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Cambridge International Trade and Economic Law: The Law Economics and Politics of Retaliation in Wto Dispute Settlement (Paperback)

The WTO allows its members to retaliate in the face of continued non-compliance. After more than ten years operation and ten arbitration disputes this volume assesses the law economics and politics of trade sanctions in WTO dispute settlement.... more

Student Handbook to Economics Economic History (Hardcover)

Explores the philosophical underpinnings of economics beginning with Aristotle and up through modern game theory. This new volume looks at the most prominent influences that weave through modern economics. more

Women and Economics : A Study of the Economic Relation Between Men and Women As a Factor in Social Evolution 9780879758844 Used / Pre-owned

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Recent Economic Thought: Social Economics: Retrospect and Prospect (Hardcover)

At the very heart of the conception of the present volume lies the conviction that social economics is a highly pluralistic discipline inspired and enriched by several often radically different world views Schumpeterian visions and at times even quite... more

Contributions in Economics and Economic Elements of Social Organization (Hardcover)

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Introduction to Economics: Social Issues and Economic Thinking (Paperback)

Introduction to Economics: Social Issues and Economic Thinking is designed to increase student engagement for introductory level economics courses by providing practical applications of economics while also providing a foundation for more technical... more

Pre-Owned The Economic Crisis Reader: Readings in Economics Politics and Social Policy from Dollars & Sense (Hardcover) 1878585843 9781878585844

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Butterfly Economics a New General Theory of Social and Economic Behavior (Paperback)

In this cogently and elegantly argued analysis of why human beings persist in engaging in behavior that defies time-honored economic theory Ormerod also explains why governments and industries throughout the world must completely reconfigure their... more

Routledge Studies in Labour Economics Economic and Social Perspectives on European Migration (Hardcover)

This book addresses a wide range of migration-related issues in the European context and examines the socioeconomic consequences of migratory flows throughout Europe focusing on a number of emblematic European countries. The book is divided into three... more

Europa Perspectives: Emerging Economies Handbook of Small States: Economic Social and Environmental Issues (Hardcover)

This handbook covers a wide spectrum of issues relating to small states. Chapters in the volume have been grouped under the three main themes of economic social and environmental issues. The economics sections include chapters dealing with trade... more

Handbook of the Economics of Art and Cul Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture: Volume 2 Book 2 (Hardcover)

This volume emphasizes the economic aspects of art and culture a relatively new field that poses inherent problems for economics with its quantitative concepts and tools. Building bridges across disciplines such as management art history art philosophy... more

Handbook of Economic Forecasting Handbook of Economic Forecasting: Volume 2a Book 2 (Hardcover)

The highly prized ability to make financial plans with some certainty about the future comes from the core fields of economics. In recent years the availability of more data analytical tools of greater precision and ex post studies of business... more

Handbook of Research on Islamic Social Finance and Economic Recovery After a Global Health Crisis (Hardcover)

Social financial reporting as an economic tool presents the firm as a socio-economic unit with empowered social capital to enable a sustainable economic solution particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Islamic social finance (ISF) is a... more

Artificial Economics and Self Organization: Agent-Based Approaches to Economics and Social Systems

This volume presents recent advances in the dynamic field of Artificial Economics and its various applications. Artificial Economics provides a structured approach to model and investigate economic and social systems. In particular this approach is... more

Routledge International Handbooks The Routledge International Handbook of Economic Sociology (Hardcover)

This handbook presents a systematic and comprehensive overview of economic sociology an exemplary interdisciplinary field which draws on theoretical frameworks and empirical findings from both economics and sociology to present a unique lens on the... more

Oxford Handbooks: The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of the Pacific Rim (Hardcover)

A survey of the economy of the Pacific Rim region -- The Pacific Rim is a dynamic and diverse economic region containing the world s three largest economies (US China and Japan) as well as many of the world s fastest growing and emerging market... more

Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature Rational Expectations (Hardcover)

Economists have developed models in which individuals form expectations of key variables in a rational manner such that these expectations are consistent with actual economic environments. In this revised and expanded second edition Professor Sheffrin... more

Economics Culture & Society : Alternative Approaches: Dissenting Views from Economic Orthodoxy (Paperback)

The essayists in this volume are united in their deep dissatisfaction with neoclassical economics and the dominance of the market as they explore alternative approaches to economics in its social and cultural context. Their essays cover a broad range... more

Elements in the Economics of Emerging Markets: The Paradox of Gender Equality and Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback)

This Element provides an in-depth analysis of the role of women s ownership of and access to land in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in determining gender equality and women s economic and social outcomes and gives suggestions to inform effective... more

Contributions in Economics and Economic Earnings Inequality Unemployment and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover)

The past ten years for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries have registered an extreme deterioration in at least one measure of social and economic welfare: earnings inequality unemployment and poverty. The combination of slow... more

Pre-Owned Economic Methodology : Understanding Economics As a Science (Paperback) 9780230218130

Explores the status and character of economics as a social science and introduces students to wider philosophical issues underlying modern science.Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most... more

Pre-Owned Institutional Economics: Social Order and Public Policy (Hardcover) 1840642459 9781840642452

The discipline of institutional economics has gained increasing prominence in recent years because standard economic explanations can often not come to grips with major contemporary policy issues such as economic reform in affluent but dysfunctional... more

Studies in Game Theory and Mathematical Economics: Game Theory for the Social Sciences (Paperback)

The second edition of Herve Moulin s highly successful book outlines the fundamental concepts of game theory--one of the most provocative and fruitful applications of mathematics to the human sciences--and demonstrates its uses in economic and... more

Advances in Japanese Business and Economics: Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Finance in Japan (Hardcover)

This book explores the linkages between the evolution of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financing and governance in Japan since the late 2000s. Since the 1990s increasing economic and financial globalization has steadily eroded the... more

Cambridge Handbook of Culture Organizations and Work (Paperback)

It is now widely recognized that countries around the world are becoming increasingly interconnected and that both public and private organizations are of necessity becoming increasingly global. As political legal and economic barriers recede in this... more

The State of Economic and Social Human Rights (Hardcover)

This edited volume offers original scholarship on economic and social human rights from leading and new cutting-edge scholars in the fields of economics law political science sociology and anthropology. It analyzes the core economic and social rights... more

Islamic Business and Finance Social Justice and Islamic Economics: Theory Issues and Practice (Hardcover)

Under the rule of the current economic order social injustice is ever-increasing. Issues such as poverty inhumane working conditions inadequate wages social insecurity and an unhealthy labor market continue to persist. Many states are also unable to... more

Pre-Owned Making Peace Work: The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction (Hardcover 9780230222458) by T Addison Brück

9780230222458. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 2009 ed. Language: English. Pages: 346. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 346 p. Studies in Development Economics and Policy. This book provides an insight into some of the main... more

Theory and Decision Library C: Economic Exchange and Social Organization: The Edgeworthian Foundations of General Equilibrium Theory (Paperback)

This book aims to develop an institutional approach to general economic equi- librium. Thus far institutional economics has essentially been confined to purely verbal discourse. Here I argue the case that general equilibrium theory forms a well rounded... more

Ideas in Context Strategies of Economic Order: German Economic Discourse 1750-1950 Book 33 (Hardcover)

This book provides an overview of two hundred years of German economic thought from the Steetswissenschaften of the eighteenth century to National Socialism and the Social Market. Whereas Classical Economics emphasized value distribution and production... more

Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy Economic Growth Income Distribution and Poverty Reduction in Contemporary China (Paperback)

China has experienced over a quarter century of rapid economic growth which has had a phenomenal impact on the global economy. Entering into the twenty-first century implies that China has begun a new phase of economic and social development. Yao... more

Egalitarian Perspectives: Essays in Philosophical Economics (Paperback - Used) 0521574455 9780521574457

This book presents fifteen essays written over the past dozen years on egalitarianism. The essays explore contemporary philosophical debates on this subject using the tools of modern economic theory general equilibrium theory game theory and the theory... more

Routledge Advances in Regional Economics Family Business and Regional Development (Paperback)

This book explores the relationship between families firms and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development. Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common... more

Pre-Owned Why the World Economy Needs a Financial Crash and Other Critical Essays on Finance and Financial Economics (Paperback) 9780857289803

These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out its social economic and cultural consequences and the limitations of policy in the face of economic stagnation induced by financial inflation. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better... more

Routledge Studies in the History of Econ Kalecki s Principle of Increasing Risk and Keynesian Economics Book 106 (Paperback)

Kalecki was one of an important generation of Cambridge economists. Here Tracy Mott s impressive book examines the relationship of Kalecki s economics to different economic areas and its relationship to major alternative schools such as Keynes and... more

Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Human Economics: Paradigms Systems and Dynamics (Hardcover)

The term human economics is sometimes used within economic theory with the hope of repositioning economic discipline as a human and social science but with scarce success. Indeed although great economists have always carefully considered human nature... more

The Natural Economic Science (Hardcover)

Economics is widely regarded as a social science. In this ground-breaking new study Paul Fudulu crosses the divide between natural and social science to introduce a new theory of natural economic science based on one of the most important causal laws... more

Basic Economics (Hardcover)

The social science that deals with the study of the production distribution and consumption of goods and services is known as economics. It observes the behavior and interactions of economic agents and the working of economies. Economics is broadly... more