Author: Steven G. Medema
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: economic, ideas, history, interest, hand, taming, hesitant
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-07-06
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0691122962
ISBN-13: 9780691122960

Adam Smith turned economic theory on its head in 1776 when he declared that the pursuit of self-interest mediated by the market itself--not by government--led, via an invisible hand, to the greatest possible welfare for society as a whole. The Hesitant Hand examines how subsequent economic thinkers have challenged or reaffirmed Smith’s doctrine, some contending that society needs government to intervene on its behalf when the marketplace falters, others arguing that government interference ultimately benefits neither the market nor society. Steven Medema explores what has been perhaps th

Author: Steven G. Medema
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: economics, economic, thought, recent, new, law, coasean, institutional
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1997-10-31
List price: $189.00
ISBN-10: 0792380347
ISBN-13: 9780792380344

This collection assesses the development of `Coasean Economics’ -- those aspects of economic analysis that have evolved out of the ground-breaking work of Ronald Coase. Two major strands of research can be identified here: law and economics and the New Institutional Economics. While both law and economics and the analysis of institutions by no means originated with or evolved solely from Coase’s work, it is undeniable that his contributions, particularly in The Nature of the Firm and The Problem of Social Cost, played a major role in shaping the contemporary manifestations

Authors:Steven G Medema, Warren J. Samuels,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reader, thought, economic, history
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2003-08-04
List price: $220.00
ISBN-10: 0415205506
ISBN-13: 9780415205504

This new reader in the history of economic thought is edited by two of the most respected figures in the field. With clearly written summaries putting each selection into context and useful questions for discussion, this book will be of great use to students and lecturers of the history of economic thought and goes beyond the simple reprinting of articles. Selections and discussions include such thinkers as Aristotle, John Locke, François Quesnay, David Hume, Jean Baptiste Say, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Irving Fisher and Thorstein Veblen. History of Economic Thought: A Reader can be

Authors:Steven J. Spencer, Steven Fein, Mark P. Zanna, James
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: ontario, social, psychology, personality, series, symposia, symposium, perception, motivated, volume
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $99.95
ISBN-10: 0805840362
ISBN-13: 9780805840360

This volume highlights state-of-the-art research on motivated social perception by the leaders in the field. Recently a number of researchers developed influential accounts of how motivation affects social perception. Unfortunately, this work was developed without extensive contact between the researchers, and therefore evolved into two distinct traditions. The first tradition shows that the motivation to maintain a positive self-concept and to define oneself in the social world can dramatically affect people’s social perception. The second one shows that people’s goals have a dram

Authors:Steven H Woolf, Steven Jonas, Evonne Kaplan-Li,
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilki
Keywords: practice, health, prevention, promotion, disease, clin, clinical
Number of Pages: 704
Published: 2007-10-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 078177599X
ISBN-13: 9780781775991

Incorporating the latest guidelines from major organizations, including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, this book offers the clinician a complete overview of how to help patients adopt healthy behaviors and to deliver recommended screening tests and immunizations. Chapters provide practical guidance on how to counsel patients about exercise, nutrition, tobacco use, substance use, sexually transmitted infections, and depression. Written by clinicians for clinicians, the book lays out the details on gathering information from the patient, ordering evidence-based screening tests, designi

Authors:Steven R. Winkel, David S. Collins FAIA, Steven P.
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: building, understanding, international, code, guide, secondary, codes, illustrated, elementary, schools
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2007-04-13
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0470048484
ISBN-13: 9780470048481

Now more than ever, architects need an interpretive guide to understand how the building code affects the early design of specific projects. This easy-to-use, illustrative guide is part of a new series covering building codes based on the International Building Code for 2006. This book presents the complex code issues inherent to elementary and secondary school design in a clear, easily understandable format.

Author: Steven Simpson; Dan Miller; Buzz BocherSteven Sim
Publisher: Wood N Barnes
Keywords: processing, guide, pinnacle, educator
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 188547363X
ISBN-13: 9781885473639

"Processing is an intuitive practice, and the processing pinnacle is an attempt to put logic and structure to something that is not particularly logical." --The Processing Pinnacle Experiential education focuses mainly on the idea that there are two components to experience: the action and reflection. The Processing Pinnacle offers a theoretical approach to more effective processing, the reflective component of experience. Offering different points of view from the growing world of experiential education, the authors consider the difficulties of processing and suggest techniques to remove th