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Selfishness, greed and capitalism : debunking myths about the free market / / Christopher Snowdon
| Selfishness, greed and capitalism : debunking myths about the free market / / Christopher Snowdon |
| Autore | Snowdon Christopher |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : The Institute of Economic Affairs, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina | 174 |
| Collana | Hobart Paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Economics - Moral and ethical aspects
Capitalism |
| ISBN |
0-255-36678-7
0-255-36679-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The author; Foreword; Preface; Summary; Figures and tables; Part 1; The Straw Men; 1Capitalism relies on greed and selfishness; Incentives and the invisible hand; _GoBack; The parable of the steel company; Is greed good?; Conclusion; 2Economists believe people are perfectly rational; Some models are useful; Rational choice and behavioural economics; Have we found angels to govern us?; Rational consumers and irrational voters; Conclusion; 3Economists think GDP is all that matters; A blind obsession?; Figure 1Public spending in 2013/14 prices (UK); No design for life; Conclusion
4Economists think we live in a free marketA free market is not anarchy; Capitalists don't like free markets; Planning, private and public; Conclusion; PART 2; The Myths; 5The rich get richer and the poor get poorer; Higher wages for all; Figure 2Disposable income (solid line) and GDP (dotted line); Figure 3Real-terms increases in disposable income by quintile; Figure 4Disposable income growth for bottom two quintiles; The progress of the poor relative to the rich; Conclusion; 6We are working ever longer hours; Figure 5Annual working hours in the developed world, 1992-2012 Figure 6UK average hours worked per weekConclusion; 7Rich countries will not benefit from more economic growth; Figure 7Global real GDP per capita; Growth scepticism; In defence of growth; Conclusion; 8There is a paradox of prosperity; Other people's consumerism; Ferraris, Porsches and other preferences; Conclusion; 9Inequality is rising in Britain; Figure 8Inequality as measured by the Gini coefficient; Figure 9Inequality as measured by the difference between the 90th and 10th percentile; Why inequality rose in the 1980s; Taxes, benefits and inequality; Inequality and recession Figure 10Incomes of retired and non-retired householdsThe one per cent; 10Inequality is the cause of health and social problems; Selection bias; Figure 11Gross national income and self-reported happiness; Figure 12Inequality and life expectancy (Spirit Level countries); Figure 13Inequality and life expectancy (with missing countries included); Ignoring outliers; Figure 14Inequality and homicides per 100,000; Dismissal of economic growth as a factor; Figure 15Inequality and self-reported trust; Figure 16Gross national income and self-reported happiness; Ignoring history; Mechanisms Selective criteriaFigure 17Inequality and heart disease mortality (per 100,000); Figure 18Inequality and per capita cinema attendance; Figure 19Inequality and faith in God; Figure 20Inequality and The Economist's Quality of Life index; Consensus?; The panacea temptation; Why inequality?; Conclusion; 11If you're born poor, you die poor; Absolute and relative mobility; Table 1Relative mobility in the UK; Towards a meritocracy; Conclusion; References; Blank Page; About the IEA |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812910103321 |
Snowdon Christopher
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| London, England : , : The Institute of Economic Affairs, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion
| Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion |
| Autore | Carrette Jeremy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina |
201.73
204 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KingRichard |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Globalization Religious aspects Spiritual life Religion - General Religion Philosophy & Religion |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-134-41598-2
1-283-96173-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Spirituality and the Rebranding of Religion; One: A Brief History of Spirituality; Two: Western Psychology and the Politics of Spirituality; Three: Spirituality and the Privatisation of Asian Wisdom Traditions; Four: Selling the Soul: The business of spirituality; Conclusion: Spirituality and Resistance: Challenging the corporate takeover; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462588003321 |
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Carrette Jeremy
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion
| Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion |
| Autore | Carrette Jeremy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina |
201.73
204 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KingRichard |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Globalization Religious aspects Spiritual life Religion - General Religion Philosophy & Religion |
| ISBN |
1-280-05422-0
9786610054220 1-134-41597-4 0-203-49487-3 0-203-60104-1 1-134-41598-2 1-283-96173-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Spirituality and the Rebranding of Religion; One: A Brief History of Spirituality; Two: Western Psychology and the Politics of Spirituality; Three: Spirituality and the Privatisation of Asian Wisdom Traditions; Four: Selling the Soul: The business of spirituality; Conclusion: Spirituality and Resistance: Challenging the corporate takeover; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786053003321 |
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Carrette Jeremy
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion
| Selling Spirituality [[electronic resource] ] : The Silent Takeover of Religion |
| Autore | Carrette Jeremy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina |
201.73
204 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KingRichard |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Globalization Religious aspects Spiritual life Religion - General Religion Philosophy & Religion |
| ISBN |
1-280-05422-0
9786610054220 1-134-41597-4 0-203-49487-3 0-203-60104-1 1-134-41598-2 1-283-96173-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Selling Spirituality: The silent takeover of religion; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Spirituality and the Rebranding of Religion; One: A Brief History of Spirituality; Two: Western Psychology and the Politics of Spirituality; Three: Spirituality and the Privatisation of Asian Wisdom Traditions; Four: Selling the Soul: The business of spirituality; Conclusion: Spirituality and Resistance: Challenging the corporate takeover; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821338303321 |
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Carrette Jeremy
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sexual Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : The Material Construction of Sexualities
| Sexual Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : The Material Construction of Sexualities |
| Autore | Evans David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Sexology Sexual ethics Sexual orientation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 SEXUALITY AS DISCOURSE AND SCRIPT; 2 SEXUAL RIGHTS AND COMMODITIES: THE MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; 3 THE 'PERMISSIVE' WATERSHED; 4 HOMOSEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: ECONOMIC RIGHTS...; 5 ...AND POLITICAL OBLIGATIONS; 6 DUAL CITIZENSHIP? BISEXUALITY; 7 TRANS-CITIZENSHIP: TRANSVESTISM AND TRANSSEXUALISM; 8 EMBRYONIC SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: CHILDREN AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND SUBJECTS; 9 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: THE PARAMETERS OF FEMALE SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463486403321 |
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Evans David
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sexual Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : The Material Construction of Sexualities
| Sexual Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : The Material Construction of Sexualities |
| Autore | Evans David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Sexology Sexual ethics Sexual orientation |
| ISBN |
0-203-31746-7
9786610322633 1-280-32263-2 0-203-41239-7 1-134-93223-5 1-134-93222-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 SEXUALITY AS DISCOURSE AND SCRIPT; 2 SEXUAL RIGHTS AND COMMODITIES: THE MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; 3 THE 'PERMISSIVE' WATERSHED; 4 HOMOSEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: ECONOMIC RIGHTS...; 5 ...AND POLITICAL OBLIGATIONS; 6 DUAL CITIZENSHIP? BISEXUALITY; 7 TRANS-CITIZENSHIP: TRANSVESTISM AND TRANSSEXUALISM; 8 EMBRYONIC SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: CHILDREN AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND SUBJECTS; 9 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: THE PARAMETERS OF FEMALE SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787733003321 |
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Evans David
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sexual Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : The Material Construction of Sexualities
| Sexual Citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : The Material Construction of Sexualities |
| Autore | Evans David |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (357 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Capitalism
Sexology Sexual ethics Sexual orientation |
| ISBN |
0-203-31746-7
9786610322633 1-280-32263-2 0-203-41239-7 1-134-93223-5 1-134-93222-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 SEXUALITY AS DISCOURSE AND SCRIPT; 2 SEXUAL RIGHTS AND COMMODITIES: THE MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; 3 THE 'PERMISSIVE' WATERSHED; 4 HOMOSEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: ECONOMIC RIGHTS...; 5 ...AND POLITICAL OBLIGATIONS; 6 DUAL CITIZENSHIP? BISEXUALITY; 7 TRANS-CITIZENSHIP: TRANSVESTISM AND TRANSSEXUALISM; 8 EMBRYONIC SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP: CHILDREN AS SEXUAL OBJECTS AND SUBJECTS; 9 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE: THE PARAMETERS OF FEMALE SEXUAL CITIZENSHIP; Notes; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826866203321 |
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Evans David
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| Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Signs that markets are coming back [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John W. Kensinger
| Signs that markets are coming back [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John W. Kensinger |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KensingerJohn W |
| Collana | Research in finance |
| Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Finance
Finance Capitalism Business cycles |
| ISBN | 1-78350-918-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Equity hedge fund performance, cross-sectional return dispersion, and active portfolio management / David M. Smith -- The market timing skills of long/short equity hedge fund managers / Xin Li, Hany A. Shawky -- Extending the real options approach by including information options / Andrew H. Chen, James A. Conover, John W. Kensinger -- Quantitative and computer skills employers want vs. what the business curriculum can provide / Mark Tengesdal, Adelaide Griffin -- The uneasy case for real estate investments / C. Sherman Cheung, Peter Miu -- Dividend irrelevance and firm control / Steven A. Dennis, William Steven Smith. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791031603321 |
| Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Signs that markets are coming back / / edited by John W. Kensinger
| Signs that markets are coming back / / edited by John W. Kensinger |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Disciplina | 336 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | KensingerJohn W |
| Collana | Research in finance |
| Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Finance
Finance Capitalism Business cycles |
| ISBN | 1-78350-918-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Equity hedge fund performance, cross-sectional return dispersion, and active portfolio management / David M. Smith -- The market timing skills of long/short equity hedge fund managers / Xin Li, Hany A. Shawky -- Extending the real options approach by including information options / Andrew H. Chen, James A. Conover, John W. Kensinger -- Quantitative and computer skills employers want vs. what the business curriculum can provide / Mark Tengesdal, Adelaide Griffin -- The uneasy case for real estate investments / C. Sherman Cheung, Peter Miu -- Dividend irrelevance and firm control / Steven A. Dennis, William Steven Smith. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824639403321 |
| Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Social economy of the metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : cognitive-cultural capitalism and the global resurgence of cities / / Allen J. Scott
| Social economy of the metropolis [[electronic resource] ] : cognitive-cultural capitalism and the global resurgence of cities / / Allen J. Scott |
| Autore | Scott Allen John |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina |
307.76
330.91732 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sociology, Urban
Cities and towns - Growth Capitalism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9786611825829
1-281-82582-4 0-19-156357-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1. The Resurgent City; 2. Inside the City; 3. Production and Work in the American Metropolis; 4. The Cognitive-Cultural Economy and the Creative City; 5. Culture, Economy, and the City; 6. Chiaroscuro: Social and Political Components of the Urban Process; 7. City-Regions: Economic Motors and Political Actors on the Global Stage; 8. Coda; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465759603321 |
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Scott Allen John
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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