Hidden Order: The Economics of Everyday Life, Paperback - Steve Landsburg

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One of the most important exponents of Situationist ideas, this treatise presents an impassioned critique of modern capitalism and serves as a corn...

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Contributor(s): Author: Sigmund FreudTranslator: A. a. Brill PhdThe simple but convincing explanations of things familiar to everybody are explaine...

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In "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" Freud examines the psychological basis for the forgetting of names and words, the misuse of words in spee...

A storytelling-driven self-help book about how to reclaim wonder in our lives, and thereby achieve the good life.

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Publisher: ECW Press, CanadaAuthor(s): Joe SchwarczNumber of pages: 264Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 209 x 17Cover type: Paperback / soft...

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Thought-provoking short essays by Britain's leading public philosopher that show us how to discover our own answers to life's challenges

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This 2005 book describes in much detail both how and why franchising works. It also analyses the economic tensions that contribute to conflict in t...

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This book offers a comprehensive analysis of central banks, and aims to demystify them for the general public, which is the only way to have a rati...

Cryptocurrencies have had a profound effect on financial markets worldwide. This edited book explores the economic implications of the use of crypt...

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A radical new approach to economic policy that addresses the symptoms and causes of inequality in Western society todayFueled by populism and the f...

An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate student...

An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate student...

Applies economic theory to human behavior and states that our daily actions and choices are influenced by market forces and economic incentives. Th...

This second edition of The Economics of Entrepreneurship is an essential resource for scholars following the current state of this fast-moving fiel...

Reducere. This book updates and advances the theory of expected utility as applied to risk analysis and financial decision making. Von Neumann and Morgenster...