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Business & Economics

Women Studies

Women, Work, and Politics The Political Economy of Gender Inequality

Iversen Torben, Rosenbluth Frances

ISBN: PB: 9780300171341, Yale University Press, September 2011
224 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 26 black&white illus.

Looking at women's power in the home, in the workplace, and in politics from a political economy perspective, Torben Iversen and Frances Rosenbluth demonstrate that equality is tied to demand for women's labour outside the home, which is a function o...

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Europe

Business & Economics

Bourgeois Dignity Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World

McCloskey Deirdre N.

ISBN: PB: 9780226556741, ISBN: HB: 9780226556659, University of Chicago Press, September 2011
592 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 tables, 2 line illus.

The big economic story of our times is not the Great Recession. It is how China and India began to embrace neoliberal ideas of economics and attributed a sense of dignity and liberty to the bourgeoisie they had denied for so long. The result was an e...

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Business & Economics

Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 25

Brown Jeffrey R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226076591, ISBN: HB: 9780226076577, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, August 2011
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

In light of the very public debate on the federal budget this year between Democrats and Republicans, the economic ramifications of tax policy are now more than ever a focus of national attention. This volume is thus an invaluable tool, publishing cu...

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Business & Economics

Ancient World

Economic Origins of Roman Christianity

Ekelund Robert B. Jr., Tollison Robert D.

ISBN: HB: 9780226200026, University of Chicago Press, August 2011
288 pp., 23x15 cm, 6 tables, 1 line illus.

In the global marketplace of ideas, few realms spark as much conflict as religion. For millions of people, it is an integral part of everyday life, reflected by a widely divergent supply of practices and philosophical perspectives. Yet, historically,...

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Business & Economics

Euro The Battle for the New Global Currency

Marsh David

ISBN: PB: 9780300176742, Yale University Press, July 2011
352 pp., 19.8x12.9 cm, 22 black&white illus.

In this new, fully revised and updated edition, Marsh tells how complacency and recklessness have holed the Euro below the waterline, with Greece, Ireland and Portugal rescued from ruin via hastily assembled bail-out packages, amid rising resentment...

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Business & Economics

Secret of Successful Acquisitions Abandoning the Myth of Board Influence

Farschtschian Farsam

ISBN: PB: 9783593394381, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, July 2011
192 pp., 22x14 cm

Despite the fact that mergers and acquisitions are a crucial part of the modern business landscape, the factors that can make the difference between success and failure remain little understood – as evidenced by the disappointing outcomes of the majo...

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Business & Economics

Ecology

Economics of Climate Change Adaptations Past and Present

Libecap Gary D., Steckel Richard H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226479880, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2011
368 pp., 23.1x15.7 cm, 47 tables, 3 halftones, 86 line illus.

While debates over the consequences of climate change are often pessimistic, historical data from the past two centuries indicate many viable opportunities for responding to potential changes. This volume takes a close look at the ways in which econo...

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Business & Economics

NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2010 Volume 7

Clarida Richard H., Giavazzi Francesco

ISBN: PB: 9780226107387, ISBN: HB: 9780226107363, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2011
500 pp., 22x15 cm, 60 line illus.

Covers such topics as fiscal policy, monetary policy, global business cycles, currency carry trades, asymmetric shocks in currency unions, and studies of the recent financial crisis.

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Business & Economics

What's Next? A View from the World's Leading Economists

Hale David, Hale Lyric

ISBN: PB: 9780300170313, Yale University Press, May 2011
320 pp., 23.1x15.5 cm, 45 charts, tables & graphs

The world spins in economic turmoil, and who can tell what will happen next? Cold numbers and simple statistical projections don't take into account social, financial, or political factors that can dramatically alter the economic course of a nation o...

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Business & Economics

Innovation and the State Political Choice and Strategies for Growth in Israel, Taiwan, and Ireland

Breznitz Dan

ISBN: PB: 9780300168334, Yale University Press, May 2011
288 pp., 22.6x14.5 cm, 11 black&white illus.

The 1990s brought surprising industrial development in emerging economies around the globe: firms in countries not previously known for their high-technology industries moved to the forefront in new Information Technologies (IT) by using different bu...

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