Contents: Introduction: explorations in pragmatic economics. Microeconomics. Macroeconomics. I. Microeconomics: 1. The market for lemons: quality uncertainty and the market mechanism/George A. Akerlof. 2. The economics of caste and of the Rat Race and other Woeful tales/George A. Akerlof. 3. Discriminatory, status-based wages among tradition-oriented, stochastically trading coc...(展开全部)

乔治•A•阿克洛夫，1966年毕业于麻省理工学院，获博士学位。自1980年至今，一直在加州大学伯克利分校担任经济学首席教授。2001年因其在市场信息不对称研究中所做出的卓越贡献而获得诺贝尔经济学奖。他的研究范围较广，包括货币理论、金融市场、宏观经济学等，并曾在贫困和失业理论、犯罪与家庭、社会习俗经济学等领域发表过大量研究论著。

To harness the full power of computer technology, economists need to use a broad range of mathematical techniques. In this book, Kenneth Judd presents techniques from the numerical analysis and applied mathematics literatures and shows how to use them in economic analyses.The book is divided into five parts. Part I provides a general introduction. Part II presents basics from n...(展开全部)

First published over twenty five years ago, but with a new introduction and thoroughly updated. Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats his body as an image of society and Mary Douglas examines the varieties of...(展开全部)

Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and symbolic expression and the patterns of social ritual in which they are embodied. Na...(展开全部)

'Natural Symbols is clearly a major work in the greatest of sociological traditions, the Durkheimian. It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists. It raises questions that are important and soluble not in the field but by the harder, less inviting, work of reflection and analysis.' - Times Literary Supplement 'Natural Symbols remains ...(展开全部)

"Stimulating, provocative, often infuriating, but well worth reading."--Peter Newman, "Economica" "His critical blast blows like a north wind against the more pretentious erections of modern economics. It is however a healthy and invigorating blast, without malice and with a sincere regard for scientific objectivity."--K.E. Boulding, "Political Science Quarterly" "Certainly one...(展开全部)

Twenty years ago, behavioral economics did not exist as a field. Most economists were deeply skeptical--even antagonistic--toward the idea of importing insights from psychology into their field. Today, behavioral economics has become virtually mainstream. It is well represented in prominent journals and top economics departments, and behavioral economists, including several con...(展开全部)