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The early history of financial economics, 1478-1776 : from commercial arithmetic to life annuities and joint stocks
Poitras, Geoffrey - 2000
invaluable to scholars of financial economics and the history of economic thought …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473873
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Public enterprise revisited : a closer look at the 1954-79 UK labour productivity record
Iordanoglou, Chrisafis H. - 2001
The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851212
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The life and times of J. Neville Keynes : a beacon in the tempest
Deane, Phyllis - 2001
This fascinating biography of an economist who was also a logician and administrator, is based mainly upon his virtually continuous diary. The diary provides an intimate commentary on the academic developments and conflicts in which he was closely involved as well as on his life as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851772
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Organizations, markets and imperial formations : towards an anthropology of globalization
Mir, Raza A. (contributor);  … - 2009
This authoritative book explores the nexus between organization theory, globalization and imperialism and examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851814
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Handbook of research on the global political economy of work
Atzeni, Maurizio (ed.); Azzellini, Dario (ed.);  … - 2023
"This ground-breaking Handbook broadens empirical and theoretical understandings of work, work relations, and workers. It advances a global, intersectional labour studies agenda, laying the foundations for the politically emancipatory project of decolonising the political economy of work. Moving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437073
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The militarization of the Persian Gulf : an economic analysis
Askari, Hossein - 2009
The Persian Gulf is arguably the most militarized region in the world. The authors of this insightful book examine military expenditures, arms imports and military deployment to analyze how and why this came to be. Muslim teachings have much to say about peace, war and economics, and this book...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851589
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The dissemination of economic ideas
Kurz, Heinz-Dieter (contributor); Tribe, Keith (contributor) - 2011
This highly illuminating book marks a significant stage in our growing understanding of how the development of national traditions of economic thought has been affected by both internal and external factors
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851929
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Knowledge policy : challenges for the 21st century
Hearn, Greg (ed.); Rooney, David (ed.) - 2008
Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474003
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30 years of transition in Europe : looking back and looking beyond in CESEE countries
Holzmann, Robert (ed.); Ritzberger-Grünwald, Doris (ed.);  … - 2020
Contents: Preface -- PART I A historic transformation: heterogeneity in CESEE in a changing global context -- 1 Looking back on 30 years of transition - and looking 30 years ahead / Robert Holzmann -- 2 1989: the year of the great ambivalence / Anton Pelinka -- 3 The price of unity: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416716
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The challenges of capitalism for virtue ethics and the common good : interdisciplinary perspectives
Akrivou, Kleio (contributor); Sison, Alejo G. (contributor) - 2016
Introduction / Kleio Akrivou -- Part I the common good in history: virtue epistemology as knowledge foundation for the …'s influence in western history / Agustín González Enciso -- 2. The 'medieval', the common good and accounting / Alisdair Dobie … inspiration from European history and continental philosophical traditions on virtue. Editors Kleio Akrivou and Alejo José G …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419817