Stanford Economics And Finance imprint: 46 books
Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences
Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
In Lifecycle Events and Their Consequences: Job Loss, Family Change, and Declines in Health, editors Kenneth A. Couch, Mary C. Daly, and Julie Zissimopoulos bring together leading scholars to study the impact of unexpected life course events on economic welfare. The contributions in this volume explore...
Peerless and Periled
The Paradox of American Leadership in The World Economic Order
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
As the world economy emerges from the financial crisis, critics are announcing an end of the American era. The United States is said to be in an inexorable decline, and the expectation for the 21st century is for China to eclipse America and for the contours of global governance to blur. The loss...
Invisible Hands, Invisible Objectives
Bringing Workplace Law and Public Policy Into Focus
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
The global financial crisis and recession have placed great strains on the free market ideology that has emphasized economic objectives and unregulated markets. The balance of economic and noneconomic goals is under the microscope in every sector of the economy. It is time to re-think the objectives...
by Ray Fair
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
"It's the economy, stupid," as Democratic strategist James Carville would say. After many years of study, Ray C. Fair has found that the state of the economy has a dominant influence on national elections. Just in time for the 2012 presidential election, this new edition of his classic text,...
The Next Wave
Financing Women's Growth-Oriented Firms
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
You may be familiar with the success stories of Spanx, GoldieBlox, and other women-owned businesses that have taken their markets by storm. But, today, only two percent of women-owned firms generate more than one million dollars annually. The Next Wave is here to help women drive up that number.
Drawing...
A Rising Tide
Financing Strategies for Women-Owned Firms
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2012
Women-owned firms represent an increasingly important segment of the small business sector. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 7.8 million women-owned firms in the United States in 2007, generating $1.2 trillion in revenues and providing employment for 7.6 million...
Wall Street Research
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future provides a timely account of the dramatic evolution of Wall Street research, examining its rise, fall, and reemergence. Despite regulatory, technological, and global forces that have transformed equity research in the last ten years, the industry has...
Your Money and Your Life
A Lifetime Approach to Money Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Your financial health is more than a mere collection of debits and credits on a balance sheet. In fact, the numbers on a financial statement represent a series of decisions that, if made strategically, can ensure that each of us maintains our desired standard of living at every age and stage of life....
Judaism in Transition
How Economic Choices Shape Religious Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
At the core of Judaism stands a body of traditions that have remained consistent over millennia. Yet, the practice of these rituals has varied widely across historical and cultural contexts. In Judaism in Transition, Carmel U. Chiswick draws on her Jewish upbringing, her journey as a Jewish parent,...
Greening of Capitalism
How Asia Is Driving the Next Great Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
As China, India, and other industrializing giants grow, they are confronted with an inconvenient truth: They cannot rely on the conventions of capitalism as we know them today. Western industrialism has achieved miracles, promoting unprecedented levels of prosperity and raising hundreds of millions...
All I Want Is a Job!
Unemployed Women Navigating the Public Workforce System
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014
In All I Want Is a Job!, Mary Gatta puts a human face on workforce development policy. An ethnographic sociologist, Gatta went undercover, posing as a client in a New Jersey One-Stop Career Center. One-Stop Centers, developed as part of the federal Workforce Investment Act, are supposed to be an unemployed...
by Rodney Fort, Jason Winfree
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
In 15 Sports Myths and Why They're Wrong, authors Rodney Fort and Jason Winfree apply sharp economic analysis to bust some of the most widespread urban legends about college and professional athletics. Each chapter takes apart a common misconception, showing how the assumptions behind it fail to add...
Fans of the World, Unite!
A (Capitalist) Manifesto for Sports Consumers
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2008
Fans of baseball, football, basketball, and hockey have long been exploited and oppressed by the monopolistic practices of team owners. The time has come for a revolution in the organization of major U.S. sports! Fans of the World, Unite! is a clarion call to sports fans. Appealing to anyone who is...
by Lucio Picci
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
It would be easy to cheat someone on eBay. However, an essential characteristic of the site prevents this from happening: buyer and seller reviews form what amounts to an "index of reputation." The availability of such an index provides a strong incentive to be an honest trader. Reputation-Based...