Betting on Ideas: Wars, Inventions, Inflation Tapa dura - 1985

University of Chicago Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

U.S.A: The University of Chicago Press, 1985. Hardback. (From the library of George Rude, author and historian, signed by him to inside cover). This is a book about why people bet on ideas - why, in particular, they gamble on wars or change their minds and gamble on peace. The author argues that new ideas and great readiness to take risks arise when people have been outdone by their fellows. People who fall behind, whether on a local, national, or international scale, are willing to deviate from the beaten path and gamble with their money, commit crimes, or bet on new ideas in art, business, science, and politics, hoping either to make themselves richer or others poorer. To paraphrase Mandeville: Fear, Envy, and Vanity seem to be the Ministers of Industry. 247 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Leer más

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1986. About why people bet on ideas. Why in particular, they gamble on wars or change their minds and gamble on peace. DJ is scuffed with light creasing, small closed tears along front spine edge and front board corners. Private library sticker on dj spine. Black boards have touch of shelfwear. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is tight.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Libris.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1985. Hardcover with dust jacket, xi + 247 pages; book very gently read, if at all, not a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked, pages fresh and white; DJ has three tiny tears to top edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good -.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.