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Book SynopsisIn this volume Eberhard Reusse draws on his 30 years experience with international development aid programmes to diagnose the problems afflicting these programs and to suggest ways of improving them.Trade Review"A powerful analysis of what is going wrong in international development assistance.... It should be read by all who are engaged in development work in governmental or non-governmental institutions and organizations." - Development and Cooperation

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Book SynopsisA penetrating analysis from one of the defining voices of contemporary economics. In Beyond Positivism, Behaviorism, and Neoinstitutionalism in Economics, Deirdre Nansen McCloskey zeroes in on the authoritarian cast of recent economics, arguing for a re-focusing on the liberated human. The behaviorist positivism fashionable in the field since the 1930s treats people from the outside. It yielded in Williamson and North a manipulative neo-institutionalism. McCloskey argues that institutions as causes are mainly temporary and intermediate, not ultimate. They are human-made, depending on words, myth, ethics, ideology, history, identity, professionalism, gossip, movies, what your mother taught you. Humans create conversations as they go, in the economy as in the rest of life. In engaging and erudite prose, McCloskey exhibits in detail the scientific failures of neo-institutionalism. She proposes a humanomics, an economics with the humans left in. Humanomics keeps theory, quantificatioTrade Review"A compact discussion of some crucial issues economists should be contemplating." * The Enlightened Economist *"Beyond Positivism [presents] a criticism and reshaping of economic thought that departs from neoinstitutionalism and other non-'humanomical' movements, promoting the ethics of liberalism as the ideal foundation for an adequate economic science." * Journal of Economic Literature *“The manuscript is a collection of writings for various forums, many reviews of others and many replies to critics. One unifying theme is a critique of neoinstitutional economics. But yet another theme is a defense of the bourgeois trilogy against its critics. This book is well worth a read.” -- Richard Langlois, University of Connecticut“This new book deepens the continuing conversation in Humanomics. It’s essentially about discovering Adam Smith and resuming a path that McCloskey has so magnificently helped to reinvigorate in the last half century.” -- Vernon Smith, Chapman University and 2002 Nobel Laureate in EconomicsTable of ContentsIntroduction The Argument in Brief Part I. Economics Is in Scientific Trouble Chapter 1. An Antique, Unethical, and Badly Measured Behaviorism Doesn’t Yield Good Economic Science or Good Politics Chapter 2. Economics Needs to Get Serious about Measuring the Economy Chapter 3. The Number of Unmeasured “Imperfections” Is Embarrassingly Long Chapter 4. Historical Economics Can Measure Them, Showing Them to Be Small Chapter 5. The Worst of Orthodox Positivism Lacks Ethics and Measurement Part II. Neoinstitutionalism Shares in the Troubles Chapter 6. Even the Best of Neoinstitutionalism Lacks Measurement Chapter 7. And “Culture,” or Mistaken History, Will Not Repair It Chapter 8. That Is, Neoinstitutionalism, Like the Rest of Behavioral Positivism, Fails as History and as Economics Chapter 9. As It Fails in Logic and in Philosophy Chapter 10. Neoinstitutionalism, in Short, Is Not a Scientific Success Part III. Humanomics Can Save the Science Chapter 11. But It’s Been Hard for Positivists to Understand Humanomics Chapter 12. Yet We Can Get a Humanomics Chapter 13. And Although We Can’t Save Private Max U Chapter 14. We Can Save an Ethical Humanomics Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisA revealing collection from the intellectual titan whose work shaped the modern world. As an economist and public intellectual, Gary S. Becker was a giant. The recipient of a Nobel Prize, a John Bates Clark Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Becker is widely regarded as the greatest microeconomist in history. After forty years at the University of Chicago, Becker left a slew of unpublished writings that used an economic approach to human behavior, analyzing such topics as preference formation, rational indoctrination, income inequality, drugs and addiction, and the economics of family. These papers unveil the process and personalitydirect, critical, curiousthat made him a beloved figure in his field and beyond. The Economic Approach examines these extant works as a capstone to the Becker oeuvrenot because the works are perfect, but because they offer an illuminating, instructive glimpse into the machinations of an economist who wasn't motivated by publications. Here, and throughout his works, an inquisitive spirit remains remarkable and forever resonant.Trade Review"Gary Becker is one of the greatest economists of all time. The Economic Approach is perhaps the best place to start dipping into his work." -- Tyler Cowen | George Mason University"What a tremendous book! Becker was a giant, with an extraordinary combination of intense focus and curiosity, and you can see his genius here. Be prepared to be surprised and illuminated—and to have some fun in the process.” -- Cass R. Sunstein | author of "Too Much Information"Table of ContentsForeword by Edward Glaeser 1. Just the Beginning Acceptance Speech at Bradley Award Ceremony, June 4, 2008 The Spirit of the University of Chicago, September 14, 2010 2. Accounting for Tastes Preference Formation within Families, June 1992 Rational Indoctrination and Persuasion, March 2001 Some Notes on Drugs, Addiction, Families, and Public Policy, May 2000 Promotion Tournaments, Power, Earnings, and Gambling, July 1991 3. Household Production and Human Capital Should the Military Pay for Training of Skilled Personnel? August 15, 1957 Further Reflections on the Allocation of Time, February 2014 The Insurance of Market and Nonmarket Human Capital, November 1980 On Whether Intergenerational Mobility Has Declined in US While Inequality Has Increased, March 2012 Derivation of Relation Between Schooling of Parents and Children and Inequality, April 2012 4. Income Inequality and the Public Sector A Positive Theory of the Redistribution of Income, April 1978 A Note on Optimal First Best Taxation and the Optimal Distribution of Utilities, 1982 5. Family Economics Economics and the Family, September 21, 1999 Chronological Academic Life of Gary S. Becker Selected Writings about Gary S. Becker Bibliography of Gary S. Becker Dissertations Chaired by Gary S. Becker at Columbia University and the University of Chicago Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDon Ross provides a concise and distinct introduction to the philosophy of economics for students in need of a short but engaging study of the main issues in the subject today. Ross offers his own provocative interpretation of the value of economics in science and public policy giving a unique perspective from a world authority.Table of ContentsList of Figures List of Acronyms Series Editor's Preface Preface 1. Philosophy of Economics as Philosophy of Science 2. Economics and its Neighbours Before 1980 3. The Expansion of the Economic Toolbox 4. How Economics and Psychology Differ 5. Economics as a Social Science References Index

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking, comprehensive exploration of how FinTech innovation is reshaping finance.Technological innovation has shaped the role of finance since the introduction of the ATM in the 1960s, but never more consequentially than by the massive digital revolution in the financial services industry known as FinTech. The Economics of FinTech is a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly evolving and increasingly important domain, and a groundbreaking exploration of how FinTech is reshaping finance. Michael Imerman and Frank Fabozzi distill the dynamic developments of this multidisciplinary field into a cohesive, accessible guide that covers the economic underpinnings of FinTech innovation, framed within the established principles of financial intermediation, management theory, and data science. Coverage includes in-depth analysis of emerging technologies and innovations across various sectors of financial services as well as the entrepreneurial finance of FinTech such as funding, valuation, and startup management. The first book to examine the economic principles of FinTech innovation Comprehensive coverage of financial technologies across various sectors in financial services Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students as well as entrepreneurs, investors, and finance professionals Instructor resources include solutions, slides, and case studies

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Book SynopsisThe social sciences often fail to examine in any systematic way the nature of their subject matter. Demonstrating that this is a central explanation of the widely acknowledged failings of the social sciences, not least of modern economics, this book sets about rectifying matters. Providing an account of the nature of social material in general, as well as of the specific natures of central components of the modern world, such as money and the corporation, Lawson also considers the implications of this theory regarding possibilities for social change. Readers will gain an understanding of how social phenomena, from tables and chairs, to money and firms, and nurses and Presidents are constituted. Fundamental to Lawsonâs conception is a theory of community-based social positioning, whereby people and things within a community become constituted as components of emergent totalities, with actions governed by the rights and obligations of relevant members of the community. This theory isolates a set of basic principles that will offer the reader an understanding of the natures of all social phenomena. The Nature of Social Reality is for all those, academics and non-academics alike, who wish to gain a grasp on the nature of social phenomena that goes beyond the superficial.Trade Review"If modern economics and philosophy are largely neglectful of ontology, they are especially so of social ontology. Tony Lawson’s impressive body of work is an exception to this, as is this strongly recommended book." John B. Davis, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Marquette University and University of Amsterdam"Society needs innovative, critical thinking which enlightens on the complex and evolving nature of social reality, not least its economic aspects. Tony Lawson's latest contribution on this is a must-read." Sheila Dow, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Stirling"As is universally, and rightly, recognised Tony Lawson is the leading scholar questioning the (social) ontology of economics. In this compelling volume, he takes a number of important steps forward, drawing on the more constructive aspects of his work in theorising such topics as money, the modern corporation, and alternative futures." Ben Fine, Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London"The Nature of Social Reality is the book that we have all been waiting for: a rigorous philosophical account of social reality, written by a scholar with impeccable credentials as an economist and social theorist. In an intellectual environment in which philosophers are becoming increasingly interested in the nature of social phenomena (and contemporary social scientists have growing cause to examine their implicit philosophical commitments), Tony Lawson has delivered an invaluable resource at the perfect moment." Ruth Groff, Political Science, Saint Louis University "When one thinks of Cambridge social ontology, one thinks of Tony Lawson, long the leader of that important current. It is very welcome therefore to have this collection of essays. Those unfamiliar with Lawson’s work will encounter one of the most forceful and influential statements on the nature of social reality to emanate from modern economics. Those already familiar will find their understanding deepened." Doug Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University"In this splendid book, the philosopher-economist Professor Tony Lawson makes a powerful case for placing economics, and indeed all social theorising, on proper ontological foundations. An essential read for all social scientists." Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, Warwick University*Winner of the 2020 Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize*"If modern economics and philosophy are largely neglectful of ontology, they are especially so of social ontology. Tony Lawson’s impressive body of work is an exception to this, as is this strongly recommended book." John B. Davis, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Marquette University and University of Amsterdam"Society needs innovative, critical thinking which enlightens on the complex and evolving nature of social reality, not least its economic aspects. Tony Lawson's latest contribution on this is a must-read." Sheila Dow, Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Stirling"As is universally, and rightly, recognised Tony Lawson is the leading scholar questioning the (social) ontology of economics. In this compelling volume, he takes a number of important steps forward, drawing on the more constructive aspects of his work in theorising such topics as money, the modern corporation, and alternative futures." Ben Fine, Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London"The Nature of Social Reality is the book that we have all been waiting for: a rigorous philosophical account of social reality, written by a scholar with impeccable credentials as an economist and social theorist. In an intellectual environment in which philosophers are becoming increasingly interested in the nature of social phenomena (and contemporary social scientists have growing cause to examine their implicit philosophical commitments), Tony Lawson has delivered an invaluable resource at the perfect moment." Ruth Groff, Political Science, Saint Louis University "When one thinks of Cambridge social ontology, one thinks of Tony Lawson, long the leader of that important current. It is very welcome therefore to have this collection of essays. Those unfamiliar with Lawson’s work will encounter one of the most forceful and influential statements on the nature of social reality to emanate from modern economics. Those already familiar will find their understanding deepened." Doug Porpora, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University"In this splendid book, the philosopher-economist Professor Tony Lawson makes a powerful case for placing economics, and indeed all social theorising, on proper ontological foundations. An essential read for all social scientists." Lord Robert Skidelsky, Emeritus Professor of Political Economy, Warwick UniversityTable of ContentsPreface and acknowledgements. Part 1: Setting the context. 1. Why social ontology?. Part 2: A general conception. 2. Ontology and the study of social reality: emergence, organisation, community, power, social relations, corporations, artefacts and money. Part 3: Topics in scientific ontology. 3. The nature of the firm and peculiarities of the corporation. 4. The modern corporation: the site of a mechanism (of global social change) that is out-of-control?. 5. A theory of money. 6. The positioning and credit theories of money compared. Part 4: The nature and dynamics of processes of emergence, reproduction and transformation. 7. Emergence, morphogenesis, causal reduction and downward causation. 8. Collective practices and norms. Part 5: Consequences for projects of human emancipation. 9. Possibilities for emancipatory social change. Index

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Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Economic Dynamics provides a framework for students to appreciate and understand the basic intuition behind economic models and to experiment with those models using simulation techniques in MATLAB. This book goes beyond the often-limited scope of other texts on economic models, which have largely focused on elucidating static equilibrium models. Comparative static analysis inhibits students from asking how the equilibrium position is achieved from an initial out-of-equilibrium position and limits their understanding of the dynamics that underlie such analysis. In this textbook, readers are introduced to ten well-established macroeconomic models including Keynesian multiplier models, Samuelson's multiplier and Solow's growth model and guided through the dynamical systems behind each model. Every chapter begins with an overview of the economic problem which the model is designed to help solve followed by an explanation of the mathematics of the moTrade Review "This book is a welcome addition to the literature on economic dynamics. Its clear writing style and the emphasis on coding using MATLAB® make it a compelling text for introducing undergraduate economics students to stability issues, cycles, and growth. The emphasis on both standard models like the Solow growth model and less standard ones such as the Goodwin growth cycle appeal to a broad spectrum of economists in the profession, and the highly competent authors have put years of experience with the material into a highly accessible textbook. I highly recommend the book to anyone willing to incorporate numerical methods into macroeconomic courses."Daniele Tavani, Associate Professor, Colorado State UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction to Economic Dynamics 2. The Cobweb Model 3. Expectation Dynamics in the Cobweb Model 4. Keynesian Multiplier Model 5. The IS/LM Model 6. Debt, Deficit and Stabilization Policy 7. Expectation Dynamics and Hyperinflation 8. The Dornbusch Exchange Rate Overshooting Model 9. The Solow-Swan Growth Model 10. An Endogenous Growth Model 11. Business Cycles I: Samuelson’s Multiplier-Accelerator Model 12. Business Cycles II: The Real Business Cycle Model Appendix A. Difference and Differential Equations Appendix B. Matlab Codes

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Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Comparative Economic Systems examines the institutional bases of economies, and the different ways in which economic activity can function, be organized and governed. It examines the complexity of this academic and research field, assessing the place of comparative economic studies within economics, paying due attention to future perspectives, and presenting critically important questions, analytical methods and relative approaches. This complements the recent revival of the systemic view of economic governance, which was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and likely even more the renewed East-West clash epitomized by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Westâs reaction to it.The Handbook is divided into five parts. Each part deals with an issue of relevance for the discipline. The first and second parts look at the subject, content and approach of the discipline and its comparative method. The third part looks at the idiosyncratic nature of dif

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Book SynopsisMay you sell your spare kidney? May gay men pay surrogates to bear them children? Should we allow betting markets on terrorist attacks and natural disasters? May spouses pay each other to do the dishes, watch the kids, or have sex? Should we allow the rich to genetically engineer gifted, beautiful children? May you ever sell your vote?Most peopleand many philosophersshudder at these questions. To put some goods and services for sale offends human dignity. If everything is commodified, then nothing is sacred. The market corrodes our character.In this expanded second edition of Markets without Limits, Jason Brennan and Peter M. Jaworski say it is now past time to give markets a fair hearing. The market does not, the authors claim, introduce wrongness where there was not any previously. Thus, the question of what rightfully may be bought and sold has a simple answer: if you may do it for free, you may do it for money. Contrary to the conservative consensus, Table of Contents1. Are There Some Things Money Should Not Buy? 2. If You May Do It for Free, You May Do It for Money 3. A Taxonomy of Possible Objections 4. It’s the How, Not the What 5. Semiotic Objections 6. The Mere Commodity Objection 7. The Wrong Signal and Wrong Currency Objections 8. Objections: Semiotic Essentialism, Minding Our Manners, and What It Says When You Buy Love 9. The Corruption Objection 10. How to Make a Sound Corruption Objection 11. The Selfishness Objection 12. The Crowding Out Objection 13. The Surprising Truth about Blood Markets: How Paying for Blood Crowds In Altruism 14. The Immoral Preference Objection 15. The Low Quality Objection 16. The Civics Objection 17. Objections Solved by Market Design 18. Exploitation, Sweatshops, and the Living Wage 19. Consent, Desperation, and Coercion 20. Line Up for Expensive Equality! 21. Baby Buying: Adoption Rights and Designer Babies 22. Selling Civics: Vote Markets and Citizenship 23. Blackmail, Threats, and What We Owe to Each Other for Free 24. Associative Objections: Should We Boycott More People? 25. Anti-Market Attitudes Are Resilient 26. Dignity, Schmignity 27. Where Do Anti-Market Attitudes Come From? 28. The Pseudo-Morality of Disgust 29. Postscript

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Book SynopsisSince the Middle Ages, literature has portrayed the economic world in poetry, drama, stories and novels. The complexity of human realities highlights crucial aspects of the economy. The nexus linking characters to their economic environment is central in a new genre, the economic novel, that puts forth economic choices and events to narrate social behavior, individual desires, and even non-economic decisions. For many authors, literary narration also offers a means to express critical viewpoints about economic development, for example in regards to its ecological or social ramifications.Conflicts of economic interest have social, political and moral causes and consequences. This book shows how economic and literary texts deal with similar subjects, and explores the ways in which economic ideas and metaphors shape literary texts, focusing on the analogies between economic theories and narrative structure in literature and drama. This volume also suggests that connectingTable of Contents1 Introduction and OverviewÇINLA AKDERE AND CHRISTINE BARON AND BRUNA INGRAOPart IPassions and Interest: A Comparative Study of Economic Texts and Literary Masterpieces2 Narratives of passions and finance in the 19th centuryBRUNA INGRAO3 The passions and the interests: the Sentimental Education of Gustave FlaubertALPHONSO SANCHEZ4 Literature and Political Economy: Saint-Simon and Jean-Baptiste Say’s writingsGILLES JACOUD5 Which Economic Agent Does Robinson Crusoe Represent? CLAIRE PIGNOL6 Political Economy and utilitarianism in Dickens' Hard TimesNATHALIE SIGOT AND ÇINLA AKDEREPART II Economic Ideas and Metaphors in Literature: An Interdisciplinary Approach7 Concordances and dissidences between economy and literature JEAN-JOSEPH GOUX8 Economics and monetary imagination in André Gide's The Counterfeiters ÇINLA AKDERE AND CHRISTINE BARON9 ‘I Always Wanted to Have Earned My First Dollar but I Never Had’: Gertrude Stein and Money LAURA E. B. KEY10 Georges Perec’s Les Choses as the Privileged Domain of Contemporary Hunter-GatherersEYÜP ÖZVERENPART IIIFacing change: reflections of economic development and crises in historical and literary texts 11 Transforming Economic and Social Relations: Modern Economy in Novels of UşaklıgilREYHAN TUTUMLU SERDAR AND ALI SERDAR12 Mechanization Experience in Agriculture in Turkey: The Pomegranate on the KnollSELİN SEÇİL AKIN AND IŞIL ŞİRİN SELÇUK13 An Intertextual Analysis of the Village Novels by Village Institute Graduates: Socio-economic Scenes of the Turkish Village between 1950 and 1980ESRA ELİF NARTOK14 Theatre in Crisis, Theatre of Crisis: Economics and Contemporary Dram

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Book SynopsisEconomists, historians and social scientists have offered a variety of conflicting answers to the issue of the beginnings of capitalism and these deviating answers imply different conceptualizations of what capitalism actually is. This book provides a simultaneous inquiry into the origins of capitalism as well as provides a theoretical treatise on capitalism.The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System explores the line between what is and is not capitalism, (re)producing a theory of capitalism as a system of class domination and exploitation. Part I of the book focuses on the monetary theory of value and capital developed by Karl Marx, while at the same time critically reviews an array of economic and historical literature, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Following this, Part II expounds the first emergence of capitalism in Venice. It highlights the historical contingencies that made capitalism in the Venetian society possible, as well as the structural elements of the capitalTrade Review"In this grand style reconstruction of the genesis of capitalism, Milios brings together Marx, Braudel, Weber, Lenin, and his own analysis of ‘money-begetting’ modes of production, under the aegis of the Althusserian ‘aleatory encounter’ of social forces. In a path-breaking concrete analysis, he invents the Venetian Paradigm of decalage between financialization and proletarianization. It is impressive, convincing, and surprisingly actual.", Etienne Balibar, co-author of Reading Capital"The publication of this book is a rather significant moment in the history of reflections on capitalism, and moreover a turning point in the history of the transformative present. Raising yet once again the question of what capitalism as a system actually is, John Milios reassembles his subject of study, traversing centuries and places in history so as to identify and discern heterogeneous practices being objectivised – or not – in the name of capitalism, ultimately establishing a genealogy of a ‘capitalist state, beyond national territorialisation’. This book, or shall we dare say this ‘machine-book’, offers the bizarre completeness one might feel when reading an important book: full and empty at the same time.", Marios Emmanouilidis, Independent researcher"A fascinating book that provides us with an exciting new perspective on the origins of capitalism. John Milios asks more precisely than usual what distinguishes capitalism as a social system from precapitalist societies. Taking seriously that the origin of capitalism is a singular process, he avoids any deterministic approach to analyzing history. The – historically surprising – ascent of Venice as a leading commercial and colonial power during the 13th and 14th centuries, with its rather special form of original accumulation towards the end of the 14th century, is demonstrated to be a capitalist social formation which practically introduced capitalism to Western Europe. This book really provides us with a fundamental and exciting new turn in the long-lasting discussion about the origins of capitalism.", Michael Heinrich, Author of An Introduction to the three Volumes of Karl Marx’s Capital.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, Introduction, Part I Capitalism and its origins: the theoretical context, 1 Marx’s notion of capitalism: a synoptic account, 2 Marx’s two approaches to the genesis of capitalism: the ‘productive forces - relations of production dialectic’ vs. ‘so-called original accumulation’, 3 Early forms of capitalism and wage labour: Lenin’s polemic against the Narodniks, 4 Capitalism and the agrarian sector: Karl Kautsky’s theoretical intervention, 5 Post-Second World War Marxist approaches to the ‘transition to capitalism’ question, 6 Non-Marxist approaches to the origins of capitalism, 7 Modes of production and the pre-capitalist money-owner, Part II Venice and the Mediterranean: a discourse on the birth of capitalism, 8 From a Byzantine exarchate to a major colonial power in the Mediterranean: a historical sketch of the rise of Venice up to 1204, 9 The Venetian social formation until the end of the thirteenth century: an unconsummated process of original accumulation, 10 War economics and the ascent of capitalism in the fourteenth century, Part IΙΙ After the encounter took hold: the reproduction of capitalism on an expanded scale, 11 Venice alongside the new capitalist powers, 12 Political power and social cohesion, Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisAs a text for an undergraduate mathematics course for nonmajors, Mathematics and Politics requires no prerequisites in either area while the underlying philosophy involves minimizing algebraic computations and focusing instead on some conceptual aspects of mathematics in the context of important real-world questions in political science.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews of the second edition:“Mathematics and Politics is the fruit of undergraduate mathematics courses taught by the authors. The primary audience is political and social science majors. … The writing style is appropriate for the intended audience with the understanding that the students/readers have some familiarity with political science economics or sociology. … Overall the book serves as a useful quantitative introduction to several of the covered topics. … Faculty in the social sciences should strongly consider Mathematics and Politics as a resource/reference.” (J. Douglas Barrett, Technometrics, Vol. 53 (1), February, 2011)“It is intended to serve as a text for social science and humanities students that will highlight the power and utility of mathematics. … if you are considering a course as described above, this textbook deserves to be the one that will entice you into taking the plunge. And if you simply want to educate yourself in areas of social science mathematics that have only recently started to get the attention they deserve, Mathematics and Politics deserves your strong consideration.” (Edward W. Packel, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (4), 2010)Table of ContentsSocial Choice.- Yes–No Voting.- Political Power.- Conflict.- Fairness.- Escalation.- More Social Choice.- More Yes–No Voting.- More Political Power.- More Conflict.- More Fairness.- More Escalation.

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Book SynopsisWorking after the war, Hayek''s writing was very much against the tide of mainstream Keynesian economic thought. But in the 1970s and 1980s - the eras of Thatcherism and Reaganomics - he was championed as a prophet of neo-liberalism by those who were seeking to revolutionize the post-war social consensus. The Constitution of Liberty is crucial reading for all those seeking to understand ideas that have become the orthodoxy in the age of the globalized economy.Trade Review'Professor von Hayek has boldly taken for his province the whole science of man and has deployed his powerful and lucid mind over the entire range of its concerns.' - The SpectatorTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1: The Value of Freedom 1. Liberty and Liberties 2. The Creative Powers of a Free Civilisation 3. The Common Sense of Progress 4. Freedom, Reason and Tradition 5. Responsibility and Freedom 6. Equality, Value and Merit 7. Majority Rule 8. Employment and Independence Part 2: Freedom and the Law 9. Coercion and the State 10. Law, Commands and Order 11. The Origins of the Rule of Law 12. The American Contribution: Constitutionalism 13. Liberalism and Administration: The Rechtsstaat 14. The Safeguards of Individual Liberty 15. Economic Policy and the Rule of Law 16. The Decline of the Law Part 3: Freedom in the Welfare State 17. The Decline of Socialism and the Rise of the Welfare State 18. Labor Unions and Employment 19. Social Security 20. Taxation and Redistribution 21. The Monetary Framework 22. Housing and Town Planning 23. Agriculture and Natural Resources 24. Education and Research: Postscript - Why I Am Not a Conservative

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing.In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; and in reasserting the fundamental importance not only for the methods of science but also for European civilisation of the pursuit of truth it takes a stance which is very much against the tide of the times. A heterodox perspective is also provided and defended in detail regarding the real nature of economic methodology whereby it is shown that Economics epitomises a teleological mode of explanation which is significantly different from the efficient causal modes of explanation of the natural sciences. In fact Economics is the ultimate subjectivist/interpretative discipline in the methodological sense of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz, a fact which has only been recognised (and welcomed) in the Austrian school of Economics.Trade Review'O'Sullivan's thought-provoking work is a significant addition to the rapidly expanding literature on economic methodology.'- R.S. Hewett, Drake University, CHOICETable of ContentsPart 1: Philosophical Prolegomena 1. A Critical Philosophical Methodology of Science 2. The Challenge of the Anti-Philosophies 3. Science and the Quest for Truth 4. The Methodological Alternatives Part 2: Economic Science: A Methodological Case Study 5. The Economic Theory of Deliberate Choice 6. Teleological Explanation in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics 7. Rationality Postulates in Economic Theory 8. Methodological Precepts and Practice in Economics 9. What Economists Have Said and What They Have Done 10. The Austrian Exception 11. The Twofold Methodological Gap Part 3: The Philosophical Deduction 12. The Existentialist Deduction of a Subjectivist Methodology 13. The Existentialist Refutation of an Objectivist Methodology 14. The Central Principles of a Subjectivist Methodology: Alfred Schutz 15. A Resolution of Some Notorious Sticking Points 16. A Conclusion and Some Open Questions

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Book SynopsisThe history of economic thought has always attracted some of the brightest minds in the discipline. These chroniclers of development have helped form our current views, and it is no surprise that many among them have been at the forefront of new movements in the history of ideas.This notable collection summarizes the work of these key historians of economics and attempts to quantify their impact. Some of the writers covered, such as Friedrich Hayek and Joan Robinson, are already assured of their place among the greatest economists of the twentieth century, but the collection also stresses the influence of those still active in shaping our perceptions - including Mark Blaug, Samuel Hollander and Donald Winch.Written by an impressive roster of contributors, many of whom are themselves well-known in the history of economic thought, this key book features writings from John Creedy, Roger Blackhouse and Neil De Marchi, as well as the editors of the collection as aTable of Contentslntroduction 1 1 The skills of freedom: the liberal education of William J. Barber 2 Mark Blaug as a historian of economic thought 3 Bob Coats and the historicizing of economic policy 4 Verve and versatility: NeU De Marchi and the culture of economics 5 Mauriee Dobb, historical materialism, and economic thought 6 The craft of William D. Grampp: historian of economics 7 F. A. Hayek as an intellectual historian of economics 8 From Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill: Samuel Hollander and the classical economists 9 S. Todd Lowry and ancient Greek economic thought: an interpretation 10 Ronald Meek and the rehabilitation of surplus economics 11 Philip Mirowski as a historian of economic thought 12 Donald E. Moggridge as an historian of economic thought 13 D. P. O'Brien's contribution to the history of economic analysis 14 Joan Robinson's economics: using the history of economic thought as a discovery tool 15 Henry William Spiegel: historian of economic thought 16 Werner Stark and the sociology of knowledge approach to the history of economics 17 Roy Weintraub's contribution to the history of economics 18 Donald Winch as intellectual historian

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this provocative collection survey and assess institutional arrangements that offer possible alternatives to capitalism as it exists today. The point of departure agreed upon by the contributors is that on the one hand, capitalism produces unemployment, a lack of autonomy in the workplace, and massive income inequalities; while on the other, central socialist planning is characterized by underemployment, inefficiency, and bureaucracy. In Part I of the volume, various alternatives are proposed: profit-sharing systems, capitalism combined with some central planning, worker-owned firms in a market economy into a centrally planned economy, as has occurred recently in Hungary. Part II provides a theoretical analysis and assessment of these systems. This book is the first to cover such a wide range of subjects as central planning, market socialism, and profit sharing. It will prove indispensable to political and social scientists, and economists.Table of ContentsNotes on the contributors; 1. Introduction; Part I: 2. Internal subcontracting in Hungarian enterprises; 3. Profit-sharing capitalism; 4. The unclearing market; 5. Strong unions or worker control?; 6. The role of central planning under capitalism and market socialism; Part II: 7. Are freedom and equality compatible?; 8. Self-realisation in work and politics: the Marxist conception of the good life; 9. Public ownership and private property externalities.

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Book SynopsisSen argues that welfare economics may be enriched by paying more attention to ethics, that modern ethical studies can also benefit from a closer contact with descriptive economics, which, in turn, may learn from the methods of welfare economics.Trade Review"Sen is one of the true pioneers in modern economics. He has, in effect, created a new branch of the subject... which might one day change mainstream economics beyond recognition." The Economist "Professor Sen's thoughts on both philosophy and economics are not only highly original but they are ... presented with a compelling and consummate literary skill." Times Higher Education Supplement "Sen has never acknowledged a boundary between economics and ethics. He brings philosophical arguments to bear where they are needed in economics, and combines them skillfully with formal analysis." London Review of BooksTable of ContentsForeword: John M. Letiche. Preface. 1. Economic Behaviour and Moral Sentiments. Two Origins. Achievements and Weakness. Economic Behaviour and Rationality. Rationality as Consistency. Self-interest and Rational Behaviour. Adam Smith and Self-interest. 2. Economic Judgements and Moral Philosophy. Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility. Pareto Optimality and Economic Efficiency. Utility, Pareto Optimality and Welfarism. Well-being and Agency. Valuing and Value. Agency and Well-being: Distinction and Interdependence. Utility and Well-being. Achievements, Freedom and Rights. Self-interest and Welfare Economics. Rights and Freedom. 3. Freedom and Consequences. Well-being, Agency and Freedom. Plurality and Evaluation. Incompletenes and Overcompleteness. Conflicts and Impasse. Rights and Consequence. Consequential Assessment and Deontology. Ethics and Economics. Welfare, Goals and Choices. Conduct, Ethics and Economics. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*Chapter I. The Economics of Uncertainty, pg. 1*Chapter II. Economic Decisions under Uncertainty, pg. 11*Chapter III. The Bernoulli Principle, pg. 23*Chapter IV. Applications of the Bernoulli Principle Some Illustrations, pg. 34*Chapter V. Portfolio Selection, pg. 47*Chapter VI. The Bernoulli Principle- Observations and Experiments, pg. 62*Chapter VII. Decisions with Unknown Probabilities, pg. 77*Chapter VIII. Market Equilibrium under Uncertainty, pg. 88*Chapter IX. The Two-person Zero-sum Game, pg. 109*Chapter X. The General Two-person Game, pg. 129*Chapter XI. Elements of the General Game Theory, pg. 150*Chapter XII. The Objectives of the Firm, pg. 166*Chapter XIII. Survival and the Objectives of the Firm, pg. 181*Chapter XIV. Credibility and Subjective Probabilities, pg. 202*Chapter XV. Group Decisions, pg. 214*Index, pg. 225

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive account of the role of professional economists in the economic, social and environmental crises of the early 21st centuryTrade Review'The financial crisis alerted the public to what some insiders have known for decades: mainstream economic ideas are seriously flawed. Chernomas and Hudson lay bare both the ideas and the equally flawed individuals behind them, from Milton Friedman to the ex-"Maestro" Alan Greenspan' -- Professor Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics (Zed Books, 2011)'In lucid and accessible prose, The Profit Doctrine shows how the post-war evolution of economic ideas has systematically favoured the profitability of big business over the interests of everyday people' -- Gary Dymski, Professor and Chair in Applied Economics, Leeds University Business SchoolTable of ContentsList of Boxes, Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements 1. Prophets and Profits 2. The Contest of Economic Ideas: Survival of the Richest 3. The Consequences of Economic Ideas 4. Milton Friedman: The Godfather of the Age of Instability and Inequality 5. The Deregulationists: Public Choice and Private Gain 6. The Great Vacation: Rational Expectations and Real Business Cycles 7. Bursting Bubbles: Finance, Crisis and The Efficient Market Hypothesis 8. Economists Go to Washington: Ideas in Action 9. Conclusion: Dissenters and Victors Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTHE RATIONALE OF CENTRAL BANKING was first published in England in 1936. Vera Smith spent her professional career in a variety of research positions. She wrote articles and books on money, banking, economic development, and the labor market and translated into English books by Wilhelm Röpke, Oskar Morgenstern, and Fritz Machlup. This book provides a scholarly review and judicious assessments of the experience and theory that bear on the issues of free banking and central banking. Its wide-ranging discussion identifies both the fallacies in the arguments for central banks and the influential fallacies in the arguments against free banking. Vera Smith''s work should play a prominent role in any reappraisal of our monetary institutions.

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Book SynopsisJosiah Tucker (17131799) was one of the foremost thinkers of eighteenth-century England in the fields of economics, international relations, political theory, and imperialism. He shared the opinion, prevalent in his day, that Great Britain was underpopulated and observed with regret the immigration to America, believing that the colonies brought Britain no benefits. He thought instead that colonies were too costly to be beneficial, and, as early as 1749, he asserted that the American colonies would seek independence as soon as they no longer needed Great Britains assistance. He is one of the few men in England who consistently wrote and preached that the separation of the colonies would spell the ruin of England. Born of Welsh peasant stock in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Tucker was educated at St. Johns College, Oxford, and became a curate and rector successively at St. Stephens Church in Bristol. This led him to take considerable interest in politics and trade, as Bristol was second o

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Book SynopsisThe 2008 financial crisis, the rise of Trumpism, and the other populist movements which have followed in their wake have grown out of the frustrations of those hurt by the economic policies advocated by conventional economists for generations. Despite this, textbooks remain frozen in time, continuing to uphold traditional policies as though nothing has happened.Foundations of Real-World Economics demonstrates how misleading it can be to apply oversimplified models of perfect competition to the real world. The math works well on college blackboards but not so well on the Main Streets of America. This volume explores the realities of oligopolies, the real impact of the minimum wage, the double-edged sword of free trade, and other ways in which powerful institutions cause distortions in mainstream models. Bringing together the work of key scholars like Kahneman, Minsky, and Schumpeter, this textbook takes into consideration the inefficiencies that arise when the perfectlyTrade Review"Finally, an economics textbook that puts people before business!" Richard Easterlin, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Southern California"The real world seldom operates like the diagrams in economics textbooks. Often left out are that human beings often act irrationally, markets have rules, and models typically began with the assumption of ‘all else being equal.’ John Komlos provides a welcome and much needed real-world look at the dismal science in his Critique of Pure Economics. In plain language that even high school seniors can grasp, Komlos shows the wishful thinking that infects standard economic texts and builds his case with empirical facts." David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind and of the New York Times bestseller, Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich—and Cheat Everybody Else"The 'Great Recession' which began in 2008 was not anticipated by economists, and they remain divided about the remedies. Economics requires a re-think, but this is proving hard. In this excellent book, John Komlos makes a start: he shows what parts of theory remain useful, and which ones have been falsified by experience. He highlights what the new theory will need to explain. Most importantly, he shows that it is necessary to start from current economics in order to reform it. Fluently written, accessible, and highly recommended as a corrective to standard textbooks."Avner Offer, Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy"Komlos’s provocative book at once brings together and creatively synthesizes a great deal of work critical of conventional economics and lays out the broad contours of an alternative approach that the author calls humanistic economics. Komlos’s book is timely and relevant. The author includes excellent discussions of income and wealth inequality, the cultural contradictions of capitalism, and green environmental accounting, as well as an entire chapter on the financial sector (a sector often omitted entirely in introductory classes) and the sector’s role in the Great Recession." Peter Coclanis, Director of the Global Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"A wonderful book, a manifesto, written in a style that is easy to follow. Highly innovative and a must-read, especially but not only for students who are new to economics. John Komlos has given us a valuable tool that we can use to enrich our teaching and open the minds of our students. We owe him our thanks. More, we owe him our students’ patronage." Gerald Friedman, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst"John Komlos has given us a very useful companion text to the standard introductory economics version. Students would do well to read the two together. In fact, anyone who has taken introductory economics and had it shape their thinking about the world would benefit from learning about the issues raised in this book." Dean Baker, Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research"John Komlos provides an important complement to―and corrective for―the standard Economics 101 textbook. This book clearly explains why free markets are far from perfect and, indeed, do not exist in the vast majority of the modern economy. Instead of fetishizing economic efficiency, Komlos explains why economics should focus on creating a better society and helping all of us live more fulfilling lives." James Kwak, Professor of Law, University of Connecticut, co-author of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown"This book is a must-read, not only for economic students and professors who teach economics, but for psychology, sociology, political science, history, and philosophy students and professors as well. That is, it is a must-read for anyone who wishes to understand the discipline of economics and the way in which it has contributed to the conservative/neoliberal economic, social, and political policies that have guided us to the dysfunctional social and political systems we find ourselves in the midst of today." George H. Blackford, formerly University of Michigan-Flint, Contributions to Political Economy (2019), 1-2"Komlos uses a literary style that empowers the reader with information and in-depth discussion of topics of current interest from the repercussions of the financial crisis to the rise of populism. The book is full of creative ideas and the author achieves his goal of presenting a realistic approach to introductory economics." Andres F. Cantillo, Kansas City Kansas, Community College, Australasian Journal of Economics Education Volume 16, Number 1, 2019"This book is aimed at the introductory level and grounds its presentation in a lot of helpful stylised facts to connect to the real world. It contrasts the mainstream approach with many important heterodox insights in order to help readers to get a more realistic and multifaceted picture of economic relationships." Torsten Niechoj, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany, and FMM Fellow, European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, Vol. 17 No. 1, 2020"This book explains a tremendous amount of how economies like the U.S. function in recent years. In doing so, it integrates conventional economic analysis with wide ranging socio-economic analyses and the thoughtful insights of the author on many topics related to how economies function or do not function well. At the very least, he has gone a long way in showing how economies can become a more important and different discipline than it has been. I highly recommend his text for many students of economics." John F. Tomer, Emeritus Professor of Economics, founding member of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE), Society and Economy"John Komlos’s book has the sense and sensibilities for building up an economy that works for the 99%, not just the 1%." Annavajhula J.C. Bose, Shri Ram College of Commerce, India, Ecotalker blogTable of Contents1. Welcome to Real-World Economics 2. The Evidence: Markets Are Neither Omniscient Nor Omnipotent 3. The Nature of Demand 4. Homo Oeconomicus Is Extinct: The Foundations of Behavioral Economics 5. Taste-Makers and Consumption 6. Oligopolies and Imperfect Competition 7. Returns to the Factors of Production 8. The Case for Oversight, Regulation, and Management of Markets 9. Microeconomic Applications On and Off the Blackboard 10. What Is Macroeconomics? 11. Macroeconomics Part II 12. Macroeconomics Part III 13. The Tsunami of Globalization 14. The Financial Crisis of 2008 15. Economists’ Mistakes Lead to Right-Wing Populism and an Insurrection 16. Hidden Racist Elements in Blackboard Economics 17. The Covid-19 Pandemic Exposed the Need for a Black-Swan-Robust Economy 18. Conclusion: Toward a Capitalism with a Human Face

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, there have been a number of new developments in what came to be known as the Capital Theory Debates. The debates took place mainly during the 1960s as a result of Piero Sraffa''s critique of the neoclassical theory according to which the prices of factors of production directly depend on their relative scarcities. Sraffa showed that when income distribution changes, there are many complexities developed within the economic system impacting on prices in ways which are not possible to predict. These debates were revisited in the 1980s and again more recently, along with a parallel literature that has developed among neoclassical economists and has also looked at the impact of shocks on an economy. This book summarizes the debates and issues around the theory of capital and brings to the fore the more recent developments. It also pinpoints the similarities and differences between the various approaches and critically evaluates them in light of aTable of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesList of AbbreviationsPreface and AcknowledgementsChapter 1: PreliminariesChapter 2: Theory of Capital in Historical PerspectiveChapter 3: Capital Theory ControversiesChapter 4: Price Trajectories and the Rate of ProfitChapter 5: Wage-Rate of Profit Curves and Technological ChangeChapter 6: Near Linearities of the Price- and Wage-Rates of Profit Curves and the Distribution of EigenvaluesChapter 7: A Simple but Realistic Linear Model of ProductionChapter 8: Summing-UpReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFinancialisation has become a widely discussed and debated term leading to a plurality of perspectives, but no fixed definition or single reading. This book presents a critical exploration and review of the current literature on financialisation, focusing on the financialisation of NFCs and its possible implications for the macroeconomic and financial stability of advanced countries. Starting from this critical analysis, it proposes some new readings of the process of financialisation, linking it directly, on the one hand, to the evolution of interest-bearing capital and the credit system, and, on the other hand, to the historical tendencies of monopoly capital towards financial arrangements to manage corporate control. Finally, a conceptual scheme for interpretation and a mathematical model of corporate portfolio choice is developed to explain how the tendency in developed countries to place growing shares of social surplus in speculative financial channels can contribute toTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1.Post-Keynesian approaches. 2.The French Regulation School and the Social Structures of Accumulation approach. 3.Classical Marxist approaches. 4.Interest bearing capital vs industrial capital. 5.Financial rentiers and the revenant conflict between rent and profit. 6.Corporate saving glut and liquidity holding. 7.Financialisation of NFCs, globalisation and growth. 8.Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAdvanced Microeconomics presents microeconomic problems in an intuitive way. Using lucid narratives to build on students' initial understanding of economics and economic reality, equations and diagrams are incorporated to provide accessibility to students with a basic level of calculus to reach precise quantitative answers. It covers the standard areas of microeconomics such as consumer theory, producer theory, economics of uncertainty, general equilibrium and markets.The book also includes new developments such as behavioural economics, prospect and regret theory, public-sector firms, bargaining, signalling games, adverse selection and moral hazard. Real-life applications are given throughout the chapters, clearly showing students how the advanced theory connects to the real world. Each chapter provides a set of exercises for independent problem-solving. Learning is also supported by lists of key terms, chapter summaries and further reading suggestions. Advanced techn

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Book SynopsisThe economics of education is a burgeoning area of study, employing increasingly sophisticated analytical tools to answer questions with high societal impact. Thus, the aim of this handbook is to provide readers with an up-to-date overview of the current state of the field of the economics of education and its main areas of research.This comprehensive handbook provides an authoritative overview of key theoretical and policy areas, covering topics like econometric methods for education economics, returns to education, competition in education provision, education and economic growth, and education and inequality. It reviews the current state of research from early childhood through postgraduate education as well as adult education and life-long learning. Offering a truly international perspective, the handbook benefits from a global group of contributors and attention to both developed and developing country contexts.The Routledge Handbook of the Economics of Education Table of ContentsIntroduction (Brian P. McCall); 1. Econometric methods for education (Luc Behaghel and Maria Florencia Pinto); 2. Early childhood education in the United States: what, when, where, who, how, and why (Elizabeth U. Cascio); 3. Nearly three decades into the charter school movement, what has research told us about charter schools? (Ron Zimmer, Richard Buddin, Sarah Ausmus Smith, and Danielle Duffy-Chipman); 4. School accountability (Jason Burns and Katharine O. Strunk); 5. Evaluating teacher effectiveness: a review of historical developments and current trends (Christopher D. Brooks and Matthew G. Springer); 6. Is education different? A review of the voucher literature and lessons for implementation (Dennis Epple, Richard E. Romano, and Miguel Urquiola); 7. Teacher labor markets: what have we learned over the last decade? (Jessalynn James and James Wyckoff); 8. Teacher labor markets in developing countries (Lee Crawfurd and Todd Pugatch); 9. School resources and educational outcomes in developing countries (Paul Glewwe, Celestine Siameh, Bixuan Sun, and Suzanne Wisniewski); 10. Peer effects in education (Angela Cools and Eleonora Patacchini); 11. Socioeconomic inequalities in education beyond the early years (Claire Crawford, Lindsey Macmillan, and Gill Wyness); 12. Factors shaping college investment and enrollment gaps (George Bulman and Jesse Cunha); 13. Vocational education: an international perspective (Celeste K. Carruthers and Christopher Jepsen); 14. College persistence and bachelor’s degree completion (Brian P. McCall); 15. College majors (Arpita Patnaik, Matthew Wiswall, and Basit Zafar); 16. Student loan borrowing and repayment decisions: risks and contingencies (Kartik Athreya, Christopher Herrington, Felicia Ionescu, and Urvi Neelakantan); 17. For-profit colleges in the United States: insights from two decades of research (Stephanie Riegg Cellini); 18. Competition in higher education (Michael Kaganovich, Sinan Sarpca, and Xuejuan Su); 19. Education and economic growth (Anna Valero)

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Book SynopsisAn alternative theory of the firm is needed that helps better understand the nature and actual functioning of firms as well as the challenges raised by digital platform firms. In defining firms as economic collective ventures organised by political means, this book offers a political economy vision of firms.Specifically, the book provides an authority-based conception of the firm that supplies a theoretical grounding for democratic governance. It is argued that workers must be viewed as actors of the firm, not passive subjects of capital, given that authority is a non-coercive form of power. The book examines authority and subordination from the workers' perspective and argues that when workers accept authority, it is because they see it as facilitating mutually beneficial cooperation between people with divergent interests. As managerial authority is based on its acceptance by workers, it calls for legitimacy. Neither ownership nor the function that authority performs makes Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The agency theory of the firm – Discarding authority and the collective Chapter 2: Authority in work organisations – Definitions and challenges Chapter 3: The firm considered from the work standpoint – Why do workers cooperate? Chapter 4: Governance models and the constituent parties of the company Chapter 5: The pluralistic model of corporate governance Chapter 6: Digital labour platforms – Algorithmic authority? Epilogue: Using the concepts developed in the book to address the ecological transition

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