What is the score card for economics at the start of the new millennium? While there are many different schools of economic thought, it is the neo-classical school, with its alleged understanding and simplistic advocacy of the market, that has become equated in the public mind with economics. This book shows that virtually every aspect …
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Masters of Their Own Development?: Prsps and the Prospects for the Poor
Near Fine; Monrovia, CA: World Vision International, 2002. Octavo, photo-illustrated wraps, 137 pp. Near Fine; virtually as new. A Christian charitable organization’s look at PSRPs (poverty reduction mechanisms intended to allow self-develpment). LT6
Read More »Rational Conflict
The study of economic rationality is attracting increasing attention from other disciplines as well as continuing to be the subject of debate within economics. At its heart is the notion that, in a situation of choice or confrontation, knowledge of an individual’s desires and beliefs will allow their actions to be predicted. Yanis Varoufakis argues …
Read More »Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences by Steve Keen (1-Jul-2001) Paperback
The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse by Pettis Michael (2001-05-17) Hardcover
The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse Hardcover – May 17, 2001
The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse by Michael Pettis (2001-05-17)
The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse
This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines the insights of economic history, economic theory, and finance theory into a comprehensive model for understanding sovereign liability management and the causes of financial crises. He examines recent financial crises …
Read More »Game Theory: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences
Game theory is rapidly becoming one of the cornerstones of the social sciences. The articles gathered here chart the intellectual history of game theory from its place in the Enlightenment tradition, through the explosion of literature in the late 1970s, to issues of current and emerging debates. This extensively indexed set will be a valuable …
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