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![Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century]()
Economic Disasters of the Twentieth Century
Edited by Michael J. Oliver, Derek H. Aldcroft
The First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes, the collapse of the Soviet command economy and Third World disasters are discussed in this comprehensive book. The cont...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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Debt, Innovations, and Deflation
J. Patrick Raines, Charles G. Leathers
In Debt, Innovations, and Deflation, the authors analyze the deflation theories of Thorstein Veblen, Irving Fisher, Joseph A. Schumpeter, and Hyman Minsky. In so doing, they develop a paradigm for understanding the phenomenon of deflatio...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Information Revolutions in the History of the West]()
Information Revolutions in the History of the West
Leonard Dudley
With detailed case studies addressing the sources of innovation in information technology, along with a conceptual framework to explain their effects, this book will be of interest to students and teachers of Western economic and social ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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China’s New Industrialization Strategy
Y. Y. Kueh
Deng Xiaoping’s economic strategy is widely regarded as a complete anathema to Mao’s, but this study strongly argues that without the material foundations laid by Mao, it would have been very difficult for Deng to launch his reform and o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of the Great Depression
Randall E. Parker
Comprising a series of unique and informative interviews, this original book focuses on the evolution and current state of the economic literature on the Great Depression. Renowned economists assess the status of the remaining debates, e... -
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Ralph Harris in His Own Words, the Selected Writings of Lord Harris
Ralph Harris, Colin Robinson
When Lord Harris of High Cross (Ralph Harris) died, in October 2006, at the age of 81, the tributes to him described him as one of the ‘men who changed Britain’. Friends and opponents alike acknowledged that Ralph, in his role as General... -
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New Perspectives on Adam Smith’s The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Edited by Geoff Cockfield, Ann Firth, John Laurent
Adam Smith’s remarkable book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, now deservedly coming to greater prominence, combines classical philosophy, early modern psychology and incisive observations of everyday life into a complex theory of human b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics
Edited by Jean-Philippe Touffut
From his earliest publications, Cournot broke from tradition with his predecessors in applying mathematical modelling to the social sphere. Consequently, he was the first to affirm the mathematization of social phenomena as an essential ...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx
Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx examines the legacies of these two giants of thought for the social sciences in the twenty-first century.eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Thorstein Veblen and the Revival of Free Market Capitalism
Edited by Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch, Dell P. Champlin
With the restoration of laissez faire as the governing principle of contemporary economic ideology and policy making, Thorstein Veblen’s insights are once again timely. This book revisits his legacy, featuring original essays by renowned...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Pioneers of Industrial Organization
Edited by Henry W. de Jong, William G. Shepherd
This encyclopaedic work celebrates the scores of leading pioneers who created the modern economic field of industrial organization, at the heart of which lie competition and monopoly, the two great forces that drive modern markets. Their...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economics, Competition and Academia
Donald R. Stabile
Donald Stabile places current concerns over the commercialization of academia in a historical context by describing the long-standing question of the extent to which market economics can and should be applied to higher education. The deb...eBook:Find out more$40.00
