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Provides a look at the joint development of representative assemblies and public borrowing in Europe during the medieval and early modern eras. This title argues that advances in political representation allowed certain European states to gain early and advantageous access to credit.

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How do incentives affect character and institutional culture Can incentives be manipulative or exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them What are the responsibilities of the powerful in using incentives This book deals with these questions.

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Incentives can be found everywhere - in schools, businesses, factories, and government - influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing. This title shows that, like all other forms of power, incentives can be subject to abuse.

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Focusing on the processes of accumulation, concentration, and centralisation of capital, Rubens Sawaya traces the transnationalisation of capital and its impact on Latin America and Brazil

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From New York Times bestselling author and economics columnist Robert Frank, a compelling book that explains why the rich underestimate the importance of luck in their success, why that hurts everyone, and what we can do about it How important is luck in economic success No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservati

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An eloquent and devastating analysis in comic-book form of our economic world, and - quite simply - what makes us tick.

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"First published in India as Indians in a globalizing world, by HarperCollins Publishers India, Noida, 2014"--Title page verso.

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Developments in technology, radical changes in the global economy, and the relentless pursuit of productivity have altered forever our organizations, our careers, and our lifestyles. This book identifies the unintended consequences of change and provides a set of guiding principles to cope with the paradoxes of modern life.

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Idon't think there'll ever be a day when there's nothing to dissent about. Lawrence Ferlinghetti The game isbeing run on people but they don t know how the game is being run. ArthurBlaustein I often feel as though right...

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Advances in reproductive medicine have created an undeniable 'market for babies', in which parents choose traits, clinics woo clients, and specialised providers earn millions of dollars a year. This book argues that it is time to acknowledge this largely secretive and controversial market as a commercial industry.

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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences - from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. This title demonstrates that game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines.

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Provides an in-depth history of the Chicago School of Economics, which sprung from the University of Chicago in the mid 20th century.

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An eye-opening guide to the racial wealth gap in the United States.

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The world has become increasingly separated into the haves and have-nots. In 'The Culture of Contentment', renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith shows how a contented class - not the privileged few, but the socially and economically advantaged majority - defend their comfortable status at a cost.

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The world is drowning in cash--and it's making us poorer and less safe. In The Curse of Cash, Kenneth Rogoff, one of the world's leading economists, makes a persuasive and fascinating case for an idea that until recently would have seemed outlandish: getting rid of most paper money.--Amazon.com.

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This compelling, provocative, and accessible volume offers a rejoinder to the prevailing wisdom that views debt as holy writ.

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This compelling, provocative, and accessible volume offers a rejoinder to the prevailing wisdom that views debt as holy writ.