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Political Science

Good Italy, Bad Italy Why Italy Must Conquer Its Demons to Face the Future

Emmott Bill

ISBN: PB: 9780300197167, Yale University Press, April 2013
304 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm

Once Italy was Europe's own emerging economy, a society that blended dynamism and super-fast growth with a lifestyle that was the envy of all. Now it is a major threat to the future of the Euro, and of the European Union as a whole, as a political sy...

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Business & Economics

Mutiny and Its Bounty Leadership Lessons from the Age of Discovery

Murphy Patrick J., Coye Ray W.

ISBN: HB: 9780300170283, Yale University Press, April 2013
304 pp., 21x14 cm, 8 black&white illus.

Violent mutiny was common in seafaring enterprises during the Age of Discovery – so common in fact, that dealing with mutineers was an essential skill for captains and other leaders of the time. Mutinies in today's organizations are much quieter, mor...

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Every Twelve Seconds Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight

Pachirat Timothy

ISBN: PB: 9780300192483, Yale University Press, April 2013
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 10 black&white illus.

This is an account of industrialized killing from a participant's point of view. The author, political scientist Timothy Pachirat, was employed undercover for five months in a Great Plains slaughterhouse where 2,500 cattle were killed per day – one e...

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Business & Economics

Fiscal Policy after the Financial Crisis

Alesina Alberto, Giavazzi Francesco

ISBN: HB: 9780226018447, University of Chicago Press, April 2013
704 pp., 23x15 cm, 120 tables, 30 halftones, 108 line illus.

The recent recession has brought fiscal policy back to the forefront, with economists and policy makers struggling to reach a consensus on highly political issues like tax rates and government spending. At the heart of the debate are fiscal multiplie...

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Business & Economics

Political Arithmetic Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics

Fogel Robert William, Fogel Enid M., Guglielmo Mark, Grotte Nathaniel

ISBN: HB: 9780226256610, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2013
168 pp., 23x15 cm

We take for granted today that the assessments, measurements, and forecasts of economists are crucial to the decision-making of governments and businesses alike. But less than a century ago that wasn't the case – economists simply didn't have the nec...

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Business & Economics

Realeconomik The Hidden Cause of the Great Recession (and How to Avert the Next One)

Yavlinsky Grigory, Bouis Antonina W.

ISBN: PB: 9780300192391, ISBN: HB: 9780300159103, Yale University Press, March 2013
192 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

This book directly confronts uncomfortable questions that many prefer to brush aside: if economists and other scholars, politicians, and business professionals understand the causes of economic crises, as they claim, then why do such damaging crises...

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Business & Economics

Political Science

Peacekeeping Economy Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous, and Secure World

Dumas Lloyd J.

ISBN: PB: 9780300192353, ISBN: HB: 9780300166347, Yale University Press, March 2013
432 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm

The idea that military strength is virtually synonymous with security is deeply entrenched and widely held. But while the threat or use of military force may sometimes be necessary, it cannot keep us as safe as we would be by building relationships t...

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Law

Supreme Court Economic Review, Volume 20

Somin Ilya, Zywicki Todd J.

ISBN: HB: 9780226767642, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
300 pp., 23x15 cm

"The Supreme Court Economic Review" is an interdisciplinary journal that provides a forum for scholarship in law and economics, public choice, and constitutional political economy. Its approach is broad-ranging, and the contributions it brings togeth...

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Business & Economics

Innovation Policy and the Economy 2012 Volume 13

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: PB: 9780226053585, ISBN: HB: 9780226053448, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2013
176 pp., 23x15 cm

There is considerable debate regarding the implications of technological change for economic policy and the appropriate policies and programs regarding research, innovation, and the commercialization of new technology. This debate has intensified as...

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Business & Economics

Earth Sciences

Managing Natural Catastrophies Viable Systems to Prevent Human Tragedy – the Hawai'ian Example

Reissberg Anja Christina

ISBN: PB: 9783593396217, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2013
288 pp., 21.6x14 cm, 77 halftones

Natural disasters appear to be on the rise worldwide, their increasing frequency and far-reaching devastation demand the attention of society. But do natural disasters really occur more often than before? Globalization has led to more direct linkages...

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