Armen Alchian, an American economist born in Fresno, California, is in many ways like Ronald Coase (see Coase). Like Coase, Alchian has published only a few articles, but very few unimportant ones. Also, like Coase's articles, some of Alchian's are widely cited.

Alchian is also known for his textbook, University Economics (now called Exchange and Production), coauthored with William R. Allen. That text is unique in economics. It is much more literary and humorous than any other modern economics textbook that deals with complex issues for an undergraduate audience. Because of its literary quality and complexity, their text generally did...(展开全部)

Built to focus on what matters to students in today's high-tech, globalized world, Dean Karlan and Jonathan Morduch's Economics represents a new generation of products, optimized for digital delivery and available with best-in-class adaptive study resources in Mc-Graw Hill Connect. The second edition delivers core economic concepts along with exciting new ideas in economic thou...(展开全部)

保罗·萨缪尔森 (Paul A. Samuelson) 毕业于芝加哥大学和哈佛大学，是麻省理工学院经济学研究生部的创始人。他的许多著作使得他在年轻时就赢得了世界性的声誉、他是美国第一个诺贝尔经济学奖得主(1970年)。萨缪尔森教授曾长期为美国《新闻周刊》的经济学栏目撰稿，曾担任美国总统约翰·肯尼迪的经济顾问，属于那种能够同普通民众进行交流和沟通的为数极少的科学家之一。萨缪尔森常出席国会听证，并担任联邦储备、财政部、许多私人机构和非营利机构的咨询顾问。

罗贝托·波拉尼奥（Roberto Bolaño，1953—2003） 出生于智利，1977年抵达加泰罗尼亚，此前他生活在智利（他出生的地方）和墨西哥。他人生超过一半的时光都在宽容又充满生机的加泰罗尼亚度过，巴塞罗纳、赫罗纳，尤其是布拉内斯。他和卡洛琳娜·洛佩斯在布拉内斯定居并生了两个孩子，劳塔罗和亚历山德拉。 四十岁之前，他写诗，革命，吸毒，流浪，生病—总之，他几乎什么都干过，除了写小说。 而在他四十岁之后的十年，除了写小说，他几乎什么都没干。 得知病情的几个月后，1993年，波拉尼奥开始着手整理自己几乎所有的诗歌手稿，并附上详细的目录、创作日期说明及出处，题为《未知大学》，是未来将出版的《未知大学》的雏形。中文版诗集以《未知大学》为主体，同时收录作者此前已出版的另外三部诗集：《安特卫普》（2002年）、《浪漫主义狗》（2000年）和《三》（2000...(展开全部)

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 evolv...(展开全部)

Armen Alchian, an American economist born in Fresno, California, is in many ways like Ronald Coase (see Coase). Like Coase, Alchian has published only a few articles, but very few unimportant ones. Also, like Coase's articles, some of Alchian's are widely cited.

Universal Economics is a new work that builds on the foundation of its two predecessors, University Economics (1964, 1967, 1972) and Exchange and Production (1969, 1977, 1983). Collaborating again, Professors Alchian and Allen have written a fresh, final presentation of the analytical tools employed in the economic way of thinking. Universal Economics shows the critical importa...(展开全部)

Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that historically the integrity of the modern university has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. However, now the nation-state is in decline, and ...(展开全部)

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)