the evolution of labour markets, the education sector, and social security programmes.
Автор: DAVID A. WISE Название: DISCOVERIES IN THE ECONOMICS OF AGING ISBN: 022614609X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226146096 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 15048.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The oldest members of the baby boom generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare, with significant implications for these programs` fiscal sustainability. This book focuses on the relationship between health and financial well-being, especially as people age.
Автор: Beugelsdijk Название: Culture in Economics ISBN: 1107684617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107684614 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7445.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: There is now an important body of work that invokes cultural and institutional factors to build a more comprehensive and realistic theory of economic behavior. This book provides a comprehensive overview of research in this area, sketching the main premises and challenges faced by the field.
Автор: Palermo, Giulio, Название: Economics and power ISBN: 1138923095 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138923096 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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In the economic debate, power is defined and studied mainly as an interpersonal relation occurring out of perfect competition. This is a consequence of the combination of methodological individualism and the assumption of competition as a natural and everlasting coordinating mechanism, operating without any sort of coercion. This methodology, however, is not adequate to analyze the forms of social coercion that characterize capitalism.
Economics and Power criticizes the main theories of power developed in economic literature, analyzing ultraliberal contractualism to radical political economics, and ultimately suggesting a Marxist conception of power and coercion in capitalism. Palermo's ontological argument is rooted in the philosophy of 'critical realism'.This unique volume presents his main finding as being that the essential coercive mechanism of capitalism is competition. Capitalist power is not caused by a lack of competition, but by the central role it plays in this mode of production. Following this, the chapters reconstruct a Marxian conception of power where it is analyzed as a social relation and argues that perfect competition does in fact exist under the disguise of capitalist power. This book criticizes the construct of power and the underlying ideas surrounding perfect competition.
This book is of interest to those who study political economy, as well as economic theory and philosophy.
Описание: The Arab Spring uprisings of 2011-2012 across the Middle East have been associated with the underlying grievances of young people. This volume examines the prevailing socioeconomic conditions of youth the eve of the uprisings and assess their role in fomenting the youth-led protests.
Описание: This text explains the latest developments in regional economics and policy with examples and case material from around the world. The book is written in two linked but free-standing parts, one on regional economics and the other on regional policy.
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