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The Classical Liberal Case for Privacy in a World of Surveillance and Technological Change
Berg, Chris - 2018
How should a free society protect privacy? Dramatic changes in national security law and surveillance, as well as technological changes from social media to smart cities mean that our ideas about privacy and its protection are being challenged like never before. In this interdisciplinary book,...
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The Anglo-American Conception of the Rule of Law
Nedzel, Nadia E.; Capaldi, Nicholas - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
1. Why the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 2. Spontaneous Order -- 3. The British Intellectual Inheritance -- 4. The English Legal Inheritance -- 5. A.V. Dicey -- 6. The Vanishing of the ‘Rule of Law’ -- 7. Rediscovery of the ‘Rule of Law’ in Hayek -- 8. Oakeshott
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Retrieving Liberalism from Rationalist Constructivism, Volume I : History and Its Betrayal
Weimer, Walter B. - 2022
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The history of the conflict: from the Greeks to the Middle Ages -- Chapter 3: The history of the conflict: Descartes, the Enlightenment, and positivism -- Chapter 4: History rewritten: the 20th century constructivist interpretation of classic liberalism --...
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Women’s Work and Rights in Early Modern Urban Europe
Bellavitis, Anna - 2018
In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It is important not to forget or diminish the historical role of women in the labour market though and this book...
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The Economics of Human Rights : Using the Living Income/Fair Price Approach to Combat Poverty
Bronkhorst, Ruud - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1.What is ‘Fair’: different opinions -- 2.Ethics: Human rights and basic needs -- 3.Concepts derived from the Human Rights: Living Wage and Living Income -- 4.Fair Wages, what does it mean? -- 5.Are market and equilibrium prices ethical? -- 6 Living Wage, Living Income and Fair Price further...
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An Economic Roadmap to the Dark Side of Sport : Volume II: Corruption in Sport
Andreff, Wladimir - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
This Palgrave Pivot surveys facts and cases exhibiting and exemplifying corruption in sport. The standard economic theory (economics of crime, game theory) is introduced alongside the economic methods (sanctions, etc.) which are currently derived from it to combat corrupt sport and their...
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The Defenders of Liberty : Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights
Parvini, Neema - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
1. Liberty, Human Nature, Individualism, and Property Rights -- 2. The Machiavellians -- 3. Hobbes and Locke on Human Nature; Locke on Property Rights -- 4. The Enlightenment -- 5. The Nineteenth Century -- 6. The Austrian School -- 7. The London School -- 8. What Went Wrong and What is to be Done?.
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The European Central Bank as a Sustainability Role Model : Philosophical, Ethical and Economic Perspectives
Bolsinger, Harald (ed.); Hoffmann, Johannes (ed.);  … - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
Where do we stand when it comes to Sustainable Financial Markets? -- Ethical Standards beyond Monetary Policy: Approaches to a Philosophical Foundation -- Fundamental rights in the core business of the ECB: No issue?! Experience with the EU petition 429/2017 -- On the role of the ECB in...
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Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China : Methods and Applications
2008
This book explores trends of inequality and poverty in China, identifies their causes and assesses their consequences …
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China: The Bankable State
Shankar Nayak, Bhabani (ed.) - 2021 - 1st ed. 2021.
About the Book -- About the Editor -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Introduction -- China: The Bankable State … -- Chapter-1: Role of State in the Evolution and Success of Commercial Banks in China -- Chapter-2: Historical Trends and … in the Guangdong Nanyue Bank in China -- Chapter-4: Mapping the Relationship between Financial Developments and Economic …
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