Author: Giorgio Agamben
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: exception, state
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2005-01-15
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0226009254
ISBN-13: 9780226009254

Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to argue that this unusual extension of power, or "state of exception," has historically been an underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states.The sequel to Agamben’s Homo Sacer: Sovereig

Author: F. A. Hayek
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: liberty, constitution
Number of Pages: 580
Published: 1978-10-15
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0226320847
ISBN-13: 9780226320847

"One of the great political works of our time, . . . the twentieth-century successor to John Stuart Mill’s essay, ’On Liberty.’"—Henry Hazlitt, Newsweek"A reflective, often biting, commentary on the nature of our society and its dominant thought by one who is passionately opposed to the coercion of human beings by the arbitrary will of others, who puts liberty above welfare and is sanguine that greater welfare will thereby ensue."—Sidney Hook, New York Times Book ReviewIn this classic work Hayek restates the ideals of freedom that he believes have guided, and must

Author: Milton Friedman
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: books, phoenix, freedom, capitalism
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1982-09-15
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0226264017
ISBN-13: 9780226264011

In the classic bestseller, Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman presents his view of the proper role of competitive capitalism—the organization of economic activity through private enterprise operating in a free market—as both a device for achieving economic freedom and a necessary condition for political freedom. Beginning with a discussion of principles of a liberal society, Friedman applies them to such constantly pressing problems as monetary policy, discrimination, education, income distribution, welfare, and poverty."Milton Friedman is one of the nation’s outstanding

Author: Gabriel Weinreich
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: physics, lectures, chicago, vectors, geometrical
Number of Pages: 126
Published: 1998-07-06
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0226890481
ISBN-13: 9780226890487

Every advanced undergraduate and graduate student of physics must master the concepts of vectors and vector analysis. Yet most books cover this topic by merely repeating the introductory-level treatment based on a limited algebraic or analytic view of the subject.Geometrical Vectors introduces a more sophisticated approach, which not only brings together many loose ends of the traditional treatment, but also leads directly into the practical use of vectors in general curvilinear coordinates by carefully separating those relationships which are topologically invariant from those which are not.

Author: In-Jin Yoon
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: relations, america, race, businesses, korean, own
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 1997-08-18
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0226959287
ISBN-13: 9780226959283

The Los Angeles riots shattered Korean immigrants’ naive belief in the American dream. As many as 2,300 Korean shopkeepers lost their lifetime investments in one day. Korean immigrants had struggled for years to become economically independent through small businesses of their own. However, the riots made them realize how fragile their economic base is because their businesses are dependent on the impoverished, oppressed, and rebellious classes. In On My Own, In-Jin Yoon combines an intimate fieldwork account of Korean-black relations in Chicago and Los Angeles with extensive quantitativ

Author: Joseph Turow
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: media, world, new, advertisers, america, breaking
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1998-12-15
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0226817504
ISBN-13: 9780226817507

Combining shrewd analysis of contemporary practices with a historical perspective, Breaking Up America traces the momentous shift that began in the mid-1970s when advertisers rejected mass marketing in favor of more aggressive target marketing. Turow shows how advertisers exploit differences between consumers based on income, age, gender, race, marital status, ethnicity, and lifesyles. "An important book for anyone wanting insight into the advertising and media worlds of today. In plain English, Joe Turow explains not only why our television set is on, but what we are watching. The frightening

Author: Randall K. Morck
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: bureau, national, economic, research, report, conference, managers, professional, governance, corporate, world, family, groups, business, history
Number of Pages: 680
Published: 2006-01-16
List price: $97.00
ISBN-10: 0226536807
ISBN-13: 9780226536804

For many Americans, capitalism is a dynamic engine of prosperity that rewards the bold, the daring, and the hardworking. But to many outside the United States, capitalism seems like an initiative that serves only to concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few hereditary oligarchies. As A History of Corporate Governance around the World shows, neither conception is wrong.In this volume, some of the brightest minds in the field of economics present new empirical research that suggests that each side of the debate has something to offer the other. Free enterprise and well-developed financi