This text is a brief introduction to various quantitative methods used in economic decision making, including input-output, inventory control and Markhov chains. It provides basic models that can be utilized to solve real-world problems.
This book emerges from a 55-year career in urban planning, and is illustrated by the author's real-world experience. Without understanding how markets work, urban planners are likely to design infrastructure and regulations that will adversely impact the functioning of cities. B…
People have always had an interest in how the economy works, and that interest has only been magnified as a result of the Great Recession. Economics, Third Edition: Making Sense of the Modern Economy takes complex concepts and makes them easy to understand, presenting the concep…
Ny økonomisk teori der gør op med vækstbegrebet i de hidtidige økonomiske teorier og i stedet introducerer 'Doughnutmodellen', der bl.a. ser på det miljø- og klimamæssige råderum og det sociale fundament i form af energi, sundhed, føde m.m.
A deep and widespread crisis affects modern economic theory, a crisis that derives from the absence of a "vision"--A set of widely shared political and social preconceptions - on which all economics ultimately depends. This absence, in turn, reflects the collapse of the Keynesia…
Agriculture and intellectual property rights: economic, institutional and implementation issues…
by Zilberman, David, Evenson, Robert E., Santaniello, Vittorio, Carlson, Gerald A., Shape of the Coming Agricultural Biotechnology Transformation., Strategic Investment and Policy Approaches from an Economic Perspective :, Rome), International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research
Plant breeding patents, the ownership of biological innovation and associated intellectual property rights (IPR) are the subject of increased attention worldwide. They are particularly relevant in the field of agricultural biotechnology. They are affecting public and private sec…
Europe and the rise of capitalism
by Hall, John A., Mann, Michael, Baechler, Jean
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Indhold: Introduction: Machine Intelligence ; Cheap changes everything ; Prediction (Prediction machine magic ; Why it's called intelligence ; Data is the new oil ; The new division of labor) ; Decision Making (Unpacking decisions ; The value of judgment ; Predicting judgment ; …
Anthony Fontenot's staggeringly ambitious book uncovers the surprisingly libertarian heart of the most influential British and American architectural and urbanist discourses of the postwar period, expressed as a critique of central design and a support of spontaneous order. Non-…