The new financial order

risk in the 21st Century

In his best-selling Irrational Exuberance, Robert Shiller cautioned that society's obsession with the stock market was fueling the volatility that has since made a roller coaster of the financial system. Less noted was Shiller's admonition that our infatuation with the stock market distracts ...

Markets from networks

The myth of nations

the medieval origins of Europe.

Technological innovation & economic performance

The essential John Nash

The paradox of asset pricing

Asset pricing theory abounds with elegant mathematical models. The logic is so compelling that the models are widely used in policy, from banking, investments, and corporate finance to government. To what extent, however, can these models predict what actually happens in financial markets? In The ...

Private life in new kingdom Egypt

Freedom and its betrayal

six enemies of human liberty

Passion and paradox

intellectuals confront the national question

Interest groups and trade policy

Investing in emerging fixed income markets

The fixed income markets in emerging countries represent new and potentially lucrative area of investment for professionals, but with greater risk. This fully updated and revised edition shows investors how to identify solid investment opportunities in these markets, assess the risk potential, and develop an ...

Religions of Asia in practice

an anthology

Racism

a short history

Harmful thoughts. Essays on law, self, and morality

Searching for a corporate savior

the irrational quest for charismatic CEOs

Corporate CEOs are headline news. Stock prices rise and fall at word of their hiring and firing. Business media debate their merits and defects as if individual leaders determined the health of the economy. Yet we know surprisingly little about how CEOs are selected and ...

Islamic political ethics

Civil Society, Pluralism, and Conflict.

The claims of culture

Equality and Diversity in the Global Era.

Contents: Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction On the Use and Abuse of Culture 2. "Nous" et les "Autres" (We and the Others) Is Universalism Ethnocentric? 3. From Redistribution to Recognition? The Paradigm Change of Contemporary Politics 4. Multiculturalism and Gendered Citizenship 5. Deliberative Democracy and Multicultural ...

The cybernetic theory of decision

New dimensions of political analysis.

Locke and the Legislative Point of View

Toleration, Contested Principles, and the Law.

Creative Destruction

How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures.

Contents: 1. Trade between Cultures 2. Global Culture Ascendant: The Roles of Wealth and Technology 3. Ethos and the Tragedy of Cultural Loss 4. Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care 5. Dumbing Down and the Least Common Denominator 6. Should National ...

Emblems of pluralism

Cultural differences and the state.

From outlawing polygamy and mandating public education to protecting the rights of minorities, the framing of group life by the state has been a subject of considerable interest and controversy throughout the history of the United States. The subject continues to be important in many ...

The economic evolution of American health care

from Marcus Welby to managed care

The American health care industry has undergone such dizzying transformations since the 1960s that many patients have lost confidence in a system they find too impersonal and ineffectual. Is their distrust justified and can confidence be restored? David Dranove, a leading health care economist, tackles ...