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  • Violence and Social Orders

    A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History

    de Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast ...
    All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked. Most societies, which we call natural states, limit violence by political manipulation of the economy to create privileged interests. These ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD

  • Corporations and American Democracy

    de Steven A. Bank, Margaret M. Blair, Ruth H. Bloch, Daniel A. Crane, Jessica L. Hennessey, Eric Hilt, Jonathan Levy, Nelson Lichtenstein, Ajay K. Mehrotra, Elizabeth Pollman, John Joseph Wallis, Adam Winkler ...
    Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United and other high-profile cases have sparked passionate disagreement about the proper role of corporations in American democracy. Partisans on both sides have made bold claims, often with little basis in historical facts. Bringing together leading scholars of history, law, and political science, Corporations and American Democracy provides the ... Leer más

    $32.99 USD

  • Organizations, Civil Society, and the Roots of Development

    Edición de Naomi R. Lamoreaux, John Joseph Wallis ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    Modern developed nations are rich and politically stable in part because their citizens are free to form organizations and have access to the relevant legal resources. Yet in spite of the advantages of open access to civil organizations, it is estimated that eighty percent of people live in countries that do not allow unfettered access. Why have some countries disallow the formation of ... Leer más

    $100.99 USD

  • In the Shadow of Violence

    Politics, Economics, and the Problems of Development

    Edición de Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Steven B. Webb, Barry R. Weingast ...
    This book applies the conceptual framework of Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis and Barry R. Weingast's Violence and Social Orders (Cambridge University Press, 2009) to nine developing countries. The cases show how political control of economic privileges is used to limit violence and coordinate coalitions of powerful organizations. Rather than castigating politicians and elites as simply ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

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    de Irene Pence ...
    Behind Her Softly Sexy FacadeGun Barrel City, Texas. Police searching for missing Fire Department Captain Jimmy Don Beets dug inside a wishing well in the neatly-tended garden of his wife, 48-year-old Betty Lou Beets. Not only did they find his body, but that of Betty Lou's fourth husband, Doyle Wayne Barker. Each had been shot in the head and buried in a sleeping bag. It wasn't long before ... Leer más

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  • Lost Girls

    de Caitlin Rother ...
    “Rother is the next Ann Rule.” —Gregg OlsenChelsea King was a popular high school senior, an outstanding achiever determined to make a difference. Fourteen-year-old Amber Dubois loved books and poured her heart into the animals she cared for. Treasured by all who knew them, both girls disappeared in San Diego County, just eight miles and one year apart. The families’ anguish galvanized the ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • American Icon

    Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

    de Bryce G. Hoffman ...
    The inside story of the epic turnaround of Ford Motor Company under the leadership of CEO Alan Mulally.At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was just months away from running out of cash. With the auto industry careening toward ruin, Congress offered all three Detroit automakers a bailout. General Motors and Chrysler grabbed the taxpayer lifeline, but Ford decided to save itself.Under the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

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  • 168 Hours

    You Have More Time Than You Think

    de Laura Vanderkam ...
    There are 168 hours in a week. This book is about where the time really goes, and how we can all use it better.It's an unquestioned truth of modern life: we are starved for time. With the rise of two-income families, extreme jobs, and 24/7 connectivity, life is so frenzied we can barely find time to breathe. We tell ourselves we'd like to read more, get to the gym regularly, try new hobbies, and ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

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  • Body Parts

    de Caitlin Rother ...
    Now updated with shocking details about the identity of Wayne Adam Ford’s first victim – revealed 25 years after her death – the brand new edition of a true crime classic from New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Rother delves into the disturbing mind and brutal crimes of the Humboldt County serial killer now on Death Row.“I hurt some people.”With these words, a tearful man hinted at a deadly ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • Enlightenment Now

    The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

    de Steven Pinker ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARIf you think the world is coming to an end, think again: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. By the author of the new book, Rationality.Is the w... ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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  • Sons of Wichita

    How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty

    de Daniel Schulman ...
    Like the Rockefellers and the Kennedys, the Kochs are one of the most influential dynasties of the modern age, but they have never been the subject of a major biography -- until now.Not long after the death of his father, Charles Koch, then in his early 30s, discovered a letter the family patriarch had written to his sons. "You will receive what now seems to be a large sum of money," Fred Koch ... Leer más

    $15.19 USD

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  • South of Forgiveness

    A True Story of Rape and Responsibility

    de Elva Thordis, Stranger Tom ...
    One ordinary spring morning in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thordis Elva kisses her son and partner goodbye before boarding a plane to do a remarkable thing: fly seven thousand miles to South Africa to confront the man who raped her when she was just sixteen. Meanwhile, in Sydney, Australia, Tom Stranger nervously embarks on an equally life-changing journey to meet Thordis, wondering whether he is worthy ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD