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Economics of Good and Evil
Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science, a value-free mathematical inquiry, he writes, but it's actually a cultural phenomenon, a product of our civilization. It began within philosophy-Adam Smith himself not only wrote The Wealth of Nations, but also The Theory of Moral Sentiments-and economics, as Sedlacek shows, is woven out of history, myth, religion, and ethics. "Even the most sophisticated mathematical model," Sedlacek writes, "is, de facto, a story, a parable, our effort to (rationally) grasp the world around us." Economics not only describes the world, but establishes normative standards, identifying ideal conditions. Science, he claims, is a system of beliefs to which we are committed. To grasp the beliefs underlying economics, he breaks out of the field's confines with a tour de force exploration of economic thinking, broadly defined, over the millennia. He ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity, from Descartes and Adam Smith to the consumerism in Fight Club. Throughout, he asks searching meta-economic questions: What is the meaning and the point of economics? Can we do ethically all that we can do technically? Does it pay to be good? Placing the wisdom of philosophers and poets over strict mathematical models of human behavior, Sedlacek's groundbreaking work promises to change the way we calculate economic value.
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Economics of Good and Evil
Tomas Sedlacek proposes no less than a 'humanomics,' a view of our fate in this world of scarcity that takes account of human stories and philosophies. Economists have crippled themselves by their lack of scholarly breadth, and their 'scientific' dis
dain for human words. Sedlacek, who ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh to the movie The Matrix, cannot be accused of lack of breadth. What is most impressive, though, is his depth, drilling down into the soul of economics." -Deirdre McCloskey, author
of Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce and The Cult of Statistical Significance.
"There has long been a profound moral drive in Czech culture, seeking an ever larger view of the human, and trying to break through conceptual barriers to
do so. In this sinewy and marvelous voyage of discovery, Tomas Sedlacek calls us all to think more imaginatively, more fully, and more concretely about economics than we have done for many generations. Many thinkers, including not a few economists, w
ill be stimulated to new explorations by this book." -Michael Novak, author of The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism.
"Economics of Good and Evil is an enchanting tour de force, offering the general public an unusual, erudite, and riveting view of the
world. Scientists and scholars can choose how to read this book: either condemn it for its lack of a rigidly and traditionally scientific approach, or accept it as an invigorating elixir providing inspiration and vision for further study. I take it
as the latter and I am certain the public will too." - Jan Svejnar, Professor of Business, Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan.
"A widely admired economist who sits on the National Economic Council in Prague radically rethinks his f
ield, challenging assumptions about the business world in this work, a bestseller in the Czech Republic."- Publishers Weekly.
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Pip is used to online death threats, but there's one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you're the one who disappears? And it's not just online. Pip has a stalker who knows where she lives. The police refuse to act and then Pip finds connections between her stalker and a local serial killer. The killer has been in prison for six years, but Pip suspects that the wrong man is behind bars. As the deadly game plays out, Pip realises that everything in Little Kilton is finally coming full circle. If Pip doesn't find the answers, this time she will be the one who disappears . . .
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A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set (5 books)
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This stunning five-book box set of the #1 New York Times bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas includes A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight, and A Court of Silver Flames.
Good Wives
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Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all.
After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied. In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J.
Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.
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A love story like no other.
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods
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Good Boy - Jófiú - PNC 1. rész
Ha eddig nem voltál jéghokirajongó, mostantól az leszel.
Jess Canning életének legnagyobb kihívása, hogy megszervezze az öccse, Jamie és hokisztár párja, Wes esküvőjét, ahol a legmenőbb
hokijátékosok is ott vannak a vendéglistán. Mivel eleve ő a család fekete báránya, nem vallhat kudarcot. És senki - de tényleg senki! - nem szerezhet tudomást az óriási hibáról, amit tavasszal, egy gyenge pillanatában követett el a vőlegény tanújával. Helytelen dolog volt, aminek nem lesz ismétlése. Kizárt. Még akkor sem, ha a világ legszexibb pasijáról van szó.
Blake Riley a sors személyes ajándékának érzi az esküvőt. Jess és ő is tanúk? Kezdődjön a játék! És akkor mi van, ha némi (na jó, nagy) ellenállásba ütközik? Csak meg kell győznie a makacs szőkét, hogy igazából jófiú, rossz hírnévvel. Szerencsére minden profi hokijátékos tudja, hogy erőfeszítést kell tennie, ha gólt akar lőni.
Jessnek viszont égetőbb problémája is akad annál, mintsem hogy pásztorórákra gondoljon egy nagyra nőtt kisfiúval. Vajon időben elkezdődik a szertartás - még akkor is, ha valaki leitatta a nagymamát? Való egyáltalán csillám egy esküvőre? És mennyire helyénvaló kinyírni a vőlegény tanúját?
Vigyázat, véletlen tea- vagy kávéfélrenyelést okozhat!
Ne olvasd nyilvános helyen, ahol nem illik hangosan nevetni!
Szexi, de vicces hokijátékosokat tartalmaz, kiskutya-ölelgetéssel és egy pikáns fehérneművel.
Hagyd, hogy magával ragadjon!