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The Economic Crisis and the State of Economics (Hardcover): R Skidelsky, C Westerlind Wigstrom, Christian Westerlind Wigstrom The Economic Crisis and the State of Economics (Hardcover)
R Skidelsky, C Westerlind Wigstrom, Christian Westerlind Wigstrom
R1,408 Discovery Miles 14 080 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

"The Economic Crisis and the State of Economics" brings together leading economists from a diverse set of backgrounds and presents their take on how economics can explain the current crisis but also how the crisis will affect economic thought.

Social Preference, Institution, and Distribution - An Experimental and Philosophical Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016):... Social Preference, Institution, and Distribution - An Experimental and Philosophical Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Natsuka Tokumaru
R2,722 R1,821 Discovery Miles 18 210 Save R901 (33%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the first book to examine behavioral theories on social preference from institutional and philosophical perspectives using economic experiments. The experimental method in economics has challenged central behavioral assumptions based on rationality and selfishness, proposing empirical evidence that not only profit seeking but also social preferences matter in individuals' decision making. By performing distribution experiments in institutional contexts, the author extends assumptions about human behavior to understand actual social economy. The book also aims to enrich behavioral theories of economics directed toward institutional evolution.The author scrutinizes how specific institutional conditions enhance or mute individuals' selfish incentives or their fairness ideals such as egalitarian, performance-based, labor-value radicalism or libertarianism. From experimental results and their analysis, implications for actual problems in social economy and institutional change are derived: why performance-based pay often fails to promote workers' productivity; why labor wages decline whereas shareholder's values increase after financialization; and whether socially responsible investment can be a social institution for corporate governance.The book is also addressed to philosophers of social sciences interested in how experimental methods can contribute to developing cognition of human behaviors and be extended to social theories. Referring to behavioral theorists in the history of economic thought, the author discusses the meanings of experiments in the methodology of social sciences. She also proposes new ways of interpreting experimental results by reviving historic social theories and applying them to actual social problems.

Early Modern East Asia - War, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange (Hardcover): Kenneth M. Swope, Tonio Andrade Early Modern East Asia - War, Commerce, and Cultural Exchange (Hardcover)
Kenneth M. Swope, Tonio Andrade
R5,479 Discovery Miles 54 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a great deal of new primary research on a wide range of aspects of early modern East Asia. Focusing primarily on maritime connections, the book explores the importance of international trade networks, the implications of technological dissemination, and the often unforeseen consequences of missionary efforts. It demonstrates the benefi ts of a global history approach, outlining the complex interactions between Western traders and Asian states and entrepreneurs. Overall, the book presents much interesting new material on this complicated and understudied period. .

American Power and Policy (Hardcover): R Leeson American Power and Policy (Hardcover)
R Leeson
R2,659 Discovery Miles 26 590 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In the twentieth century, the United States replaced the United Kingdom as the centre of both the output of economic literature and the international economy. Having examined the structure of influence within the Keynesian and the Anti-Keynesian Traditions, (volume 1 and 2), this volume, the third of the trilogy, focuses more directly on economists and it highlights a multi-layered structure of influence within the policy process. Unpublished archival evidence illuminates aspects of the process by which the USA emerged as a dominant player in the world economy. This volume will be of interest not just to economists but to historians and social scientists, and to anyone interested in this transformation in world history.

Report on the Subject of Manufactures (Hardcover): Alexander Hamilton Report on the Subject of Manufactures (Hardcover)
Alexander Hamilton
R516 Discovery Miles 5 160 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Religion, Politics and Thomas Hobbes (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): George Wright Religion, Politics and Thomas Hobbes (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
George Wright
R4,208 Discovery Miles 42 080 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

The essaysthat comprise thisvolume were written over the period of some ten years, for different purposes and on different occasions, but they are unitedby a number of features, which this preface may serve to indicate. While the collection begins with a translation drawn from the fourth p- sentation of Hobbes's political thought, namely, the Latin Leviathan of 1668, after The Elements of Law (1640), De Cive (1642 and 1647) and the English Leviathan of 1651, the focus of the essays is largely on theEnglish version of his masterpiece of political philosophy. It isthe center of gravityinthe twenty eight years spanninghis departure from England for exile in France in 1640 till the publication in 1668 of the Latin Leviathan, withits lengthy and c- plex Appendix. The translation andintroduction of theAppendix, previously published, appears here with several revisions and additions, as does the essay 'Thomas Hobbes and the EconomicTrinity. ' A second feature common to these essays isthe deliberate attempttomake sense of thereligious elements inHobbes's thought, bothintheir own rightand inrelation to his politics and natural science. These themes are woven together in complex ways. For instance, objecting to the use of Greek philosophic language and concepts to interpret the doctrines of the Christian religion, he propounds what he takes to be a more thoroughly scriptural interpretation, in pursuit of the goal of demolishing the basis for anypower inthe state independent of thecivil sovereign.

Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law - Courts, Statutes, Contracts, and Legal Scholarship... Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law - Courts, Statutes, Contracts, and Legal Scholarship (Hardcover)
Heikki Pihlajamaki, Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy, Dave De Ruysscher
R5,143 Discovery Miles 51 430 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The contributions of Understanding the Sources of Early Modern and Modern Commercial Law: Courts, Statutes, Contracts, and Legal Scholarship show the wealth of sources which historians of commercial law use to approach their subject. Depending on the subject, historical research on mercantile law must be ready to open up to different approaches and sources in a truly imaginative and interdisciplinary way. This, more than many other branches of law, has always been largely non-state law. Normative, 'official', sources are important in commercial law as well, but other sources are often needed to complement them. The articles of the volume present an excellent assemblage of those sources. Anja Amend-Traut, Albrecht Cordes, Serge Dauchy, Dave De ruysscher, Olivier Descamps, Ricardo Galliano Court, Eberhard Isenmann, Mia Korpiola, Peter Oestmann, Heikki Pihlajamaki, Edouard Richard, Margrit Schulte Beerbuhl, Guido Rossi, Bram Van Hofstraeten, Boudewijn Sirks, Alain Wijffels, and Justyna Wubs-Mrozewicz.

After Fordism (Hardcover): Robert Boyer, Jean-Pierre Durand After Fordism (Hardcover)
Robert Boyer, Jean-Pierre Durand
R2,637 Discovery Miles 26 370 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

After the Second World War, the economics of the western capitalist countries were based on a production system called fordism, but in the mid 1970s this system began to break down, and it has been in crisis since. But does resolving this crisis imply a complete break with the past, notably with the principles of Taylor and Ford?;Based on an analysis of the transformations currently taking place in several international companies, this book reveals the complexities and subtleties of today's transitions.

The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking - The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933... The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking - The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933 (Hardcover)
Frederic Delano Grant Jr
R5,165 Discovery Miles 51 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Modern bank insurance is traced to its roots in The Chinese Cornerstone of Modern Banking: The Canton Guaranty System and the Origins of Bank Deposit Insurance 1780-1933. Frederic Delano Grant, Jr. provides new understandings of the Canton System, collective responsibility for debt at Canton, and the history of deposit insurance. The Canton Guaranty System inspired radical reform in New York in 1829 - the ancestor of all modern deposit insurance. Yet it was never the success imagined, and soon failed. In the Opium War, the Chinese government as implicit guarantor was forced to pay its debts in full on 23 July 1843. The afflictions of the Chinese system, including moral hazard, too big to fail, and unenforced laws, remain familiar today.

Further University of Wisconsin Materials - Further Documents of F. Taylor Ostrander (Hardcover): Jeff E. Biddle, Ross B.... Further University of Wisconsin Materials - Further Documents of F. Taylor Ostrander (Hardcover)
Jeff E. Biddle, Ross B. Emmett, Warren J. Samuels
R4,305 Discovery Miles 43 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Volume 23C of this research annual first presents lecture notes from courses at the University of Wisconsin during 1955-6 given by Hans Hl. Gerth and Edwin E. Witte, together with correspondence of Selig Perlman. The volume also presents notes taken by F. Taylor Ostrander in courses given at the University of Chicago during 1933-4. The notes are from courses given by John U. Nef, Charles O. Hardy, and Chester W. Wright, on European economic history, money and banking, and U.S. economic history, respectively.

Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java - Colonial Relationships in Trade and Finance, 1800-1942 (Hardcover, Plus 430 Ex... Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java - Colonial Relationships in Trade and Finance, 1800-1942 (Hardcover, Plus 430 Ex Ind)
Alexander Claver
R5,328 Discovery Miles 53 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Trading enterprise figures prominently in Indonesian history. Commercial activities penetrated deep into the economy, politics and society of the former Netherlands Indies. Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java describes this, largely forgotten, world of commerce. During the period 1800-1942 this vanished world was, however, bustling. Merchants of very different background and stature cooperated and competed with each other. Trading relations were forged and dissolved, contracts were honoured and broken, fortunes were made and lost. Using unpublished archival sources in Indonesia and the Netherlands Alexander Claver recounts the diverse trading mechanisms, complex credit relations and countless participants involved. How Dutch, Chinese, and Arab traders related to each other in such demanding business environment is the fascinating story of this book.

Austrian Theory and Economic Organization - Reaching Beyond Free Market Boundaries (Hardcover): G. Nell Austrian Theory and Economic Organization - Reaching Beyond Free Market Boundaries (Hardcover)
G. Nell
R3,292 Discovery Miles 32 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Austrian economic school famously predicted and explained the problems of calculation in a socialist society. With their concept of spontaneous order, they challenged mainstream economists to look beyond simplified static models and consider the dynamic and evolutionary characteristics of social orders. However, many feel that Austrians took their victory too far and became ideologically devoted to laissez-faire. Austrian Theory and Economic Organization is a collection of essays on problems and possibilities in economic organization, written by economists and political scientists with an interest in the dynamic and evolutionary nature of market economies. Each chapter explores areas of potential agreement between Austrian theory, market socialist economics, and other heterodox schools of economic and political science. The collection aims to bridge cultural and political divisions between free market advocates who stress individual rights and left-leaning thinkers who stress social justice and a culture of solidarity.

The History and Tradition of Accounting in Italy (Hardcover): David Alexander, Stefano Adamo, Roberto Pietra, Roberta Fasiello The History and Tradition of Accounting in Italy (Hardcover)
David Alexander, Stefano Adamo, Roberto Pietra, Roberta Fasiello
R3,796 Discovery Miles 37 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Italian accounting has a long and honourable tradition of theoretical and applied analysis of the accounting and reporting function, perceived and defined much more broadly than in the Anglo-Saxon tradition. The high point of this perhaps, is the creation of what is known as Economia Aziendale (EA). The antecedents, genesis and later developments are presented here in detail by highly knowledgeable specialists in the field. EA takes as a prerequisite the necessity of the business (entity/azienda) to ensure its own long-run survival. This requires that the necessary resources are retained and preserved, so operating capital maintenance, by definition future-oriented, is essential. It requires a focus on the particular business organization, entity-specific and consistent with today's notion of the business model. Entity-specific information relevant to current and future cash flows is a necessary pre-requisite for ensuring long-run survival, which historical cost accounting, or fair value (being market-specific not entity-specific) satisfactorily achieve. Flexibility of valuation and of reporting, always relevant to the specific asset at the specific time in the specific place, is a necessary condition for effective management. This is exactly the focus of EA and its analysis and tradition. Scholars and advanced students of international regulation and accounting, as well as accounting history, will find this an invaluable guide to a vibrant, scholarly tradition of great practical relevance today.

The Korean Americans (Hardcover, New): Won Moo Hurh The Korean Americans (Hardcover, New)
Won Moo Hurh
R1,851 Discovery Miles 18 510 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Korean Americans are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States. Although they share many similar cultural characteristics with other Asian Americans, the Korean Americans are unique in terms of their strong ethnic attachment, extensive participation in Christian churches, heavy involvement in self-employed small businesses, wide geographic dispersion in settlement, and the emergence of the 1.5 generation phenomenon. This book answers the following questions for the student or interested reader: * Who are the Korean people? * Why did they come to the United States? * How did they adapt to their new country? * How are they received by the majority of Americans? * What are their accomplishments, problems, and contributions to American society? Other special features include: * An extensive coverage on the ethnic background (history, language, religion, customs, and other cultural heritage) of Korean Americans. * Current statistical data on Korean immigration to the United States. * A comprehensive analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of Korean Americans as compared with those of other minority groups. * A succinct analysis of the unique characteristics of Korean Americans. * Effective use of personal narratives. In 1970 there were about 70,000 Korean Americans-the number grew tenfold to about 790,000 in 1990. The Korean American population is now estimated at well over a million, and demographic projections indicate that the number will reach about three million by the year 2030. Korean Americans are thus among the new groups of Americans to become another integral part of the American history of cultural pluralism and ethnic diversity. Examined are the most significant areas of Korean American's adaptation-economic adjustment, sociocultural adaptation, family life, ethnic associations, intergroup relations, and psychological adjustment. In each area of adaptation, positive attainment as well as the problems of adjustment are analyzed in light of current theories and empirical research. The book concludes with a discussion of the unique characteristics of Korean Americans and their impact on society.

Living with the European Union - The Northern Ireland Experience (Hardcover): Dennis Kennedy Living with the European Union - The Northern Ireland Experience (Hardcover)
Dennis Kennedy
R2,649 Discovery Miles 26 490 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

The experience of one region over 25 years within the European Union forms the basis of an examination of how the EU impacts on a region's economy, on its society and on its own particular problems. In the case of Northern Ireland, inclusion in the European Union has coincided with the most sustained campaign of political terrorism in western Europe. Specialist contributors to this book consider what difference the European dimension has made to the region over the quarter century since 1973.

The History of Women in the United States, Vol 8 - Part 2: Professional and White Collar Employments (Hardcover): Nancy F Cott The History of Women in the United States, Vol 8 - Part 2: Professional and White Collar Employments (Hardcover)
Nancy F Cott
R4,822 Discovery Miles 48 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Spontaneous Order and the Utopian Collective (Hardcover): G. Nell Spontaneous Order and the Utopian Collective (Hardcover)
G. Nell
R3,231 Discovery Miles 32 310 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Nikolai Bukharin were the three leaders of the Russian Revolution who shaped the new society most, both through their theories and their political leadership. All three were motivated by the ideal of building a utopian collective. Once in power, they tirelessly tried to put their vision into practice, but the Soviet system that resulted was nothing like the one they tried to create. In Spontaneous Order and the Utopian Collective, Nell takes her cue from the personal writings and documents of Lenin, Trotsky, and Bukharin to consider them anew from an Austrian theoretical perspective, analyze the divergence between theory and practice using a spontaneous order framework, and identify three interconnected prerequisites necessary for a utopian collectivist society. Nell then asks whether it might be possible to create this utopian collective somehow, and avoid the pitfalls of planning.

The History of Women in the United States, Vol 7 - Part 2: Industrial Wage Work (Hardcover): Nancy F Cott The History of Women in the United States, Vol 7 - Part 2: Industrial Wage Work (Hardcover)
Nancy F Cott
R4,822 Discovery Miles 48 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Research in Economic History (Hardcover): Alexander J. Field, G. Clark, W. A. Sundstrom Research in Economic History (Hardcover)
Alexander J. Field, G. Clark, W. A. Sundstrom
R4,131 Discovery Miles 41 310 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This volume of Research in Economic History includes eight papers. Five were submitted through regular channels and three papers which were solicited at the conference ???Toward a Global History of Prices and Wages???. Following is Nonnenmacher??'s study of the early years of the telegraph industry in the United States. The third paper is Herranz-Lonc??n??'s estimates of the growth of the Spanish infrastructure between 1844 and 1935. Then there are two papers based on microeconomic data. The first is the investigation by James, Palumbo and Thomas of late nineteenth century saving among working class families in the United States. The second is Murray??'s study of the operation of pioneering sickness insurance schemes in several European countries between 1895 and 1908. Finally, the three papers from the conference. In the first of these papers, Pamuk studies trends in urban construction workers??? wages in the Eastern Mediterranean over almost a millennium. The following paper by Bassino and Ma examines wages of Japanese unskilled workers between 1741 and 1913. In the final paper, Ward and Devereux present estimates of the relative income of the United Kingdom in comparison with that of the United States for 1831, 1839, 1849, 1859 and 1869.

Ideology and the International Economy - The Decline and Fall of Bretton Woods (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): R Leeson Ideology and the International Economy - The Decline and Fall of Bretton Woods (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
R Leeson
R2,656 Discovery Miles 26 560 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

<I>Ideology and International Economy</I> is the first major study of the intellectual and institutional forces which combined to undermine the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates. In two decades, Milton Friedman's "case for flexible exchange rates" was transformed from a minority academic viewpoint to the operational framework for the international monetary system. In the process, the International Monetary Fund was defeated, sidelined and in danger of becoming an irrelevant organization.

My Discovery of England (Hardcover): Stephen Leacock My Discovery of England (Hardcover)
Stephen Leacock
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
Designing US Economic Policy - An Analytical Biography of Leon H. Keyserling (Hardcover): W. Brazelton Designing US Economic Policy - An Analytical Biography of Leon H. Keyserling (Hardcover)
W. Brazelton
R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

In Designing US Economic Policy, W. Robert Brazelton analyzes the Second World War. As the world struggled to recover from the massive wartime expenditure, it was essential that economic policy not repeat the mistakes of the prewar era that sparked the new 1930s Depression. These new policies included Truman's New Deal, which helped shape both the economic and social climate of the US today.

Coordination in Transition - The Netherlands and the World Economy, 1950-2010 (Hardcover): Jeroen (L J. ). Touwen Coordination in Transition - The Netherlands and the World Economy, 1950-2010 (Hardcover)
Jeroen (L J. ). Touwen
R4,779 Discovery Miles 47 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book analyzes the evolution of the institutional structure of the Dutch political economy since 1950. It sketches in broad strokes the origin and economic role of coordination in the Netherlands. The Dutch economy is compared with other OECD countries by using the 'varieties of capitalism' theory and distinguishing between coordinated and liberal market economies. The author focuses on the constant adaptation of deliberative institutions in the business system, in labor relations, and in welfare policy. The complex institutional setting did not prevent the economy from participating in the globalization of markets and capital that took place since ca. 1980. The book is located at the intersection of two quite different literatures: modern economic history and the political science literature on 'varieties of capitalism'.

Means and Ends - The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500-1970 (Hardcover, New): F Boldizzoni Means and Ends - The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500-1970 (Hardcover, New)
F Boldizzoni
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

Capital has dominated the imagination of Western society from the Industrial Revolution. "Means and Ends" offers the first comprehensive interpretation of the rise, evolution and crisis of this concept from the sixteenth century to the modern day. Based on a wealth of primary sources it offers an exciting study of intellectual and cultural history.

Essays in the History of Mainstream Political Economy (Hardcover): Warren J. Samuels Essays in the History of Mainstream Political Economy (Hardcover)
Warren J. Samuels
R2,878 Discovery Miles 28 780 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

An essential addition to any economics library, these five volumes present the contributions and writings of an influential and prolific scholar.

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