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Death by a thousand cuts

the fight over taxing inherited wealth

This fast-paced book by Yale professors Michael Graetz and Ian Shapiro unravels the following mystery: How is it that the estate tax, which has been on the books continuously since 1916 and is paid by only the wealthiest two percent of Americans, was repealed in ...

Law without nations?

why constitutional government requires sovereign states

When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question. Americans have long asked whether the United States should join ...

Trade Unions and the State

the construction of industrial relations institutions in Britain, 1890- 2000

The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions? In analyzing how ...

The German economy

beyond the social market

In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and ...

Economic and fiancial decisions under risk

An understanding of risk and how to deal with it is an essential part of modern economics. Whether liability litigation for pharmaceutical firms or an individual's having insufficient wealth to retire, risk is something that can be recognized, quantified, analyzed, treated--and incorporated into our ...

Monedas hispánicas de la Bibliothéque Nationale de France

The European Central Bank

credibility, transparency, and centralization

The adoption of the euro in 1999 by 11 member states of the European Union created a single currency area second in economic size only to the United States. The euro zone's monetary policy is now set by the European Central Bank (ECB) and ...

Risk and asset alloction

This encyclopedic, detailed exposition spans all the steps of one- period allocation from the foundations to the most advanced developments. Multivariate estimation methods are analyzed in depth, including non- parametric, maximum-likelihood under non-normal hypotheses, shrinkage, robust, and very general Bayesian techniques. Evaluation methods such as ...

Innovation management in the ICT sector

how frontrunners stay ahead

Edward Huizenga explores how knowledge and service intensive companies can thrive on innovation and entrepreneurship in the ICT sector. He applies new theoretical insights from strategy and organisation theory, and includes case studies of 30 European service companies. These case studies address the key innovation ...

Culture, institutions and economic development

a study of eight European regions

Regions are increasingly recognised as a key aspect of economic change in Europe, not merely as geographic spaces but also as social systems. Their history, culture, institutions and patterns of leadership mould the way in which they adapt to European and global competitive challenges. This ...

El diseño emocional

por qué nos gustan (o no) los objetos cotidianos

¿No se ha preguntado alguna vez por qué el vino tiene mejor sabor cuando se sirve en elegantes copas de diseño? ¿O por qué el coche, una vez lavado y abrillantado, parece que se conduce con más facilidad? Investigaciones recientes han demostrado cómo los objetos ...

Genocide and Human Rights

a philosophical guide

Genocide is evil or nothing could be. It raises a host of questions about humanity, rights, justice, and reality, which are key areas of concern for philosophy. Strangely, however, philosophers have tended to ignore genocide. Even more problematic, philosophy and philosophers bear more responsibility for ...

The final energy crisis

This book explores the crisis in fossil fuels. Oil, gas and coal are precious resources that define modern life. Without them, mass-produced food and clothing, and international travel and cars, become rare or impossible. Yet our reliance on fossil fuels is responsible for massive environmental ...

Feminism and motherhood in western Europe 1890-1970

the maternal dilemma

According to Allen, motherhood and citizenship are terms that are closely linked and have been redefined over the past century due to changes in women's status, feminist movements, and political developments. Mother-child relationships were greatly affected by political decisions during the early 1900s, and ...

The american revolution

Colin Bonwick expands and updates the well-received first edition, and incorporates fresh material drawn from recent scholarship. The structure and argument of the book remain as before, but in particular Bonwick pays greater attention to Native Americans, African Americans, and white women. Though the book ...

The fall of soviet communism

1985-91

Almería andalusí y su territorio

textos geográficos

Small customers, big market

commercial banks in microfinance

Thinking medieval

an introduction to the study of the Middle Ages

This book is aimed at students coming to the study of western European medieval history for the first time, and also graduate students on interdisciplinary medieval studies programmes. It examines the place of the Middle Ages in modern popular culture, exploring the roots of the ...

Emperor of Japan

Meiji and his world , 1852-1912