David M Levy: 8 books

Book cover of The "Vanity of the Philosopher"

The "Vanity of the Philosopher"

From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics

by David M. Levy, Sandra J. Peart
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009

The "Vanity of the Philosopher" continues the themes introduced in Levy's acclaimed book How the Dismal Science Got Its Name. Here, Peart and Levy tackle the issues of racism, eugenics, hierarchy, and egalitarianism in classical economics and take a broad view of classical economics'...
Book cover of The Street Porter and the Philosopher

The Street Porter and the Philosopher

Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism

by David M. Levy, Sandra J. Peart
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009

Adam Smith, asserting the common humanity of the street porter and the philosopher, articulated the classical economists' model of social interactions as exchanges among equals. This model had largely fallen out of favor until, recently, a number of scholars in the avant-garde of economic thought...
Book cover of Mindful Tech

Mindful Tech

How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives

by David M. Levy
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016

From email to smart phones, and from social media to Google searches, digital technologies have transformed the way we learn, entertain ourselves, socialize, and work. Despite their usefulness, these technologies have often led to information overload, stress, and distraction. In recent years many of...
Book cover of Scrolling Forward

Scrolling Forward

Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age

by David M. Levy
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012

Like Henry Petroski’s The Pencil, David Levy’s Scrolling Forward takes a common, everyday object, the document, and illuminates what it reveals about us, both in the past and in the digital age. We are surrounded daily by documents of all kinds-letters and credit card receipts, business...
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Escape from Democracy

The Role of Experts and the Public in Economic Policy

by David M. Levy, Sandra J. Peart
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2016

The orthodox view of economic policy holds that public deliberation sets the goals or ends, and then experts select the means to implement these goals. This assumes that experts are no more than trustworthy servants of the public interest. David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart examine the historical record...
Book cover of Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age
by David M. Levy
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2012

We are surrounded by documents of all kinds, from receipts to letters, business memos to books, yet we rarely stop to reflect on their significance. Now, in this period of digital transition, our written forms as well as out reading and writing habits are being questioned and transformed by new technologies...
Book cover of Jewish Men Pray

Jewish Men Pray

Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources

by Daniel S. Alexander, Alexandri, Bezalel Aloni
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013

A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day. "An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...
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Robot Ethics

The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics

by Colin Allen, Wendell Wallach, James J. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011

Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war. Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to...
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