The Armchair Economist: Economics and Everyday Life

Reducere. The extensively revised and updated edition of Steven Landsburg's hugely popular book, The Armchair Economist--"a delightful compendium of quotidia...

Reducere. The Economist: Numbers Guide is invaluable for everyone who has to work with numbers, which in today's commercially focused world means most manage...

Reducere. Content: - La pensee transmediale : une etude des actions appliquees a la pensee critique dans le domaine de la litteratie- The Munchausen Effect a...

Rhythmanalysis displays all the characteristics which made Lefebvre one of the most important Marxist thinkers of the twentieth century. In the ana...

Through scares ranging from cot death, juvenile crime, internet porn, asylum seekers, dirty bombs and avian flu, we are bombarded with messages abo...

The cultural impact of new information and communication technologies has been a constant topic of debate, but questions of race and ethnicity rema...

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Based on groundbreaking original research, The Why Axis is a colourful examination of why people do what they do - and how effective incentives can...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Briana J. SmithIllustration(s): 79 figuresNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 236 x 187 x 30Co...

Reducere. For readers who would like to learn economics for the fun of it, economics understood not as the study of the economy but as a tool for understandi...

An analysis of why people with knowledge about climate change often fail to translate that knowledge into action.

DescriptionA probing and prescient consideration of writing as an instrument of punishment Writing tends to be characterized as a positive aspect o...

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Offers a comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and cri...

Reducere. DescriptionWritten by world-renowned social anthropologist, Jean Lave, with an afterword by Brazilian anthropologist Ana Maria R. Gomes, this book ...

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Reducere. The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for stud...

Reducere. Can economics be passionate?... Can it center on people and what really matters to them day-in and day-out.... And help us understand their hidden ...

Drawing on ethnographic research with young adults in Manchester, Harries engages with ideas of the post-racial to explore how young adults make se...

Publisher: Central European University PressIllustration(s): 11 Halftones, black and whiteNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 175...

A biography that provides a meticulously researched insight into the author's family background, his education and employment, his attitude to his ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book demonstrates that drama is not only a metaphor for everyday life, but also provides a means of self-examination and life enhan...

DescriptionAn engaging text that enables readers to understand the world through symbolic interactionism This lively and accessible book offers an ...

Reducere. This book tells how quantitative ideas of chance have transformed the natural and social sciences as well as everyday life over the past three cent...

This book provides a detailed account of the lives of the poor in Cameroon, particularly their use of social networks to meet everyday needs.Publis...

Why have CEOs become the cultural icons of the 21st century?

This timely and original study transforms our understanding of the relationship between art and economics

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): John LieNumber of pages: 342Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 230 x 18Cover type: Paperba...

Reducere. A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires. Gravity affects ev...

Reducere. The rapid rise in importance of the role of the chief financial officer--from back-office accountant to front-line executive--is unrivaled by that ...

Path-breaking history of modern liberalism told through the pages of one of its most zealous supporters

Reducere. A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematicsEveryone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assig...

Stoicism changed the lives of its followers for the better, and now it can do the same for you. They knew the secret of what made a good person - a...

Reducere. The Instant Economist will give you the basic information every manager needs to survive the economic challenges of modern business. You'll find mo...

Reducere. No one has ever called Benjamin Jerry Cohen "Lucky Jerry." Yet when he looks in the mirror, he sees a very lucky person. In a fascinating and often...

A bold new biography of the thinker who demolished accepted economic theories in order to expose how people of economic and social privilege plunde...

This book shows how the foundational economy - public services, infrastructure, education and health care - was built up between 1880 and 1980 so t...

Reducere. Growth is a clear goal for ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders. It's often a short hand for business - and wider economic - success. But it's not w...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Steven G. EpsteinIllustration(s): 7 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tablesNumber of pages: 400Pu...