Economics

This 170-page book in seven chapters covers, 1) The life, 2) Keynes's philosophy of practice, 3) The monetary reformer, 4) The General Theory, 5) Economic statesmanship, etc. Skidelsky considers Keynes's legacy on today's society. A good introduction to Keynes work.

A work of extraordinary ambition, originality, and rigor, the book reorients our understanding of economic history and confronts us with sobering lessons for today. Available online and in print.

The book explores the reasons why we make irrational decisions; how we decide quickly; why we make mistakes in risky situations; our tendency to procrastination; and how we are affected by social influences, personality, mood and emotions. The implications of understanding the rationale for our own financial behavior are huge.

Thomas Oatley explores how America's military buildups have produced postwar economic booms that have culminated in monetary and financial crises.

Margaret Schabas traces the emergence and transformation of economics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from a natural to a social science.

The authors tell how the stress of living on less than 99 cents per day encourages the poor to make questionable decisions that feed, not fight, poverty. The result is a radical rethinking of the economics of poverty that offers a ringside view of the lives of the world's poorest, and shows that creating a world without poverty begins with understanding the daily decisions facing the poor.

This is a useful survey and examination of the traditional and advanced techniques of capital budgeting and their applications in domestic and international contexts.

This book describes successes in many countries and looks forward to the major contributions that health economics can bring to bear on emerging policy issues in health and health care.

An account of the economics behind antitrust law, discussing recent developments in the areas of price fixing, horizontal mergers, and exclusionary vertical contracts.

The comprehensive resource that is accessible, informative and provocative contributions by leading international scholars working in the tradition of Keynes.

Up-to-date survey of measurement literature in economics and econometrics

Award-winning publication contains entries written by the world's most influential economists. The definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists. Updated regularly.

This handbook of original works by leading behavioral economists.

The handbook provides combinations of improved empirical findings with new models reveal how labor economists are developing new and innovative ways to measure key parameters and test important hypotheses.

Top scholars summarize evidence on the roles of money in the economy...