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Schooling In Capitalist America
Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life
Av Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles
Häftad, 2011
377 kr
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"This seminal work . . . establishes a persuasive new paradigm."—Contemporary SociologyNo book since Schooling in Capitalist America has taken on the systemic forces hard at work undermining our education system. This classic reprint is an invaluable resource for radical educators.Samuel Bowles is …
Foundations of Human Sociality
Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies
Av Herbert Gintis, Ernst Fehr m. fl.
E-bok, 2004
718 kr
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What motives underlie the ways humans interact socially? Are these the same for all societies? Are these part of our nature, or influenced by our environments?Over the last decade, research in experimental economics has emphatically falsified the textbook representation of Homo economicus. …
Foundations of Human Sociality
Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies
Av Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
3864 kr
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What motives underlie the ways humans interact socially? Are these the same for all societies? Are these part of our nature, or influenced by our environments? Over the last decade, research in experimental economics has emphatically falsified the textbook representation of Homo economicus. …
Foundations of Human Sociality
Economic Experiments and Ethnographic Evidence from Fifteen Small-Scale Societies
Av Joseph Henrich, Robert Boyd m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
1133 kr
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What motives underlie the ways humans interact socially? Are these the same for all societies? Are these part of our nature, or influenced by our environments?Over the last decade, research in experimental economics has emphatically falsified the textbook representation of Homo economicus. …
Democracy and Capitalism
Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thought
Av Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis
Inbunden, 2010
2510 kr
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Originally published in 1986, Bowles and Gintis present a critique of contemporary Marxian and liberal political theory. They show that 'capitalism' and 'democracy' - although widely held jointly to characterize Western society - are sharply contrasting systems regulating both the process of human …
Democracy and Capitalism
Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thought
Av Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis
Häftad, 2012
749 kr
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Originally published in 1986, Bowles and Gintis present a critique of contemporary Marxian and liberal political theory. They show that 'capitalism' and 'democracy' - although widely held jointly to characterize Western society - are sharply contrasting systems regulating both the process of human …
Markets and Democracy
Participation, Accountability and Efficiency
Av Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
687 kr
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The market does not spontaneously generate democratic or participatory economic institutions. This book asks whether a modern, efficient economy can be rendered democratically accountable and, if so, what strategic changes might be required to regulate the market-mediated interaction of economic …
Markets and Democracy
Participation, Accountability and Efficiency
Av Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1928 kr
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The market does not spontaneously generate democratic or participatory economic institutions. This book asks whether a modern, efficient economy can be rendered democratically accountable and, if so, what strategic changes might be required to regulate the market-mediated interaction of economic …
Macroeconomic Policy after the Conservative Era
Studies in Investment, Saving and Finance
Av Gerald A. Epstein, Herbert M. Gintis m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1458 kr
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A conservative approach to economic growth has dominated policy circles for close to two decades. This approach holds that the key to restoring economic growth lies in reducing the size and role of government in the market economy through deregulation of the financial sector, privatization, and …
Unequal Chances
Family Background and Economic Success
Av Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
503 kr
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Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, …
Cooperative Species
Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution
Av Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis
Häftad, 2013
307 kr
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Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be explained simply by far-sighted self-interest or a desire to …
Bounds of Reason
Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences - Revised Edition
Häftad, 2014
341 kr
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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences--from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead …
Game Theory in Action
An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models
Av Stephen Schecter, Herbert Gintis
Inbunden, 2016
905 kr
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Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in diverse areas including animal behavior, political science, and …
Game Theory in Action
An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models
Av Stephen Schecter, Herbert Gintis
Häftad, 2016
478 kr
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Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in diverse areas including animal behavior, political science, and …
Individuality and Entanglement
The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life
Inbunden, 2016
418 kr
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In this book, acclaimed economist Herbert Gintis ranges widely across many fields--including economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, moral philosophy, and biology--to provide a rigorous transdisciplinary explanation of some fundamental characteristics of human societies and social behavior. …
Game Theory Evolving
A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction - Second Edition
E-bok, 2009
884 kr
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Since its original publication in 2000, Game Theory Evolving has been considered the best textbook on evolutionary game theory. This completely revised and updated second edition of Game Theory Evolving contains new material and shows students how to apply game theory to model human behavior in …
Unequal Chances
Family Background and Economic Success
Av Melissa Osborne Groves, Herbert Gintis m. fl.
E-bok, 2009
670 kr
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Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, …
Cooperative Species
Human Reciprocity and Its Evolution
Av Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles
E-bok, 2011
428 kr
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A fascinating look at the evolutionary origins of cooperation Why do humans, uniquely among animals, cooperate in large numbers to advance projects for the common good? Contrary to the conventional wisdom in biology and economics, this generous and civic-minded behavior is widespread and cannot be …
Bounds of Reason
Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences - Revised Edition
E-bok, 2014
444 kr
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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences—from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement …
Game Theory in Action
An Introduction to Classical and Evolutionary Models
Av Herbert Gintis, Stephen Schecter
E-bok, 2016
642 kr
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The essential textbook for learning game theory strategies Game Theory in Action is a textbook about using game theory across a range of real-life scenarios. From traffic accidents to the sex lives of lizards, Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis show students how game theory can be applied in …
Individuality and Entanglement
The Moral and Material Bases of Social Life
E-bok, 2016
571 kr
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A richly transdisciplinary account of some fundamental characteristics of human societies and behavior In this book, acclaimed economist Herbert Gintis ranges widely across many fields—including economics, psychology, anthropology, sociology, moral philosophy, and biology—to provide a rigorous …
Recasting Egalitarianism
New Rules for Communities, States and Markets
Av Herbert Gintis, Samuel Bowles m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
265 kr
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In Recasting Egalitarianism, part of Verso's Real Utopias series, economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis diagnose the current malaise of the Left as a result of the obsolescence of its traditional economic models. They propose to rejuvenate the egalitarian project through a strategy of …
Game Theory Evolving
A Problem-Centered Introduction to Modeling Strategic Interaction - Second Edition
Häftad, 2009
548 kr
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Since its original publication in 2000, Game Theory Evolving has been considered the best textbook on evolutionary game theory. This completely revised and updated second edition of Game Theory Evolving contains new material and shows students how to apply game theory to model human behavior in …
Bounds of Reason
Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences
Inbunden, 2009
705 kr
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Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences--from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead …
