The Mit Press: 939 books
DIY Citizenship
Critical Making and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
How social media and DIY communities have enabled new forms of political participation that emphasize doing and making rather than passive consumption.
Today, DIY—do-it-yourself—describes more than self-taught carpentry. Social media enables DIY citizens to organize and protest in new ways...
Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy
Making and Keeping New Industries in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
An examination of the politics of green jobs that foresees a potential ideological shift away from neoliberalism toward “developmentalism.”
Good Green Jobs in a Global Economy is the first book to explore the broad implications of the convergence of industrial and environnmental policy...
In the Wake of the Crisis
Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
Prominent economists reconsider the fundamentals of economic policy for a post-crisis world.
In 2011, the International Monetary Fund invited prominent economists and economic policymakers to consider the brave new world of the post-crisis global economy. The result is a book that captures...
Sharing Cities
A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2015
How cities can build on the “sharing economy” and smart technology to deliver a “sharing paradigm” that supports justice, solidarity, and sustainability.
The future of humanity is urban, and the nature of urban space enables, and necessitates, sharing—of resources, goods and services,...
Privacy on the Ground
Driving Corporate Behavior in the United States and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
An examination of corporate privacy management in the United States, Germany, Spain, France, and the United Kingdom, identifying international best practices and making policy recommendations.
Barely a week goes by without a new privacy revelation or scandal. Whether by hackers or spy agencies...
Governing through Goals
Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
A detailed examination of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the shift in governance strategy they represent.
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Sustainable Development...
Wired for Innovation
How Information Technology Is Reshaping the Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Two experts on the information economy explore the true economic value of technology and innovation.
A wave of business innovation is driving the productivity resurgence in the U.S. economy. In Wired for Innovation, Erik Brynjolfsson and Adam Saunders describe how information technology directly...
by Nayan B. Ruparelia
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
Why cloud computing represents a paradigm shift for business, and how business users can best take advantage of cloud services.
Most of the information available on cloud computing is either highly technical, with details that are irrelevant to non-technologists, or pure marketing hype, in...
by Frank J. Fabozzi
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Financial aspects of launching and operating a high-tech company, including risk analysis, business models, U.S. securities law, financial accounting, tax issues, and stock options, explained accessibly.
This book offers an accessible guide to the financial aspects of launching and operating...
Economics After the Crisis
Objectives and Means
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
A noted economist challenges the fundamental economic assumptions that cast economic growth as the objective and markets as the universally applicable means of achieving it.
The global economic crisis of 2008–2009 seemed a crisis not just of economic performance but also of the system's underlying...
by Carl E. Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2010
A new edition of the leading text in monetary economics, a comprehensive treatment revised and enhanced with new material reflecting recent advances in the field.
This text presents a comprehensive treatment of the most important topics in monetary economics, focusing on the primary models...
by Laura Cushing-Kidney, Thomas H. Lee, MD
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
Two leading physicians' prescription for solving our health care problems: organizing the fragmented system that delivers care.
One of the most daunting challenges facing the new U.S. administration is health care reform. The size of the system, the number of stakeholders, and ever-rising costs...
by Patrick Bolton, Mathias Dewatripont
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
A comprehensive introduction to contract theory, emphasizing common themes and methodologies as well as applications in key areas.
Despite the vast research literature on topics relating to contract theory, only a few of the field's core ideas are covered in microeconomics textbooks. This long-awaited...
Trade Policy Disaster
Lessons from the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
The extreme protectionism that contributed to a collapse of world trade in the 1930s is examined in light of the recent economic crisis.
The recent economic crisis—with the plunge in the stock market, numerous bank failures and widespread financial distress, declining output and rising unemployment—has...