Автор: Shirane Haruo Название: Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons ISBN: 0231152817 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231152815 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media. In "Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons," Haruo Shirane shows how, when, and why this practice developed and explicates the richly encoded social, religious, and political meanings of this imagery. Shirane discusses a wide array of representations of nature in the Japanese arts: textual (poetry, chronicles, tales), cultivated (gardens, flower arrangement), material (kimonos, screens), performative (noh, festivals), and gastronomic (tea ceremony, food rituals). He reveals how this kind of "secondary nature," which flourished in Japan`s urban environment, fostered and idealized a sense of harmony with the natural world just at the moment when nature began to recede from view. Illuminating the deeper meaning behind Japanese aesthetics and artifacts, Shirane also clarifies the use of natural and seasonal topics and the changes in their cultural associations and functions across history, genre, and community over more than a millennium. In this fascinating book, the four seasons are revealed to be as much a cultural construction as a reflection of the physical world.
Автор: Sandmo, Agnar Название: Economics evolving: A History of Economic Thought ISBN: 0691148422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691148427 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 4752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Describes the history of economic thought, focusing on the development of economic theory from Adam Smith`s "Wealth of Nations" to the late twentieth century. This text examines how important economists have reflected on the sometimes conflicting goals of efficient resource use and socially acceptable income distribution.
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: Rzhevsky Название: The Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture ISBN: 0521175585 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521175586 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4435.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This highly successful Companion has now been updated to include post-Soviet trends and new developments in Russian culture of the twenty-first century in this second edition. Each chapter has been revised or rewritten to take account of current conditions and the further reading brought up to date.
Автор: David Throsby Название: Economics and Culture ISBN: 0521586399 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521586399 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Brings together two very disparate areas, considering both the economic aspects of cultural activity, and the cultural context of economics and economic behaviour. The author discusses how cultural goods are valued in both economic and cultural terms, and introduces the concepts of cultural capital and sustainability.
Автор: Menard Название: Handbook of new institutional economics ISBN: 3540776605 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783540776604 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: New Institutional Economics (NIE) has skyrocketed in scope and influence over the last three decades.
Автор: McCleary, Rachel M. Название: The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Religion ISBN: 0195390040 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195390049 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 24156.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In this Handbook, leading scholars demonstrate the application of the economics of religion approach to topics on human capital, the state regulation of religion, economic aspects of religion, and how religious markets function. The chapters also provide a discussion of new data sets and methods of measuring religious participation and beliefs.
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Автор: Weber Thomas A. Название: Optimal Control Theory with Applications in Economics ISBN: 0262015730 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262015738 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 10157.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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A rigorous introduction to optimal control theory, with an emphasis on applications in economics.
This book bridges optimal control theory and economics, discussing ordinary differential equations, optimal control, game theory, and mechanism design in one volume. Technically rigorous and largely self-contained, it provides an introduction to the use of optimal control theory for deterministic continuous-time systems in economics. The theory of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is the backbone of the theory developed in the book, and chapter 2 offers a detailed review of basic concepts in the theory of ODEs, including the solution of systems of linear ODEs, state-space analysis, potential functions, and stability analysis. Following this, the book covers the main results of optimal control theory, in particular necessary and sufficient optimality conditions; game theory, with an emphasis on differential games; and the application of control-theoretic concepts to the design of economic mechanisms. Appendixes provide a mathematical review and full solutions to all end-of-chapter problems.
The material is presented at three levels: single-person decision making; games, in which a group of decision makers interact strategically; and mechanism design, which is concerned with a designer's creation of an environment in which players interact to maximize the designer's objective. The book focuses on applications; the problems are an integral part of the text. It is intended for use as a textbook or reference for graduate students, teachers, and researchers interested in applications of control theory beyond its classical use in economic growth. The book will also appeal to readers interested in a modeling approach to certain practical problems involving dynamic continuous-time models.
Автор: Heinsohn, Gunnar | Steiger, Otto Название: Ownership Economics ISBN: 0415645468 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415645461 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents the first full length explanation in English of Heinsohn and Steiger`s groundbreaking theory of money and interest, which emphasises the role played by private property rights.
