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Free Market Economicsby Steven Kates
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This unique and thought-provoking book has been designed for anyone genuinely interested in unlocking the mysteries of how an economy works, or is interested in a serious explanation of the operation of a market economy. It concerns entrepreneurs, value added, the nature of the market, radical uncertainty, Say's Law and the causes of the business cycle. Steven Kates explains why Keynesian economics should not be used to manage an economy whilst outlining in detail what Keynesian economics is. The book discusses a vast array of issues often left out of traditional texts but which anyone who wishes to follow economic events needs to know. Although the book is designed for the general reader and not as a textbook, it would nevertheless benefit... more...
An Introduction to Modern Welfare Economicsby Per-Olov Johansson
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 38.00This book in welfare economics covers concepts such as Pareto optimality in a market economy, the compensation criterion and the social welfare function. more...
When Genius Failedby Roger Lowenstein
Random House Publishing Group 2001; US$ 11.99With a new Afterword addressing today’s financial crisis A BUSINESS WEEK BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In this business classic—now with a new Afterword in which the author draws parallels to the recent financial crisis—Roger Lowenstein captures the gripping roller-coaster ride of Long-Term Capital Management. Drawing on confidential internal memos and interviews with dozens of key players, Lowenstein explains not just how the fund made and lost its money but also how the personalities of Long-Term’s partners, the arrogance of their mathematical certainties, and the culture of Wall Street itself contributed to both their rise and their fall. When it was founded in 1993, Long-Term was hailed as the most impressive... more...
Democratic Distributive Justiceby Ross Zucker
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 23.00By exploring the integral relationship between democracy and economic justice, Democratic Distributive Justice seeks to explain how democratic countries with market systems should deal with the problem of high levels of income-inequality. The book provides an interdisciplinary approach to dealing with this issue that combines political, economic, and legal theory. more...
Poverty, Work, and Freedomby David P. Levine; S. Abu Turab Rizvi
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 20.00The poor seem easy to identify: those who do not have enough money or enough of the things money can buy. This book explores a different approach to poverty, one suggested by the notion of capabilities emphasized by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum. more...
Elgar Companion to Neo-Schumpeterian Economicsby H. Hanusch; A. Pyka
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 60.00Presents both a brief survey on the various fields of neo-Schumpeterian economics as well as insights into research at the scientific frontiers. This book also illustrates the potential of neo-Schumpeterian economics to overcome its so far self-imposed restriction to the domains of technology driven industry dynamics. more...
Adam Smith's Moral Philosophyby Jerry Evensky
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 24.00This work aims to treat Adam Smiths two great works as a seamless whole. more...
The History of Developmentby Gilbert Rist
Zed Books 2008; US$ 34.95For years we have believed in development. Indeed, with all its hopes of a more just and materially prosperous world, development has fascinated societies in both North and South. Looking at this collective fancy in retrospect, Gilbert Rist shows the underlying similarities of its various theories and strategies, and their shared inability to transform the world. more...
Milton Friedman on Economicsby Milton Friedman; Gary S. Becker
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 17.00On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as “the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era” by the New York Times and “the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century” by the Economist . Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedman was both a highly respected economist and a prominent public intellectual, the leader of a revolution in economic and political thought that argued robustly in favor of virtues of free markets and laissez-faire policies. Milton Friedman on Economics: Selected Papers collects a variety of Friedman’s papers on topics in economics that were originally published in the Journal of Political Economy . Opening... more...
Introduction to Computable General Equilibrium Modelsby Mary E. Burfisher
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 36.00This book provides a practical, how-to guide to CGE models suitable for use at the undergraduate college level. more...









