1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779837103321

Autore

Younkins Edward W (Edward Wayne), <1948->

Titolo

Champions of a free society : ideas of capitalism's philosophers and economists / / Edward W. Younkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

0-7391-2647-4

0-7391-3053-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Disciplina

330.12/20922

Soggetti

Capitalism - Philosophy

Free enterprise - Philosophy

Economics - Philosophy

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: Ancient and Medieval Periods; 1 Lao Tzu's Naturalistic Metaphysics, Ethics, and Politics; 2 Aristotle and Human Flourishing; 3 Aristotle and Economics; 4 Epicurus on Freedom and Happiness; 5 Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism; Part II: Early Modern and Renaissance Periods; 6 Spinoza on Freedom, Ethics, and Politics; 7 John Locke's Limited State; 8 Turgot on Progress and Political Economy; 9 Adam Smith's Moral and Economic System; Part III: The Late Modern Period

10 Jean-Baptiste Say's Law of Markets: A Fundamental, Conceptual Integration11 Herbert Spencer on Liberty and Human Progress; 12 Carl Menger's Economics of Well-Being; Part IV: The Contemporary Period; 13 Ludwig von Mises on Human Action; 14 Ayn Rand's Philosophy of Objectivism; 15 Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism; 16 The Road to Objective Economics: Hayek Takes a Wrong Tum; 17 Milton Friedman's Pragmatic and Incremental Libertarianism; 18 Mises, Friedman, and Rand: A Methodological Comparison; 19 James M. Buchanan: Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Political Economy



20 Robert Nozick's Libertarian Framework for Utopias21 Reality Is Not Optional: Thomas Sowell's Vision of Man and Society; 22 Michael Novak's Vision of Democratic Capitalism; Part V: The Philosophy of Freedom: In Retrospect and Prospect; 23 Revisiting the Intellectual Heritage of a Free Society; 24 Developing a Paradigm for a Free Society; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book is written for individuals who want to learn about the philosophical foundations of political and economic freedom. It is an introduction and a guide to the principal theoretical ideas on liberty produced by the most influential and creative thinkers in history, with chapters on Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, and Carl Menger.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910133567803321

Titolo

2012 11th Symposium on Neural Network Applications in Electrical Engineering

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE, 2012

ISBN

9781467315722

1467315729

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 pages)

Disciplina

006.32

Soggetti

Neural networks (Computer science) - Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007205803321

Autore

Gerardi Michael H.

Titolo

Wastewater odor : production & control ; an operator's guide / / Michael Gerardi, Jon Gerardi ; illustrations by Brittany Lytle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

DEStech Publications

ISBN

1-5231-5384-9

Soggetti

Sewage disposal plants - Odor control

Sewage - Purification

Sewage - Microbiology

Sanitary microbiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"... the book provides a review of the bacteria and the operational conditions that are responsible for odor production. The book also presents the biological, chemical, and physical operational measures that are available for odor control" -- Pref.