1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462802403321

Titolo

Social fairness and economics : economic essays in the spirit of Duncan Foley / / edited by Lance Taylor, Armon Rezai, and Thomas Michl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-92408-0

0-203-10950-3

1-136-27088-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 169

Altri autori (Persone)

MichlThomas R

RezaiArmon

TaylorLance <1940->

Disciplina

330.15

Soggetti

Economics - Moral and ethical aspects

Equilibrium (Economics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Socio-economic ideology and methodology -- pt. 2. Neoclassical economics : dispersed and decentralized exchange -- pt. 3. Classical political economy : growth and distribution -- pt. 4. Complexity : barriers and bounds to rationality.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together papers inspired by the work of Duncan Foley, an extraordinarily productive economist who has made seminal contributions to a wide variety of areas. Foley's work cannot be easily classified, but one thread that runs through it is a critical examination (along both ethical and analytical lines) of conventional neoclassical economic theory, particularly involving general equilibrium theories of value and money. Foley was a pioneer of complexity economics as well, which adopts approaches to these questions drawn from natural sciences, so the collection therefore has



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798079703321

Autore

McNair Gary

Titolo

A gambler's guide to dying / / written by Gary McNair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2020

ISBN

1-350-23848-1

1-78319-956-3

Edizione

[First edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (83 p.)

Collana

Oberon modern plays

Disciplina

809.2

Soggetti

Intergenerational relations

Grandsons

Grandfathers

Cancer

Gambling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; 66 World Cup Final; Granddad's House. 1; Bookies 1.; School 1.; Grandad'S House 2.; School 2; Bookies 2; Home; Granddad's 3; Granddad's 4; Granddad's 4; School 3; School 4; Seasons in the Garden; Hospital 1; Hospital 2; Hogmanay; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

"What are the odds of living an extraordinary life? This is the story of one boy's granddad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambled it all on living to see the year 2000. An intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave behind"--t.p. verso.