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Housing Economics : A Historical Approach
Meen, Geoffrey - 2016
. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often …
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Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk : American Financing of Japan's War with Russia (1904-1905)
Gower, Adam - 2018
Contemporary British History, Department of Political Economy, King's College, London “Jacob Schiff and the Art of Risk showcases … banker, assembled the loans that Japan required for its war with Russia in 1905. This book covers a fascinating tale of a … Japan.” -Avner Offer, Chichele Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Oxford …
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Economics and Modern Warfare : The Invisible Fist of the Market
Taillard, Michael - 2018 - 2nd ed. 2018
This book demonstrates how economic tools have been used throughout history to accomplish goals of military conflict …
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Combat Modeling
Washburn, Alan - 2009
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Making Peace Work : The Challenges of Social and Economic Reconstruction
Addison, Tony (ed.); Brück, Tilman (ed.) - 2009
This book provides an insight into some of the main issues that arise in post-conflict economic and social reconstruction, and offers examples of what works, and what does not. It will be of interest to all working on economic and social reconstruction in post-conflict countries, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106272
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Economics and Modern Warfare : The Invisible Fist of the Market
Taillard, Michael - 2012
By referring to a handful of battles throughout history, a new form of military strategy is derived through the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106358
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Economic Development, Inequality and War : Humanitarian Emergencies in Developing Countries
Nafziger, Estel Wayne; Auvinen, Juha Yrjö - 2003
Economic Development, Inequality and War shows how economic decline, income inequality, pervasive rent seeking by … ruling elites, political authoritarianism, military centrality and competition for mineral exports contribute to war and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054382
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"Deficient in Commercial Morality"? : Japan in Global Debates on Business Ethics in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Hunter, Janet - 2016
Japanese competition, are important in the history of thinking on business ethics, and are of relevance for today … History at the London School of Economics, UK. She has published widely on the economic and social history of modern Japan …
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Thomas Robert Malthus
Reisman, David - 2018
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry. This book explores the way in which he accounted for the tendency to...
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Work, Wealth, and Postmodernism : The Intellectual Conflict at the Heart of Business Endeavour
Bowden, Bradley - 2018
This work examines the rise of postmodernism in management scholarship and argues that the prevalence of postmodernist thought reflects a lack of understanding by management researchers of the core principles upon which Western business endeavour is based. The author highlights postmodernism’s...
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