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Beschreibung
From economics Nobel Laureate Gary Becker and historian Guity Nashat Becker comes this collection of the economist's popular BusinessWeek columns. These 138 essays have fueled numerous debates, touching on hot-button issues from crime to organization of sports. The Beckers' surprising--and uncompromising--positions on drugs ("legalize them"), immigration ("auction off immigration slots"), welfare ("curtail it sharply"), and other topics provide a provocative commentary on our times.
From economics Nobel Laureate Gary Becker and historian Guity Nashat Becker comes this collection of the economist's popular BusinessWeek columns. These 138 essays have fueled numerous debates, touching on hot-button issues from crime to organization of sports. The Beckers' surprising--and uncompromising--positions on drugs ("legalize them"), immigration ("auction off immigration slots"), welfare ("curtail it sharply"), and other topics provide a provocative commentary on our times.
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Zusammenfassung
A paperback reprint, with a new foreword by the author, of the critically-acclaimed collection of Business Week editorials written by Nobel Laureate economist and University of Chicago professor Gary Becker with historical perspective provided by his wife, a Professor of History at the University of Illinois. Includes up-to-date introductions for each column that bring Becker's often controversial suggestions into perspective with what is happening in the world today.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
From the Ivory Tower of Columnist.Regulation and [...] Markets and [...] Capital and Schools.Families.[...] and Addictions.Antitrust and Cartels.Special Interest and Politics.Government Taxes.Capitalism and Other Economic Systems.International Trade and International [...] Market and Recessions.Economists.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
Fachbereich: Betriebswirtschaft
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780070067097
ISBN-10: 0070067090
UPC: 639785302735
EAN: 0639785302735
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Becker
Hersteller: McGraw-Hill
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Becker
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.02.1998
Gewicht: 0,508 kg
Artikel-ID: 106890705