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Capraro Valerio: The Economics of
Language

The Economics of Language

How Large Language Models Can Reshape Behavioural Economics

A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory-and propose a new framework for understanding decision-makingFor many decision scientists, their starting point-drawn from economics-is a quantitative formula called rational choice theory, allowing people to calculate and choose the best options. The problem is that this framework assumes an overly simplistic picture of the world, in which different types of values can be quantified and compared, leading to the "most rational" choice. Behavioral economics acknowledges that irrationality is common but still accepts the underlying belief from economics of what a rational decision should look like.In this book, Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei offer a different way to think about the choices we make every day. Drawing from economics, psychology, and philosophy-and both inspired by and challenging Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow-they show how the focus on rationality, narrowly understood, fails to fully describe how we think about our decisions, much less help us make better ones. Notably, it overlooks the positive contribution that framing-how we determine what aspects are most important to us-contributes to good decisions. Schwartz and Schuldenfrei argue that our choices should be informed by our individual "constellation of virtues," allowing for a far richer understanding of the decisions we make and helping us to live more integrated and purposeful lives.

Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making

Choose Wisely

'An exquisite book that reminds us our minds aren't soloists but symphony players: we are wired for connection.'."-David Eagleman, PhD, author of Incognito and Livewired 'A must-read for anyone who wants to feel better and live longer, one conversation at a time!' - Dr. Karan Rajan, author of This Book May Save Your Life From your morning coffee order, to weaving through passengers on the train, sitting through tense work meetings, riding in a packed elevator, attending a happy hour with colleagues, or relaxing on the couch with family, every day is filled with social interactions that nurture and support your brain's health. Whether mundane or extraordinary, they collectively make up the 'social diet' that you feed your brain, that influences your well-being, shapes your experience, and, done right, even lengthens your life. In an age of isolation, WHY BRAINS NEED FRIENDS is a neuroscience-backed guide to social interactions, drawing insights from the world of science to help you understand the biology behind your relationships, reconsider the value of companionship, and build a healthier, happier, and more connected life. It's not just what you feed your brain that matters - it's who.

The neuroscience of social connection - and why we all need more

Why Brains Need Friends

Preya Bhattacharya offers the first full-length assessment of the impact of microfinance on post-conflict women's empowerment in the Balkans. In so doing, she provides vital new insights into what women's microfinance contributes to macroeconomic development in the former Yugoslavian countries of Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo. At the same time, she develops a uniquely clear, concise approach to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), which she uses to make sense of an extensive, exhaustive raw set of available data and research. This methodology not only offers a way of using both micro and macroeconomic data to revisit Amartya Sen's theory of development as freedom, but also provides a framework for other researchers to assess the impacts of microfinance on women's development throughout the world, and particularly in the Global South. For its original focus, its clear and streamlined methodological approach, and its global implications, this book provides a go-to source for researchers, students, and practitioners of international development, gender studies, and economics and finance.

A Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Microfinance and Post-conflict Women's Empowerment in the Balkans

How many daily calories would you need to feed a Charizard?Could the Death Star's laser actually blow up a planet?What is the half-life of the Incredible Hulk?And is the meaning of life really '42'?Join Dr Tom Crawford on a tour through the real-world maths of the most absurd fantasy universes. Drawing on a decade's research at some of the world's leading universities, he answers all the most bamboozling maths questions raised by Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars and more: from calculating Frodo Baggins' life insurance premium for his journey to Mordor, to what it would take to make the Weasley family car fly, to how rich Super Mario would be after he'd gobbled up all those coins. The result is both a dizzying compendium of fantastical 'did you know?' facts and a guide to the mathematics of life, the universe and everything.

The Real Maths of Fantasy Worlds

How Many Pikachus Would It Take to Power a Lightbulb?

How access is replacing ownership--and changing who we are."You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy. Whatever you want you'll rent." That was the World Economic Forum's number one prediction for 2030, made back in 2016. The timing might be slightly off, but it's undeniably true that ownership is on a significant decline and is creating a tectonic shift from a society of owners to a society of users, renters, and streamers.As a result, we're trading ownership for access, purchases for subscriptions, and possessions for the rights to cloud-stored digital copies. Homeowners are giving way to forever renters, and some have even embraced the life of a digital nomad.This shift is more than just an economic one; it's a profound challenge to centuries of using ownership to form our identity. In fundamental, human ways, we are what we own. So what are we if we don't own much?In Possessions, Carey Morewedge, a leading researcher and powerful voice in behavioral science, marketing, and consumer behavior, leads us on a journey to answer that question. He takes us on a fascinating tour of the rapidly shifting landscape, from a life of creating ownership--possessing things--to a life of "liquid consumption"--life-as-a-service, in which all you possess are your experiences and your brand (and probably a phone). From Delaware goat farms to Australian housing tracts to a Quebec City ice hotel; from an artist in London to a former economist who lived for a time with only his devices and what he could carry on his back, you'll visit places and meet people that show just how complicated and compelling the idea of ownership is, why you value your things so much, and what happens when you can't (or decide not to) own something.As the economy continues to shift toward a reality closer to the World Economic Forum's prediction for 2030, Possessions will help you understand that shift and what it means to all of us--when we own less and use more.

How We Think about Our Stuff, and Ourselves, as We Own Less and Use More

Possessions

The Routledge History of Love in World Literature and Culture offers a wide-ranging, global rethinking of romantic love. Bringing together scholars from across continents and disciplines, the volume shows how love is imagined, practiced, and contested in different cultural, historical, and political contexts, challenging the idea that love follows a single, universal script.The collection examines representations of eros across Africa, East Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, Europe, and the Americas, spanning medieval texts to contemporary novels, film, television, visual art, and theatre. Well-known case studies include So Long a Letter, The God of Small Things, The Arabian Nights, The Forty Rules of Love, as well as works by Olive Schreiner, Gabriel García Márquez, Louise Erdrich, and modern Chinese and Japanese fiction. Rather than treating love as timeless or purely personal, contributors show how it is shaped by gender, religion, colonial histories, nationalism, technology, ecology, and changing social norms. The volume explores transgressive, queer, feminist, posthuman, and more-than-human forms of love, revealing love as a powerful force that both sustains and unsettles communities.Designed as an accessible and digestible reference, the essays broaden understanding of the cultural politics of emotions for scholars and students in literary and cultural studies, world literature, gender studies, film studies, posthumanism, and the humanities more broadly. It offers a landmark contribution to the study of emotions and global culture for research and teaching alike.

The Routledge History of Love in World Literature and Culture

Now in its seventh edition, Ivan Png's Managerial Economics has been extensively revised with new<ul> <li>running case study on competition in large language models among OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek,</li> <li>section on the experience curve,</li> <li>chapter on oligopoly.</li> </ul>As always, the text focuses on the economics that managers need to know. It presents the key concepts of microeconomics intuitively, without sophisticated mathematics and uses actual management applications from across the world.The seventh edition is enhanced with fresh mini-cases and discussion questions, as well as detailed instructor supplements. It is an ideal text for any course focusing on the practical application of microeconomic principles to management.

Managerial Economics

Rational choice theories belong to the most important building blocks of 20th century economics. Their usefulness to model human behaviour has been extensively debated in modern social science and beyond. While some have argued that rational choice theories should be applied to a broad range of political and social phenomena, the rise of behavioural economics questions whether they are appropriate at all for understanding economic behaviour. Conversations on Rational Choice sheds light on what is actually at stake in these debates. In 23 conversations, some of the most prominent protagonists from economics, psychology, and philosophy discuss their individual perspectives on the nature, possible justifications, and epistemic limitations of rational choice theories. Offering a comprehensive assessment of the value of rational choice theories in producing knowledge in economics, these conversations lay the ground for a more nuanced appraisal of rational choice theories from a practical viewpoint.

Conversations on Rational Choice

A rigorous, cutting-edge overview of the range of methods used to conduct causal inference in the social sciences. This textbook provides a lucid, rigorous, and cutting-edge overview of the methods used to conduct causal inference in the social sciences, covering all the core techniques and latest advances. Offering a detailed survey of the current state of microeconometric theory, Damian Clarke delves deeply into machine learning applications and presents developments in difference-in-difference methods, instrumental variables, multiple hypothesis testing, and other advanced topics. With a diverse range of examples and exercises offering hands-on experience, Applied Microeconometrics equips graduate students and researchers to apply state-of-the art scholarship to actionable problems. <ul><li>Integrates a rich array of machine learning methods into causal modeling frameworks</li><li>Covers recent advances in difference-in-differences and dynamic research designs, formal discussions of challenges related to inference and hypothesis testing, and heterogeneity analysis</li><li>Features a breadth of real-world examples from recent papers</li><li>Includes coding implementation in Python, R, and Stata</li></ul>

Applied Microeconometrics

Economics and Management offers an intermediate-level introduction to economic and operations research concepts, tailored for upper-level undergraduate and MBA students from non-economics backgrounds. Blending economic theory with practical applications, it equips future managers, engineers, and policymakers with the analytical tools to navigate today's complex economic landscape.At the macroeconomic level, the book explores fiscal and monetary policy, technological change, economic growth, inflation, unemployment, and international trade. At the microeconomic level, it examines production economics, firm theory, consumer demand, market structures, cost-benefit analysis, and pricing strategies through an applied economics lens. The text uniquely addresses risk and uncertainty by examining global challenges such as climate change and the energy transition, highlighting how financial instruments like insurance, weather derivatives, and prediction markets can mitigate these risks.A key feature of the book is its integration of Artificial Intelligence into economic analysis. Students learn to use AI to write R code for simulations, regression modeling, and optimization problems, making complex coding accessible to non-programmers. Applications include stochastic cost-benefit analysis, sales forecasting, and tariff analysis. Excel tools are also employed for regression and optimization tasks, with AI guidance simplifying problem-solving.Economics and Management provides a holistic and practical approach to economics, enabling students from non-economics backgrounds to confidently address real-world challenges.

Essentials with Applications

Economics and Management

Global Law and Sustainable Development

Given the significant developments in Indian economic and trade policymaking over the last two decades, this book provides an authoritative and timely analysis of the transformation and current state of India's foreign economic policy. The work presents a comprehensive, informed and critical overview of negotiating issues addressed in the recent period leading up to the substantial conclusion of the Trade Facilitation Agreement. The volume also takes into account the geopolitical considerations that influenced the negotiations. Finally, the reform steps being taken by India need to be understood in light of the structural changes in the economy, fuelling domestic compulsion, and the analysis covers this undercurrent in detail. The book will be a valuable guide to academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of international trade law, development economics and global politics.

Deciphering the Law, Economics and Politics

India’s Foreign Economic Policy

Palgrave Studies in Public Debt, Spending, and Revenue

This book examines the interplay of professional norms and political accountability in the process of making decisions about whether, how, and how much debt state and local governments should incur. The careful analysis of accountability in actual decisions, focusing particularly on whether and how individual and collective decision-making behavior responds to general (stipulated) norms and situational (negotiated) expectations in their broader social contexts, is a familiar approach in the study of management and public organizations generally, but has not been extensively applied to this area of public financial decision making. Political economists, especially those identified with the public-choice approach, have done extensive macro-level normative and theoretical analysis of public debt, but not in an empirically rich fashion. This book therefore constitutes a missing link that uses analyses of selected cases to advance conceptual understandings of organizational accountability spaces in general, and decisions to incur public indebtedness and the implications of those decisions specifically, by examining the intersection of the macro, meso, and micro levels of expectations for and practices of public financial decision making.

Professionalism and Accountability in Public Finance Decision-Making

Debt Reckoning

The Economics of Language

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