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  • The Monopolistic Competition Revolution in Retrospectby Steven Brakman; Ben J. Heijdra

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 72.00

    In 1977 Dixit and Stiglitz revolutionized the modeling of imperfectly competitive markets, launching the second monopolistic competition revolution. The text includes a comprehensive survey of both monopolistic competition revolutions, and previously unpublished working papers by Dixit and Stiglitz that led to their famous 1977 paper. more...

  • The Cambridge Economic History of Latin America: Volume 2, The Long Twentieth Centuryby Victor Bulmer-Thomas; John Coatsworth; Roberto Cortes-Conde

    Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 174.00

    Provides an indispensable reference work for anyone interested in Latin America's economic development. It includes work from diverse perspectives, disciplines and methodologies to provide a synthesis of the past two decades of exciting new research on the region's economic past. more...

  • The LONG TAILby Chris Anderson

    Hyperion 2006; US$ 15.99

    The New York Times bestseller that introduced the business world to a future that's already here--now in paperback with a new chapter about Long Tail Marketing and a new epilogue. Winner of the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book of the Year In the most important business book since The Tipping Point , Chris Anderson shows how the future of commerce and culture isn't in hits, the high-volume head of a traditional demand curve, but in what used to be regarded as misses--the endlessly long tail of that same curve. "It belongs on the shelf between The Tipping Point and Freakonomics ." --Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix "Anderson's insights . . . continue to influence Google's strategic thinking in a profound way." --Eric Schmidt, CEO,... more...

  • The Ascent of Moneyby Niall Ferguson

    Penguin Group Inc. 2009; US$ 12.99

    A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go 'round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. What's more, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, arguing that the evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. As Ferguson traces the crisis from ancient Egypt's Memphis to today's Chongqing, he offers bold and compelling new insights into the rise- and fall-of not just money but Western power as well. more...

  • Health and Welfare during Industrializationby Richard H. Steckel; Roderick Floud

    University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 39.00

    In this unique anthology, Steckel and Floud coordinate ten essays that bring a new perspective to inquiry about standard of living in modern times. These papers are arranged for international comparison, and they individually examine evidence of health and welfare during and after industrialization in eight countries: the United States, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, and Australia. The essays incorporate several indicators of quality of life, especially real per capita income and health, but also real wages, education, and inequality. And while the authors use traditional measures of health such as life expectancy and mortality rates, this volume stands alone in its extensive use of new "anthropometric" data—information... more...

  • New Ideas from Dead Economistsby Todd Buchholz; Martin Feldstein

    Penguin Group Inc. 2007; US$ 12.99

    The classic introduction to economic thought, now updated in time for the publication of New Ideas from Dead CEOs This entertaining and accessible introduction to the great economic thinkers throughout history? Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and more?shows how their ideas still apply to our modern world. In this revised edition, renowned economist Todd Buchholz offers an insightful and informed perspective on key economic issues in the new millennium: increasing demand for energy, the rise of China, international trade, aging populations, health care, and the effects of global warming. New Ideas from Dead Economists is a fascinating guide to understanding both the evolution of economic theory and our complex... more...

  • The Methodology of Positive Economicsby Uskali Mäki

    Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 41.00

    A team of world-renowned experts cast new light on Milton Friedman's 1953 essay 'The methodology of positive economics'. more...

  • The Invisible Hookby Peter T. Leeson

    Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 16.95

    Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss--it's time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates' notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flags of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a "pirate code"? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made them so successful? The Invisible Hook uses economics to examine these and other infamous aspects of piracy. Leeson argues that the pirate customs we know and love resulted from pirates responding rationally to prevailing economic conditions in the pursuit... more...

  • There is Power in a Unionby Philip Dray

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 14.99

    From an award-winning historian, a stirring (and timely) narrative history of American labor from the dawn of the industrial age to the present day. From the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, the first real factories in America, to the triumph of unions in the twentieth century and their waning influence today, the con­test between labor and capital for their share of American bounty has shaped our national experience. Philip Dray’s ambition is to show us the vital accomplishments of organized labor in that time and illuminate its central role in our social, political, economic, and cultural evolution. There Is Power in a Union is an epic, character-driven narrative that locates this struggle for security and dignity... more...

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Globalization Studiesby Bryan S. Turner

    Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 53.95

    Contains chapters on the history of globalization and key theories that have considered the causes and consequences of the globalization process. This book also contains sections that look at military, economic, technological, social and cultural changes in globalization. more...