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This volume explores the emergence of the rational consuming individual in modern economic thought; the moral and ideological values consumers have attached to their relationships with commodities; and the practices and theories of consumer citizenship within the state.

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This volume explores the emergence of the rational consuming individual in modern economic thought; the moral and ideological values consumers have attached to their relationships with commodities; and the practices and theories of consumer citizenship within the state.

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This study considers both the determinants of a government's choice between adjustment strategies for the transformation of mature industrial economies and how that choice affects the nature of liberal democracy.

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This book aims to provide an account of Sraffa's Production of Commodities by means of Commodities. Operating with a two-sector model, the author analyses the questions arising from Sraffa's book-prices of production, choice of technique, fixed capital, land and joint production, and discuss micro- and macro-economic implications of this theory.

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Describes the remarkable creative renaissance in economics, how economic thinking is being applied to the paradoxes of everyday life. This title incorporates the developments in the field, including the rise of behavioral finance, the failure of carbon trading, and the growing trend of government bailouts.

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Building on the companion volume on closed economic systems, Dompere develops a theory of aggregate investment, optimal capital, and output dynamics for open economic systems under neo-Keynesian conditions with special reference to growth policy.

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Focusing on capitalist economic systems, this book develops a theoretical approach to the study of aggregate capital dynamics.

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Following a brief historical overview showing how the problem of incentives has come to the fore in the past two centuries, the authors their work to exploring principal-agent models and various extensions thereof in light of three types of information problems: adverse selection, moral hazard, and non-verifiability.

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What is the exact nature of the consumption function Can this term be defined so that it will be consistent with empirical evidence and a valid instrument in the hands of future economic researchers and policy makers This book presents a theory of the consumption function, and tests it against extensive statistical material.

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Examines commonly held beliefs about the economy and how it works. This title intends to smash staunchly held beliefs that the free trade and common markets are good for the economy, and that the local jobs are always lost when factories close down, pay disparity between men and women signifies discrimination.

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In part I, Kula lays out his theory and constructs the new decision-making method. In Part II, he provides five case studies to illustrate his theory, each devoted to major public activities such as nuclear waste disposal, forestry, agriculture, and urban transport, and based on experiences in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.

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Special emphasis is placed on the relationship between the idea of ownership and the control and manipulation of women.

For millenia the idea of ownership was closely tied to the land and to the creative work of individuals living in community with others.

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A challenge to contemporary development and economic policy that will be of interest to economists, public policy makers, the international business community, and social activists.

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Dealing with economic sociology, this title introduces the theory and practical tools needed to analyze markets for singularities. It shows that because of the uncertainty and the subjective valuation of singularities, the markets related to movies, music, and fine wine are equipped with the 'judgment devices' such as brands, critics and rankings.

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Introduces those with relatively little mathematical training and only an intermediate economic theory course to the important economic issues of collective choice and public welfare.

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Documents how outsourcing has penetrated every part of the public sector, and balances critique with practical suggestions for policy reform -- .

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Documents how outsourcing has penetrated every part of the public sector, and balances critique with practical suggestions for policy reform -- .

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