Modern principles of economics

Engaging and provocative writing, as well as a knack for revealing the 'invisible hand' of economics at work have made Cowen and Tabarrok's Modern Principles of Economics a singularly distinctive and effective textbook for the principles course.

Se acabó la clase media

cómo prosperar en un mundo digital

Hoy, en los países industrializados hay más ricos y más pobres que nunca. Esa brecha creciente supone lidiar con una realidad escalofriante: la clase media está desapareciendo. En este libro revelación, Tyler Cowen, catedrático de economía y columnista del New York Times, explica la aparición ...

Descubre al economista que llevas dentro

utiliza incentivos para enamorarte, sobrevivir a la siguiente reunión y motivar a tu dentista

La economía que se esconde tras la vida cotidiana. Este economista de gran prestigio en Estados Unidos demuestra que los razonamientos económicos se pueden aplicar a asuntos que no parecen tener relación con la economía. Y no tienen por qué ser incomprensibles. Tienen que poder ...

Discover your inner economist

use incentives to fall in love, survive yournNext meeting, and motivate your dentist

One of America's most respected economists presents a quirky, incisive romp through everyday life that reveals how you can turn economic reasoning to your advantage-often when you least expect it to be relevant. Like no other economist, Tyler Cowen shows how economic notions-such as ...

Creative destruction

A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. A Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. Saddam Hussein chooses Frank Sinatra's "My Way" as the theme song for his 54th birthday. It is a commonplace that globalization is subverting local culture. But is it helping as much as it ...

Market failure or success

Recent years have seen the development of new theories of market failure based on asymmetric information and network effects. According to the new paradigm, we can expect substantial failure in the markets for labor, credit, insurance, software, new technologies and even used cars, to give ...

Creative Destruction

How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures.

Contents: 1. Trade between Cultures 2. Global Culture Ascendant: The Roles of Wealth and Technology 3. Ethos and the Tragedy of Cultural Loss 4. Why Hollywood Rules the World, and Whether We Should Care 5. Dumbing Down and the Least Common Denominator 6. Should National ...