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The new economics : a bigger picture
- Title
- The new economics : a bigger picture / David Boyle and Andrew Simms.
- Author
- Boyle, David, 1958-
- Publication
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building M2 to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JBD 10-101 | Schwarzman Building M2 - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Simms, Andrew, 1965-
- Description
- xii, 192 p.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The economic problem -- No wealth but life : a brief history of the new economics -- Measurement : why is an apparently poor Pacific island at the top of the happy planet index? -- Money : why did China pay for the Iraq War? -- Markets : why has London traffic always travelled at 12mph? -- Life : why do modern Britons work harder than medieval peasants? -- Resources : why are Cuban mechanics the best in the world? -- Trade : why does Britain import the same number of chocolate waffles as it exports? -- Community : why do fewer people vote when there is a Wal-Mart nearby? -- Debt : why are Malawi villagers paying the mortgages of Surbiton stockbrokers? -- The future.
- Call Number
- JBD 10-101
- ISBN
- 9781844076758 (hardback)
- 184407675X (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2009022798
- OCLC
- YBP 2009022798
- Author
- Boyle, David, 1958-
- Title
- The new economics : a bigger picture / David Boyle and Andrew Simms.
- Imprint
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Simms, Andrew, 1965-
- Research Call Number
- JBD 10-101