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Cortesanas, bohemios, asesinos y fantasmas

Cortesanas, bohemios, asesinos y fantasmas es el nuevo libro de la Colección Obra Fundamental que recoge a uno de los escritores más olvidados y exquisitos de la literatura española a caballo entre la Generación del 98 y el 14, pero que por su longevidad (casi ...

Episcopologio agustiniano

Tomo 3

Vida, obra, escritos, retratos, escudos episcopales, fuentes, bibliografía y webgrafía de cardenales, patriarcas, nuncios, prelados, vicarios y prefectos apostólicos de la Familia Agustina (Agustinos, Agustinos Recoletos, Agustinos Descalzos de portugal, Agustinos Descalzos de Italia, y Agustinos Asuncionistas) desde Inocencio IV a Benedicto XVI.

Intellectual property and the internet

The past 20 years have seen a revolution in the way that we live, socialise and do business around the globe. Borders and barriers have fallen, giving consumers of digital information unlimited sources of data. The Internet has created a universe of convenience for the ...

International advertising Law

Virtually every business is involved in advertising and marketing in one form or another. However, advertising is subject to a complex and often daunting web of law and regulation. Although in many cases there have been attempts to harmonise relevant laws, there are still significant ...

Quantitative finance

a simulation-based introduction using Excel

Teach Your Students How to Become Successful Working Quants Quantitative Finance: A Simulation-Based Introduction Using Excel provides an introduction to financial mathematics for students in applied mathematics, financial engineering, actuarial science, and business administration. The text not only enables students to practice with the basic ...

Radical democracy

politics between abundance and lack

Available at last in paperback, Radical democracy brings together original contributions from established and emerging scholars. The contributors discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the two dominant approaches to radical democracy: theories of abundance inspired by Gilles Deleuze and theories of lack inspired by ...

Essential demographie methods

"Essential Demographic Methods "brings to readers the full range of ideas and skills of demographic analysis that lie at the core of social sciences and public health. Classroom tested over many years, filled with fresh data and examples, this approachable text is tailored to the ...

Citizens divided

campaign finance reform and the Constitution

The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, " which struck down a federal prohibition on independent corporate campaign expenditures, is one of the most controversial opinions in recent memory. Defenders of the First Amendment greeted the ruling with enthusiasm, while ...

What have we learned?

macroeconomic policy after the crisis

Since 2008, economic policymakers and researchers have occupied a brave new economic world. Previous consensuses have been upended, former assumptions have been cast into doubt, and new approaches have yet to stand the test of time. Policymakers have been forced to improvise and researchers to ...

Family Law reimagined

One of the law's most important and far-reaching roles is to govern family life and family members. Family law decides who counts as kin, how family relationships are created and dissolved, and what legal rights and responsibilities come with marriage, parenthood, sibling ties, and ...

Virtual economies

design and analysis

In the twenty-first-century digital world, virtual goods are sold for real money. Digital game players happily pay for avatars, power-ups, and other game items. But behind every virtual sale, there is a virtual economy, simple or complex. In this book, Vili Lehdonvirta and Edward Castronova ...

Walter Benjamin and the Media

The spectacle of modernity

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most original and perceptive thinkers of the twentieth century, offered a unique insight into the profound impact of the media on modern society. Jaeho Kang's book offers a lucid introduction to Benjamin's theory of the media and ...

The passage to Europe

how a continent became a union

This essential book explains the origins of the European Union, the forces binding it together and driving it forward, and how political leaders will surmount the current economic turmoil. Drawing on long experience working behind the scenes, Luuk van Middelaar captures the day-to-day dynamics and ...

Clash!

how to thrive in a multicultural world

“If you fear that cultural, political, and class differences are tearing America apart, read this important book.” —Jonathan Haidt, Ph.D., author of The Righteous Mind Who will rule in the twenty-first century: allegedly more disciplined Asians, or allegedly more creative Westerners? Can women rocket ...

The economic dynamics of Law

This book offers a dynamic theory of law and economics focused on change over time, aimed at avoiding significant systemic risks (like financial crises and climate disruption) and implemented through a systematic analysis of law's economic incentives and how people actually respond to them ...

Referendums and the European Union

a comparative inquiry

Why have referendums on European integration proliferated since the 1970s? How are referendums accommodated within member states' constitutional orders and with what impact on the European integration process? What is the likely institutional impact of referendums on the future of the European integration process? Drawing ...

Cómo actuar ante un conflicto

50 reglas útiles de fácil uso

Vivimos en el conflicto. Pero si éste amenaza nuestra seguridad, estabilidad o prosperidad, es conveniente la negociación, la mediación, el arbitraje o la intervención de un experto en gestión de conflictos, disciplina en la que Josep Redorta es un maestro consumado.» Víctor Amela, «La contra ...

Lo que importa es el porqué

los motivos económicos ocultos de nuestras acciones

Los autores son considerados por Steven Levitt, autor de Freakonomics, como los grandes innovadores del estudio de la economía en los últimos cincuenta años. Un libro para todo aquel al que le interese cómo funciona realmente la economía Este libro narra una serie de experimentos ...

Blanqueo de capitales

análisis económico

En esta obra el autor estudia la posibilidad de abordar el blanqueo de capitales, como caso particular de análisis económico del delito. Desde la revisión de la literatura original y crítica se llega a la conclusión de que en un enfoque microeconómico, si la oferta ...

Blanqueo de capitales

fases, efectos e implicaciones de política económica

Con ayuda de lo que el autor denomina frontera de posibilidades de financiación, en esta obra se analiza el papel jugado por el blanqueo de capitales en la explicación de algunos fenómenos de relevancia, como la amplificación del ciclo financiero que lleva a la economía ...