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UNINA9910964021903321 |
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Autore |
Basu Kaushik |
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Titolo |
Beyond the invisible hand : groundwork for a new economics / / Kaushik Basu |
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Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, 2010 |
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9786612821066 |
9781282821064 |
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9781400836277 |
1400836271 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 p.) |
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Economics |
Economic policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. In Praise of Dissent -- Chapter 2. The Theory of the Invisible Hand -- Chapter 3. The Limits of Orthodoxy -- Chapter 4. The Economy According To Law -- Chapter 5. Markets And Discrimination -- Chapter 6. The Chemistry of Groups -- Chapter 7. Contract, Coercion, and Intervention -- Chapter 8. Poverty, Inequality, and Globalization -- CHAPTER 9. Globalization and the Retreat of Democracy -- Chapter 10. What is to be Done? -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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One of the central tenets of mainstream economics is Adam Smith's proposition that, given certain conditions, self-interested behavior by individuals leads them to the social good, almost as if orchestrated by an invisible hand. This deep insight has, over the past two centuries, been taken out of context, contorted, and used as the cornerstone of free-market orthodoxy. In Beyond the Invisible Hand, Kaushik Basu argues that mainstream economics and its conservative popularizers have misrepresented Smith's insight and hampered our understanding of how economies function, why some economies fail and some succeed, and what the nature and role of state intervention might be. |
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Comparing this view of the invisible hand with the vision described by Kafka--in which individuals pursuing their atomistic interests, devoid of moral compunction, end up creating a world that is mean and miserable--Basu argues for collective action and the need to shift our focus from the efficient society to one that is also fair. Using analytic tools from mainstream economics, the book challenges some of the precepts and propositions of mainstream economics. It maintains that, by ignoring the role of culture and custom, traditional economics promotes the view that the current system is the only viable one, thereby serving the interests of those who do well by this system. Beyond the Invisible Hand challenges readers to fundamentally rethink the assumptions underlying modern economic thought and proves that a more equitable society is both possible and sustainable, and hence worth striving for. By scrutinizing Adam Smith's theory, this impassioned critique of contemporary mainstream economics debunks traditional beliefs regarding best economic practices, self-interest, and the social good. |
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UNINA9910337871003321 |
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Autore |
Girka Volodymyr |
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Surface Electron Cyclotron Waves in Plasmas / / by Volodymyr Girka, Igor Girka, Manfred Thumm |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 pages) |
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Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, , 1615-5653 ; ; 107 |
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Plasma (Ionized gases) |
Optics |
Electrodynamics |
Particle acceleration |
Physics |
Plasma Physics |
Classical Electrodynamics |
Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics |
Applied and Technical Physics |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- Methods of Solving the Kinetic Vlasov-Boltzmann Equation in Case of Bounded Magnetized Plasmas -- Surface Electron Cyclotron TM – Мode Waves -- Surface Electron Cyclotron X-Мode Waves -- Surface Electron Cyclotron O-Мode Waves. |
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This book is the first of its kind devoted to surface waves propagating across an external static magnetic field at harmonics of the electron cyclotron frequency. Based on comprehensive theoretical studies carried out over the course of about forty years, it presents unique material on various characteristics of these transverse waves, namely, dispersion properties and their dependence on numerous design peculiarities of plasma waveguides; damping due to interaction with the plasma surface (the kinetic channel) and collisions between plasma particles (the Ohmic channel); interaction with flows of charged particles moving above the plasma surface; parametric excitation due to the effect of an external radiofrequency field; and their power transfer for sustaining gas discharges. Clarifying numerous complicated mathematical issues it is a valuable resource for postgraduate students and experts in plasma physics, electromagnetic waves, and the kinetic theory of plasmas. |
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