The NBER Macroeconomics Annual provides a forum for important debates in contemporary macroeconomics and major developments in the theory of macroeconomic analysis and policy that include leading economists from a variety of fields. The papers and accompanying discussions in NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2009 address how heterogeneous beliefs interact with equilibrium leverage and potentially lead to …

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Our most profitable cartoon after The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. Pointless projects, endless meetings, and random downsizing make up the Dilbert world. This themed collection centers on the inept colleagues who invariably cause office and economic ruin. In Problem Identified: And You’re Probably Not Part of the Solution, cartoonist Scott Adams affectionately ridicules …

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Traders Guns and Money is a wickedly comic exposé of the culture, games and pure deceptions played out every day in trading rooms around the world. And played out with other people’s money. A sensational insider’s view of the business of trading and marketing derivatives, this revised edition explains the frighteningly central role that derivatives …

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One positive side-effect of the recent financial market meltdown that toppled giant, century-old institutions and cost millions their jobs is that it created a strong desire among many Americans to better understand how the U.S. economy functions. In The Little Book of Economics, Greg, Ip, one of the country’s most recognized and respected economics journalists, walks …

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Uncover the newest profit opportunities in today’s bond marketplace! The Strategic Bond Investor explains how to maximize your investing returns with bonds—one of the few reliable and stable investments left standing after all the economic chaos. Senior vice president and portfolio manager at PIMCO, Anthony Cescenzi provides an aggressive yet risk-conscious approach you can easily …

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A DEPRESSION is a condition in which business becomes unprofitable. It might well be called The Private Profits disease. Its worst consequences are business failures and wide-spread unemployment. But almost no one escapes a degree of impoverishment. The whole tragedy of the Great Depression is summed up in what happened to the Real Dollar. From …

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This classic by one of the 20th century’s leading libertarian thinkers has established itself beside the works of Orwell and others as a timeless meditation on the relationship between human freedom and government authority. Originally published in 1944, The Road to Serfdom has profoundly influenced many of the world’s great leaders: from Orwell and Churchill …

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The credit crunch today is not destroying capital but recognising that capital was destroyed by misallocation in the years of irrational exuberance. If that is so, then we are entering a spiral of debt deflation that will play out slowly for years to come. To understand how that works, we turn to Professor Irving Fisher …

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Wirtschaftspolitik kompakt stellt die Grundlagen der Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland dar. Fachbegriffe und Ansätze werden ebenso erläutert wie geschichtliche Phasen und Entwicklungen einzelner Bereiche, wie der Geldpolitik oder der Kartellaufsicht. Die Autoren gehen davon aus, dass Wirtschaftsordnungen stark von Land zu Land variieren. Dennoch finden allgemeine wirtschaftspolitische Trends, wie der Keynesianismus der 1960er und 1970er Jahre …

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, …

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Excerpt from Einige Strittige Fragen der Capitalstheorie: Drei Abhandlungen Das vorliegende Bändchen vereinigt drei Abhandlungen, welche im Laufe des Jahres 1899 in der “Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft, Socialpolitik und Verwaltung” erschienen sind. Ihr Inhalt wird ohne Zweifel vielen zu theoretisch zu weit ausholend zu allerlei gelehrten Untersuchungen, die keinen unmittelbaren Bezug auf die unter dem Namen …

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“This enjoyable, fast-moving book is concise, relevant, and perceptive. My bottom line is a simple one: This book should be read by all those interested in the way markets operate, be they investors, analysts, or policy makers.” From the Foreword by Mohamed A. El-Erian, CEO and co-CIO of PIMCO, and author of When Markets Collide …

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In fast jedem klinischen Fachbereich kommen Blutprodukte zum Einsatz. Dennoch kommt die Transfusionsmedizin in der ärztlichen Ausbildung oft zu kurz. Dieses Buch bietet einen hervorragenden Überblick für den nichttransfusionsmedizinischen Facharzt bzw. Transfusionsbeauftragten im Umgang mit zellulären und plasmatischen Blutprodukten. Die Absicht des Autors ist es, die Grundlagen dieses speziellen klinischen Wissensbereichs bestmöglich zu vermitteln, damit …

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