Lamson Library http://library.plymouth.edu Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Economics http://library.plymouth.edu/by-subject/economics Taking Sides. Clashing Views On Economic Issues
  • Taking Sides. Clashing Views On Economic Issues

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    selected, edited, and with introductions by Frank J. Bonello, Isobel Lobo

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    Book, 14th ed, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2010

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    TAKING SIDES: WORLD POLITICS, 14/e presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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     REFERENCE (MAIN)  HC106.7 .T34 2010  AVAILABLE

    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/343529     The Endless City : The Urban Age Project By The London School Of Economics And Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Sociey
  • The Endless City : The Urban Age Project By The London School Of Economics And Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Sociey

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    edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic

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    Book, Phaidon, 2007

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    THE ENDLESS CITY is an unparalleled study of the growth of six of the world's international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg, and Berlin), exploring key structural, social, and economic factors. THE ENDLESS CITY is authoritatively edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic in collaboration with the London School of Economics and the Urban Age Project, an expanding international organization seeking a new urban agenda for global cities. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/342782     Green Economics : An Introduction To Theory, Policy And Practice
  • Green Economics : An Introduction To Theory, Policy And Practice

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    Molly Scott Cato

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    Book, Earthscan, 2009

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    Green economics offers an alternative to mainstream economics, which views society and the ecosystem as subsets of the wider, limitless global economy. This highly readable introduction explains the axioms of green economics including views on taxation, welfare, money, economic development and work through the work of its inspirational figures including Schumacher, Robertson and Douthwaite. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/342004     American Economic Journal. Microeconomics
  • American Economic Journal. Microeconomics

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    Journal, American Economic Association, 2009

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/341669     American Economic Journal Economic Policy
  • American Economic Journal Economic Policy

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    Journal, AEJ, 2009

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/341668     The Price We Pay : Economic And Social Consequences Of Inadequate Education
  • The Price We Pay : Economic And Social Consequences Of Inadequate Education

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    Clive R. Belfield, Henry M. Levin, editors

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    Book, Brookings Institution Press, 2007

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    Ferguson (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University), Irwin Garfinkel (School of Social Work, Columbia University), Brendan Kelly (School of Social Work, Columbia University), Enrico Moretti (University of California-Berkeley), Peter Muennig (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University), Michael A. Rebell (Teachers College, Columbia University), Richard Rothstein (Teachers College, Columbia University), Cecilia Elena Rouse (Princeton University), Marta Tienda (Princeton University), Jane Waldfogel (School of Social Work, Columbia University), and Tamara Wilder (Teachers College, Columbia University). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/341527     American Economic Journal Applied Economics
  • American Economic Journal Applied Economics

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    Journal, AEJ, 2009

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/341217     American Economic Journal Macroeconomics
  • American Economic Journal Macroeconomics

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    Journal, AEJ, 2009

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/341216     Kids Having Kids : Economic Costs & Social Consequences Of Teen Pregnancy
  • Kids Having Kids : Economic Costs & Social Consequences Of Teen Pregnancy

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    edited by Saul D. Hoffman & Rebecca A. Maynard

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    Book, 2nd ed, Urban Institute Press, 2008

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    Teen childbearing in the United States has been declining since 1991, yet we consistently have the highest teen birth rates in the industrialized world. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/341196     Beyond Price : Value In Culture, Economics, And The Arts
  • Beyond Price : Value In Culture, Economics, And The Arts

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    edited by Michael Hutter, David Throsby

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    Book, Cambridge University Press, 2008

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    This book explores the tensions between economic and cultural value from a range of disciplinary viewpoints and provides many new insights into how value is constructed in contemporary society. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/340362     Valuing Children : Rethinking The Economics Of The Family
  • Valuing Children : Rethinking The Economics Of The Family

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    Nancy Folbre

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    Book, Harvard University Press, 2008

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    Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist's assumption that parents have children for the same reason that they acquire pets--primarily for the pleasure of their company. Yet most estimates of the "cost" of children ignore the value of this time. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/338554     Common Wealth : Economics For A Crowded Planet
  • Common Wealth : Economics For A Crowded Planet

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    Jeffrey D. Sachs

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    Book, Penguin Press, 2008

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    From one of the world's greatest economic minds, author of The New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty, a clear and vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don't follow it The global economic system now faces a sustainability crisis, Jeffrey Sachs argues, that will overturn many of our basic assumptions about economic life. We can achieve the four key goals of a global society: prosperity for all, the end of extreme poverty, stabilization of the global population, and environmental sustainability. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/337719     Women, Marriage, And Wealth : The Impact Of Marital Status On The Economic Well-being Of Women Through The Life Course
  • Women, Marriage, And Wealth : The Impact Of Marital Status On The Economic Well-being Of Women Through The Life Course

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    Joyce A. Joyce

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    Book, Gordian Knot Books, 2007

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    Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Richard Altschuler & Associates, Inc./ Gordian Knot Books Women, Marriage, and Wealth investigates the relationship between women’s marital status and economic security through the lifecourse. Based on analysis of longitudinal data from the Rand Health and Retirement Data File, the study explores whether married women have greater wealth, net worth, and economic security than divorced, widowed, and never-married women, especially in later life; (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/336960     Nations Of The World : A Political, Economic & Business Handbook
  • Nations Of The World : A Political, Economic & Business Handbook

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    Book, 7th ed. 2007/08, Grey House Pub, 2007

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    • ]]>     http://library.plymouth.edu/read/336614