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Economy and economics of Ancient Greece

Whilst modern economists are primarily concerned with how people behave, classical writers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Xenophon were more interested in how people should behave, thus marking the ethical difference between economics now and economics in Ancient Greece. Partly a piece of economic history ...

The undercover economist

Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don?t? Who really ...

Women and economics

a study of the economic relation between women and men

Women and Economics is Gilman's most original and famous work of nonfiction. In it she examines the origins of women's subordination and its function in society. Woman, she argues, makes a living by marriage - not by the work she does - and thus man ...

The management of technology and innovation

a strategic approach

THE MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION: A STRATEGIC APPROACH bridges the gap between business strategy and technology, illustrating how the two functions intertwine while driving change through technology and innovation. The text's integrated approach is applicable no matter what the educational background of the ...

State and local public finance

STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE provides an examination and analysis of public finance practices and problems in a federal fiscal system, focusing on the behavior and policies of state and local governments. It assumes a basic knowledge of economic principles, specifically microeconomics, by the student ...

Foundations of mathematical and computational economics

FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATION ECONOMICS is a book for 21st century economics students. It contains the new developments in economics and mathematics and it speaks to the needs of present day economists. It combines intuitive understanding of mathematics with rigorous exposition. This book books ...

Elements of forecasting

Written by a leading expert on forecasting, this concise and modern text focuses on the core techniques of widest applicability and assumes only an elementary background in statistics. It is applications-oriented and illustrates all methods with detailed real-world applications, many of them international in flavor ...

A guide to countries of the World

This invaluable global handbook contains separate entries for every country in the world. Each entry gives a succinct overview covering the contemporary social, economic, religious and political issues that shape the country. It also contains maps (including two colour world maps on the inside covers ...

Global financial warriors

the untold story of international finance in the post-9/11 world

Sworn in as head of the United States Treasury Department's international finance division three months prior to 9/11, John B. Taylor soon found himself at the centre of the war on terror. "Global Financial Warriors" takes you inside the White House situation room ...

Reconstructing macroeconomics

a perspective from statistical physics and combinatorial stochastic processes

The authors treat macroeconomic models as composed of large numbers of micro-units or agents of several types, and explicitly discuss stochastic dynamic and combinatorial aspects of interactions among them. In mainstream macroeconomics sound microfoundations for macroeconomics has meant incorporating sophisticated intertemporal optimization by representative agents ...

Fighting for Franco

international volunteers in nationalist Spain during the spanish Civil War, 1936-39

One of the enduring myths of the Franco state was that the Nationalist forces that won the Civil War consisted of patriotic Spaniards while the Republic was defended by a rag tag army of foreign 'reds.' During the Spanish Civil War, however, many groups on ...

Ética y discapacidad intelectual

INDICE: Prólogos. Introducción. Aspectos generales. Horizonte ético. Sobre nacimientos incorrectos y vidas equivocadas. La familia de la persona con discapacidad intelectual. Integración afectiva y sexual. Integración laboral. Epílogo. Bibliografía.

Un miliciano de la UGT

memorias

En 1936, durante la Guerra Civil, Eduardo Uribe era un joven miliciano de la UGT que luchaba en los frentes vascos. Hoy, en cambio, es un testigo de la historia; un hombre de aquel tiempo, pero también del nuestro, que tiende un puente hacia el ...

Derecho urbanístico práctico de la Región de Murcia

expedientes y documentos

INDICE: Presentación. Planeamiento urbanístico. Ejecución y gestión urbanística. Disciplina urbanística.

Litoral

travesía de una revista, 1926-2006

La Diputación de Málaga, a través del Centro Cultural de la Generación del 27; la Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales (SECC), adscrita al Ministerio Cultura y la Junta de Andalucía, a través de la Consejería de Cultura, se han unido para conmemorar la trayectoria de ...

Semblanzas de revistas durante la República 1931-1936

Las revistas sirven como laboratorio para la creación literaria. EN ellas los autores indagan, tantean, avanzan diferentes soluciones estéticas, anuncian nuevos caminos, algunos de los cuales se demostrarán sin salida y otros una nueva vía por la afianzar la propia obra.

Cancionero sevillano de Toledo

manuscrito 506 (fondo Borbón-Lorenzana). Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha

El "Cancionero sevillano de Toledo" se compiló en la ciudad del Betis hacia 1560-1570 y acabó años más tarde por encontrar acomodo en el Fondo Borbón-Lorenzana de la antigua Biblioteca Pública de Toledo (hoy Biblioteca de Castilla-La Mancha). Los trabajos que hasta la fecha le ...

El Fasto público en la España de los Austrias

Este libro trata de desentrañar los fundamentos sociales y las claves culturales de esta estética de hacer espectáculo de las acciones que penetró en los hábitos cotidianos e impulsó una cinciencia de la creación efímera que será símbolo de identidad para muchas corporaciones y comunidades ...