Author: Abhijit V. Banerjee Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 1541762878 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 398
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The winners of the Nobel Prize show how economics, when done right, can help us solve the thorniest social and political problems of our day. Figuring out how to deal with today's critical economic problems is perhaps the great challenge of our time. Much greater than space travel or perhaps even the next revolutionary medical breakthrough, what is at stake is the whole idea of the good life as we have known it. Immigration and inequality, globalization and technological disruption, slowing growth and accelerating climate change--these are sources of great anxiety across the world, from New Delhi and Dakar to Paris and Washington, DC. The resources to address these challenges are there--what we lack are ideas that will help us jump the wall of disagreement and distrust that divides us. If we succeed, history will remember our era with gratitude; if we fail, the potential losses are incalculable. In this revolutionary book, renowned MIT economists Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo take on this challenge, building on cutting-edge research in economics explained with lucidity and grace. Original, provocative, and urgent, Good Economics for Hard Times makes a persuasive case for an intelligent interventionism and a society built on compassion and respect. It is an extraordinary achievement, one that shines a light to help us appreciate and understand our precariously balanced world.
Author: Clare Connelly Publisher: HarperCollins Australia ISBN: 1867212773 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 205
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One summer on a private island...with her ultimate temptation! Scientist-turned-schoolteacher Amelia Ashford warily agrees to a summer job in Greece caring for Santos Anastakos’s young son. But her priority is the welfare of the little boy, not the outrageous and irresistible billionaire who hired her. Even if their chemistry is, scientifically speaking, off the charts! Santos doesn’t believe in romantic love — his father has eight ex-wives. He does believe in tantalising pleasure, and with surprisingly innocent Amelia in his luxurious Greek villa, it’s just a bedroom door away! But their incendiary passion will test Santos’s ruthless control more than he ever anticipated… Mills & Boon Modern — Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Author: Sarah Morgan Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1426820291 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
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A Greek billionaire meets his match in a “terrific heroine” who “shines with her beliefs and strong will”—from the USA Today–bestselling author (RT Book Reviews, 4 1⁄2 stars). 2008 Reviewers’ Choice Award Nominee—Romantic Times At Angelos Zouvelekis’s command, café waitress Chantal will play the part of his bride-to-be. He will shower her with exquisite jewels and silks—and she will repay him in kind . . . He wants his recompense in the bedroom. Angelos worships Chantal’s body, although he thinks she’s a devious gold digger. But his arrogance is shattered when he discovers Chantal is a virgin . . . Angelos bought this innocent, and now he intends to keep her—whatever the cost! Praise for Sarah Morgan “A masterful storyteller.” —Booklist “Jane Green meets Sophie Kinsella.” —Jill Shalvis, New York Times–bestselling author “Escapist fiction at its absolute best, full of warmth, humour and heart.” —Katie Marsh, author of Unbreak Your Heart
Author: Georgette Heyer Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1728262895 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 257
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Updated edition of the beloved classic by the Queen of Regency romance herself, Georgette Heyer, featuring a new Foreword by New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James. Arabella's one little while lie has spread through the ton like wildfire... Arabella Tallant, modest daughter of a country clergyman, is on her way to her first London Season when her carriage breaks down outside the estate of the wealthy and bored Mr. Robert Beaumaris. Beau assumes she's simply another young lady throwing herself in his path, which goads the impetuous Arabella into pretending she's an heiress. Much to Arabella's dismay, rather than being brutally set-down, as she intended, Beaumaris is deeply amused. He counters by launching her into high society, which Arabella would enjoy very much if it wasn't for the fortune hunters. Arabella's unpredictable and innocent ways force Beaumaris to start helping others, including a stray dog, an unfortunate urchin, and eventually Arabella's reckless young brother. Along the way, Arabella and Beaumaris become more and more intrigued with each other—which neither will admit, of course, until under extreme duress. "Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes... Utter, immersive escapism."—SOPHIE KINSELLA "No one has ever matched Georgette Heyer for charm and wit." —LISA KLEYPAS "Utterly timeless charm... The dialogue sparkles with wit." —NORA ROBERTS, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Romance, adventure, side-splitting humor—no one writes like Georgette Heyer!" —LAUREN WILLIG, New York Times bestselling author
Author: Roberto Mangabeira Unger Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 140082785X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 240
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Free Trade Reimagined begins with a sustained criticism of the heart of the emerging world economy, the theory and practice of free trade. Roberto Mangabeira Unger does not, however, defend protectionism against free trade. Instead, he attacks and revises the terms on which the traditional debate between free traders and protectionists has been joined. Unger's intervention in this major contemporary debate serves as a point of departure for a proposal to rethink the basic ideas with which we explain economic activity. He suggests, by example as well as by theory, a way of understanding contemporary economies that is both more realistic and more revealing of hidden possibilities for transformation than are the established forms of economics. One message of the book is that we need not choose between accepting and rejecting globalization; we can have a different globalization. Traditional free trade doctrine rests on shaky empirical and theoretical ground. Unger takes a new approach to show when international trade is likely to be useful or harmful to the socially inclusive economic growth that every nation wants. Another message is that the movement of people and ideas is more important than the movement of things and money, and that freedom to change the institutions defining a market economy is just as important as freedom to exchange goods on the basis of those institutions. Free Trade Reimagined ranges broadly within and outside economics. Presenting technical issues in plain language, it appeals to the general reader. It puts a disciplined imagination in the service of rebellion against the dictatorship of no alternatives that characterizes life and thought today.
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 0748121137 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 361
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A man controlled by his desires . . . Infamous for his wild, sensual needs, Lazarus Huntington, Lord Caire, is searching for a savage killer in St. Giles, London's most notorious slum. Widowed Temperance Dews knows St. Giles like the back of her hand - she's spent a lifetime caring for its inhabitants at the foundling home her family established. Now that home is at risk . . . A woman haunted by her past . . . Caire makes a simple offer - in return for Temperance's help navigating the perilous alleys of St. Giles, he will introduce her to London's high society so that she can find a benefactor for the home. But Temperance may not be the innocent she seems, and what begins as cold calculation soon falls prey to a passion that neither can control - one that may well destroy them both. A bargain neither could refuse.
Author: Maisey Yates Publisher: Harlequin ISBN: 1488098158 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 144
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Read this classic romance by New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates! Previously published as An Accidental Birthright in 2010. She’s given him a baby… An IVF clinic mix-up means eternally single Alison Whitman is carrying the child—no, the royal heir—of Maximo Rossi, Prince of Turan! And now he’ll take her for his wife! Maximo gave up on the hope of fatherhood a long time ago, but the ruthless ruler will seize this surprise second chance. However, tradition is high on the Prince’s agenda, and he’ll never stand for an illegitimate heir… Alison is about to find out that royal marriage is a command, not a choice!
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