The Heritage Game

economics, policy, and practice

A notable feature in cultural life is the growing demand to preserve and promote public access to historical buildings and sites, and artistic treasures of the past. Governments are increasingly involved in financing and regulating private attempts to meet this growing demand as well as ...

Economic facts and fallacies

A brilliant and revelatory look at the fundamental ideas people commonly get wrong about economics, and how to think about the subject better."Economic Facts and Fallacies" exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues - and does so in a lively manner and ...

Queer economics

a reader

An important new book, bringing together into one volume many of the salient early articles in the field as well as important recent contributions, this reader is an examination of and response to the effects of heteronormativity on both economic outcomes and economics as a ...

Predictability irrational

the hidden forces that shape our decisions

In the tradition of "Freakonomics" and "Blink," a behavioral economist argues that human behavior is often anything but rational--that thoughts are not random, but instead are systematic and predictable.

Economía canalla

la nueva realidad del capitalismo

Un libro para dotar a los consumidores de información sobre el mundo en el que vivimos. ¿Qué tienen en común el auge del comercio sexual en Europa, el escándalo de las hipotecas basura en Estados Unidos, los productos falsificados de la industria china y la ...

Discover your inner economist

use incentives to fall in love, survive yournNext meeting, and motivate your dentist

One of America's most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage-often when you least expect it to be relevant. Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions-such as ...

Greater good

how good marketing makes for better democracy

Because marketing is move democratic than politics. In Greater Good, John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz argue that democracy, like a marketplace, should be driven by a healthy dialogue that benefits all parties. When governments treat citizens more like consumers - studying their needs, encouraging ...

The undercover economist

Harford ranges from Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course the United States to reveal how supermarkets, airlines, health care providers, and coffee chains--to name just a few--are vacuuming money from our wallets.

The economics of criminal Law

This volume brings together some of the most influential articles in the field of law and economics. Together the chapters illustrate how economic theory and rigorous empirical analysis can shed light on some of the most important issues in social science and public policy # namely ...

Un negocio de cine

la cara menos concida de la mayor industria de ocio

El negocio del cine mueve cantidades ingentes de dinero en todo el mundo. Las grandes producciones de Hollywood llevan aparejado un enorme y complejo aparato publicitario, en el que nada queda al azar. Las estrellas, los actores y actrices más deseados -Hugh Grant, Halle Berry ...

Economía domesticada

manual práctico para salir del endeudamiento

La economía doméstica, siempre ha estado relacionada con el hecho de que las mujeres fueran eficientes administradoras además de amas de casa. Hace algunos años, se sacaba el bajo de los pantalones de los niños hasta que se les veían los desnudos tobillos y luego ...

Why popcorn costs so much at the movies

and other pricing puzzles

Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies, And Other Pricing Puzzles unravels the pricing mysteries we encounter every day. Have you ever wondered why all movies, whether blockbusters or duds, have the same ticket prices? Why sometimes there are free lunches? Why so many ...

New institutional economics

a guidebook

Institutions frame behaviors and exchanges in markets, business networks, communities, and organizations throughout the world. Thanks to the pioneering work of Ronald Coase, Douglas North and Olivier Williamson, institutions are now recognized as being a key factor in explaining differences in performance between industries, nations ...

Do economists make markets?

on the performativity of economics

Around the globe, economists affect markets by saying what markets are doing, what they should do, and what they will do. Increasingly, experimental economists are even designing real-world markets. But, despite these facts, economists are still largely thought of as scientists who merely observe markets ...

La economía

verdades y mentiras

"Desigualdad, racismo, desigualdad sexual... ¿quién dijo, en primer lugar, que tienen que ser iguales?... La discriminación de los empresarios es la principal razón de las diferencias de salarios entre hombres y mujeres. Falso." Así es el tono del nuevo libro de Thomas Sowell. Después de ...

Los centros comerciales

espacios postmodernos de ocio y consumo

Los centros comerciales adaptan a las formas actuales funciones urbanas tradicionales. Se difunden y se desarrollan porque son valorados y demandados por la sociedad de nuestro tiempo. Son una recreación de la realidad y la ficción. Recurren a ambientes artificiales, imágenes y símbolos con un ...

The price of everything

a parable of possibility and prosperity

Stanford University student and Cuban American tennis prodigy Ramon Fernandez is outraged when a nearby mega-store hikes its prices the night of an earthquake. He crosses paths with provost and economics professor Ruth Lieber when he plans a campus protest against the price- gouging retailer ...

Mindful economics

how the US economy works, why it matters, and how it could be different

CONTENTS: Preface: A Time of Danger and Opportunity Introduction Ch. 1 Economic Systems Ch. 2 The Cash Nexus: Households, Corporations and the Market System Ch. 3 Conflict in the Cash Nexus: Labor Unions and Business Associations Ch. 4 Government and the Ascent of Capitalism Ch ...

Prácticas de economía positiva

preguntas y ejercicios resueltos

Mistakes were made (but not by me)

why we justify foolish beliefs, bad decisions, and hurtful acts

Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we ...