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Economic theory, which explains efficiency using formalized rational choice models, often simplifies human behavior to the point of distortion. This work finds such theory to be particularly weak in explaining such crucial forms of economic behavior as cooperation, innovation, and action under conditions of uncertainty.

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Matthew Greenslade describes the damage done by the World Banks insistence on pursuing a targeted approach to social protection in lower-income countries, while also describing some of the successes in the grassroots fights for a more universal approach.

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Provides methods that managers, boards, and even investors can adopt to avoid making the same mistakes. This book draws on examples to help you avoid failure by showing you how to thoroughly assess potentially disastrous strategies before they bring your company down.

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A dictionary, which includes coverage of individuals who are not normally thought of as economists but who nonetheless made original contributions, including writers such as HG Wells and others; astronomers and mathematicians such as Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley and Isaac Barrow; and others from various fields and the East India Company employees.

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This cautionary tale explains how the murky and complex world of mortgage finance caused a global market meltdownand offers new insights on how to create a stronger world of banking and mortgage finance.

Years after the economic crisis of the late 2000s, Americans still want to know what went wrongand why.

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The only book of its kind in the field of Afro-American labor studies, this introductory reference surveys the diverse field of Afro-American labor literature from the end of the Civil War to the present.

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This is the first book to document thoroughly the lifestyle and collective experience of the many thousands of black sailors during this time period. In a penetrating study, the author unveils the enormous contribution made prior to the Civil War to the nation's economy, prestige, and power by black Americans.

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In the recent debate over the growing poverty among blacks, attention has increasingly focused on the role of women heading households as a contributor to poverty.

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Pinder examines the interrelatedness of globalization and workfare and how this interrelatedness is impacting black single mother welfare recipients. The book builds on these insights and seeks to illuminate a crucial but largely overlooked aspect of the negative impact of workfare on black women and the American economy.

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The U.S. experiences a major crisis about every eighty years, and the last big crisis started more than eighty years ago.

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When most people think of policies designed to help the poor, welfare is the first program that comes to mind. Traditionally welfare has served individuals who do not work hence much of the stigma that some attach to the program.

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Drawing from the economic and demographic data and business examples, this work demonstrates the depth and breadth of US-Mexican relations and their implications for American business and policymaking. It also dispels popular myths about Mexico as an economic backwater or political distraction.

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A new edition of Kaplans landmark study on eighteenth-century French political economy, reissued with a new Foreword by Sophus A. Reinert. Based on comprehensive archival, Kaplans classic work constitutes a major contribution to the study of the subsistence problem before the French Revolution and the political economy of deregulatory reform.

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Looking into the future is always difficult and often problematic - but sometimes its useful to imagine what innovations might resolve todays problems and make tomorrow better. In this book, 15 distinguished international experts examine how technology will affect the human condition and natural world within the next ten years.

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Although the United States' economic relations with the Third World have gone through various phases as political and fiscal conditions have shifted, Dr. Godfried contends that the main policy outlines established in the Middle East in the 1940s have dominated the American approach to Third World development ever since.

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The author surveys the negotiations between Britain and the European Economic Community, analyzing official and public attitudes toward the British accession, and the influence of public opinion throughout the negotiations. She carefully examines the British search for entry, the development of the Community, and the member nations' discussions on