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Logic of Life
Tim Harford
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Analyzes the underlying economic logic behind seemingly irrational behavior, explaining how people are responding to future costs and benefits and how socially tragic outcomes have their roots in individually rational decisions.


Economic Progress and Environmental Concerns
Herbert Giersch
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Environmental theory and policy are becoming central issues in economics as in other fields of science. This volume focuses on selected aspects of environmental economics. The four papers of the first part deal with more general aspects. They discuss the environmental limits to growth (Wilfred Beckerman), ...


The Affluent Society Revisited
Mike Berry
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This book revisits John Kenneth Galbraith's The Affluent Society from the perspective of the background to, and causes of, the 2008 global economic crisis. Each chapter takes a major theme of his book, distils Galbraith's arguments, and then discusses to what extent they cast light on current developments.


Inside the Celtic Tiger
Denis O'Hearn
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Is Irish economic development sustainable in the moderately near future?


The Credit Crunch: Housing Bubbles, Globalisation and the Worldwide Economic Crisis
Graham Turner
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'A timely analysis of the pressures on world money markets and the fundamental weaknesses in the global financial system.' Hamish McRae, Independent


The Implosion of Capitalism
Samir Amin
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Comprehensive survey of the world capitalist system in crisis - from the Eurozone, to the BRIC nations and the Arab Spring.


How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance
Brian Patrick Eha
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The captivating story of how the future of money was born and where it's taking us next


The Profit Doctrine: Economists of the Neoliberal Era
Robert Chernomas, Ian Hudson
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A comprehensive account of the role of professional economists in the economic, social and environmental crises of the early 21st century


Reproductive Agency, Medicine and the State: Cultural Transformations in Childbearing
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Considering the relationship between reproductive processes and attitudes, medical technologies and state health policies in diverse cultural contexts, this text discusses the relationship between local and global ideas, practices and policies on reproduction and health across the developing and post industrial worlds.


Restoring Confidence in the Financial System: See-Through-Leverage: A Powerful New Tool for Revealing and Managing Risk
Richard Bassett, Sean Tully
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Explains the intricacies of the regulatory framework of Basel I and Basel II, the two landmark events in banking regulation which inadvertently laid the foundation for the economic crisis.


Ireland's Economic Success: reasons and lessons (International edition)
Paul Sweeney, Frances Cairncross, Daragh McDowell
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Focuses on the reasons why Ireland was successful economically and also examines in the lessons to be learned from this success.


Economics: A Crash Course: Become An Instant Expert
David Boyle, Andrew Simms
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Not long ago, economic theories were generally based on a narrow set of principles. Then the continuing boom-bust cycle combined with the failure of the best economic minds to ensure that prosperity spreads down through the economy has left a series of very obvious question marks.


Rethinking Britain: Policy Ideas for the Many
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Rethinking Britain presents a range of ideas from some of the country's most influential thinkers, offering solutions which, if implemented, would lead to a fairer society. This book is an essential aid for citizens who are interested in critiquing inequalities while looking to build a better future.


Integration and Competition Between Transport and Logistics Businesses
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This International Transport Forum Round Table identifies critical competition issues and appropriate regulatory responses. In particular it examines whether very large multinational transport and logistics firms escape regulatory oversight because of their sheer scale.


Why The Markets Went Crazy: And What It Means For Investors
T. Lee
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Tim Lee has a unique insight into the workings of the stock market bubble of 1995-2000 and the implications for the future. Tim Lee was right at the centre of the boom and has much of value to say to professional investors as well as anybody trying to understand this and the long term consequences.


Ferraris for All: In Defence of Economic Progress
Daniel Ben-Ami
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In Ferraris for all, Daniel Ben-Ami argues that society as a whole benefits from greater affluence and action is needed to increase and spread global prosperity.


Asian Perspectives on Financial Sector Reforms and Regulation
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Although emerging economies as a group performed well during the global recession, weathering the recession better than advanced economies, there were sharp differences among them and across regions.


Essential Finance
Nigel Gibson
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Everything you need to know about the financial world.


Other People's Money
John Kay
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The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search ...


Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil
Brian S. Whitener
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Crisis Cultures provides an overview of the challenges to the current cultural histories of the Neoliberal Period in Mexico and Brazil

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