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The roman predicament

how the rules of international order create the politics of empire

Modern America owes the Roman Empire for more than gladiator movies and the architecture of the nation's Capitol. It can also thank the ancient republic for some helpful lessons in globalization. So argues economic historian Harold James in this masterful work of intellectual history ...

The exchange rate in a behavioral finance framework

This book provides an alternative view of the workings of foreign exchange markets. The authors' modeling approach is based on the idea that agents use simple forecasting rules and switch to those rules that have been shown to be the most profitable in the past ...

Econometric theory and practice

frontiers of analysis and applied research

This book is a collection of essays written in honor of Professor Peter C. B. Phillips of Yale University by some of his former students. The essays analyze a number of state of the art issues in econometrics, all of which Professor Phillips has directly ...

The literature of ancient sumer

This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of composition written in the language, from narrative myths and lyrical hymns to proverbs and love poetry. The translations have benefited both from the ...

Technology matters

questions to live with

This book discusses in nontechnical language ten central questions about technology that clarify what technology is and why it matters. Technology matters, writes David Nye, because it is inseparable from being human. We have used tools for more than 100,000 years, and their central ...

The essentials of risk management

Vital information from the bestselling "Risk Management" is made accessible to a wider professional audience. For ease of readability, complicated mathematical equations are located in appendixes instead of chapter text. The authors are prize-winning researchers and practitioners; each is a prominent and influential figure in ...

Running meetings

expert solutions to everyday challenges

Meetings are unavoidable--but they don't have to be unproductive. This tool-packed guide helps you transform meetings from time-sinks to springboards for effective action by learning how to set smart agendas, keep meetings on track, handle problem behaviors and time-wasters, and motivate participants to take ...

Managing projects

expert solutions to everyday challenges

When a new project is handed to you, you can use this guide to help juggle the gamut of tasks required to get the job done. The handy tools and checklists offer guidance on how to identify necessary resources, develop schedules and set deadlines, set ...

Leading teams

expert solutions to everyday challenges

Leading productive teams requires laying the groundwork for success and following through effectively. This guide offers immediately actionable advice on how to choose the right team members; clarify goals, rules, and responsibilities; foster trust, creativity, and risk taking; and resolve conflicts and maximize productivity. The ...

Workforce crisis

how to beat the coming shortage of skills and talent

Within the decade, the massive boomer generation will begin retiring. At the same time, declining birth rates will mean a deficit of younger workers. With these demographic changes, companies in developed economies will face an unprecedented brain drain. To survive, companies must rethink their workforce ...

The hanged man

a story of miracle, memory, and colonialism in the middle ages

Seven hundred years ago, executioners led a Welsh rebel named William Cragh to a wintry hill to be hanged. They placed a noose around his neck, dropped him from the gallows, and later pronounced him dead. But was he dead? While no less than nine ...

Lumières et ilustración en Espagne

sous les règnes de Charles III et de Charles IV (1759-1808)

On ne saurait confondre Lumières et Ilustración. Les Lumières, disait Kant, c#est oser se servir de son propre entendement. La Ilustración aussi. Mais il lui est interdit d#aborder l#essentiel : Dieu et la religion, le roi et la monarchie. On distinguera donc ces ...

¿Tiene razón el derecho?

entre método científico y voluntad política

Consumerism in world history

the global transformation of desire

This second edition of "Consumerism in World History" draws on recent research of the consumer experience in the West and Japan, while also examining societies less renowned for consumerism, such as Africa. By relating consumerism to other issues in world history, this book forces reassessment ...

El secreto profesional frente a la administración tributaria

situación de profesionales y operadores inmobiliarios

ÍNDICE: 1. El secreto de los profesionales universitarios frente a la administración tributaria. 2. secreto profesional de los operadores inmobiliarios frente a los requerimientos de la Dirección General Impositiva.

Viviendo en el Aleph

la Sociedad de la Información y sus laberintos

La rosa blanca

los estudiantes que se alzaron contra Hitler

«El nombre alemán permanecerá para siempre mancillado si la juventud alemana no se alza para vengar y expiar al mismo tiempo; para aniquilar a sus opresores y construir una nueva Europa espiritual.» Con Alemania inmersa en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y conscientes de su responsabilidad ...

Noches áticas

Volumen I

Noches áticas

Volumen II

L'authenticité des oeuvres d'art

L'authenticité est, en matière d'#uvre d'art, une notion dont la prise en compte est relativement récente. Pendant des siècles, le primat a été donné à la forme. Ce n'est qu'à partir de la Renaissance et surtout du XIXe siècle, avec ...