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Reason and Reality in the Methodologies of Economics
Glenn Fox
This highly original new book examines the scientific status of economics from the perspective of practising economists. It studies how they evaluate their theories, the relationship between those theories and the phenomena they are int... -
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Comparative Public Policy
Francis G. Castles
Comparative Public Policy provides the first truly systematic and comprehensive account of the transformation of the post-war state in the advanced countries of the Western world. The author generates new research findings which show how... -
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The Economics of Transaction Costs
Edited by Oliver E. Williamson, Scott E Masten
Transaction cost economics began to take shape around thirty years ago and has since been established as an essential tool used to illuminate a wide range of problems in economics and other social sciences. This paperback reader for stu... -
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persistent disparity
William A. Darity Jr, Samuel L. Myers Jr
Persistent Disparity provides a comprehensive examination of the magnitude and scope of racial economic disparity in the United States. The authors directly assess the extent of black economic progress in the US since World War II and a... -
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Puzzles and Paradoxes in Economics
Mark Skousen, Kenna C. Taylor
Economics is full of puzzles and paradoxes that often frustrate and challenge everyone, including economists. This engaging book includes fifty puzzles and focuses on three types of paradox. First, everyday observations that appear to be...eBook:Find out more$30.40
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The Methodology of Macroeconomic Thought
Sheila C. Dow
In The Methodology of Macroeconomic Thought, Sheila Dow attempts to bridge the gap between methodology and macroeconomic theory through the study of four different schools of thought in economics – the Neo-Austrian, mainstream, PostKeyne... -
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Nationhood and Political Theory
Margaret Canovan
In Nationhood and Political Theory, Margaret Canovan argues that universalist political theories unconsciously rely upon the collective power generated by national solidarity. By focusing on nationhood as a source of power, Dr Canovan’s... -
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Ecological Economics
Malte Faber, Reiner Manstetten, John Proops
Ecological Economics offers an authoritative overview of a rapidly developing discipline lying at the interface of economics, natural science and philosophy. This pioneering new book focuses on the concepts and methods required to integ... -
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Enterprise and the Welfare State
Edited by Martin Rein, Eskil Wadensjö
Enterprise and the Welfare State argues that there is more to welfare than simply provision by the state and so the focus of this book is on the welfare society rather than the welfare state. This requires a new system of statistical acc... -
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The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 1997/1998
Edited by Henk Folmer, Tom Tietenberg
This major annual publication is an authoritative state-of-the-art survey of current issues in environmental and resource economics written by the leading academics in the field. -
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FEMINISM AND ANTI-FEMINISM IN EARLY ECONOMIC THOUGHT
Michèle A. Pujol
This path breaking book – the first of its kind – critically evaluates the place of women in the development of the neo-classical school of economics. It traces the origin of the school''s approach to women and exposes the bias in metho... -
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Not Just for the Money
Bruno S. Frey
In Not Just for the Money Professor Frey challenges traditional economic theory and argues that people do not act in expectation of monetary gain alone, nor do they work solely because they are paid. Furthermore, the author claims that h...