D Friedman: 33 books

Book cover of Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World

Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World

The Politics of Natural Rights

by Mr Mark D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014

Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia is widely recognized as one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy. Libertarian Philosophy in the Real World not only provides a concise and accessible introduction to Nozick's ideal rights-based, minimal libertarian state, but for the...
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Baby Bust

New Choices for Men and Women in Work and Family

by Stewart D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

**Lean in. Opt out. Have it all. None of the above. A new book based on a groundbreaking cross-generational study reveals both greater freedom and new constraints for men and women in their work and family lives.** Stew Friedman, founding director of The Wharton School’s Work/Life...
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Law's Order

What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters

by David D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2001

What does economics have to do with law? Suppose legislators propose that armed robbers receive life imprisonment. Editorial pages applaud them for getting tough on crime. Constitutional lawyers raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. Legal philosophers ponder questions of justness. An economist,...
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Nozick's Libertarian Project

An Elaboration and Defense

by Mr Mark D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011

Elaborating on and defending a rigorous, rights-based libertarianism, Mark D. Friedman here develops the seminal ideas articulated by Robert Nozick in his landmark work Anarchy, State and Utopia. Consolidating more than three decades of scholarly and popular writing to have emerged in the wake of...
Book cover of Leadership Succession
by Stewart D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017

This volume focuses on the most critical strategic activity in any organization, namely, who gets chosen to sit in the top echelon of the pyramid. Friedman argues that it is the quality of corporate leadership that will determine corporate winners and losers in the global competitive game.The stakes...
Book cover of 如何過你想要的生活?華頓商學院最受歡迎的人生整合課

如何過你想要的生活?華頓商學院最受歡迎的人生整合課

Leading the Life You Want: Skills for Integrating Work and Life

by 史都華.佛里曼, Stewart D. Friedman
Language: Chinese
Release Date: February 1, 2018

擁有人生整合力,工作、生活不再卡關! ◆華頓商學院和Coursera最受歡迎的人生整合課 ◆《富比世》年度重點好書 ◆《金融時報》《快速企業》《出版人週刊》共同推薦 ◆源自福特汽車領導力培訓課程,人人都可以實踐 生活和工作並非你死我活的拉鋸戰, 華頓商學院實證有效的「人生整合力」, 讓你過你想要的生活! 我們在工作和生活之間感到分身乏術,無力兼顧職場和家庭,但卻不知道要從哪裡開始改變…… 作者研究臉書營運長雪柔.桑德伯格、美國前第一夫人蜜雪兒.歐巴馬、密蘇里州長暨前海豹部隊隊員格雷滕斯、貝恩管理顧問公司前執行長蒂爾尼、美國女足名將茱莉.佛迪,以及搖滾歌手史普林斯汀等人,發現他們既有成就,又能活出自我!而這一切的秘訣就在:他們成功整合了工作、生活、社交、身心靈等四大領域,甚至能相互增強彼此的效果,讓生活愈來愈協調。 身為華頓商學院首位實務取向的教授,佛里曼在福特汽車公司開辦培訓課程,每年有2,500名員工參與,並以此內容在華頓商學院授課,後並集結成書。書中提供實作指南,包含不同觀念的練習等等。每個人都能夠實踐這些技巧,改變原本散亂和停滯不前的生活,讓人生更豐富,也更有韌性。 各界熱烈好評: ◎作者的新書清楚易懂,是追求工作與生活平衡的重要敲門磚。——《出版人週刊》 ◎本書藉由精采動人的人物傳記,描述各項關鍵能力,教你活出有意義又幸福的人生。——比爾暨梅琳達蓋茲基金會共同創辦人...
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The Machinery of Freedom

Third Edition

by David D. Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014

This is the Third Edition of this classic 1971 work of libertarianism by David D. Friedman, anarcho-capitalist, significantly revised and updated from 1989's Second Edition. It engagingly describes and celebrates a society based on individual private property rights and the right to consent to cooperative...
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Monstrous Progeny

A History of the Frankenstein Narratives

by Lester D. Friedman, Allison B. Kavey
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016

Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein is its own type of monster mythos that will not die, a corpus whose parts keep getting harvested to animate new artistic creations. What makes this tale so adaptable and so resilient that, nearly 200 years later, it remains vitally relevant in a culture radically...
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Morals and Markets

The Dangerous Balance

by D. Friedman, D. McNeill
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2013

Friedman and McNeill draw on recent research in evolutionary game theory and behavioral economics to explore the relationship between our moral codes and our market systems. They show how imbalance between morals and markets is at the root of the recent corporate scandals in the US as well as the global financial crisis the world continues to face.
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Policing and Race in America

Economic, Political, and Social Dynamics

by James D. Ward, Maria J. Albo, Britt S. Aliperti
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017

This edited collection explores policing in America in regards to minority groups. The essays discuss how the relationship between police and minority groups affects politics, the economy, and minority groups’ daily lives and success. The contributors explore the Black Lives Matter movement, the...
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Tough Ain't Enough

New Perspectives on the Films of Clint Eastwood

by Stephen Prince, Jonathan Kirshner, Diane Carson
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2018

Throughout his lengthy career as both an actor and a director, Clint Eastwood has appeared in virtually every major film genre and, at this point in his career, has emerged as one of America’s most popular, recognizable, and respected filmmakers. He also remains a controversial figure in the political...
Book cover of HBR Guide to Work-Life Balance
by Harvard Business Review, Stewart D. Friedman, Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019

A curated collection of HBR experts' tips, tricks, and strategies for juggling all of your most important personal and professional commitments. Compiles the best advice from our Harvard Business Review community of experts to help readers achieve a greater balance among the many facets of their...
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Work and Family--Allies or Enemies?

What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices

by Stewart D. Friedman, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2000

We've come a long way since the classic book The Organization Man first introduced the "ideal" 2-person career--a full-time male breadwinner and a stay-at-home wife. What typified the '50s good life is in stark contrast to contemporary reality: 63% of all married women with children under six years...
Book cover of Management of Early Progressive Corneal Ectasia

Management of Early Progressive Corneal Ectasia

Accelerated Crosslinking Principles

by Claudio Traversi, Marc D. Friedman, Frederik Raiskup
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017

This book provides a rapid overview of crosslinking protocols and the therapeutic guidelines to optimize the application according to patients age and ectasia staging. This book is unique in the field of crosslinking therapy, as it gives the readers a complete guide for their daily practice to understand...
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