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The making of an economist, redux

Economists seem to be everywhere in the media these days. But what exactly do today's economists do? What and how are they taught? Updating David Colander and Arjo Klamer's classic "The Making of an Economist", this book shows what is happening in elite ...

The one page business plan

the fastest, easiest way to write a business plan

Business planning has finally been simplified to One Page! Bankers require them. Business educators advocate them. Consultants make their living writing them. And venture capitalists won't give you the time of day without one...but most entrepreneurs or small business owners can't or ...

Roman portraits in context

The highest honour a Roman citizen could hope for was a portrait statue in the forum of his city. While the emperor and high senatorial officials were routinely awarded statues, strong competition existed among local benefactors to obtain this honour, which proclaimed and perpetuated the ...

New issues in islamic finance and economics

progress and challenges

"New Issues in Islamic Finance & Economics: Progress and Challenges" provides a review of the main issues and challenges facing Islamic finance. The application of Islamic finance is currently limited to banking. This book starts with an overview of the factors and motives behind the development ...

Market rebels

how activist make or break radical innovations

Great individuals are assumed to cause the success of radical innovations--thus Henry Ford is depicted as the one who established the automobile industry in America. Hayagreeva Rao tells a different story, one that will change the way you think about markets forever. He explains how ...

Pío XI entre la República y Franco

angustia del Papa anta la tragedia española

Esta obra, fruto de una rigurosa investigación histórica, basada en documentos del Archivo Secreto Vaticano, analiza la actitud de Pío XI ante la Segunda República, que reconoció inmediatamente en 1931; la Guerra Civil, que trató de impedir y mitigar, y los comienzos del Régimen de ...

Feeding the world

an economic history of agriculture, 1800-2000

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. It has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the ...

The long and short of hedge funds

a complete guide to hedge fund evaluation and investing

This is an innovative A to Z guide to the world of hedge funds. "The Long and Short of Hedge Funds" presents readers with a unique look at these investment vehicles, the people who run them, and those who provide services to them. This book ...

Derecho administrativo para el ECTS

materiales docentes adaptados al proceso de Bolonia

Coord. Eduardo Gamero Casado. El llamado proceso de Bolonia exige una profunda transformación de las metodologías docentes. En esta obra, 75 profesores de 24 Universidades españolas han elaborado más de 200 actividades docentes aptas para su impartición conforme al #crédito europeo# o ECTS. Para ello ...

Religion in american life

a short history

In A Short History of Religion in America, Jon Butler, Grant Wacker and Randall Balmer cover centuries of religious history to show the role religion has played in American life. Jon Butler begins by describing the state of religious affairs in both the Old and ...

Liberalizing european energy markets

an economic analysis

The vital importance of energy and the challenges associated with it necessitates the efficient structuring of energy markets and well-designed policies. This book presents an economic analysis of the main effects of liberalizing the electricity and natural gas markets across Western Europe. It is based ...

Los procedimientos en el ámbito tributario

La presente obra tiene por objeto el estudio de los cauces procedimentales que articulan la efectiva aplicación de los tributos, así como el régimen aplicable a las infracciones y sanciones tributarias. Su objeto es, pues, el marco común de la aplicación práctica del sistema tributario ...

¿Qué fue del buen samaritano?

naciones ricas, políticas pobres

Es raro que aparezca un libro con una perspectiva nueva sobre asuntos mundiales, pero el renombrado economista Ha-Joon Chang tiene algunas cosas originales que decir sobre la globalización. En teoría los países más ricos e instituciones como el FMI, el Banco Mundial y la OMC ...

El clero secular en la América hispana del siglo XVI

La creencia de que la evangelización de América fue obra de las órdenes mendicantes, con una pequeña aportación del clero secular, es una gran injusticia histórica, debida, probablemente, al hecho de que este último no ha escrito sus gestas. Este silencio de los propios protagonistas ...

El Estatuto de los ex presidentes y ex miembros de gobierno

Estudio del Estatuto de los ex presidentes y demás miembros del Gobierno mediante un análisis jurídico completo del marco formativo vigente en la materia y un examen particularmente agudo y crítico de los fundamentos que pueden o podrían justificarlo, comparando nuestro modelo con el de ...

The price of prosperity

a realistic appraisal of the future of our national economy

Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson. One of the foremost financial writers of his generation, Peter Bernstein has the unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management. Now, with classic titles such as "Economist on Wall Street", "A ...

La fábrica del hombre occidental. Seguido de El hombre homicida

¿Por qué la prohibición? ¿Por qué las leyes? ¿Qué es el Estado? ¿Cómo separar lo justo de lo injusto? Esos artificios que son el Estado, la Religión, la Revolución, el Progreso, se ven arrastrados por el desencadenamiento del Management científico prometido al planeta entero. El ...

Capital and language

from the new economy to the war economy

The Swiss-Italian economist Christian Marazzi is one of the core theorists of the Italian postfordist movement, along with Antonio Negri, Paolo Virno, and Bifo (Franco Berardi). But although his work is often cited by scholars (particularly by those in the field of "Cognitive Capitalism"), his ...

The enforcement of competition Law in Europe

In the debate on the enforcement of competition law, many take the view that Europe should avoid the traps US law has fallen into by admitting excessive litigation. European law should not pave the way for judicial proceedings which ultimately serve the interests of lawyers ...

Revisiting Keynes

economic possibilities for our grandchildren

1931 distinguished economist John Maynard Keynes published a short essay, "Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren," in his collection Essays in Persuasion. In the essay, he expressed optimism for the economic future despite the doldrums of the post-World War I years and the onset of the ...