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The Evolution and Social Impact of Video Game Economics: edited by Casey B. Hart. The most obvious examples are found in "freemium" games that allow players to play the base version of a game free of charge, but require payment to unlock all available game content. Kice hints that developers drive the prestige scheme by offering new downloadable content (DLC) used to periodically renew gamers' waning interest, and he mentions new game maps as a possible example of this tactic (54). For instance, the functions of game consoles are being replaced by virtual platforms, consoles are generally smaller both within and between generations, controllers are now usually wireless and use rechargeable batteries, games are commonly sold through download services with no physical components, etc. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'Official Papers of Alfred Marshall. A supplement,' edited by Peter D. Groenewegen.

The article reviews the book "Workers, Capital, and the State of British Columbia: Selected Papers," edited by Rennie Warburton and Donald Coburn.

Reviews the book 'Marchés, Capital et Incertitude,' edited by M. Boiteux, Th. de Montbrial, and B. Munier.

The article reviews the book "Solidarity Economy: Building Alternatives for People and Planet," edited by Jenna Allard, Carl Davidson, and Julie Matthaei.

The article reviews the book "Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the Economy," by Charles Derber.

Reviews the book 'Public Papers of the Secretaries-General of the United Nations,' Volume VII and VII, edited by Andrew W. Cordier and Max Harrelson.

Reviews the book 'Papers on the Economy of Botswana,' edited by Charles Harvey.

Reviews the book 'The Paper Trail: Connecting Economic and Natural Systems.'

Reviews the book `The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the Global Economy. Selected Papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, 1990,' edited by Marie Lavigne. Approaches to perestroika; Reasons for and results of the disintegration of the Soviet Union; Nature of Soviet integration into the world economy; Critical effects of the Gorbachev reforms on the economy.

This question is of utmost importance as Michael Turk's I Otto Neurath and the History of Economics i is the first and hitherto only monograph-length treatment of Neurath and economics. Though charges against Neurath were leveled on various grounds, one of the main issues was that Neurath embraced the idea of planning as well: namely, that natural resources, their distribution, and their employment should be balanced and planned by scientific means. Neurath's papers and books are, however, often short on these references - mainly due to his (academically often not approved) writing style, but also possibly due to a lamentable lack of care - hence utilizing this method might mean missing the very point of Neurath. Nevertheless, Neurath was neither a number fetishist nor a hardheaded positivist (as Turk's descriptions would sometime suggest); he chose numbers only for the educational virtues and because they were more than useful to meet the requirements of structural and pictorial representation. [Extracted from the article]

To be more precise, Payson notes that academic economists find themselves in a self-perpetuating vicious circle, where the current leaders follow in the footsteps of past leaders and, having succeeded at doing so, expect the same from new economists who wish to join their ranks. While this work may not be penned as part of the academic economics field and thus may constitute a shrinking of the academic economics discipline, Payson is quick to note that there will also be opportunities for growth via term paper graders, test proctors, and content experts (chapter 5). While Payson hits on many important points in this second volume, and adeptly lays out a plan to move the academic economics discipline forward, he again overlooks the importance and potential ramifications of the divide between mainstream and heterodox economists. [Extracted from the article]

Taking some controversial claims philosopher Jason Brennan makes in his book Against Democracy (Brennan 2016) as a starting point, this paper argues in favour of two theses: (1) There is No Such Thing as Superior Political Judgement; (2) There Is No Such Thing as Uncontroversial Social Scientific Knowledge. I conclude that social science experts need to be kept in check, not given more power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book `The Making of the Celtic Tiger: The Inside Story of Ireland's Boom Economy,' by Ray Mac Sharry and Padraic White.

The I British Women and Documentary 1930-1955 i symposium brought together scholars working in interrelated fields to consider women on screen, working behind the camera and in the wider institutional context during the period, 1930-1955.[1] Hosted by the London School of Economics, where The Women's Library collection is now held. Appropriately, for a project that will produce its own documentary film as part of the outcomes[4], all of the presentations were firmly embedded in film materials and, at times, film materiality. Hollie Price's paper delved further into the W.I.'s involvement in distributing Ministry of Information films and documentaries across the country via mobile film units. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book 'Natural Resource Economics: Selected Papers,' by S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup and edited by Richard C. Bishop and Stephen O. Andersen.

This article comments on several articles about the phenomena of war and peace in relation to sociology. Several authors recognize the threat posed to Marxism by the phenomenon of war. Weaker sociologists will take refuge in useful phrases, such as relative autonomy, uneven development and determination in the last instance. One of the legacies of Marxism is the division between base and superstructure, and its idea that political decisions are the effects, but not the causes of economic change. Class analysis comes to the fore only in two papers, one by John Mattausch, the other by Graham Day. Mattauch's unconcealed nostalgia for mass working class support sits unhappily with the fact that the majority of activists are state class radicals. Other papers are more interested in peace movements than in peace. They make no reference to the actual effect of such movements, for example, in contributing to the pre-war strategy of Adolph Hitler. Only one paper offers a definition of war. This occurs as a prelude to David Riches' discussion of the peaceful Eskimos. War, according to Riches, is the authorized employment of physical force against other persons, as means by which groups competing for control of public resources and benefits attempt to influence the outcome of the competition in their favor.

This paper argues that Piketty's book should not simply be seen as that of an economist, but that it contains significant resources for sociologists to draw upon. These are firstly, this approach to social science and his use of visualizations which chime closely with recent claims about the power of description. Secondly I consider his conceptualization of time and history - which in rebutting epochal arguments about the speed of contemporary change allows for a much better appreciation of the 'long durée'; and finally his conceptualization of social classes and privilege through his elaboration of a sociology of accumulation and inheritance. In all these ways, Piketty's work assists in developing an account of elites and wealth which should be highly productive for future sociology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the distribution dynamics of regional per capita income in the European Union between 1977 and 1999. To achieve this aim, a non-parametric approach is combined with the information provided by various measures used in the literature on personal income distribution. The results obtained suggest that regional inequality and polarisation have decreased in the European context over the period considered. Likewise, the observed level of intradistributional mobility is relatively low. Furthermore, the findings reveal the important role played by the national component and the spatial dimension in the distribution dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "The Adaptation Industry: The Cultural Economy of Contemporary Literary Adaptation" by Simone Murray.

The article reviews the book "Capital," by Karl Marx.

The article reviews the book "Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism," by Arnold Heertje.

Reviews the book "Principles of Transport Economics," by E. Quinet and R. Vickerman.

Reviews the book "The Decline of the South African Economy," edited by Stuart Jones.

The focus of this book is the nature and proper constitution of the economic order in the United States. The subject is approached in ten essays divided among three perspectives, all focusing on the nature and relationship of Christianity and capitalism. Two historical essays, by John Pawlikowski and David Krueger, offer valuable grounding in (respectively) Catholic and Protestant approaches to ethical analysis of economic issues. Contemporary Christian Ethics is represented in essays by Franklin Gamwell, Robert Benne, Cornel West, Douglas Sturm, and Widick Schroeder, while perspectives from economics, social theory, and anthropology are provided in essays by Daniel Finn, Bruce Grelle, and Kay Warren. In many ways the key piece in this anthology is Gamwell's paper, which poses the broad question of the interrelation between liberal political thought, religious ethics, and the economic order and argues that an ongoing dispute within liberalism itself is a major obstacle to consensus on the proper shape of the economic sphere. With the reawakened interest in application of religious ethical analysis to defining social justice in the economy, however, all the component essays of this volume are useful, and varied, sources of thoughtful reflection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Beyond Territory: Dynamic Geographies of Knowledge Creation, Diffusion and Innovation," edited by Harald Bathelt, Maryann P. Feldman and Dieter F. Kogler.

The article reviews the book "Spatial Dynamics, Networks and Modelling," edited by Aura Reggiani and Peter Nijkamp.

Reviews the book "The Dissemination of the Wealth of Nations in French and in France, 1776-1843," by Adam Smith.

Reviews the book "The Dissemination of the Wealth of Nations in French and in France, 1776-1843," by Kenneth E. Carpenter.