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Not only an economist : recent essays by Mark Blaug

Blaug, Mark - 1997

Mark Blaug has with good reason been described as the most widely read economist of his generation. He has made important contributions to economic history, cultural economics, the history of economic thought, the methodology of economics and the economics of education. Not Only an Economist...

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The Elgar companion to Alfred Marshall

Raffaelli, Tiziano (ed.); Becattini, Giacomo (ed.); … - 2006

In light of the recent and ongoing surge of interest in Alfred Marshall's work, this new and original reference volume fills a gap in the literature through a detailed examination of his thought and of his contributions to economics and social science. The Companion places Alfred Marshall's...

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Post Keynesian and ecological economics : confronting environmental issues

Spash, Clive L. (contributor); … - 2009

It is argued that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with current environmental problems and sustainable development. This book provides an alternative approach. Building on the strengths...

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Economics, culture and social theory

Jackson, William A. - 2009

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A handbook of cultural economics

Towse, Ruth (contributor) - 2011 - 2nd ed

The second edition of this widely acclaimed and extensively cited collection of original contributions by specialist authors reflects changes in the field of cultural economics over the last eight years. Thoroughly revised chapters alongside new topics and contributors bring the Handbook up to...

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A handbook of cultural economics

Towse, Ruth (contributor) - 2003

Several of the authors question the efficacy of copyright, which is increasingly regarded as benefiting multinational organisations rather than individual authors and performers. Others are less critical of copyright per se, but question its ability to meet the new challenges of a digital era....

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Baumol's cost disease : the arts and other victims

Towse, Ruth (ed.) - 1997

Baumol's Cost Disease is the inevitable escalation of the real costs that occur in labour-intensive industries like the arts, health care and education. The labour costs in these industries tend to increase at the same rate as other industries, but their scope for utilizing labour-saving...

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Innovation, unemployment, and policy in the theories of growth and distribution

Salvadori, Neri (contributor); Balducci, Renato (contributor) - 2005

inequality -- section 4. Public policy …

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The economic theory of income inequality

Becker, Robert Allen - 2013

Oregon, US. The very meaning of economic inequality is fundamental for understanding today's policy debates over issues such … as interpreting changes in income inequality over time, across countries, or between groups within a society, as well as … papers covering topics including foundations of income inequality measurement, the social welfare view of inequality and …

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Income distribution : an Edward Elgar Research Review

Sattinger, Michael - 2016

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