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  • Epidemiology for Canadian Students

    Principles, Methods, and Critical Appraisal

    by Scott Patten ...
    An introduction to the principles and methods of epidemiology in a Canadian contextThe third edition of Epidemiology for Canadian Students updates the only introductory epidemiology textbook grounded in Canadian research and studies, and it takes into account the COVID-19 pandemic.Through this resource, students will learn core concepts, while also familiarizing themselves with Canadian registries ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Bait and Switch

    How Student Loan Debt Stifles Social Mobility

    by Robert H. Scott, III, Joseph N. Patten, Kenneth Mitchell ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book traces how the student loan system has created insurmountable student debt traps for millions of student borrowers contrary to its original purpose of promoting social mobility. Today, approximately 45 million Americans hold over $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, with over 20% of borrowers in default. Student loan debt has the greatest negative impact of wealth-poor students, with ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Studies in Victorian and Modern Literature

    A Tribute to John Sutherland

    by Tony Bareham, Michael Caines, Mario Curreli, Simon Eliot, Lara Feigel, David Finkelstein, Simon Frost, Simon Gatrell, Philip Horne, Graham Law, Deirdre Le Faye, David Lodge, Brian Maidment, Karl Miller, K. M. Newton, Robert L. Patten, Fred Schwarzbach, Patrick Scott, Joanne Shattock, Cedric Watts, Alexis Weedon, René Weis, Troy J. Bassett, Linda Hughes, Rosemary Ashton ...
    This book is both a celebration of the life and career of the eminent literary scholar, critic, and journalist John Sutherland and an extension of Sutherland’s work in various fields, including nineteenth- and twentieth-century Anglo-American literature, the publishing industry, and its impact upon creativity and literary puzzles. With contributions from over twenty-five distinguished critics, ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Citizens Forgotten

    Super PACs, Dark Money, and the Corporate Takeover of American Democracy

    by Scott J. Hofer, Joseph N. Patten ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Since the 2010 Citizens United and SpeechNOW rulings, campaign finance laws have undergone a seismic shift. These changes include the establishment of super PACs, which have allowed unlimited contributions and spending from megadonors to be funneled into political activism. These dramatic changes in campaign finance have allowed a small number of ultra-wealthy contributors to reshape American ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • Measurement in Medicine

    A Practical Guide

    by Henrica C. W. de Vet, Caroline B. Terwee, Lidwine B. Mokkink, Dirk L. Knol ...
    Series series Practical Guides to Biostatistics and Epidemiology
    The success of the Apgar score demonstrates the astounding power of an appropriate clinical instrument. This down-to-earth book provides practical advice, underpinned by theoretical principles, on developing and evaluating measurement instruments in all fields of medicine. It equips you to choose the most appropriate instrument for specific purposes. The book covers measurement theories, methods ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

    How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future

    by Joseph E. E. Stiglitz ...
    A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist.The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best health care, education, and benefits of wealth, they fail to realize that “their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Epidemiology

    An Introduction

    by Kenneth J. Rothman ...
    In the past thirty years epidemiology has matured from a fledgling scientific field into a vibrant discipline that brings together the biological and social sciences, and in doing so draws upon disciplines ranging from statistics and survey sampling to the philosophy of science. These areas of knowledge have converged into a modern theory of epidemiology that has been slow to penetrate into ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Economic Facts and Fallacies

    Second Edition

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    From renowned economist Thomas Sowell, an indispensable examination of widespread economic fallacies**"From one of America's most noted conservative economists, a short, original book that offers some unconventional ideas about how to think about common economic topics." ―**Baltimore SunIn Economic Facts and Fallacies, Thomas Sowell exposes some of the most popular fallacies about economic issues ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Neuroeconomics

    Decision Making and the Brain

    Edited by Paul W. Glimcher, Ernst Fehr, Colin Camerer, Russell Alan Poldrack ...
    Neuroeconomics is a new highly promising approach to understanding the neurobiology of decision making and how it affects cognitive social interactions between humans and societies/economies. This book is the first edited reference to examine the science behind neuroeconomics, including how it influences human behavior and societal decision making from a behavioral economics point of view. ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Animal Spirits

    How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism (New in Paper)

    by George A. Akerlof, Robert J. Shiller ...
    The global financial crisis has made it painfully clear that powerful psychological forces are imperiling the wealth of nations today. From blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets, "animal spirits" are driving financial events worldwide. In this book, acclaimed economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller challenge the economic wisdom that got us into ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Whiteness of Wealth

    How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It

    by Dorothy A. Brown ...
    A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policyNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND FORTUNE • “Important reading for those who want to understand how inequality is built into the bedrock of American society, and what a more equitable future might look like.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Race for Profit

    How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership

    by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ...
    Series series Justice, Power, and Politics
    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDFINALIST, 2020 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYBy the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban uprisings, politicians finally worked to end the practice of redlining. Reasoning that the turbulence could be calmed by turning Black city-dwellers into homeowners, they passed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, and set about establishing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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