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The Manipulation of Choice : Ethics and Libertarian Paternalism
White, Mark D. - 2013
This timely book makes a forceful argument that the analyses from behavioral economists are incomplete, the policies advocated by libertarian paternalists are misguided and unethical, and both actually reinforce the cognitive biases and dysfunctions that motivate 'nudges' in the first place. In...
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Che Guevara : The Economics of Revolution
Yaffe, Helen - 2009
Che Guevara remains an iconic figure, four decades after his death. Yet his most significant contribution - his work as a member of the Cuban government - is rarely discussed. This book explores his impact on Cuba's economy, through fascinating new archival material and interviews.
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Cooperatives and Socialism : A View from Cuba
Harnecker, Camila Piñeiro (ed.) - 2013
socialism in Cuba, and that this model can also radically transform other economies around the world. …
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Enterprise, Organization, and Technology in China : A Socialist Experiment, 1950−1971
Scranton, Philip - 2019
processes, necessarily developed with limited expertise and thin financial resources? How could constructing “socialism with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396099
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Socialist Optimism : An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century
Auerbach, Paul - 2016
control of working life and public affairs. Socialism as human development gives a unity and direction to progressive policies …Introduction -- PART I: Socialism and Central Planning -- Introduction to Part I -- 1. Planning and Spontaneous Order … Theory and Practice -- 5. Ironies of History: Markets, Planning and Competition -- PART II: Human and Economic Development …
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Marx’s Theory of Money : Modern Appraisals
Moseley, Fred (ed.) - 2005
This book provides a contemporary assessment of Marx's theory of money. This theory is often praised as one of Marx …'s theory of money has also been severely criticized, especially that it seems to require that money be a produced commodity …'s theory of money, compared to other theories of money …
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Sir Hans Singer : The Life and Work of a Development Economist
Shaw, D. John - 2002
This is the first biography of a world-famous pioneering development economist, Sir Hans W. Singer, who is better known throughout the developing world than any other economist, living or dead. It gives a detailed account of the way in which the 'twists of fate' led him to becoming a leading...
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Rosa Luxemburg: A Permanent Challenge for Political Economy : On the History and the Present of Luxemburg's 'Accumulation of Capital'
Dellheim, Judith (ed.); Wolf, Frieder Otto (ed.) - 2016
The book is based upon a call for papers and a conference to mark the 100th anniversary of Rosa Luxemburg's principal work, The Accumulation of Capital: A Contribution to an Economic Explanation of Imperialism, published in 1913. Eleven contributors from five different countries come together to...
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The determinants of currency crises : a political-economy approach
Rother, Björn - 2009
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Increasing Returns and Economic Efficiency
Ng, Yew-Kwang - 2009
Recognizing increasing returns disrupts much of the established wisdom in economic analysis, making money non-neutral, equity conflict with freedom, and encouraging goods with increasing returns efficient. This book discusses these problems and ways they can be handled, helping to explain...
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