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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157803403321

Autore

Chernomas Robert

Titolo

The profit doctrine : economists of the neoliberal era / / Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pluto Press, 2016

London : , : Pluto Press, , 2017

ISBN

1-78371-994-X

1-78371-993-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

320.513

Soggetti

Neoliberalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Prophets and profits --2. The contest of economic ideas: survival of the richest --3. The consequences of economic ideas --4. Milton Friedman: the godfather of the age of instability and inequality --5. The deregulationists: public choice and private gain --6. The great vacation: rational expectations and real business cycles --7. Bursting bubbles: finance, crisis and the efficient market hypothesis --8. Economists go to Washington: ideas in action --9. Conclusion: dissenters and victors.

Sommario/riassunto

The economics profession has a lot to answer for. After the late 1970s, the ideas of influential economists have justified policies that have made the world more prone to economic crisis, remarkably less equal, more polluted and less secure than it might be. How could ideas and policies that proved to be such an abject failure come to dominate the economic landscape?   By critically examining the work of the most famous economists of the neoliberal period including Alan Greenspan, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul Krugman, the authors Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson demonstrate that many of those who rose to prominence did so primarily because of their defence of, and contribution to, rising corporate profits and not their ability to predict or explain economic events. An important and controversial book, 'The Profit Doctrine' exposes the uses and abuses of mainstream economic canons, identify



those responsible and reaffirm the primacy of political economy.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784068003321

Autore

Traverse Alfred <1925->

Titolo

Paleopalynology [[electronic resource] ] : Second Edition / / by Alfred Traverse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007

ISBN

1-281-10341-1

9786611103415

1-4020-5610-9

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (828 p.)

Collana

Topics in Geobiology, , 0275-0120 ; ; 28

Disciplina

561.13

Soggetti

Paleontology 

Geobiology

Geoecology

Environmental geology

Sedimentology

Climate change

Paleontology

Biogeosciences

Geoecology/Natural Processes

Climate Change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous ed.: s.l.: Unwin Hyman, 1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What Paleopalynology Is and Is Not -- Why One ‘‘Does’’ Paleopalynology and Why It Works -- The Natural History of Palynomorphs -- Spores/Pollen Basic Biology -- Spores/Pollen Morphology -- Stratigraphic Palynology–Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordovician -- Cambrian to Silurian Non-Marine Palynology -- Devonian Palynology -- Carboniferous/Permian Palynology to the End of the ‘‘Paleophytic’’ -- Permo-Triassic Palynofloras -- Triassic-Jurassic Palynology -- Triassic-Jurassic Megaspores, Dinoflagellates, Other



Microplankton -- Jurassic-Cretaceous Palynology: End of the ‘‘Mesophytic.’’ Advent and Diversification of Angiosperms. Dynamic Evolution of Dinoflagellates -- Paleogene Palynology -- Neogene Palynology -- Holocene Palynology -- Production, Dispersal, Sedimentation and Taphonomy of Spores/Pollen in Relation to the Interpretation of Palynofloras -- Differential Sorting of Palynomorphs into Sediments: Palynofacies, Palynodebris, Discordant Palynomorphs -- Some Factors Affecting Practical Applications of Paleopalynology.

Sommario/riassunto

Paleopalynology, second edition, provides profusely illustrated treatment of fossil palynomorphs, including spores, pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans, scolecodonts, and various microscopic fungal and algal dispersal bodies. The book serves both as a student text and general reference work. Palynomorphs yield information about age, geological and biological environment, climate during deposition, and other significant factors about the enclosing rocks. Extant spores and pollen are treated first, preparing the student for more difficult work with fossil sporomorphs and other kinds of palynomorphs. Recognizing that palynomorphs occur together in rocks because of chemical robustness and stratigraphic distribution, not biological relationship, the central sections are organized stratigraphically. Among many other topics presented are the sedimentation and geothermal alteration of palynomorphs, and palynofacies analysis. An appendix describes laboratory methods. The glossary, bibliographies and index are useful tools for study of the literature.