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**A New York Times BestsellerFrom the world’s leading economics podcast comes an irresistible guide to the hidden world of everyday economics.**Hello, and welcome to Planet Money! Millions of listeners trust the world’s leading economics podcast to explain the mysterious inner workings of the global economy and the forces that affect nearly every decision we make. Through expert research and delightful stories the Planet Money hosts help everyone see the w...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL AND GLOBE AND MAIL BESTSELLERAn essential introduction and guide to navigating the next Internet revolution—everything from the metaverse and NFTs to DAOs, decentralized finance, and self-sovereign identity—from the co-author of the international bestseller Blockchain Revolution.The Web, and with it the Internet, are entering a new age. We’ve moved from the “Read-only Web,” which had little functionality for interacting with content, to the “Read-Write...

In Engaging New Institutional Economics with New Testament Studies: Methods and Case Studies on Wealth, Poverty, Economic Relationships, and Material Culture, the intersection of economics and biblical scholarship takes center stage, offering a groundbreaking approach to understanding the economic underpinnings of the New Testament. This book explores how the vast economic landscape of the Roman Empire shaped early Christian communities, delving into themes of wealth, poverty, and...

From the world’s leading economics podcast comes an irresistible guide to the hidden world of everyday economics.Hello, and welcome to Planet Money! Millions of listeners trust the world’s leading economics podcast to explain the mysterious inner workings of the global economy and the forces that affect nearly every decision we make. Through expert research and delightful stories the Planet Money hosts help everyone see the world like an economist...

Nigeria is a bellwether, in an enormous continent, endowed with natural resources and human capital, whose development and greatness have been marred by political instability since gaining home-rule from Britain in 1960. The contemporary political, economic, and social quandaries that have stultified Nigeria’s growth project flows from difficulties in cultivating patriotic leaders with pluck to enact efficacious policies that will catapult the country to greater heights developmentally. Ni...

Dieses Lehrbuch untersucht Korruption aus einer makroökonomischen Perspektive und erforscht die Beziehung zwischen Korruption, Fiskalpolitik und politischer Ökonomie. Es kombiniert makroökonomische Wachstumsmodelle mit Elementen der politischen ökonomischen Theorie, um wichtige angewandte Themen wie Einkommensungleichheit innerhalb und zwischen Ländern, Wachstumsrückgänge und fiskalische Krisen zu behandeln. Überarbeitet und aktualisiert, um neue Forschungsergebnisse und aktuelle politisch...

Named one of Financial Times’s Best Books of 2025, that bestselling author Tim Hartford called "fun" and "nerdy in the best way"Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler and rising star economist Alex O. Imas explore the past, present, and cutting-edge future in behavioral economics in The Winner’s Curse.Why do people cooperate with one another when they have no obvious motivation to do so? Why do we hold on to possessions of l...

Realms to explore, dragons to consume, spells to learn, and a domain to expand.Tristan Winterbloom has successfully arrived at the Citadel of Essence in Yustat. His half-brother, Bertram Anorox, resides there on a Pathfinder Company contract. At long last, Tristan can fulfill his grandfather's wishes and pass on the family's legacy and inheritance to his half-brother.Left to his devices, Tristan has many options before him. Wanting to rebuild his relationsh...

Nobel Prize-winner and co-author of Nudge, Richard Thaler, and rising star economist Alex Imas explore behavioral economics in this fully updated edition of the seminal work The Winner’s CurseWhy do people cooperate with one another when they have no incentive to do so? Why do we hold onto possessions of little value? And why is the winner of an auction so often disappointed?Over thirty years ago, Richard Thaler introduced...

Why economic theory—with no track-record of predictive success—is still an indispensable tool for protecting civilized life.Economic theory has never gotten any better at prediction. Its explanations are always after the fact. The mathematical models economists have devoted themselves to for more than a century can’t be improved to enhance their empirical relevance. But from this research program that never paid off, a very useful tool has emerged—game theory. It’s...

In this book, Alex J. Ramos examines production, consumption, and transaction in the regional economy of Galilee during the Early Roman period. Drawing on literary sources—including biblical texts, Josephus, and the Mishnah—and archaeological evidence, he assesses the ways that the Roman and Herodian states, settlement patterns, and Jewish religious obligations would have shaped household economic behavior. Approaching the topic through new institutional economics, Ramos considers the role...