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America's Water: Federal Roles and Responsibilities

Rogers, Peter - The MIT Press

Were water considered an industry, it would be one of the largest in the United States, surely the most capital … grounded assessment of national water issues, it would also be one of the most fragmented and least coherent areas of public … policy. Rogers brings together all aspects of water (and water use) to look at policy formation from technical, economic, and …

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The Violence of Financial Capitalism

Marazzi, Christian - The MIT Press

emerged from it. Marazzi, a leading figure in the European postfordist movement, argues that the processes of financialization …

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The Violence of Financial Capitalism

Marazzi, Christian - The MIT Press

theoretical tools necessary to comprehend capitalism today, offering an innovative analysis of financialization in the context of … postfordist cognitive capitalism. He argues that the processes of financialization are not simply irregularities between the …

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Crisis in the Global Economy: Financial Markets, Social Struggles, and New Political Scenarios

Fumagalli, Andrea (contributor); … - The MIT Press

financialization is one of the most recent and perverse articulations of capitalism. The contributions to Crisis in the Global Economy …

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Living in a Material World: Economic Sociology Meets Science and Technology Studies

Pinch, Trevor (contributor); Swedberg, Richard (contributor) - The MIT Press

Although social scientists generally agree that technology plays a major role in the economy, economics and technology have yet to be brought together into a coherent framework that is both analytically interesting and empirically oriented. This book draws on the tools of science and technology...

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Living in a Material World: Economic Sociology Meets Science and Technology Studies

Pinch, Trevor (contributor); Swedberg, Richard (contributor) - The MIT Press

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Public Finance and Public Policy in the New Century

Cnossen, Sijbren (contributor); … - The MIT Press

The sixteen essays in this book were written to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Richard Musgrave and to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CES, the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich. Musgrave is considered to be a founding father of modern public economics. He belongs...

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Endogenous Growth Theory

Aghion, Philippe; Howitt, Peter - The MIT Press

Advanced economies have experienced a tremendous increase in material well-being since the industrial revolution. Modern innovations such as personal computers, laser surgery, jet airplanes, and satellite communication have made us rich and transformed the way we live and work. But technological...

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Getting It Right: Markets and Choices in a Free Society

Barro, Robert J. - The MIT Press

Since 1991, Robert Barro has been a lively contributor to the Wall Street Journal and other popular financial media. Getting It Right brings together, updates, and expands upon these writings that showcase Barro's agility in applying economic understanding to a wide array of social issues....

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Public Policy and the Economics of Entrepreneurship

Holtz-Eakin, Douglas (contributor); … - The MIT Press

Entrepreneurship has been a subject of much recent discussion among academics and policymakers because of the belief that it invigorates the economy -- producing greater productivity, more jobs, and higher economic growth. President George W. Bush promoted his economic plan by pointing to its...

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