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: Frye, Timothy Название: Property rights and property wrongs ISBN: 1316610101 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316610107 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4277.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book explores how political power, elections, legal institutions, reputational concerns, and social norms shape economic conflicts from hostile takeovers to everyday disputes in contemporary Russia. The results challenge common conceptions of Russia`s political economy and contribute to debates in economic development, comparative politics, and legal studies.
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Автор: Hopkins Sarah Winnemucca Название: Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims ISBN: 1548116742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781548116743 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1205.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Addison C. G. Название: Addison on Torts: A Treatise on Wrongs and Their Remedies. ISBN: 1240103123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781240103126 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7532.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: ***ALL PROCEEDS FROM BOOK SALES GO TOWARDS SUPPORTING KEVIN & SARAH'S MINISTRY & THE PLANTING OF ARISE CHURCH (DETROIT) IN 2017*** -----Riveting.- -Powerful.- -Life-Changing.----- In the summer of 2009, while pastoring in the inner-city at Revival Tabernacle Church, Kevin was home alone when awakened by the sound of breaking glass and confronted by a man who had broken into his home. In the vicious fight that ensued, Kevin was stabbed 37 times and left for dead. His survival, God's redeeming power, and Kevin's journey to forgive his attacker is nothing short of miraculous. Kevin's story has been shared with millions through Roma Downey's -Answered Prayers- (The TLC Channel), -I Survived- (The Biography Channel), -The 700 Club, - and national and international newspapers, including numerous pieces written by New York Times best-selling author Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press. Kevin has shared his message in pulpits such as at Brooklyn Tabernacle Church (Pastor Jim Cymbala), National Community Church (Pastor Mark Batterson), and Woodside Bible Church (Pastor Doug Schmidt). The miracle of God's rescuing and restoring power in a completely broken life continues today. After 18 years pastoring in the inner city of Detroit, Kevin stepped away to devote a season to write A Fight To Forgive about what God has taught him about forgiveness and more in the aftermath. A Fight to Forgive not only shares Kevin's experiences, it also provides tools for others struggling to forgive -as Christ forgave.- With the book, Kevin hopes to help those who've been hurt transform those wrongs to be used for God's greater purposes. Kevin continues to pray for his attacker, who is serving out a lengthy sentence; additionally, through God's healing power, Kevin communicates with him. Kevin will be sharing his message in churches, youth groups, men's and marriage ministries, along with MLB chapels while using the proceeds from the book to go towards supporting his family and planting the first known church in nearly 20 years in a Northeast Detroit neighborhood in 2017. -Thirty-seven stabs. A scar on his face. The man who had to hold his insides from the outside clearly has a heart too big for the average chest. And what he has surrendered may be one of the greatest gifts you'll hear about.- Mitch Albom Detroit Free Press -Kevin puts a modern-day face to God's power and sovereignty that needs to be shared with the Church.- Mark Batterson Pastor, National Community Church
Автор: Lowrey Nancy Название: Love Covers All Wrongs ISBN: 1646101480 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781646101481 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2759.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Love Covers All Wrongs is author Nancy Lowrey's story of her great-grandmother, Bette, and her life from the time she was a little girl of just five and sent to live with her grandparents in Nebraska to her coming of age in the last quarter of the nineteenth centry.
Over time Bette's real story was lost, but there was family conjecture regarding much of her young life. As an historian, Lowrey was able to verify some of those long-standing rumors through the 1880 Nebraska Census, although much of this story was written using her imagination and life experiences.
Hisotry is more than names, dates, and places. The experiences of our lives weave the tapestry of our existence. It is the dark times whose dark threads enhance the contrasting bright threads that make up our own story. Our own tapestries really aren't that different from our grandparents'. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
About the Author
Nancy Lowrey earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Wyoming and a master's degree from the University of Missouri.
She is a recently retired teacher of twenty-three years and has spent much of her time since then rediscovering her family's hisotry.
She is an Army wife, mother of two, and grandmother of one.
Автор: Brun, Van Der Does De Wille, Dub Название: Public Wrongs, Private Actions ISBN: 1464803706 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464803703 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Corruption and thefts of public assets harm a diffuse set of victims, weakens confidence in public institutions, damages the private investment climate, and threatens the foundations of the society as a whole. In developing countries with scarce public resources, the cost of corruption is an impediment to development: developing countries lose between US$20 to US$40 billion each year through bribery, misappropriation of funds, and other corrupt practices. Corruption is by no means a "victimless crime." This study aims to explore the standing of States and Government entities as victims and the possible recourse to private actions to redress public wrongs. States and Government entities may act as private litigants and bring civil suits to recover assets lost to corruption. The goal of this work is to promote knowledge and understanding as well as to increase the use of civil remedies and private lawsuits to recover stolen assets in the context of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) offences. The UNCAC, the global standard for the fight against corruption, does not contain a legal definition of corruption itself but lists an array of offences, including public and private sector bribery and the embezzlement of public and private sector funds. The study will mainly focus on these two types of corruption, namely bribery and embezzlement of funds. This study is not intended in any way to minimize the importance of criminal proceedings and confiscation in addressing acts of corruption. Rather, it will show that civil law remedies can effectively complement criminal penalties by attacking the economic base of corrupt activities both in the public and the private sectors. In fact, given the magnitude of the challenges, all avenues of asset recovery, be they criminal or civil, should be explored simultaneously in order to tackle corruption from each and every angle and achieve the goals of deterrence and enforcement. Hence, while criminal law expresses society's disapproval of the corrupt acts and aims at dissuasion, punishment, and confiscation of illicit proceeds, civil law focuses on victims' interests and aims at compensation and restitution. These procedures may occur sometimes in parallel, sometimes sequentially. An effective response to corruption very often requires concomitant use of both criminal and civil law remedies to achieve the desired result.
Автор: Gardner, John Название: Torts and other wrongs ISBN: 0198852940 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198852940 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9504.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book collects John Gardner`s celebrated essays on the theory of private law, alongside two new essays. Together they range across the central puzzles in understanding the significance of outcomes, the role of justice in private law, strict liability, the reasonable person standard, and the role of public policy in tort law.
Examines the coded language of the Republican Party In The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his administration, and African Americans. They show how the political Right deploys racial fears, coded language and implicit bias to express and build opposition to the Obama administration. Racial meanings are reservoirs rich in political currency, and the race card remains a potent resource for othering the first black president in a context rife with Nativism, xenophobia, white racial fatigue, and serious racial inequality.
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