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Leading with the Brain The 7 Neurobiological Factors to Boost Employee Satisfaction and Business Results

Purps-Pardigol Sebastian

ISBN: PB: 9783593506685, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, February 2017
207 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings

How do business leaders inspire their employees so deeply that employees strive to surpass their own best work, helping managers and their staff to achieve mutual success? Sebastian Purps-Pardigol has figured it out – and the answer starts with the b...

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Business & Economics

Law

Issues in Law and Economics

Winter Harold

ISBN: PB: 9780226249629, ISBN: HB: 9780226249599, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Is file-sharing destroying the music industry? Should the courts encourage breach of contract? Does the threat of malpractice lawsuits cause doctors to provide too much medical care? Do judges discriminate when sentencing? With "Issues in Law and Eco...

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Business & Economics

Forging Capitalism Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance

Klaus Ian

ISBN: PB: 9780300223590, ISBN: HB: 9780300181944, Yale University Press, January 2017
296 pp., 22.9x14.4 cm, 4 black&white illus.

A riveting history of raw capitalism that exposes the unscrupulousness at its heart Vice is endemic to Western capitalism, according to this fascinating, wildly entertaining, often startling history of modern finance. Ian Klaus's "Forging Capitalism"...

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Business & Economics

Organic Futures Struggling for Sustainability on the Small Farm

Fitzmaurice Connor J., Gareau Brian

ISBN: HB: 9780300199451, Yale University Press, January 2017
320 pp., 21x14 cm, 7 black&white illus.

An exploration of the lived experience of small-scale organic farmers in New England that unpacks how they balance their ideals with economic realities In recent years, the popularity of organically grown produce has exploded. In 2014, organic fruits...

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Business & Economics

Humans Need Not Apply A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Kaplan Jerry

ISBN: PB: 9780300223576, Yale University Press, January 2017
256 pp., 21x14 cm

An insightful, engaging tour by a noted Silicon Valley insider of how accelerating developments in Artificial Intelligence will transform the way we live and work Selected as one of the 10 best science and technology books of 2015 by The Economist Af...

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Business & Economics

Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and Economic History

Floud Roderick, Hejeebu Santhi, Mitch David

ISBN: HB: 9780226429588, University of Chicago Press, January 2017
312 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings

Most of the existing research on economic history relies either solely or ultimately on calculations of material interest to explain the major events of the modern world. However, care must be taken not to rely too heavily on materialism, with its as...

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Middle East

Political Science

Gateways to the World Port Cities in the Persian Gulf

Kamrava Mehran

ISBN: PB: 9781849045636, Hurst Publishers, December 2016
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Persian Gulf region has become home to some of the world's fastest growing, most impressive cities, many of them with global aspirations. "Gateways to the World" presents an in-depth, systematic, and multi-disciplinary appr...

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Business & Economics

Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume I

Moffitt Robert A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226370477, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2016
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 12 halftones, 35 line drawings, 37 tables

Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update t...

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Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume II

Moffitt Robert A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226392493, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, November 2016
376 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 7 halftones, 18 line drawings, 28 tables

Few government programs in the United States are as controversial as those designed to help the poor. From tax credits to medical assistance, the size and structure of the American safety net is an issue of constant debate. These two volumes update t...

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Negotiated Reform The Multilevel Governance of Financial Regulation

Mayntz Renate

ISBN: PB: 9783593505510, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, November 2016
193 pp., 21.4x14 cm, 9 tables

Multilevel structures are becoming increasingly characteristic of the world in which we live. This book is a unique study of policy making in a multilevel political system extending from the national to the international level. Taking as its subject...

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