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Phang, Sock-yong - 2013

The term 'housing crisis' has recently been associated with rising foreclosure rates and tottering financial institutions, particularly in the US and Europe. However, in many emerging countries, the housing crisis is about urban poverty, unplanned settlements, overcrowded slums and homelessness

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Approximating Prudence : Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice

Yuengert, Andrew M. - 2012

In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model of the human being, providing an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared.

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Hayek and Behavioral Economics

Frantz, Roger (ed.); Leeson, Robert (ed.) - 2013

An exploration of Friedrich Hayek's contribution to the foundation of behavioural economics, and how his work interacted with and complemented that of his contemporaries. Chapters include detailed discussions of the concept of rationality, psychology and Hayek's philosophical theories as well as...

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Money, Capital Formation and Economic Growth : International Comparison with Time Series Analysis

Amano, Masanori - 2013

This book proposes new methods of detecting causality among several dynamic variables and of estimating divisions of nominal income changes into changes in output and prices. Amano builds on established traditions of macro-dynamics and the theories of Keynes and Freidman, while providing...

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A Multi-Gear Strategy for Economic Recovery

Rayman, R. A. - 2013

Volume II proposes radical reform (1) of the accounting system – to bring corporate management under the control of market forces; and (2) of the tax system – to enable the economy to grow to its full potential and to establish an automatic mechanism for price stability without any arbitrary...

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Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income : A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No

Widerquist, Karl - 2013

proposes a theory of status freedom as effective control self-ownership: the power to have or refuse active cooperation with …

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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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Basic Income and the Free Market : Austrian Economics and the Potential for Efficient Redistribution

Nell, Guinevere Liberty (ed.) - 2013

Discusses whether the Basic Income Guarantee could offer an alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in developed countries - often criticized by both advocates and critics of laissez-faire - thus opening a constructive dialog in policy discussion.

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The Credit Risk of Complex Derivatives

Banks, Erik - 2004 - Third Edition

Since the publication of the second edition of The Credit Risk of Complex Derivatives in 1997, the world of derivatives … and risk management techniques. In the light of these changes, the text has been substantially reorganized, updated and … expanded. Several new chapters have been added including: * Derivative losses * Risk governance and risk management efforts …

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Emissions Trading : Institutional Design, Decision Making and Corporate Strategies

Antes, Ralf (ed.); Hansjürgens, Bernd (ed.); … - 2008

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