Awards Award Winner Joint AFEE-EAEPE Veblen Prize 2007 It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how t...(展开全部)

It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how they come about, and why they persist. They also fail to...(展开全部)

It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how they come about, and why they persist. They also fail to...(展开全部)

Awards Award Winner Joint AFEE-EAEPE Veblen Prize 2007 It is widely believed that current disparities in economic, political, and social outcomes reflect distinct institutions. Institutions are invoked to explain why some countries are rich and others poor, some democratic and others dictatorial. But arguments of this sort gloss over the question of what institutions are, how t...(展开全部)

A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its implications for Russia’s future This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his f...(展开全部)

A penetrating look into the extreme plutocracy Vladimir Putin has created and its implications for Russia’s future This insightful study explores how the economic system Vladimir Putin has developed in Russia works to consolidate control over the country. By appointing his close associates as heads of state enterprises and by giving control of the FSB and the judiciary to his f...(展开全部)

From late medieval reenactments of the Deposition from the Cross to Sol Lewitt's Buried Cube, Depositions is about taking down images and about images that anticipate being taken down. Foretelling their own depositions, as well as their re-elevations in contexts far from those in which they were made, the images studied in this book reveal themselves to be untimely--no truer ...(展开全部)

From late medieval reenactments of the Deposition from the Cross to Sol Lewitt's Buried Cube, Depositions is about taking down images and about images that anticipate being taken down. Foretelling their own depositions, as well as their re-elevations in contexts far from those in which they were made, the images studied in this book reveal themselves to be untimely--no truer ...(展开全部)

The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more successful than others over time. "Understanding Long-Run Economic Growth" explores the relationship between economic conditions, growth, and inequality, with a focus on how the mono...(展开全部)

[美] W.布莱恩·阿瑟 | W. Brian Arthur 杰出的经济学家、复杂性理论家和技术思想家，研究经济正反馈机制的先驱。最为人所知的工作，是开创了对经济中的收益递增的现代研究，他的“收益递增理论”现已成为我们理解高科技经济的基础。加州大学伯克利分校运筹学博士，并持有经济学、工程学和数学学位。37岁时成为斯坦福大学最年轻的讲席教授。1983—1996年，任斯坦福大学人类生物学教授、莫里森讲席经济学和人口学教授。圣塔菲研究所元老级人物，现任圣塔菲研究所外聘教授。1987年获得古根海姆学者奖；1990年获得熊彼特经济学奖；2008年获得首届拉格朗日复杂性科学奖；2009年获得IBM学院奖。“因其研究揭示了经济系统中的网络效应所导致的收益递增”，获得2019年科睿唯安“引文桂冠奖”。