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1. Cover image for 'The Dangerous Class'
The Dangerous Class
The Concept of the Lumpenproletariat
Clyde W. Barrow
The lumpenstate dystopia of the Trump/Brexit era
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The Dangerous Class
The Concept of the Lumpenproletariat
Clyde W. Barrow
The lumpenstate dystopia of the Trump/Brexit era
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Integrity and Agreement
Economics When Principles Also Matter
Lanse Minkler

Moral principle---not mere self-interest---drives rational decision making

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Integrity and Agreement
Economics When Principles Also Matter
Lanse Minkler

Moral principle---not mere self-interest---drives rational decision making

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The Street Porter and the Philosopher
Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism
Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy, editors

Leading economists explore the premise that all social interactions are exchanges among inherently equal human beings

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The Street Porter and the Philosopher
Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism
Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy, editors

Leading economists explore the premise that all social interactions are exchanges among inherently equal human beings

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Future Directions for Heterodox Economics
John T. Harvey and Robert F. Garnett, Jr., Editors

A comprehensive survey of the current state—and future direction—of heterodox economic thought

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5. Cover image for 'The Cult of Statistical Significance'
The Cult of Statistical Significance
How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey
How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense
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The Cult of Statistical Significance
How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey
How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense
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5. Cover image for 'The Cult of Statistical Significance'
The Cult of Statistical Significance
How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey
How the most important statistical method used in many of the sciences doesn't pass the test for basic common sense
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In Defense of Monopoly
How Market Power Fosters Creative Production
Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee

A provocative defense of market dominance

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In Defense of Monopoly
How Market Power Fosters Creative Production
Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee

A provocative defense of market dominance

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Web 2008 Open Access Available Read Online
7. Cover image for 'Race, Liberalism, and Economics'
Race, Liberalism, and Economics
David Colander, Robert E. Prasch, and Falguni A. Sheth, Editors
Explores how economic reasoning relates to the broader concepts of liberalism and racism
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Race, Liberalism, and Economics
David Colander, Robert E. Prasch, and Falguni A. Sheth, Editors
Explores how economic reasoning relates to the broader concepts of liberalism and racism
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Socialism after Hayek
Theodore A. Burczak
Develops an ethical and economically feasible model of socialism, based on a novel synthesis of Hayekian market process theory, Marxian class theory, and an Aristotelian theory of justice
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Socialism After Hayek
Theodore A. Burczak
Develops an ethical and economically feasible model of socialism, based on a novel synthesis of Hayekian market process theory, Marxian class theory, and an Aristotelian theory of justice
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Institutions and Economic Theory
The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics
2nd Edition
Eirik Furubotn and Rudolf Richter
Explores the NIE with a critical assessment of its theoretical contributions
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Institutions and Economic Theory
The Contribution of the New Institutional Economics
2nd Edition
Eirik Furubotn and Rudolf Richter
Explores the NIE with a critical assessment of its theoretical contributions
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Readings in Public Choice Economics
Jac C. Heckelman, Editor
The first classroom book for undergraduate courses in public choice analysis, covering both political economy and social choice issues
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Paper 2004 $43.95 Available Add Paper for "Readings in Public Choice Economics" to Cart
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Altruistically Inclined?
The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
Alexander J. Field
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
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Altruistically Inclined?
The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
Alexander J. Field
An exploration of the role of altruism in the discipline of economics
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12. Cover image for 'Signaling Goodness'
Signaling Goodness
Social Rules and Public Choice
Phillip J. Nelson and Kenneth V. Greene
A new approach to analyzing political and charitable behavior posits that morality significantly affects that behavior
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Signaling Goodness
Social Rules and Public Choice
Phillip J. Nelson and Kenneth V. Greene
A new approach to analyzing political and charitable behavior posits that morality significantly affects that behavior
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Volatile States
Institutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies
W. Mark Crain
New research reevaluates the disparities in economic growth and living standards among American states
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Volatile States
Institutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies
W. Mark Crain
New research reevaluates the disparities in economic growth and living standards among American states
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Economics as a Social Science
An Approach to Nonautistic Theory
Andrew M. Kamarck
Rescues economic theory from mathematics, restoring a realistic approach to human motivations and behavior in the real world economy
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Economics as a Social Science
An Approach to Nonautistic Theory
Andrew M. Kamarck
Rescues economic theory from mathematics, restoring a realistic approach to human motivations and behavior in the real world economy
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The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause
Julian Simon
Illuminates and explains the emergence of modern economic development in Western Europe after the seventeenth century
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Polycentric Games and Institutions
Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Michael D. McGinnis, Editor
Uses game theory to model institutions
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Paper 2000 $38.95 Available Add Paper for "Polycentric Games and Institutions" to Cart
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Polycentric Games and Institutions
Readings from the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Michael D. McGinnis, Editor
Uses game theory to model institutions
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Choice-Free Rationality
A Positive Theory of Political Behavior
Robert Grafstein
Offers an alternative to the definition of 'rationality' for rational choice theory
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Hardcover 1999 $89.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Choice-Free Rationality" to Cart
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Choice-Free Rationality
A Positive Theory of Political Behavior
Robert Grafstein
Offers an alternative to the definition of 'rationality' for rational choice theory
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Essays in History
Financial, Economic, Personal
Charles P. Kindleberger
Classic Kindleberger: Engaging and stimulating reading on eclectic topics in finance, economics, and the life of this captivating author
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Hardcover 1999 $94.95 Available Add Hardcover for "Essays in History" to Cart
19. Cover image for 'Wages, Welfare Costs and Inflation in Classical Athens'
Wages, Welfare Costs and Inflation in Classical Athens
William T. Loomis
A seminal reference and analysis of wages and costs in Athens
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Comparative Law and Economics
Ugo Mattei
The book links the study of comparative law with the study of law and economics
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Paper 1999 $36.95 Available Add Paper for "Comparative Law and Economics" to Cart
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The Pillars of Economic Understanding
Ideas and Traditions
Mark Perlman and Charles R. McCann, Jr.
Major new history of economics that focuses on philosophical foundations of the discipline
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Hardcover 1998 $105.00 Available Add Hardcover for "The Pillars of Economic Understanding" to Cart
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Growth Triumphant
The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective
Richard A. Easterlin
An economic historian and demographer considers what the world, freed from material need, will look like
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Growth Triumphant
The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective
Richard A. Easterlin
An economic historian and demographer considers what the world, freed from material need, will look like
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The Origins and Demise of South African Apartheid
A Public Choice Analysis
Anton D. Lowenberg and William H. Kaempfer
Examines the economic interests that led to apartheid, the changes that led to its dismantling, and the prospects for postapartheid South African society
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The Great Depression
An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
Thomas E. Hall and J. David Ferguson
A concise analysis of the economic policy mistakes that led to the Great Depression and the consequences that followed
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The Great Depression
An International Disaster of Perverse Economic Policies
Thomas E. Hall and J. David Ferguson
A concise analysis of the economic policy mistakes that led to the Great Depression and the consequences that followed
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The Allure of the Foreign
Imported Goods in Postcolonial Latin America
Benjamin Orlove, Editor
A rich analysis of the internal social factors that drive the demand for foreign goods
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