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Capitalism and Freedom

Friedman Milton

ISBN: PB: 9780226734798, University of Chicago Press, November 2020
272 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

One of TIME magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books One of Times Literary Supplement's Hundred Most Influential Books Since the War One of National Review's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of the Century One of Intercollegiate Studies Institute's 50...

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Law

Slices and Lumps Division and Aggregation in Law and Life

Fennell Lee Anne

ISBN: HB: 9780226650265, University of Chicago Press, January 2020
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone, 7 line drawings

How things are divided up or pieced together matters. Half a bridge is of no use at all. Conversely, many things would do more good if they could be divided up differently: Perhaps you would prefer a job that involves a third less work and a third le...

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U.S. Engineering in a Global Economy

Freeman Richard B., Salzman Hal

ISBN: HB: 9780226468334, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, June 2018
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 39 line drawings, 61 tables

Since the late 1950s, the engineering job market in the United States has been fraught with fears of a shortage of engineering skill and talent".U. S. Engineering in a Global Economy" brings clarity to issues of supply and demand in this important ma...

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Fama Portfolio Selected Papers of Eugene F. Fama

Fama Eugene F.

ISBN: HB: 9780226426846, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
584 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 halftones

Few scholars have been as influential in finance and economics as University of Chicago professor Eugene F. Fama. Over the course of a brilliant and productive career, Fama has published more than one hundred papers, filled with diverse, highly innov...

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Organic Futures Struggling for Sustainability on the Small Farm

Fitzmaurice Connor J., Gareau Brian

ISBN: HB: 9780300199451, Yale University Press, January 2017
320 pp., 21x14 cm, 7 black&white illus.

An exploration of the lived experience of small-scale organic farmers in New England that unpacks how they balance their ideals with economic realities In recent years, the popularity of organically grown produce has exploded. In 2014, organic fruits...

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Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and Economic History

Floud Roderick, Hejeebu Santhi, Mitch David

ISBN: HB: 9780226429588, University of Chicago Press, January 2017
312 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 2 halftones, 6 line drawings

Most of the existing research on economic history relies either solely or ultimately on calculations of material interest to explain the major events of the modern world. However, care must be taken not to rely too heavily on materialism, with its as...

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Globalization in an Age of Crisis Multilateral Economic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century

Feenstra Robert C., Taylor Alan M.

ISBN: HB: 9780226030753, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, December 2013
464 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 halftones, 60 line drawings, 12 tables

Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. As in recessions past, new policy initiatives emerged, approaches that placed greater importance on protecting nationa...

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Well Worth Saving How the New Deal Safeguarded Home Ownership

Fishback Price V., Rose Jonathan, Snowden Kenneth

ISBN: HB: 9780226082448, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, October 2013
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 14 line drawings, 10 tables

The urgent demand for housing after World War I fueled a boom in residential construction that led to historic peaks in home ownership. Foreclosures at the time were rare, and when they did happen, lenders could quickly recoup their losses by selling...

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Political Arithmetic Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics

Fogel Robert William, Fogel Enid M., Guglielmo Mark, Grotte Nathaniel

ISBN: HB: 9780226256610, University of Chicago Press, NBER – National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2013
168 pp., 23x15 cm

We take for granted today that the assessments, measurements, and forecasts of economists are crucial to the decision-making of governments and businesses alike. But less than a century ago that wasn't the case – economists simply didn't have the nec...

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Capitalizing China

Fan Joseph P. H., Morck Randall

ISBN: HB: 9780226237244, University of Chicago Press, November 2012
368 pp., 23x15 cm, 42 tables, 51 line illus.

China's economic boom over the last two decades has taken many analysts by surprise, given the ongoing role of central government planning. Its current growth trajectory suggests that the size of its economy could soon surpass that of the United Stat...

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