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Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidenceby Robert C. FeenstraISBN 0691114102 (0-691-11410-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Advances in Behavioral Economicsby Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein, Matthew RabinISBN 0691116822 (0-691-11682-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Advances in Behavioral Economics'Book summary:Twenty years ago, behavioral economics did not exist as a field. Most economists were deeply skeptical--even antagonistic--toward the idea of importing insights from psychology into their field. Today, behavioral economics has become virtually mainstream. It is well represented in prominent journals and top economics departments, and behavioral economists, including several contributors to this volume, have garnered some of the most prestigious awards in the profession.
This book assembles the most important papers on behavioral economics published since around 1990. Among the 25 articles are many that update and extend earlier foundational contributions, as well as cutting-edge papers that break new theoretical and empirical ground.
Advances in Behavioral Economics will serve as the definitive one-volume resource for those who want to familiarize themselves with the new field or keep up-to-date with the latest developments. It will not only be a core text for students, but will be consulted widely by professional economists, as well as psychologists and social scientists with an interest in how behavioral insights are being applied in economics.
The articles, which follow Colin Camerer and George Loewenstein's introduction, are by the editors, George A. Akerlof, Linda Babcock, Shlomo Benartzi, Vincent P. Crawford, Peter Diamond, Ernst Fehr, Robert H. Frank, Shane Frederick, Simon Gächter, David Genesove, Itzhak Gilboa, Uri Gneezy, Robert M. Hutchens, Daniel Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch, David Laibson, Christopher Mayer, Terrance Odean, Ted O'Donoghue, Aldo Rustichini, David Schmeidler, Klaus M. Schmidt, Eldar Shafir, Hersh M. Shefrin, Chris Starmer, Richard H. Thaler, Amos Tversky, and Janet L. Yellen.
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Asia Per Capita: Why National Incomes Differ in East Asiaby Kunio YoshiharaISBN 0700713506 (0-7007-1350-6)
Hardcover, Curzon Pr
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A Bargain for Francesby Russell Hoban, Lillian HobanISBN 0694012955 (0-694-01295-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Beyond Individual Choice: Teams & Frames in Game Theoryby Robert Sugden, Michael Bacharach, NATALIE GOLDISBN 0691120056 (0-691-12005-6)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Big Problem of Small Changeby Thomas J. SargentISBN 0691116350 (0-691-11635-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Problem of Small Change'Book summary:The Big Problem of Small Change offers the first credible and analytically sound explanation of how a problem that dogged monetary authorities for hundreds of years was finally solved. Two leading economists, Thomas Sargent and François Velde, examine the evolution of Western European economies through the lens of one of the classic problems of monetary history--the recurring scarcity and depreciation of small change. Through penetrating and clearly worded analysis, they tell the story of how monetary technologies, doctrines, and practices evolved from 1300 to 1850; of how the "standard formula" was devised to address an age-old dilemma without causing inflation.
One big problem had long plagued commodity money (that is, money literally worth its weight in gold): governments were hard-pressed to provide a steady supply of small change because of its high costs of production. The ensuing shortages hampered trade and, paradoxically, resulted in inflation and depreciation of small change. After centuries of technological progress that limited counterfeiting, in the nineteenth century governments replaced the small change in use until then with fiat money (money not literally equal to the value claimed for it)--ensuring a secure flow of small change. But this was not all. By solving this problem, suggest Sargent and Velde, modern European states laid the intellectual and practical basis for the diverse forms of money that make the world go round today.
This keenly argued, richly imaginative, and attractively illustrated study presents a comprehensive history and theory of small change. The authors skillfully convey the intuition that underlies their rigorous analysis. All those intrigued by monetary history will recognize this book for the standard that it is.
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The Body Economic: Life, Death, And Sensation In Political Economy And The Victorian Novelby Catherine GallagherISBN 0691123586 (0-691-12358-6)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florenceby Ross KingISBN 0701169036 (0-7011-6903-6)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence'Book summary:Filippo Brunelleschi's design for the dome of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence remains one of the most towering achievements of Renaissance architecture. Completed in 1436, the dome remains a remarkable feat of design and engineering. Its span of more than 140 feet exceeds St Paul's in London and St Peter's in Rome, and even outdoes the Capitol in Washington, D.C., making it the largest dome ever constructed using bricks and mortar. The story of its creation and its brilliant but "hot-tempered" creator is told in Ross King's delightful Brunelleschi's Dome.
Both dome and architect offer King plenty of rich material. The story of the dome goes back to 1296, when work began on the cathedral, but it was only in 1420, when Brunelleschi won a competition over his bitter rival Lorenzo Ghiberti to design the daunting cupola, that work began in earnest. King weaves an engrossing tale from the political intrigue, personal jealousies, dramatic setbacks, and sheer inventive brilliance that led to the paranoid Filippo, "who was so proud of his inventions and so fearful of plagiarism," finally seeing his dome completed only months before his death. King argues that it was Brunelleschi's improvised brilliance in solving the problem of suspending the enormous cupola in bricks and mortar (painstakingly detailed with precise illustrations) that led him to "succeed in performing an engineering feat whose structural daring was without parallel." He tells a compelling, informed story, ranging from discussions of the construction of the bricks, mortar, and marble that made up the dome, to its subsequent use as a scientific instrument by the Florentine astronomer Paolo Toscanelli. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Challenge of Global Capitalism: The World Economy in the 21st Centuryby Robert GilpinISBN 0691092796 (0-691-09279-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Classical Economists Revisitedby D. P. ObrienISBN 0691119392 (0-691-11939-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Competitive Solutions: The Strategist's Toolkitby R. Preston McAfeeISBN 0691096465 (0-691-09646-5)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Competitive Solutions: The Strategist's Toolkit'Book summary:Competitive Solutions is an entertaining and wideranging introduction to successful business methods applied to a variety of real-world situations. Rejecting the one-size-fits-all premise that underlies so many guides to business strategy, Preston McAfee develops the intellectual tools and insights needed to confront many marketplace problems. Drawing on his broad experience as a consultant for major U.S. companies, as well as extensive research, McAfee emphasizes cooperation, pricing, litigation, and antitrust as vital to a firm's competitive posture--and focuses more attention on these elements than do most business strategy accounts.
McAfee begins by considering strategy as successfully applied by America OnLine, an example that introduces many of the tools discussed in greater depth throughout the book. From here he moves to industry analysis: By examining the context for developing a strategy, he points out uses of positioning and differentiation that enable a firm to weaken price competition and deter rivals from stealing customers. McAfee's exploration of a product's life cycle proves an invaluable guide to positioning new technology in order to maximize the potential for future customers.
In the centerpiece of the book, McAfee lays out a how-to manual for cooperation, providing tactics crucial for setting standards, lobbying the government, and fostering industry growth. Writing in a conversational manner, McAfee also addresses such deep topics as organizational design and employee compensation and incentives. More detailed discussions examine antitrust enforcement, which is an increasingly important constraint on strategy, as well as strategies for pricing, bidding, signaling, and bargaining.
This book is a fascinating examination of modern business strategy and its application in many different settings. Students of business and economics--as well as executives and managers--will recognize Competitive Solutions as an indispensable resource as well as a definitive vision of the strategic firm: one in which each element of company strategy reinforces the other elements.
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Competitive Solutions: The Strategist`s Toolkitby Not AvailableISBN 0691124035 (0-691-12403-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A Quantitative Approachby Luigi Luca Cavalli-SforzaISBN 0691082839 (0-691-08283-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Demography Of Corporations And Industriesby Michael T. Hannan, Glenn R. CarrollISBN 0691120153 (0-691-12015-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Econometrics and the Philosophy of Economics: Theory-Data Confrontaions in Economicsby Bernt StigumISBN 0691113009 (0-691-11300-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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An Economic Analysis of the Familyby John ErmischISBN 0691096678 (0-691-09667-8)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Economic Crisis and Policy Choice: The Politics of Adjustment in the Third Worldby Joan M. NelsonISBN 0691078211 (0-691-07821-1)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Economic Evolution of American Health Care: From Marcus Welby to Managed Careby David DranoveISBN 0691102538 (0-691-10253-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Economic Failures of Nehru & Indira Gandhiby Gujral M.L.ISBN 070690835X (0-7069-0835-X)
Hardcover, Asia Book Corp of Amer
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The Economic Sociology Of Capitalismby Victor Nee, Richard SwedbergISBN 0691119589 (0-691-11958-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Economic Sociology Of Capitalism'Book summary:This book represents a major step forward in the use of economic sociology to illuminate the nature and workings of capitalism amid the far-reaching changes of the contemporary era of global capitalism. For the past twenty years economic sociologists have focused on mesa-level phenomena of networks, but they have done relatively little to analyze capitalism as an overall system or to show how such phenomena emerge from and shape the dynamics of capitalism. The Economic Sociology of Capitalism seeks to change this, by presenting both big-picture analyses of capitalism and more focused pieces on institutions crucial to capitalism.
The book, which includes sixteen chapters by leading scholars in economic sociology, is organized around three broad themes. The first section addresses core issues and problems in the new study of capitalism; the second considers a variety of topics concerning America, the leading capitalist economy of the world; and the third focuses attention on the question of convergence stemming from the global transformation of capitalism and the challenge of explaining institutional change.
The contributions, which follow a foreword by economic historian Avner Greif and the editor's introduction, are by Mitchel Abolafia, James Baron and Michael Hannan, Mary C. Brinton, John Campbell, Gerald Davis and Christopher Marquis, Paul DiMaggio and Joseph Cohen, Peter Evans, Neil Fligstein, John Freeman, Francis Fukuyama, Ko Kuwabara, Victor Nee, Douglass C. North, AnnaLee Saxenian, Richard Swedberg, and Viviana Zelizer.
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The Economics of E-Commerce: A Strategic Guide to Understanding and Designing the Online Marketplaceby Nir VulkanISBN 069108906X (0-691-08906-X)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Keos With Paul Cby Anne CarsonISBN 0691091757 (0-691-09175-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Essential John Nashby John F. Nash, Harold W. Kuhn, Sylvia NasarISBN 0691095272 (0-691-09527-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the Worldby Greg ClarkISBN 0691121354 (0-691-12135-4)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Financial Crisis, Contagion, and Containment: From Asia to Argentinaby Padma DesaiISBN 0691113920 (0-691-11392-0)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Creditby Lendol CalderISBN 0691074550 (0-691-07455-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Foundations of Social Evolutionby Steven A. FrankISBN 0691059349 (0-691-05934-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundations of Social Evolution'Book summary:This is a masterly theoretical treatment of one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. Steven Frank tackles the problem with a highly original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative genetics, and kin selection. He unites these with the best of economic thought: a clear theory of model formation and comparative statics, the development of simple methods for analyzing complex problems, and notions of information and rationality. Using this unique, multidisciplinary approach, Frank makes major advances in understanding the foundations of social evolution.
Frank begins by developing the three measures of value used in biology--marginal value, reproductive value, and kin selection. He then combines these measures into a coherent framework, providing the first unified analysis of social evolution in its full ecological and demographic context. Frank also extends the theory of kin selection by showing that relatedness has two distinct meanings. The first is a measure of information about social partners, with close affinity to theories of correlated equilibrium and Bayesian rationality in economic game theory. The second is a measure of the fidelity by which characters are transmitted to future generations--an extended notion of heritability.
Throughout, Frank illustrates his methods with many examples, including a complete reformulation of the theory of sex allocation. The book also provides a unique "how-to" guide for constructing models of social behavior. It is essential reading for evolutionary biologists and for economists, mathematicians, and others interested in natural selection.
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Governance in a Global Economy: Political Authority in Transitionby Miles Kahler, David A. LakeISBN 0691114021 (0-691-11402-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Governing the Market: Economic Theory and the Role of Government in East Asian Industrializationby Robert WadeISBN 0691117292 (0-691-11729-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knoweldge Economyby S. R. Barley, Gideon KundaISBN 0691127956 (0-691-12795-6)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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The Handbook Of Economic Sociologyby Neil J. Smelser, Richard SwedbergISBN 0691121265 (0-691-12126-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handbook Of Economic Sociology'Book summary:"The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition" is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the most comprehensive treatment of economic sociology available. The first edition, copublished in 1994 by Princeton University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation as a synthesis of the burgeoning field of economic sociology, soon established itself as the definitive presentation of the field, and has been widely read, reviewed, and adopted. Since then, the field of economic sociology has continued to grow by leaps and bounds and to move into new theoretical and empirical territory. The second edition, while being as all-embracing in its coverage as the first edition, represents a wholesale revamping. Neil Smelser and Richard Swedberg have kept the main overall framework intact, but nearly two-thirds of the chapters are new or have new authors. As in the first edition, they bring together leading sociologists as well as representatives of other social sciences. But the thirty chapters of this volume incorporate many substantial thematic changes and new lines of research - for example, more focus on international and global concerns, chapters on institutional analysis, the transition from socialist economies, organization and networks, and the economic sociology of the ancient world. "The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition" is the definitive resource on what continues to be one of the leading edges of sociology and one of its most important interdisciplinary adventures. It is a must read for all faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates doing work in the field. Almost two-thirds of the chapters are new or have new authors. The authors include leading sociologists as well as representatives of other social sciences. [via]
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The Handbook of Experimental Economicsby Alvin E. Roth, John H. KagelISBN 0691058970 (0-691-05897-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Well-Beingby Bruno Frey, Alois StutzerISBN 0691069980 (0-691-06998-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Hard Ball: The Abuse of Power in Pro Team Sportsby Rodney D. Fort, James P. QuirkISBN 0691058172 (0-691-05817-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economyby George J. BorjasISBN 0691088969 (0-691-08896-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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How to Read the Financial Pages: A Simple Guide to the Way Money Works and the Jargonby Michael BrettISBN 0712675604 (0-7126-7560-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern Americaby Mae M. NgaiISBN 0691124299 (0-691-12429-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Mae Ngai offers a close reading of the legal regime of restriction that commenced in the 1920s--its statutory architecture, judicial genealogies, administrative enforcement, differential treatment of European and non-European migrants, and long-term effects. In well-drawn historical portraits, Ngai peoples her study with the Filipinos, Mexicans, Japanese, and Chinese who comprised, variously, illegal aliens, alien citizens, colonial subjects, and imported contract workers. She shows that immigration restriction, particularly national-origin and numerical quotas, re-mapped the nation both by creating new categories of racial difference and by emphasizing as never before the nation's contiguous land borders and their patrol. This yielded the "illegal alien," a new legal and political subject whose inclusion in the nation was a social reality but a legal impossibility--a subject without rights and excluded from citizenship. Questions of fundamental legal status created new challenges for liberal democratic society and have directly informed the politics of multiculturalism and national belonging in our time.
Ngai's analysis is based on extensive archival research, including previously unstudied records of the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Naturalization Service. Contributing to American history, legal history, and ethnic studies, Impossible Subjects is a major reconsideration of U.S. immigration in the twentieth century.
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Inflation Targeting: Lessons from the International Experienceby Ben S. Bernanke, Frederic S. Mishkin, Thomas Laubach, Adam S. PosenISBN 0691086893 (0-691-08689-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The book begins by explaining the unique features and advantages of inflation targeting. The authors argue that the simplicity and openness of inflation targeting make it far easier for the public to understand the intent and effects of monetary policy. This strategy also increases policymakers' accountability for inflation performance and can accommodate flexible, even "discretionary," monetary policy actions without sacrificing central banks' credibility. The authors examine how well variants of this approach have worked in nine countries: Germany and Switzerland (which employ a money-focused form of inflation targeting), New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Israel, Spain, and Australia. They show that these countries have typically seen lower inflation, lower inflation expectations, and lower nominal interest rates, and have found that one-time shocks to the price level have less of a "pass-through" effect on inflation. These effects, in turn, are improving the climate for economic growth. The authors warn, however, that the success of inflation targeting depends on operational details, such as how the targets are defined and when they are announced. They also show that inflation targeting is not a panacea that can make inflation perfectly predictable or reduce it without economic costs.
Clear, balanced, and authoritative, Inflation Targeting is a groundbreaking study that will have a major impact on the debate over the right monetary strategy for the coming decades. As a unique comparative study of what central banks actually do in different countries around the world, this book will also be invaluable to anyone interested in how economic policy is made.
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Interest Groups and Trade Policyby Gene M. Grossman, Elhanan HelpmanISBN 0691095973 (0-691-09597-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments Of Islamismby Timur KuranISBN 0691115109 (0-691-11510-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Japan's Global Reach: The Influences, Strategies, and Weaknesses of Japan's Multinational Companiesby Bill EmmottISBN 071264928X (0-7126-4928-X)
Hardcover, Century
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Justice Is Conflictby Stuart HampshireISBN 0691089744 (0-691-08974-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Machinery, Money and the Millennium: From Moral Economy to Socialism, 1815-1860by Gregory ClaeysISBN 0691094306 (0-691-09430-6)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Marx's Critique of Political Economy: Intellectual Sources and Evolutionby Allen OakleyISBN 0710099452 (0-7100-9945-2)
Hardcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul
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Marxism: An Historical and Critical Studyby G. LichtheimISBN 0710046456 (0-7100-4645-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociologyby Richard SwedbergISBN 069107013X (0-691-07013-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of Tradeby H. PirenneISBN 0691051763 (0-691-05176-3)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Money, Capital, and Fluctuations: Early Essaysby F. A. Hayek, Roy McCloughry, London School of Economics and Political ScienceISBN 0710099215 (0-7100-9921-5)
Hardcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul in co-operation with London School of Economics and Political Science
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Nature: An Economic Historyby Geerat J. VermeijISBN 069112793X (0-691-12793-X)
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The New Division of Labor: How Computers Are Creating the Next Job Marketby Richard J. Murnane, Frank LevyISBN 0691124027 (0-691-12402-7)
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Nixon's Economy: Booms, Busts, Dollars, and Votesby Allen J. MatusowISBN 0700608885 (0-7006-0888-5)
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Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitutionby Forrest McDonaldISBN 0700603115 (0-7006-0311-5)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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On Adam Smith`s Wealth of Nations: A Philosophical Companionby Samuel FleischackerISBN 069112390X (0-691-12390-X)
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On Justification - Economies of Worthby Luc Boltanski, Catherine Porter, Laurent ThevenotISBN 0691125163 (0-691-12516-3)
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In this foundational work of post-Bourdieu sociology, the authors examine a wide range of situations where people justify their actions. The authors argue that justifications fall into six main logics exemplified by six authors: civic (Rousseau), market (Adam Smith), industrial (Saint-Simon), domestic (Bossuet), inspiration (Augustine), and fame (Hobbes). The authors show how these justifications conflict, as people compete to legitimize their views of a situation.
On Justification is likely to spark important debates across the social sciences.
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On Warby Michael Howard, Peter Paret, Karl Von ClausewitzISBN 0691056579 (0-691-05657-9)
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Pakistan: A Political and Economic History Since 1947by Omar NomanISBN 0710303890 (0-7103-0389-0)
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Peasant Classes: The Bureaucratization of Property and Family Relations Under Early Habsburg Absolutism, 1511-1636by Hermann RebelISBN 0691053669 (0-691-05366-9)
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Peasants, Politics, and Revolution; Pressures Toward Political and Social Change in the Third World,by Joel S. MigdalISBN 0691075670 (0-691-07567-0)
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Peasants, Subsistence Ecology and Development in the Highlands of Paupa New Guineaby Lawrence C. GrossmanISBN 0691094063 (0-691-09406-3)
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Philosopher in the City: The Moral Dimensions of Urban Politicsby H. ArkesISBN 0691093563 (0-691-09356-3)
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The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism Across Nationsby Peter A. HallISBN 0691077991 (0-691-07799-1)
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Political Undercurrents in Soviet Economic Debates:from Bukharin to the Modern Reformers: From Bukharin to the Modern Reformersby Moshe LewinISBN 0691052182 (0-691-05218-2)
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Politics Against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Powerby Esping-Andersen GostaISBN 069109408X (0-691-09408-X)
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Politics and Economics of the Transition Periodby Nikolai Bukharin, Kenneth J. TarbuckISBN 0710001142 (0-7100-0114-2)
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The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuelaby Kurt WeylandISBN 069111787X (0-691-11787-X)
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The Pre-Industrial Economy in England, 1500-1750by Leslie A. ClarksonISBN 0713413808 (0-7134-1380-8)
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane AustenISBN 070898228X (0-7089-8228-X)
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Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Principles of Economic Sociologyby Richard SwedbergISBN 0691130590 (0-691-13059-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Richard Swedberg describes the field's critical insights into economic life, giving particular attention to the effects of culture on economic phenomena and the ways that economic actions are embedded in social structures. He examines the full range of economic institutions and explicates the relationship of the economy to politics, law, culture, and gender. Swedberg notes that sociologists too often fail to properly emphasize the role that self-interested behavior plays in economic decisions, while economists frequently underestimate the importance of social relations. Thus, he argues that the next major task for economic sociology is to develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of how interests and social relations work in combination to affect economic action. Written by an author whose name is synonymous with economic sociology, this text constitutes a sorely needed advanced synthesis--and a blueprint for the future of this burgeoning field.
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Private Interests, Public Policy, and American Agricultureby William Paul BrowneISBN 0700603352 (0-7006-0335-2)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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Putin's Russia: Scenarios for 2005 February 2001by Mark Galeotti, Ian M. SyngeISBN 0710623623 (0-7106-2362-3)
Softcover, Janes Information Group
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Quarter Notes and Bank Notes: The Economics of Music Composition in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuriesby F. M. SchererISBN 0691116210 (0-691-11621-0)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledgeby Michael Suk-Young ChweISBN 0691114714 (0-691-11471-4)
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A Reappraisal of Welfare Economicsby S. K. NathISBN 0710062516 (0-7100-6251-6)
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Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty-first Centuryby Deepak LalISBN 0691125910 (0-691-12591-0)
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Schools of Thought: Twenty Five Years of Interpretive Social Scienceby Joan Wallach Scott, Debra KeatesISBN 069108842X (0-691-08842-X)
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Following a preface by Clifford Geertz, whose profound insights have helped shape the School from the outset, the essays are arranged in four sections. The first offers personal reflections on disciplinary changes; the second features essays advocating changes in focus or methodology; the third presents field overviews and institutional history; while the fourth addresses the link between political philosophy and world governance. Two recurring themes are the uses (and pitfalls) of interdisciplinary studies and the relation between scholarship and social change. This book will be rewarding for anyone interested in how changing trends in scholarship shape the understanding of our social worlds.
The contributors include David Apter, Kaushik Basu, Judith Butler, Nicholas Dirks, Jean Elshtain, Peter Galison, Wolf Lepenies, Jane Mansbridge, Andrew Pickering, Mary Poovey, Istvan Rev, Renato Rosaldo, Michael Rustin, Joan W. Scott, William H. Sewell, Jr., Quentin Skinner, Charles Taylor, Anna Tsing, Michael Walzer, and Gavin Wright.
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Selected Economic Essays and Addressesby Arnold Plant, Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain)ISBN 0710079354 (0-7100-7935-4)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul [for the Institute of Economic Affairs]
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Sex and Consequences: Abortion, Public Policy, and the Economics of Fertilityby Phillip B. LevineISBN 0691070989 (0-691-07098-9)
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Shifting Involvements: Private Interest and Public Actionby Albert O. Hirschman, Robert H. FrankISBN 0691092923 (0-691-09292-3)
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State of the Union: A Century of American Laborby Nelson LichtensteinISBN 0691116547 (0-691-11654-7)
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In the Progressive era, Lichtenstein writes, the "labor question" lay at the heart of a whole complex of political ideas governing the social betterment of working people and the development of a more equitable society. These ideas flourished through the course of the early twentieth century, as unions attained more and more influence and as Keynesian notions of organized labor being "essential to boost mass purchasing power and thereby sustain economic growth" became established. After World War II, however, unionism began a slow collapse, helped along by the rise of conservative, antilabor politics. Although ideas of workplace justice and the extension of civil rights into the private sector remain strong, organized labor has not--with the result, Lichtenstein argues, that many American workers are worse off today than they were a quarter of a century ago. Lichtenstein's narrative capably summarizes trends in modern labor history, and it provides much fuel for activists seeking renewed labor-based politics. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Sufficient Reason: Volitional Pragmatism And The Meaning of Economic Institutionsby Daniel W. BromleyISBN 0691124191 (0-691-12419-1)
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Bromley argues that standard economic accounts see institutions as mere constraints on otherwise autonomous individual action. Some approaches to institutional economics--particularly the "new" institutional economics--suggest that economic institutions emerge spontaneously from the voluntary interaction of economic agents as they go about pursuing their best advantage. He suggests that this approach misses the central fact that economic institutions are the explicit and intended result of authoritative agents--legislators, judges, administrative officers, heads of states, village leaders--who volitionally decide upon working rules and entitlement regimes whose very purpose is to induce behaviors (and hence plausible outcomes) that constitute the sufficient reasons for the institutional arrangements they create.
Bromley's approach avoids the prescriptive consequentialism of contemporary economics and asks, instead, that we see these emergent and evolving institutions as the reasons for the individual and aggregate behavior their very adoption anticipates. These hoped-for outcomes comprise sufficient reasons for new laws, judicial decrees, and administrative rulings, which then become instrumental to the realization of desired individual behaviors and thus aggregate outcomes.
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Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of Revolutionby T. H. BreenISBN 0691089140 (0-691-08914-0)
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T. H. Breen's study of this tobacco culture focuses on how elite planters gave meaning to existence. He examines the value-laden relationships--found in both the fields and marketplaces--that led from tobacco to politics, from agrarian experience to political protest, and finally to a break with the political and economic system that they believed threatened both personal independence and honor.
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Understanding Marx: A Reconstruction and Critique of Capitalby Robert Paul WolffISBN 0691076782 (0-691-07678-2)
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Unpaid Professionals: Commercialism and Conflict in Big-Time College Sportsby Andrew S. ZimbalistISBN 0691086907 (0-691-08690-7)
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What's The Good Of Education?: The Economics Of Education In The UKby Stephen Machin, Anna VignolesISBN 0691117349 (0-691-11734-9)
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When Washington Shut Down Wall Street: The Great Financial Crisis of 1914 and the Origins of America's Monetary Supremacyby William L. SilberISBN 0691127476 (0-691-12747-6)
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William McAdoo stepped in with courageous action, we read in Silber's gripping account. He shut the New York Stock Exchange for more than four months to prevent Europeans from selling their American securities and demanding gold in return. He smothered the country with emergency currency to prevent a replay of the bank runs that swept America in 1907. And he launched the United States as a world monetary power by honoring America's commitment to the gold standard. His actions provide a blueprint for crisis control that merits attention today. McAdoo's recipe emphasizes an exit strategy that allows policymakers to throttle a crisis while minimizing collateral damage.
When Washington Shut Down Wall Street recreates the drama of America's battle for financial credibility. McAdoo's accomplishments place him alongside Paul Volcker and Alan Greenspan as great American financial leaders. McAdoo, in fact, nursed the Federal Reserve into existence as the 1914 crisis waned and served as the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
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Work at Home: The Domestic Division of Labourby Janeen BaxterISBN 0702225045 (0-7022-2504-5)
Softcover, Univ of Queensland Pr
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