Yale University Press: 2009 books
by Mark W. Geiger
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2010
Forging Capitalism
Rogues, Swindlers, Frauds, and the Rise of Modern Finance
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Vice is endemic to Western capitalism, according to this fascinating, wildly entertaining, often startling history of modern finance. Ian Klaus’s Forging Capitalism demonstrates how international financial affairs in the nineteenth century were conducted not only by gentlemen as a noble pursuit but...
The Most Good You Can Do
How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Peter Singer’s books and ideas have been disturbing our complacency ever since the appearance of Animal Liberation. Now he directs our attention to a challenging new movement in which his own ideas have played a crucial role: effective altruism. Effective altruism is built upon the simple but profoundly...
An Essay on the Principle of Population
The 1803 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most influential works of political economy ever written. Most widely circulated in its initial 1798 version, this is the first publication of his benchmark 1803 edition since 1989. Introduced by editor Shannon C. Stimson, this edition...
by David L. Rogers
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
by Charles E. Lindblom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
In the wake of the collapse of communism, we hear much about the victory of the market system.” Just what is the market system? This clear and accessible book begins by answering this question, then goes on to explain how the market system works and what it can and cannot do. Charles E. Lindblom,...
by Matthew S. Olson, Derek van Bever
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Very few large companies manage to avoid stalls in revenue growth. These stalls are not attributable to the natural business cycle. Rather, careful analysis reveals that the vast majority of such stalls are the direct result of strategic choices made by corporate leaders. In short, stoppages in growth...
Interpreting Communicative Language Teaching
Contexts and Concerns in Teacher Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
The emergence of English as a global language, along with technological innovations and the growing need for learner autonomy, is changing language teaching rapidly and profoundly. With these changes come new demands and challenges for teaching education programs.This authoritative collection of writings...
The American Illness
Essays on the Rule of Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
This provocative book brings together twenty-plus contributors from the fields of law, economics, and international relations to look at whether the U.S. legal system is contributing to the country’s long postwar decline. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions between economics...
by Lorelei Moosbrugger
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Where politics is dominated by two large parties, as in the United States, politicians should be relatively immune to the influence of small groups. Yet narrow interest groups often win private benefits against majority preferences and at great public expense. Why? The “vulnerability thesis” is that...
The Chessboard and the Web
Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
From a renowned foreign-policy expert, a new paradigm for strategy in the twenty-first century In 1961, Thomas Schelling’s The Strategy of Conflict used game theory to radically reenvision the U.S.-Soviet relationship and establish the basis of international relations for the rest of the Cold War....
The Passage to Europe
How a Continent Became a Union
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
As financial turmoil in Europe preoccupies political leaders and global markets, it becomes more important than ever to understand the forces that underpin the European Union, hold it together and drive it forward. This timely book provides a gripping account of the realities of power politics among...
Talent Wants to Be Free
Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free Riding
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013