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Verso Books The New Way of the World: On Neoliberal Society
Book SynopsisExploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration of "pure" capitalism. To misinterpret neoliberalism is to fail to understand what is new about it: far from viewing the market as a natural given that limits state action, neoliberalism seeks to construct the market and make the firm a model for governments. Only once this is grasped will its opponents be able to meet the unprecedented political and intellectual challenge it poses.Trade ReviewThe New Way of the World is the best modern realization of Foucault's pioneering approach to the history of neoliberalism. It wonderfully explores the European roots and branches of the neoliberal thought collective over the twentieth century, and warns that unthinking misrepresentations of its political project as espousing 'laissez-faire' has had the effect of allowing the Left to submit to its siren song. -- Philip MirowskiTo understand these debates [on neoliberalism], the book by Christian Laval and Pierre Dardot on the 'neoliberal society' offers us analytical keys. This monument of scholarship draws on the history of ideas, philosophy and sociology. * Le Monde *Extremely scholarly, this book is an insistent invitation to push theoretical and social critique of the present order beyond the standard analyses. * Le Monde diplomatique *
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ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc The Functional Service Economy: A Networked
Book SynopsisThis book outlines out the features of a Functional Service Economy. It describes the required social and economic changes to shift from a production-oriented economy to a functional and service-oriented economy.Table of ContentsIntroductory chapter: Background emergence of the Functional Service Economy A change of the performance model Chapter Companies - Proximity and Territory Chapter Function Service Economy and Innovation
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Black Rose Books Bringing the Economy Home from the Market
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Scribner Book Company Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the
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Les Belles Lettres Le Capital. I- l'Invention Du Capitalisme
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Das Zeitalter von Herbert Giersch:
Book SynopsisAm 11. Mai 2011 wäre Herbert Giersch 90 Jahre alt geworden. Er lehrte von 1955 bis 1969 an der Universität des Saarlandes und von 1969 bis zu seiner Emeritierung 1989 als Präsident des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft an der Universität Kiel. Zudem war Giersch Gründungsmitglied des Sachverständigenrats zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung. Der vorliegende Band enthält die Beiträge einer Tagung, die zu seinen Ehren in Freiburg veranstaltet wurde. Die Autoren beleuchten Gierschs wissenschaftliches Werk aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven, seine Vorstellung von wirtschaftspolitischer Beratung, seine Analysen zu Konjunkturpolitik und Globalsteuerung, zur Angebotspolitik, zu Wachstum und weltwirtschaftlicher Entwicklung, zu Monetarismus und Wechselkursen, zum Strukturwandel, zur Regionalökonomik und zur Ordnungspolitik. Die Beiträge fassen nicht nur Gierschs Einsichten zu diesen Themen zusammen, sondern zeigen auch ihre Relevanz für die heutige Wirtschaftspolitik im Zeichen der Finanz- und Schuldenkrise auf. Zu den Autoren gehören eine Reihe von namhaften Ökonomen, darunter Peter Bernholz, Jagdish Bhagwati, Johannes Bröcker, Juergen B. Donges, Gerhard Fels, Bertram Schefold, Gerhard Schwödiauer, Hans-Werner Sinn, Manfred Streit, Roland Vaubel und Carl-Christian von Weizsäcker.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Was vom Wucher übrig bleibt: Zinsverbote im
Book SynopsisDas Persönlichkeitsideal hat sich durch die Massenkommunikation bereits im 20. Jahrhundert verändert. In der Rechtsordnung wurden entsprechende Konzepte des Persönlichkeitsschutzes entwickelt. Durch das Word Wide Web sind neue, netzbezogene Phänomene und Bedrohungen entstanden. Die im Zeitalter der (analogen) Massenmedien gebildeten Paradigmen des Persönlichkeitsschutzes sind daher auf ihre Netztauglichkeit zu überprüfen.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Mit Freiheit und Werten zu Wohlstand: Zwölf
Book SynopsisWarum braucht nicht nur der Staat die Marktwirtschaft, sondern die Marktwirtschaft auch den Staat? Warum bewirken Gesetze häufig anderes, als der Gesetzgeber erwartet? Wie entsteht Wohlstand? Kaspar Villiger verdichtet seine Erfahrungen aus 46 Jahren Berufsleben als Unternehmer, Verwaltungsrat global tätiger Konzerne, Verteidigungs- und Finanzminister sowie Schweizer Bundespräsident in zwölf Thesen und sucht Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen. Er fragt, warum sich die Wirtschaft auch von ethischen Kriterien leiten lassen soll und wie der Föderalismus strukturiert sein muss, damit auch die Gliedstaaten Selbstverantwortung wahrnehmen. Und er analysiert, warum Demokratien Selbstbindungen brauchen, um nicht im Schuldensumpf zu versinken. Dabei untermauert Villiger seine erfahrungsbasierten Einsichten mit Erkenntnissen der modernen Ökonomik. Seine Überlegungen sind ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer für eine freiheitliche Gesellschaftsordnung.
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V&R Unipress Wirtschaft Demokratisch: Teilhabe, Mitwirkung,
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Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Performance Drivers of Digital Ventures: Novel
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Unin Editorial, S.A. Crtica del intervencionismo el mito de la
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Antoni Bosch Editor, S.A. Macroeconomía: primeros conceptos
Book SynopsisEl libro del profesor Díaz-Giménez es una primera aproximación sencilla, amena y rigurosa al apasionante mundo de la macroeconomía, sus problemas y sus métodos de estudio. Con la ayuda de datos de la economía española e internacional, docenas de gráficos, cientos de ejemplos y ejercicios, y llevados de la mano por Lucas e Irene, descubrimos el significado de las siglas PIB e IPC, averiguamos qué son el paro, la inflación, el crecimiento y los ciclos económicos, y aprendemos a dar los primeros pasos por los vericuetos del análisis macroeconómico. Con un enfoque moderno y novedoso, este texto se hace eco de algunas de las aportaciones más recientes de la literatura económica y es una guía de consulta obligada para todas aquellas personas que quieran formarse una opinión propia sobre los contenidos y los métodos del análisis macroeconómico actual.
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Institute of Economic Affairs Selfishness Greed and Capitalism
Book SynopsisThis book deals with myths about the market economy - such as the idea that economists believe that everybody is greedy. Christopher Snowdon, carefully and entertainingly unpicks the misguided ideas that have taken hold. Essential reading for all who wish to separate fact from fiction when it comes to understanding economic reasoning and evidence.
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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) The Economics Book
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Penguin Young Readers The Economics Book
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Princeton University Press Lectures on the Theory of Games
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to the mathematical discipline known as the Theory of Games. This book opens by addressing 'matrix games'. It continues with a treatment of games in extensive form and also deals with games that have an infinite number of pure strategies for the two players. It features examples and exercises, and various historical notes.Table of ContentsAuthor's Note vii Preface ix Chapter 1. What Is the Theory of Games? 1 Notes 3 Chapter 2. Matrix Games 5 2.1 Two Examples 5 2.2 The Definition of a Matrix Game 9 2.3 The Fundamental Theorem for 2 x 2 Matrix Games 10 2.4 The Geometry of Convex Sets 12 2.5 Fundamental Theorem for All Matrix Games 21 2.6 A Graphical Method of Solution 24 2.7 An Algorithm for Solving All Matrix Games 28 2.8 Simplified Poker 36 Notes 45 Appendix 48 Chapter 3. Extensive Games 59 3.1 Some Preliminary Restrictions 59 3.2 The Axiom System 59 3.3 Pure and Mixed Strategies 64 3.4 Games with Perfect Information 66 3.5 A Reduction of the Game Matrix 67 3.6 An Instructive Example 70 3.7 Behavior Strategies and Perfect Recall 72 3.8 Simplified Poker Reconsidered 77 Notes 78 Chapter 4. Infinite Games 81 4.1 Some Preliminary Restrictions 81 4.2 An Illuminating Example 81 4.3 Mixed Strategies and Expectation 83 4.4 The Battle of the Maxmin versus Supinf 88 4.5 The Fundamental Theorem 92 4.6 The Solution of Games on the Unit Square 94 Notes 103 Index 105
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Princeton University Press Optimal Transport Methods in Economics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"As the author develops it, the theory is almost always very clear. The approach that Galichon has developed, based on linear programming, is receiving increased attention from economists and mathematicians in spite of its obvious complexity... [A] clear and succinct analysis and discussion."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface xi 1 Introduction 1 1.1 A Number of Economic Applications 1 1.2 A Mix of Techniques 3 1.3 Brief History 4 1.4 Literature 5 1.5 About These Notes 6 1.6 Organization of This Book 7 1.7 Notation and Conventions 9 2 Monge-Kantorovich Theory 11 2.1 Couplings 11 2.2 Optimal Couplings 13 2.3 Monge-Kantorovich Duality 14 2.4 Equilibrium 18 2.5 A Preview of Applications 19 2.6 Exercises 22 2.7 References and Notes 23 3 The Discrete Optimal Assignment Problem 24 3.1 Duality 25 3.2 Stability 26 3.3 Pure Assignments 27 3.4 Computation via Linear Programming 29 3.5 Exercises 32 3.6 References and Notes 33 4 One-Dimensional Case 34 4.1 Copulas and Comonotonicity 35 4.2 Supermodular Surplus 36 4.3 The Wage Equation 40 4.4 Numerical Computation 42 4.5 Exercises 43 4.6 References and Notes 44 5 Power Diagrams 45 5.1 Hotelling's Location Model 45 5.2 Capacity Constraints 48 5.3 Computation via Convex Optimization 53 5.4 Exercises 54 5.5 References and Notes 56 6 Quadratic Surplus 57 6.1 Convex Analysis from the Point of View of Optimal Transport 57 6.2 Main Results 60 6.3 Vector Quantiles 63 6.4 Polar Factorization 65 6.5 Computation by Discretization 68 6.6 Exercises 69 6.7 References and Notes 70 7 More General Surplus 72 7.1 Generalized Convexity 72 7.2 The Main Results 76 7.3 Computation by Entropic Regularization 78 7.4 Exercises 79 7.5 References and Notes 80 8 Transportation on Networks 81 8.1 Setup 82 8.2 Optimal Flow Problem 87 8.3 Integrality 90 8.4 Computation via Linear Programming 91 8.5 Exercises 93 8.6 References and Notes 94 9 Some Applications 95 9.1 Random Sets and Partial Identification 95 9.2 Identification of Discrete Choice Models 98 9.3 Hedonic Equilibrium 101 9.4 Identification via Vector Quantile Methods 104 9.5 Vector Quantile Regression 106 9.6 Implementable Mechanisms 110 9.7 No-Arbitrage Pricing of Financial Derivatives 115 9.8 References and Notes 117 10 Conclusion 118 10.1 Mathematics 118 10.2 Computation 119 10.3 Duality 120 10.4 Toward a Theory of "Equilibrium Transport" 122 10.5 References and Notes 123 A Solutions to the Exercises 125 A.1 Solutions for Chapter 2 125 A.2 Solutions for Chapter 3 128 A.3 Solutions for Chapter 4 130 A.4 Solutions for Chapter 5 133 A.5 Solutions for Chapter 6 137 A.6 Solutions for Chapter 7 139 A.7 Solutions for Chapter 8 141 B Linear Programming 144 B.1 Minimax Theorem 144 B.2 Duality 144 B.3 Link with Zero-Sum Games 146 B.4 References and Notes 148 C Quantiles and Copulas 149 C.1 Quantiles 149 C.2 Copulas 151 C.3 References and Notes 153 D Basics of Convex Analysis 154 D.1 Convex Sets 154 D.2 Convex Functions 155 D.3 References and Notes 159 E McFadden's Generalized Extreme Value Theory 160 E.1 References and Notes 160 References 161 Index 169
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Harvard University Press Value in Ethics and Economics
Book SynopsisElizabeth Anderson offers a new theory of value and rationality that rejects costbenefit analysis in our social lives and in our ethical theories. This account of the plurality of values thus offers a new approach, beyond welfare economics and traditional theories of justice, for assessing the ethical limitations of the market.Trade ReviewAnderson is anxious to combat what she sees as a tendency for commercial values to invade areas of human life where they do not belong… A useful contribution to debate about the proper scope of the market. -- Hugo Dixon * Financial Times *Not everything is a commodity, insists Anderson, and her brief should shake up social science technocrats. * Philadelphia Inquirer *The book is rich in both argument and application. -- Alan Hamlin * Times Higher Education Supplement *In this rich and insightful book Elizabeth Anderson develops an original account of value and rational action and then employs this account to address the pragmatic political question of what the proper range of the market should be. Anderson’s principal targets are consequentialism, monism and the crude ‘economistic’ reasoning which underpins much contemporary social policy… This is an important book… For anyone interested in political philosophy this is essential reading. -- A. J. Walsh * Australasian Journal of Philosophy *Table of ContentsPreface 1. A Pluralist Theory of Value A Rational Attitude Theory of Value Ideals and Self-Assessment How Goods Differ in Kind (I): Different Modes of Valuation How Goods Differ in Kind (II): Social Relations of Realization 2. An Expressive Theory of Rational Action Value and Rational Action The Framing of Decisions The Extrinsic Value of States of Affairs Consequentialism Practical Reason and the Unity of the Self 3. Pluralism and Incommensurable Goods The Advantages of Consequentialism A Pragmatic Theory of Comparative Value Judgments Incommensurable Goods Rational Choice among Incommensurable Goods 4. Self-Understanding, the Hierarchy of Values, and Moral Constraints The Test of Self-Understanding The Hierarchy of Values Agent-Centered Restrictions Hybrid Consequentialism A Self-Effacing Theory of Practical Reason? 5. Criticism, Justification, and Common Sense A Pragmatic Account of Objectivity The Thick Conceptual Structure of the Space of Reasons How Common Sense Can Be Self-Critical Why We Should Ignore Skeptical Challenges to Common Sense 6. Monistic Theories of Value Monism Moore's Aesthetic Monism Hedonism Rational Desire Theory 7. The Ethical Limitations of the Market Pluralism, Freedom, and Liberal Politics The Ideals and Social Relations of the Modern Market Civil Society and the Market Personal Relations and the Market Political Goods and the Market The Limitations of Market Ideologies 8. Is Women's Labor a Commodity? The Case of Commercial Surrogate Motherhood Children as Commodities Women's Labor as a Commodity Contract Pregnancy and the Status of Women Contract Pregnancy, Freedom, and the Law 9.
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Social Contracts for Development
Book SynopsisThis report lays the foundations for the World Bank to fully integrate a social contract lens in its development policy toolkit in Sub-Saharan Africa. The report's contribution consists mostly of a conceptual and empirical framework, mapping knowledge gaps, and presenting examples for the application of a social contract lens in the region.
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MP-WBK World Bank Group Publ Innovative Korea
Book SynopsisFocuses on Korea's successful transition from a middle-income to a high-income economy by moving toward a private-sector-led growth model with greater emphasis on market competition, innovation, and technology.
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Open Road Media Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from
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University of South Carolina Press Market Affect and the Rhetoric of Political
Book SynopsisWhat explains the "triumph of capitalism"? Why do people so often respond positively to discussions favoring it while shutting down arguments against it? Overwhelmingly theories regarding capitalism's resilience have focused on individual choice bolstered by careful rhetorical argumentation. In this penetrating study, however, Catherine Chaput shows that something more than choice is at work in capitalism's ability to thrive in public practice and imagination--more even than material resources (power) and cultural imperialism (ideology). That "something," she contends, is market affect. Affect, says Chaput, signifies a semi-autonomous entity circulating through individuals and groups. Physiological in nature but moving across cultural, material, and environmental boundaries, affect has three functions: it opens or closes individual receptivity; it pulls or pushes individual identification; and it raises or lowers individual energies. This novel approach begins by connecting affect to rhetorical theory and offers a method for tracking its three modalities in relation to economic markets. Each of the following chapters compares a major theorist of capitalism with one of his important critics, beginning with the juxtaposition of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, who Set the agenda not only for arguments endorsing and critiquing capitalism but also for the affective energies associated with these positions. Subsequent chapters restage this initial debate through pairs of economic theorists--John Maynard Keynes and Thorstein Veblen, Friedrich Hayek and Theodor Adorno, and Milton Friedman and John Kenneth Galbraith--who represent key historical moments. In each case, Chaput demonstrates, capitalism's critics have fallen short in their rhetorical effectiveness. Chaput concludes by exploring possibilities for escaping the straitjacket imposed by these debates. In particular she points to the biopolitical lectures of Michel Foucault as offering a framework for more persuasive anticapitalist critiques by reconstituting people's conscious understandings as well as their natural instincts.
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Emerald Publishing Limited The FinanceInnovation Nexus
Book SynopsisTopics covered in this volume include, CEO characteristics and CSR, green finance and investment in emerging economies, behavioral finance, intellectual capital, MIS, and financial performance, capital structure during COVID-19, the online search volume index, working capital, stock return, and banks' risk taking, as well as social capital.
£95.00
University of Westminster Press The Commons: Economic Alternatives in the
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Center for Global Development Results Not Receipts: Counting the Right Things
Book SynopsisIn the aftermath of the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. Agency for International Development supported the Afghan Ministry of Public Health to deliver basic healthcare to 90 percent of the population, at a cost of $4.50 a head. The program played a vital role in improving the country's health; the number of children dying before the age of five dropped by 100,000 a year. But accounting standards at the Ministry of Public Health concerned the United States Special Investigator General for Afghanistan. There was no evidence of malfeasance, nor argument about the success of the program. For all that the results were fantastic, receipts were not in order. The investigator called for the health program to be suspended because of ""financial management deficiencies"" at the ministry.This case illustrates a growing problem: an important and justified focus on corruption as a barrier to development has led to policy change in aid agencies that is damaging the potential for aid to deliver results. Donors have treated corruption as an issue they can measure and improve, and from which they can insulate their projects at acceptable costs by controlling processes and monitoring receipts. Results Not Receipts highlights the weak link between donors' preferred measures of corruption and development outcomes related to our limited ability to measure the problem. It discusses the costs of the standard anti-corruption tools of fiduciary controls and centralized delivery, and it suggests a different approach to tackling the problem of corruption in development: focus on outcomes.Trade ReviewErudite, engagingly written, and upbeat."- Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser, OxfamTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Two Problems of Corruption and Poor Governance 2. Measuring What Wants to Be Hidden 3. Development Predestinationism 4. Improving Institutions 5. Practical Policymaking for Donors 6. Reimagining the Development Dialogue Reference Index
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De Gruyter Mathematik und Kybernetik in der Ökonomie Teil I
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De Gruyter Mathematik und Kybernetik in der Ökonomie Teil 2
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de Gruyter 200 Jahre Adam Smith Reichtum Der Nationen
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Duncker & Humblot GmbH Kompendium Zur Volkswirtschaftslehre
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Edaf Antillas El Secuestro de Bitcoin
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United Nations Manual for the production of statistics on the
Book SynopsisThe United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is a founding member of the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, which is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative to improve the availability and quality of ICT data and indicators. One of its key achievements is the development of a core list of ICT indicators for the production of internationally comparable statistics. This list was first endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission at its 38th session in March 2007 and has since been updated regularly. The Commission encouraged countries to use that list in their data collection programmes; a first version of the Manual for the Production of Statistics on the Information Economy was published at the end of 2007. An updated version was published in 2009. The current edition, entitled Manual for the Production of Statistics on the Digital Economy, was prepared to reflect the many changes that have taken place in the past decade in terms of access and use of ICTs. Compared to earlier versions, it expands the coverage of the measurement of e-commerce, trade in ICT services and trade in ICT-enabled (or digitally delivered) services. It contains more model questionnaires and reflects the most recent revisions of the Partnership's list of core ICT indicators. The Manual is intended to guide statisticians from developing countries through all the steps involved in the production and dissemination of statistics related to e-commerce and the digital economy
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City University of Hong Kong Press Introduction to Propriety Economics
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ISEAS Financial Technology Adoption in Greater Jakarta:
Book SynopsisThis article reports the findings of an online survey conducted in November–December 2021 on Indonesians' experience and perception of fintech tools, focusing on fintech adoption in the Greater Jakarta region, which besides Jakarta, includes Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi.One key finding is that, in the Greater Jakarta region, socio-economic status as measured by income is not a key determinant of fintech adoption. This is likely due to the more developed and mature ICT infrastructure in the Greater Jakarta region, which makes fintech tools readily accessible.However, the kinds of fintech tools that are more likely to be used—M-banking, E-wallet, Online Lending, Investment, Donations, and so on—are influenced by factors such as income, education, gender, age and occupation, suggesting that different fintech tools appeal to different groups in society according to their needs and resources.Psychological factors that are important in the adoption of fintech include having many choices in the needed financial services and feeling in control. While fintech users are concerned about data leaks and fraud, this does not deter them from using fintech.It may be anticipated that with the deepening of ICT infrastructure and public education on the safe use of fintech, fintech usage in Indonesia will continue to spread throughout the country.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Microeconomics of Market Failures and
Book Synopsis1. The State Monopoly on Violence.- 2. Market Failures and Institutions.- 3. Innovation and the Capitalist Revolution.- 4. Monopoly Power and Competition.- 5. Who Pays for Fixed Costs?.- 6. Insurance versus Incentives.- 7. Reputations and Implicit Contracts.- 8. Adverse Selection.- 9. Property Rights and the Rule of Law.- 10. Distributional Conflict and Democracy.- 11. Mathematical Appendix.- 12. Index of Variables.
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Duncker & Humblot GmbH Der andere Ökonom
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Princeton University Press Strings Attached Untangling the Ethics of
Book SynopsisHow do incentives affect character and institutional culture? Can incentives be manipulative or exploitative, even if people are free to refuse them? What are the responsibilities of the powerful in using incentives? This book deals with these questions.Trade ReviewOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012 "Strings Attached is a thoughtful ... look at the encroaching power of the market and its mechanisms in a range of human activity. What does it mean to see life as a series of transactions? The question is relevant far beyond the book's specific examples."--Nancy F. Koehn, New York Times "We're used to relying on incentives. Academics face an incentive to publish papers, hedge fund managers have incentives to earn money for their clients, and if we don't pay our taxes we face the threat of sanctions, fines, and jail. The contribution of Ruth W. Grant in Strings Attached is to question the morality of these arrangements and their ubiquity in our lives."--Tyler Cowen, Science "Increasingly, authorities mistake freedom for choice... They manipulate, demean and corrupt in the name of a 'freedom' that is no freedom at all. [Grant's] ideas may or may not result in better public policy. But they ought to give us a richer idea of freedom."--Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "I regard the book as illuminating. It may not give us all the right answers, but shows us how to ask all the right questions."--Jason Brennan, Public Choice "[This book] ought to appeal to ... everyone who wants a say over his or her own life and possesses a healthy skepticism towards schemes of stealthy power."--Andrew Sabl, Society "Increasingly, authorities mistake freedom for choice, Prof. Grant believes. They manipulate, demean and corrupt in the name of a 'freedom' that is no freedom at all. Her ideas may or may not result in better public policy. But they ought to give us a richer idea of freedom."--Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "In a very interesting, helpful new book, Strings Attached, author Ruth W. Grant deals with incentives in all kinds of situations."--Psychology Today "In Strings Attached, Ruth W. Grant examines the history, language, and ethics of incentives, both in the workplace and the realm of public policy. Grant, a professor at Duke, considers incentives to be a form of power, right alongside force and persuasion as methods people can use to get someone else to do what they want."--Biz Ed Magazine "Grant examines the ethical implications of incentives, which she sees as a form of power... Grant's conclusion is an excellent summary of the deeper democratic values threatened by unanalyzed use of incentives in public policy. This is an important contribution to both ethics and public policy."--Choice "This book offers useful guidance about how to devise better incentives that direct people toward good choices without manipulating them."--Robert Mayer, Ethics "In Strings Attached, Grant provides a rich and nuanced analysis of the issue of incentives, while still being accessible for a general public interested in the subject. Not specifically aimed at a specialized academic readership, the book nonetheless provides a thorough historical, ethical, and political perspective on incentives that should prove of interest to scholars in bioethics."--Maude Laliberte, Bioethical Inquiry "Strings Attached makes you think ... and above all, [it is] timely. [It] contribute[s] something substantial ... and serve[s] as a reminder that the morality of markets and incentives is never a settled matter."--Raphael Calel, Economics and Philosophy "[I]n its assault on economic perspectives, it packs a powerful punch. And from start to finish, the lucidity and grace of the exposition are unconditionally admirable: I never fear that I can't figure out what Grant is saying, and these days too many theory books make me fearful in just that way. This clarity means the book would be a complete winner in the classroom."--Don Herzog, Political TheoryTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv CHAPTER ONE: Why Worry about Incentives? 1 CHAPTER TWO: Incentives Then and Now The Clock and the Engineer 14 CHAPTER THREE: "Incentives Talk" What Are Incentives Anyway? 31 CHAPTER FOUR: Ethical and Not So Ethical Incentives 45 CHAPTER FIVE: Applying Standards, Making Judgments 60 CHAPTER SIX: Getting Down to Cases --Plea Bargaining 76 --Recruiting Medical Research Subjects 86 --IMF Loan Conditions 101 -- Motivating Children to Learn 111 CHAPTER SEVEN: Beyond Voluntariness 123 CHAPTER EIGHT: A Different Kind of Conversation 133 Notes 141 References 171 Index 189
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Akal Ediciones Crisis, Clase Media y Posfordismo
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Taylor & Francis Social Ontology and Modern Economics
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Taylor & Francis Social Ontology and Modern Economics
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