Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the Young Guns" & one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good & evil. In The Economics of Good & Evil Sedlacek radically rethinks his field challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science a value-free mathematical inquiry he writes but its actually a cultural phenomenon a product of our civilization. It began within philosophy--Adam Smith himself not only wrote The Wealth of Nations but also The Theory of Moral Sentiments--and economics as Sedlacek shows is woven out of history myth religion & ethics. " Even the most sophisticated mathematical model " Sedlacek writes "is de facto a story a parable our effort to (rationally) grasp the world around us." Economics not only describes the world but establishes normative standards identifying ideal conditions. Science he claims is a system of beliefs to which we are committed. To grasp the beliefs underlying economics he breaks out of the fields confines with a tour de force exploration of economic thinking broadly defined over the millennia. He ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh & the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity from Descartes & Adam Smith to the consumerism in Fight Club. Throughout he asks searching meta-economic questions: What is the meaning & the point of economics? Can we do ethically all that we can do technically? Does it pay to be good? Placing the wisdom of philosophers & poets over strict mathematical models of human behavior Sedlaceks groundbreaking work promises to change the way we calculate economic value." ...

This new edition of the leading text on business & government focuses on the insights economic reasoning can provide in analyzing regulatory & antitrust issues. Departing from the traditional emphasis on institutions Economics of Regulation & Antitrust asks how economic theory & empirical analyses can illuminate the character of market operation & the role for government action & brings new developments in theory & empirical methodology to bear on these questions. The fourth edition has been substantially revised & updated throughout with new material added & extended discussion of many topics. Part I on antitrust has been given a major revision to reflect advances in economic theory & recent antitrust cases including the case against Microsoft & the Supreme Courts Kodak decision. Part II on economic regulation updates its treatment of the restructuring & deregulation of the telecommunications & electric power industries &

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The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system in particular cash benefits health care & education. The text argues that the welfare state does not exist only to help the underprivileged but also for reasons of efficiency in areas where private markets would be inefficient or would not exist at all. Suitable for economics students & for students on related disciplines such as social policy & political economy this book is accessible & contains a non-technical appendix to each of the theory chapters diagrams additional readings worked examples & end of chapter discussions. Online Resource Centre For students:
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This is the best selling guide to English usage now in paperback. This expanded tenth edition of the bestselling guide to style is based on the Economist's" own updated house style manual & is an invaluable companion for everyone who wants to communicate with the clarity style & precision for which the " Economist" is renowned. As the introduction says 'clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought.' The " Economist Style Guide" gives general advice on writing points out common errors & cliches offers guidance on consistent use of punctuation abbreviations & capital letters & contains an exhaustive range of reference material
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Contemporary Case Studies feature up-to-date case studies on key topics in AS & A2 Geography. Written by highly experienced authors examiners & teachers each title opens with an introductory framework that identifies the relevant key concepts & then follows with a series of short cases that include succinct analysis of the issues raised. In the Using case studies boxes specific questions are posed & examiner guidance is provided on how the material can be used to tackle them; exercises based on one or more of the case studies are also included. The concluding section provides more detailed advice on making the most of the case studies in the examination. ...

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What makes a man put politics & ambition before family? Ed Miliband is perhaps the least understood political leader of modern times. This book reveals where he has come from & where he is going. It charts his unique upbringing against the backdrop of tragedy & with a prominent Marxist thinker for a father. But Eds story cannot be fully understood outside the context of his struggle to emerge from the shadow of his elder brother David. Ed followed David to the same college at Oxford into Parliament & into the Cabinet before at the eleventh hour snatching away Davids dream of the leadership. ...

In 1962 when Walter Cousins sleeps with his British au pair Diane Burroughs he can have no sense of the magnitude of his error: this brief affair sets in motion a tragedy of epic proportions upending Sophocless immortal tale of fate free will & forbidden desire. At the centre is Ed King an infant given up for adoption who becomes one of the worlds most powerful men. But beneath the gripping story of Eds seemingly inexorable rise to fame & fortune is a dark & unsettling destiny one that approaches with ever-increasing suspense as the novel reaches its shattering conclusion. ...

He's the Suffolk school drop-out who's become Britain's hottest musical property. Ed Sheeran is the double Brit Award-winning singer songwriter with a tiny guitar & a huge talent. But how did a young musician who described himself as a 'spotty chubby ginger teenager' go from selling CDs from his rucksack to playing in front of Royalty at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
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