Richard E Wagner: 10 books
Politics as a Peculiar Business
Insights from a Theory of Entangled Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
Economists typically treat government as something outside the business realm, a sort of “Lord of the Manor”. Richard Wagner argues that this is the wrong approach and can ultimately be destructive to capitalism and to society.
by Peter J. Hill, Roger E. Meiners, Terry L. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 1998
The past several decades have witnessed a growing recognition that environmental concerns are essentially property rights issues. Despite agreement that an absence of well-defined and consistently enforced property rights results in the exploitation of air, water, and other natural resources, there...
Public Debt
An Illusion of Democratic Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Over the past decades, economists have witnessed with growing uneasiness their failure to explain the ballooning of public debt in most countries. This book provides an alternative orientation that explains why concepts of public debt that are relevant for authoritarian regimes are not relevant for democratic...
Mind, Society, and Human Action
Time and Knowledge in a Theory of Social-Economy
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Economics originated as a branch of the humane studies that was concerned with trying to understand how some societies flourish while others stagnate, and also how once-flourishing societies could come to stagnate. Over the major part of the 20th century, however, economists mostly turned away from...
Public Debt as a Form of Public Finance
Overcoming a Category Mistake and its Vices
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Economists commit a category mistake when they treat democratic governments as indebted. Monarchs can be indebted, as can individuals. In contrast, democracies can't truly be indebted. They are financial intermediaries that form a bridge between what are often willing borrowers and forced lenders....
Charging for Government (Routledge Revivals)
User charges and earmarked taxes in principle and practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2013
Originally published in 1991, user charges and earmarked taxes are methods by which people pay directly for the services they recieve from government. As such they are frequently supported by those who oppose increased taxation, who argue that they are more like market transactions than traditional...
James M. Buchanan and Liberal Political Economy
A Rational Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
James M. Buchanan and Liberal Political Economy: A Rational Reconstruction examines the contemporary meaning and significance of James M. Buchanan’s body of work. The book uses Buchanan’s past contributions to explore the present and future relevance of his scholarly contributions and insights....
by Lourdes M. DelRosso, MD, FAASM
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Following in the steps of the bestselling Sleep Medicine Pearls, this practical resource provides authoritative guidance on the evaluation and management of common pediatric sleep medicine problems using concise clinical vignettes. Experts in this rapidly growing field, led by Drs. Lourdes M. Del...
... und den Mond als Licht für die Nacht
Andachten zur Nacht im Kirchenjahr
Language: German
Release Date: June 19, 2013
74 Texte zur Nacht, 74 profilierte Autorinnen und Autoren: Der Band bietet eine einzigartige Sammlung verschiedener Zugänge, Stile, Einfälle und Gedanken. Bibelstellen zur Nacht sind den Sonntagen und Festtagen des Kirchenjahrs zugeordnet, so dass keiner leer ausgeht. Der Band eignet sich für Abendandachten...
The Rock-Art of Eastern North America
Capturing Images and Insight
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in 12 states and 4 Canadian provinces.
In archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology...