The Real Estate Learner’s Guide
For students of real estate, this reference book assembles fundamental concepts and terms about what can be done on, to, and with land. With directions for further reading, it aids learning and prepares students for a career in land, property, and valuation.
This book explains the philosophies behind the global trend in riba-free (interest-free) banking. It covers the fundamentals, financial models, risk management, and international institutions related to this system, recognised as “Islamic banking”.
The Shape of the East Asian Economy to Come
The Asian economic crisis challenged conventional wisdom, giving impetus to an “East Asian economic community.” Will this new paradigm cultivate the fruits of past experience, or is it an effort to escape the free market? This volume sheds light on the arguments.
Explore the organization of international rail transport along the Great Silk Road and other major transport corridors. This book details a new methodology for freight traffic using the supranational currency EuroNur. Essential for businesses and transport organizations.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is often blamed for worsening the Great Depression. This book presents an alternative view, arguing the Act was the Republican Party’s attempt to close an output gap caused by a new power technology: electric unit drive (EUD).
The Stock Market Boom and Crash of 1929 Was Not a Bubble
After the 1929 crash, Yale Professor Irving Fisher argued the boom was warranted. While his view was dismissed in favor of “irrational exuberance,” this book shows why Fisher was right, pointing to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff as the cause of both the boom and the crash.
This book explores the history of Econophysics for the lay-reader. It traces the emergence of the field, from the philosophers and scientists who contributed, to the institutions, books, and conferences that nurtured the subject.
The Subprime Crisis and Its Impact on Financial and Managerial Environments
Unpacking the 2008 global financial crisis, this book reveals its lasting impacts and argues for a multinational solution to safeguard the international banking system.
This book identifies the theory of economic personality, which leads individuals to exhibit predictable behaviors without being rational. It argues that the individual is not rational; what is rational is the systematic repetition of behaviors dictated by economic personality.
The United Nations System
This introduction to the United Nations covers its purposes, history, and structure. The volume examines the UN’s work through two major sections: by topic, including development, peace, and security; and by geographical region, from Africa and the Americas to Asia and Europe.
The Univac Corporation
This volume tells the story of the Univac 1100 series. It pioneered the concept of a computer family, a multidimensional OS supporting interactive and batch processing, and evolutionary designs with upward compatibility that protected its customers’ investment.
Old definitions of journalism are under fire; its occupational identity and importance to democracy, public life, and social justice are contested. This conference proceedings discusses the key concepts, categories and models emerging in conversations about journalism today.
Therapeutic Journalism
This book shows how emotional literacy and clinical psychology can create a therapeutic form of journalism. It presents a new model to analyze information through an emotional lens, empowering students to inform with empathy and see a shattered world with a fresh pair of eyes.
This book summarizes state-of-the-art methods in credit analysis, a vital area of finance. Written by leading experts, it provides insights for estimating default probability, evaluating individual loans and bonds, and managing entire portfolios of such assets.
Who owns commingled securities? This book tackles property rights uncertainty under English law, showing how trusts can secure title and arguing for a careful shift in legal priority to protect good faith purchasers.
Tomorrow’s Media
This collection of essays from an impressive group of media and broadcasting experts sheds light on where we have come from and where we are going. A unique work of interdisciplinary research, this book exists at an intersection between technology and the arts.
Tools of Their Tools
This book explores communication technologies in American culture over 150 years. How has American society molded these technologies? How have they, in turn, shaped American history? Are we still, in the words of Thoreau, “tools of their tools”?
This book offers insights on current topics in development economics. The authors question common strategies like financial globalization and ask whether education has really been a factor in development. They address gender effects, leapfrogging, and the role of fiscal policy.
CARICOM nations are among the first affected by climate change, despite low emissions. This book explores policy actions they can implement to build resilience in the post-Paris Agreement era, covering climate finance, coastal adaptation, and loss and damage.
This book discusses track access charging with regard to rail freight competitiveness. It addresses the costs incurred, the impact of traffic volume, market response, and the influence of transport policy, appealing to infrastructure managers seeking to shift freight to railways.