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Doughnut Economics
Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st Century Economist
2018 || Paperback || Kate Raworth || Random House
Remorseless financial crises. Extreme inequalities in wealth. Relentless pressure on the environment. Anyone can see that our economic system is broken. But can it be fixed?In Doughnut Economics, Oxford academic Kate Raworth identifies the seven critical ways in which mainstream economics has led us astray - from selling us the myth of 'rational economic man' to obsessing over growth at all costs - and offers instead an alternative roadmap for bringing humanity into a sweet spot that meets th...
Economic Principles
A Business Perspective
2018 || Paperback || Stephen Rubb e.a. || Macmillan
Getting Down to the Business of Teaching Economics. Where economics gets down to business.
Created specifically for the economics course as taught in business schools, Economic Principles: A Business Perspective covers the fundamentals of economics in the context of today’s globalized business world, with strong examples, integrated technology, and practical pedagogy. Integrated business and policy briefs, in-depth case studies, chapter-ending business applications, thoroughly explained gra...
International Political Economy
Sixth Edition
2018 || Paperback || Thomas Oatley || Taylor & Francis
Broadly viewing the global economy as a political competition that produces winners and losers, International Political Economy holistically and accessibly introduces the field of IPE to students with limited background in political theory, history, and economics. This text surveys major interests and institutions and examines how state and non-state actors pursue wealth and power. Emphasizing fundamental economic concepts as well as the interplay between domestic and international politics, ...
African Development
Making Sense of the Issues and Actors
2018 || Paperback || Todd J. Moss e.a. || Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Both authoritative and accessible, African Development introduces the issues, actors, and institutions at play in development trajectories across sub-Saharan Africa. This new edition, thoroughly updated, includes an entirely new chapter devoted to key demographic trends in the region, especially rapid urbanization and the distinct "youth bulge".
Behavioral Economics / 3rd Edition
2018 || Paperback || Edward Cartwright || Taylor & Francis
Over the last few decades behavioral economics has revolutionized the discipline. It has done so by putting the human back into economics, by recognizing that people sometimes make mistakes, care about others and are generally not as cold and calculating as economists have traditionally assumed. The results have been exciting and fascinating, and have fundamentally changed the way we look at economic behavior.
This textbook introduces all the key results and insights of behavioral economics t...
Introduction to International Political Economy / 7th edition
2018 || Paperback || David N. Balaam e.a. || Taylor & Francis
In a revolutionary revision of this best-selling text, David Balaam and Bradford Dillman show how the postwar world order is at once under threat and yet resilient. This classic text surveys the theories, institutions, and relationships that characterize IPE and highlights them in the context of a diverse range of regional and transnational issues. Introduction to International Political Economy positions students to critically evaluate the global economy and to appreciate the personal impact...
The Social Construction of Rationality
Policy Debates and the Power of Good Reasons
2018 || Paperback || Onno Bouwmeester || Taylor & Francis
There are many different forms of rationality. In current economic discourse the main focus is on instrumental rationality and optimizing, while organization scholars, behavioural economists and policy scientists focus more on bounded rationality and satisficing. The interplay with value rationality or expressive rationality is mainly discussed in philosophy and sociology, but never in an empirical way.
This book shows that not one, but three different forms of rationality (subjective, social...