David Card: 7 books
Myth and Measurement
The New Economics of the Minimum Wage - Twentieth-Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
David Card and Alan B. Krueger have already made national news with their pathbreaking research on the minimum wage. Here they present a powerful new challenge to the conventional view that higher minimum wages reduce jobs for low-wage workers. In a work that has important implications for public...
Distribution of Income and Wealth in Ontario
Theory and Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1981
Distribution analysis has advanced remarkably in recent years, and this is a valuable application of its principles to a Canadian context. The book provides an extensive survey of recent literature and a new source of income and wealth distribution data for Ontario, drawn from newly available microdata...
Smart Pop Preview 2013
Standalone Essays and Exclusive Extras on the Hunger Games, Ender's Game, Percy Jackson, the Mortal Instruments, Munchkin, the Dragonriders of Pern, and More
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Get a sneak peak at Smart Pop's 2013 titles with this preview volume of standalone essays and exclusive book extras!Volume includes:Anne McCaffrey, Believer in Us” David BrinFrom Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, edited by Todd McCaffreyExclusive Extra: "Painting the Dragonwriter...
12 Essential Minerals
An Introduction to Cell Salts
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
A short, simple and readily-accessible summary of the internal and external therapeutic uses of the 12 essential tissue salts, commonly called “cell salts.†The use of cell salts to treat a wide variety of health-related conditions has been extremely popular in Europe (especially in Germany)...
Ethics, Literature, and Theory
An Introductory Reader
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2005
Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relationship between aesthetics, art, and ethics.
Do the rich descriptions and narrative shapings of...
by Brian Herbert, David Weber, Elizabeth Moon
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
The seductive thrill of uncharted worlds, of distant galaxies… and the unknown threats that lurk in the vastness of the cosmos. From Foundation to Lensman, Star Wars to Guardians of the Galaxy, space opera continues to exert its magnetic pull on us all.
INFINITE STARS
This is the definitive...
Lost City, Found Pyramid
Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
*Lost City, Found Pyramid delves into the fascinating world of sensational “pseudoarchaeology,” from perennial discoveries of lost pyramids or civilizations to contemporary ghost-hunting and reality TV. It examines how nonscientific pursuit of myths and legends warps both public perceptions of...