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Mainstream economics assumes economic agents act and make decisions to maximize their utility. This model of economic behavior, based on rational choice theory, has come under increasing attack in economics because it does not accurately reflect the way people behave and reason. The shift towards a more realistic account of economic agents has been mostly associated with the rise of behavioral economics, which views individuals through the lens of bounded rationality. Identity, Capabilities, and Changing Economics goes further and uses identity analysis to build on this critique of the utility conception of individuals, arguing it should be replaced by a conception of economic agents in an uncertain world as socially embedded and identified with their capabilities. Written by one of the world's leading philosophers of economics, the book develops a new approach to economics' theory of the individual, explaining individuals as adaptive and reflexive rather than utility maximizing.

Congress and cars -- Small importers and their reactions -- The first compliance shops -- Making them pass -- The stoichiometric closed loop electronic feedback controlled breakthrough -- The boom -- More fuel on the fire -- In the workshop -- The independent labs -- The shine rubs off -- Meanwhile, at Lamborghini -- The factories push back -- An inaction of Congress -- The market winds down -- Lessons of the gray market.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One: The Social Production of Health and Illness -- 1 Capitalism, Health, and Illness -- 2 A Cultural Account of "Health'': Control, Release, and the Social Body -- Part Two: Capital Interests and the Role of the State -- 3 The Crisis of the International Capitalist Order and its Implications on the Welfare State -- Part Three: Selected Issues -- 4 Organizing Medical Care for Profit -- 5 The Transnational Pharmaceutical Industry and the Health of the World's People -- 6 Physicians and Their Sponsors: The New Medical Relations of Production -- Part Four: The Penetration of the Developing World by the Transnational Medical Industrial Complex -- 7 The Political Economy of Western Medicine in Third World Countries -- Name Index -- Subject Index.

What is populism, and why is it important? -- The logic of American populism : from the People's Party to George Wallace -- Neoliberalism and its enemies : Perot, Buchanan, the Tea Party, and Occupy Wall Street -- The silent majority and the political revolution: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders -- The rise of European populism -- The limits of leftwing populism : Syriza and Podemos -- Rightwing populism on the march in Northern Europe -- The past and future of populism -- Understanding nationalism -- Why nationalism matters -- (Let's) make America great again -- The disunited states of Europe -- Trump and the new world disorder -- Nationalism, internationalism, and globalization -- Socialism old and new -- American socialism from Debs to Sanders -- Socialism after Sanders -- British socialism and nationalism -- Populism, nationalism, and socialism.

This book identifies six pillars of resource governance to provide a nuanced understanding of the perceptions and grievances of the oil-bearing communities in Nigeria's Niger Delta. John B. Idamkue argues that resource governance is both at the heart of resource conflicts in the Niger Delta and the ideal place to find solutions.

Comprehensive in scope, non-technical in expression, and concise in length, Is It Too Late? provides the scholar and the student alike with a readable and compelling orientation to the philosophical and theological stakes of ecology. This Fortress edition includes a new preface in which Cobb reflects on the current situation, the specific promises and perils we now face, and how his own thinking on matters theological and ecological has evolved in the last half century

Klappentext: "When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro-the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history-reached First Lady Nancy Reagan during the 1984 presidential election, a secret operation was launched to investigate her. It revealed Ferraro's familial ties to organized crime and the extent to which she would have been subject to pressure or blackmail by the Mafia if elected. Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president's campaign works to expose a political opponent's mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House and 1984 reelection committee, with revealing anecdotes about Ronald and Nancy Reagan."--

Intro -- Title -- Contents -- Prologue: No Words -- PART I: THE BEST OF THEIR GENERATION -- 1 An American Family -- 2 A Distant War -- 3 The Buddy Program -- 4 Platoon 394 -- PART II: WARRIORS -- 5 I Corps: "Marineland" -- 6 1st Battalion, 4th Marines: God, Country, Duty, Corps -- 7 Norman -- 8 Company C -- 9 Okinawa -- 10 The Special Landing Force -- 11 HMM-363: "The Lucky Red Lions" -- 12 Two Brothers -- 13 Exercise Mud Puppy III -- 14 Operation Deckhouse VI -- 15 Subic -- 16 A Purple Heart -- 17 Operation Beacon Hill -- PART III: THE BATTLE -- 18 Easter Sunday -- 19 The Gold Star -- 20 A Marine Hero is Honored -- PART IV: HEALING -- 21 Veterans -- 22 Rally Point -- 23 A Brotherhood -- 24 The Last Casualty -- 25 A Living Memorial -- 26 The Legacy -- Appendix: Douglas E. Dickey's Medal of Honor Citation -- Sources -- Endnotes -- Plate section -- Copyright.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Chapter 1. The Five Rows of Responsibility -- Chapter 2. It's Not My Job, It's Not My Fault -- Chapter 3. I Am Only One Person or Why People Don't Step Up -- Chapter 4. Only Naïve People Change the World -- Chapter 5. The 100/0 Principle: 100 Percent Responsibility/Zero Excuses -- Chapter 6. Do Something-Do Anything -- Chapter 7. Always Begin in the Room You Are In -- Chapter 8. Leadership Is Not a Position -- Chapter 9. Stepping Up by Speaking Up -- Chapter 10. Stepping Up or Stepping Back: How to Know the Difference -- Chapter 11. Creating a Company Culture of Stepping Up -- Chapter 12. Who Am I to Step Up? -- Chapter 13. One Person Always Matters -- Resources -- Self-Assessment: Stepping Up -- Self-Assessment: Creating a Culture for Stepping Up -- Stepping Up for Change -- Discussion Guide -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.

Who are the young people rallying behind Bernie Sanders for president? The Socialist Awakeningbrilliantly explains how a new generation has rediscovered socialism (but not in the traditional Marxist guise) driven by their growing anxiety and uncertainty about access to education, healthcare and the danger of climate change. It is socialism within capitalism and it's a political trend we need to better understand now.