Charles Blackorby's Books

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

By: Charles Blackorby,Walter Bossert,David J. Donaldson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

By: Charles Blackorby,Walter Bossert,David J. Donaldson

This book explores how different ideas of the common good may be compared, contrasted and ranked.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

392

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521825512

ISBN 13

9780521825511

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

By: Charles Blackorby,Walter Bossert,David J. Donaldson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

By: Charles Blackorby,Walter Bossert,David J. Donaldson

This book explores how different ideas of the common good may be compared, contrasted and ranked.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

392

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521825512

ISBN 13

9780521825511

Production Economics: An Empirical Approach

By: Charles Britt Moss

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Production Economics: An Empirical Approach

By: Charles Britt Moss

Production economics is that branch of microeconomics that examines producer decisions. This book focuses on the empirical estimation of these relationships using primal, dual, and differential specifications. The primal specification models production decisions based on the production function — estimation of the input/output relationship and the derivation of optimization behavior from this technical relationship. The dual approach estimates production decisions using economic information such as input and output prices. The textbook then develops the linkages between these relationships. The differential specification is an alternative approach derived from changes in the first-order conditions from cost minimizing behavior. In each case, the theoretical development is followed by different empirical specifications that can be used to estimate the producer's choice.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

576

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811241279

ISBN 13

9789811241277

Emerging School-based Approaches for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Research and Practice in Service Integration

By: Robert J. Illback (edt),Charles Michael Nelson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Emerging School-based Approaches for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Research and Practice in Service Integration

By: Robert J. Illback (edt),Charles Michael Nelson

Emerging School-Based Approaches for Children With Emotional and Behavioral Problems presents educators and social service practitioners with innovative programs and practices for these children while in school with emphasis on inter-service collaboration. The book fulfills a growing need for an organized discussion of how the integrated service paradigm can be applied in the context of school settings. Special consideration is given to the issues and problems that are idiosyncratic to schools as institutions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

156024819X

ISBN 13

9781560248194

On the Cusp

From Population Boom to Bust

By: Charles S. Pearson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

On the Cusp

From Population Boom to Bust

By: Charles S. Pearson

For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing between the years 1950 and 2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5,000 years. Though these raw numbers are impressive, they conceal the fact that the growth rate of population topped out in the 1960s and may be negative later this century. The population boom is approaching a population bust, despite the current world population of seven billion people. In On the Cusp, economist Charles Pearson explores the meaning of this population trend from the arc of demographic growth to decline. He reviews Thomas Malthus's famous, but mistaken, 1798 argument that human population would exceed the earth's carrying capacity. That argument has resurfaced, however, in the current environmental era and under the threat of global warming. Analyzing population trends through dual lenses -- demography and economics -- Pearson examines the potential opportunities and challenges of population decline and aging. Aging is almost universal and will accelerate. Mitigating untoward economic effects may require policies to boost fertility (which has plunged), increase immigration, and work longer, harder, and smarter -- as well as undertake pension and health care reform, all of which have hidden costs. The writing is rigorous but not technical, and is complemented by a helpful set of figures and tables. Sharp, bold, and occasionally funny, Pearson's research has thought-provoking implications for future public policies. He ends his analysis with a modestly hopeful conclusion, noting that both the rich and the poor face a new demographic order. General readers and students alike will find On the Cusp an informative and engaging read.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

257

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0190223928

ISBN 13

9780190223922

Ideology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions

Guilds, The Gold Standard, and Modern International Cooperation

By: Earl A. Thompson,Charles R. Hickson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ideology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions

Guilds, The Gold Standard, and Modern International Cooperation

By: Earl A. Thompson,Charles R. Hickson

In this book, Thompson and Hickson strongly challenge the standard interpretation of the basis of growth and viability of dominant wealthy nations. Briefly, efforts of the economically wealthy and the government leaders to increase their wealth and protect it from aggressors, internal and external, are cast in a new evolutionary light. The challenge is to the idea that societies leading intellectual formulators of political and social policy have been helpful. Their alternative, and persuasive, interpretation is that the rise and survival of wealthier nations has been achieved because of an `effective democracy'. The authors explain why an effective democratic state must avoid `narrow, short-sighted', rational appearing concessions to a sequence of aggressors. In short, the Thompson-Hickson interpretation of the rise of wealthy dominant nations does not rely on advice of superior intellectual advisors, but instead rests on the pragmatic, almost ad hoc, actions of democratic legislators.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

417

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1461514576

ISBN 13

9781461514572

Nazis of Copley Square

The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front

By: Charles Gallagher

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Nazis of Copley Square

The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front

By: Charles Gallagher

Winner of a Catholic Media Association Book Award The forgotten history of American terrorists who, in the name of God, conspired to overthrow the government and formed an alliance with Hitler. On January 13, 1940, FBI agents burst into the homes and offices of seventeen members of the Christian Front, seizing guns, ammunition, and homemade bombs. J. Edgar Hoover’s charges were incendiary: the group, he alleged, was planning to incite a revolution and install a “temporary dictatorship” in order to stamp out Jewish and Communist influence in the United States. Interviewed in his jail cell, the front’s ringleader was unbowed: “All I can say is—long live Christ the King! Down with Communism!” In Nazis of Copley Square, Charles Gallagher provides a crucial missing chapter in the history of the American far right. The men of the Christian Front imagined themselves as crusaders fighting for the spiritual purification of the nation, under assault from godless Communism, and they were hardly alone in their beliefs. The front traced its origins to vibrant global Catholic theological movements of the early twentieth century, such as the Mystical Body of Christ and Catholic Action. The front’s anti-Semitism was inspired by Sunday sermons and by lay leaders openly espousing fascist and Nazi beliefs. Gallagher chronicles the evolution of the front, the transatlantic cloak-and-dagger intelligence operations that subverted it, and the mainstream political and religious leaders who shielded the front’s activities from scrutiny. Nazis of Copley Square is a grim tale of faith perverted to violent ends, and a warning for those who hope to curb the spread of far-right ideologies today.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0674269683

ISBN 13

9780674269682

Book's by Charles Blackorby

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

Population Issues in Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, and Ethics

Production Economics: An Empirical Approach

Production Economics: An Empirical Approach

Emerging School-based Approaches for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Emerging School-based Approaches for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems

On the Cusp

On the Cusp

Ideology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions

Ideology and the Evolution of Vital Institutions

Nazis of Copley Square

Nazis of Copley Square

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email