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Law and Happiness

Posner Eric A., Sunstein Cass R.

ISBN: PB: 9780226676012, ISBN: HB: 9780226676005, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
368 pp., 23x15 cm

Since the earliest days of philosophy, thinkers have debated the meaning of the term happiness and the nature of the good life. But it is only in recent years that the study of happiness – or "hedonics" – has developed into a formal field of inquiry,...

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Business & Economics

Agglomeration Economics

Glaeser Edward L.

ISBN: HB: 9780226297897, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2010
376 pp., 23x15 cm, 87 tables, 61 line illus.

When firms and people are located near each other in cities and in industrial clusters, they benefit in various ways, including by reducing the costs of exchanging goods and ideas. One might assume that these benefits would become less important as t...

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Business & Economics

Social Security A Fresh Look at Policy Alternatives

Gokhale Jagadeesh

ISBN: HB: 9780226300337, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
374 pp., 23x15 cm, 25 tables, 34 line illus.

Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. But the government projects its future finances using long outdated methods. Employing a more up-to-date approach, Jagadeesh Gokhale here argues that the program faces insolvency far...

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Europe and the Euro

Alesina Alberto, Giavazzi Francesco

ISBN: HB: 9780226012834, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2010
472 pp., 23x15 cm, 71 tables, 81 line illus.

It is rare for countries to give up their currencies and thus their ability to influence such critical aspects of their economies as interest and exchange rates. Yet ten years ago a number of European countries did exactly that when they adopted the...

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Public Health

Research Findings in the Economics of Aging

Wise David A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226903064, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2010
504 pp., 23x15 cm, 126 tables, 106 line illus.

The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant, and in "Research Findings in the Economics of Aging", a group of leading rese...

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Law & Capitalism What Corporate Crises Reveal about Legal Systems and Economic Development around the World

Milhaupt Curtis J., Pistor Katharina

ISBN: PB: 9780226525280, ISBN: HB: 9780226525273, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
272 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 table, 3 illus.

Recent high-profile corporate scandals – such as those involving Enron in the United States, Yukos in Russia, and Livedoor in Japan – demonstrate challenges to legal regulation of business practices in capitalist economies. Setting forth a new analyt...

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Political Science

Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason Text and Documents

Hayek F. A.

ISBN: HB: 9780226321097, University of Chicago Press, March 2010
344 pp., 23x15 cm

"Studies on the Abuse and Decline of Reason" is a series of fascinating essays on the study of social phenomena. How to best and most accurately study social interactions has long been debated intensely, and there are two main approaches: the positiv...

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Innovation Policy and the Economy 2009 Volume 10

Lerner Josh, Stern Scott

ISBN: PB: 9780226473345, ISBN: HB: 9780226473338, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2010
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 2 line illus.

"Innovation Policy and the Economy" provides a forum for research on the interactions among public policy, the innovation process, and the economy. The distinguished contributors cover all types of policy that affect the ability of an economy to ache...

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Business & Economics

NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2008 Volume 5

Frankel Jeffrey A., Pissarides Christopher

ISBN: HB: 9780226107325, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, March 2010
500 pp., 23x15 cm, 60 line illus.

The distinguished International Seminar on Macroeconomics has met annually in Europe for thirty years. The papers in the 2007 volume discuss interest-setting and central bank transparency; expectations, monetary policy, and traded good prices; public...

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Business & Economics

Ensuring Corporate Misconduct How Liability Insurance Undermines Shareholder Litigation

Baker Tom, Griffith Sean J.

ISBN: HB: 9780226035154, University of Chicago Press, January 2010
280 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 4 line illus.

Shareholder litigation and class action suits play a key role in protecting investors and regulating big businesses. But Directors and Officers liability insurance shields corporations and their managers from the financial consequences of many illega...

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