Taking economics seriously [[electronic resource] /] / Dean Baker

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458335703321
• Autore: Baker Dean <1958->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-63829-7; 9786612638299; 0-262-26609-1
• Descrizione fisica: 87 p
• Collana: A Boston review book
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Economics; Social sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Boston Review Book."
• Sommario/riassunto: 'There is nothing wrong with economics, Dean Baker contends, but economists routinely ignore their own principles when it comes to economic policy. What would policy look like if we took basic principles of mainstream economics seriously and applied them consistently? In the debate over regulation, for example, Baker--one of the few economists who predicted the meltdown of fall 2008--points out that ideological blinders have obscured the fact there is no "free market" to protect. Modern markets are highly regulated, although intrusive regulations such as copyright and patents are rarely viewed as regulatory devices. If we admit the extent to which the economy is and will be regulated, we have many more options in designing policy and deciding who benefits from it. On health care reform, Baker complains that economists ignore another basic idea: marginal cost pricing. Unlike all other industries, medical services are priced extraordinarily high, far above the cost of production, yet that discrepancy is rarely addressed in the debate about health care reform. What if we applied marginal cost pricing--making doctors' wages competitive and charging less for prescription drugs and tests such as MRIs? ..."--Product Description.

Augmented Reality : Where We Will All Live / / by Jon Peddie

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910254840503321
• Autore: Peddie Jon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
• ISBN: 3-319-54502-7; 9783319545028
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2017.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXXIII, 323 p.) : ill
• Classificazione: 32.24.28
• Disciplina: 000
• Soggetti: Computer science; Computer graphics; User interfaces (Computer systems); Human-computer interaction; Computer-aided engineering; Computer Science; Computer Graphics; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Introduction -- Types of Augmented Reality Systems -- Augmented Reality—We’ll All Be Experts Now -- Overview of Augmented Reality System Organization -- Historical Overview: Ghosts to Real AR to DARPA -- Key Applications -- Software Tools and Technologies -- Technology Issues -- Augmented Reality Devices and Suppliers -- Conclusions and Future Possibilities -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides an in-depth exploration of the field of augmented reality (AR) in its entirety and sets out to distinguish AR from other inter-related technologies like virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR). The author presents AR from its initial philosophies and early developments, to its current technologies and its impact on our modern society, to its possible future developments; providing readers with the tools to understand issues relating to defining, building, and ; using our perception of what is represented in our perceived reality, and ultimately how we assimilate and react to this information. Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live can be used as a comprehensive guide to the field of AR and provides valuable insights for technologists, marketers, business managers, educators and academics who are interested in the field of augmented reality; its concepts, history, practices and the science behind this rapidly advancing field of research and development.