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Statistics for Big Data for dummies

The fast and easy way to make sense of statistics for big data Does the subject of data analysis make you dizzy? You've come to the right place! Statistics For Big Data For Dummies breaks this often-overwhelming subject down into easily digestible parts, offering ...

Los límites de la nación y la reforma constitucional en España

Cuando están cerca de cumplirse 40 años desde la aprobación de la Constitución Española, existe un consenso generalizado sobre la ruptura del pacto constitucional que permitió su aprobación, así como sobre la necesidad de su reforma. Esta ruptura del pacto constitucional se ha originado fundamentalmente ...

La tutela del cliente bancario y las ADR

la institución del Ombudsman

La crisis económica, social y, en general, del propio sistema, ha puesto de relieve una necesidad de corregir los fallos del sistema bancario, no solo a través de la reforma legislativa en aras de la mejora de la transparencia de los productos y servicios bancarios ...

La impaciencia del Bien

la construcción europea en el Derecho, la política y la literatura del siglo XX

La materialización jurídica e institucional del ideal europeo, a lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, y su conjugación con la reconstrucción y consolidación del Estado de Derecho, representa el proceso político más importante de la historia de Europa. "La impaciencia del bien ...

La codificación del derecho contractual de consumo en el Derecho civil catalán

Los procesos de recodificacion civil experimentados en los paises europeos a finales del siglo XX y a principios del XXI deben resolver una cuestion sistematica fundamental: el encaje del derecho contractual de consumo. Es sabido que la transposicion de las Directivas europeas de consumo provoco ...

Visiones de Europa

retos compartidos

En el libro Visiones de Europa, con prólogo de José María Gil-Robles, Presidente del Parlamento Europeo (1997-1999), introducción de Eugenio Nasarre, Presidente del Consejo Federal Español del Movimiento Europeo (CFEME) y Diputado a Cortes, y epílogo de Enrique Barón Crespo, Presidente del Parlamento Europeo (1989-1992 ...

Fundamentos antropológicos de la dirección de empresas

La dirección o gerencia de empresas implica cierta visión del ser humano y de su lugar en de la sociedad y en el mundo. Esta visión, estrechamente relacionada con la concepción de la empresa y su finalidad, está presente, al menos de modo implícito, en ...

Nudge an the Law

a european perspective

Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human decision-making. Their insights are immensely relevant for policy-making since public intervention works much better when it targets real people rather than imaginary beings assumed to be perfectly rational. Increasingly, governments around the world are keen to rely ...

Pauperland

poverty and the poor in Britain

In 1797 Jeremy Bentham prepared a map of poverty in Britain, which he called 'Pauperland.' More than two hundred years later, poverty and social deprivation remain widespread in Britain.Yet despite the investigations into poverty by Mayhew, Booth, and in the 20th century, Townsend, it ...

A reformulation of keynesian economics

John Maynard Keynes' response to the extreme distress of the early years of the Great Depression produced The General Theory, which represented an overhaul of the macroeconomics inherited by his generation. The economic upheaval (including the Great Recession) since 2008 raised serious doubts about the ...

The spirit of the Law

the plunder of wealth in the Armenian Genocide

Pertinent to contemporary demands for reparations from Turkey is the relationship between law and property in connection with the Armenian Genocide. This book examines the confiscation of Armenian properties during the genocide and subsequent attempts to retain seized Armenian wealth. Through the close analysis of ...

Fragile by design

the political origins of banking crises and scarce credit

Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule ...

On inequiality

Economic inequality is one of the most divisive issues of our time. Yet few would argue that inequality is a greater evil than poverty. The poor suffer because they don't have enough, not because others have more, and some have far too much. So ...

How economics shapes science

At a time when science is seen as an engine of economic growth, Paula Stephan brings a keen understanding of the cost-benefit calculations made by individuals and institutions as they compete for resources and reputation in scientific fields. She highlights especially the growing gap between ...

The business of family

how to stay rich for generations

How do families build and maintain their wealth? This question has challenged families for generations. In business, any wise entrepreneur would develop a plan to guide the venture. Though most people don't have a strategy in mind for their families, it is precisely what ...

Sharing profits

the ethics of remuneration, tax and shareholder returns

Any decision by a company on how it applies its profits - to pay tax, remuneration or shareholder returns - has ethical implications. Shareholders are entitled to earn a return, and accepted asset allocation methods can help promote equality of opportunity, but will irreconcilably conflict with wider ...

Making sense of markets

an investor's guide to profiting amidst the gloom

In March 2012, the Financial Times carried a front page story headlined 'Years of struggle for a jinxed generation'. It stated that 'For the first time in half a century, young Britons embarking on their careers cannot expect to be any better off than their ...

La Corte de Felipe IV (1621-1665): reconfiguración de la monarquía católica

Tomo I - Volumen 1

La decadencia de la Monarquía hispana siempre se ha identificado con el reinado de Felipe IV y ese proceso histórico se ha interpretado desde planteamientos prioritariamente económicos y desde un punto de vista castellano, insistiendo en el retroceso militar que experimentó en Europa. Para justificar ...

En los reinos de Taifa

Publicada por primera vez en 1986, “En los reinos de taifa” prolonga el empeño memorialístico iniciado por Juan Goytisolo en “Coto vedado”, texto en el que acontecimiento y vivencia se amoldan a la perfección, dando la media exacta del itinerario de la evolución vital, el ...

La lengua salvada

obra completa, 3

Canetti escribió tres novelas autobiográficas. En esta, la primera de las tres, se refiere a su infancia y a su juventud, al impacto inolvidable que significó la repentina muerte de su padre, a su educación sentimental e intelectual en una Viena de la que tendría ...