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Choosing Openness: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: Why global engagement is best for Australia by Andrew Leigh
$9.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Penguin Specials
Across the developed world, global engagement has become a major political fault line. Populists say that we should hunker down in the face of difference, that trade is a zero-sum game, and that foreign investment will cost us in the long run. They say openness is the cause of the growing income gap. Th ...Show more
Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Changed Our World by Andrew Leigh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Business
Experiments have consistently been used in the hard sciences, but in recent decades social scientists have adopted the practice. Randomized trials have been used to design policies to increase educational attainment, lower crime rates, elevate employment rates, and improve living standards among the poo ...Show more
Reconnected by Andrew Leigh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Friends are good for your health. The strength of your social relationships is a remarkably good predictor of how long you will live. Strong social connections also make communities more resilient, efficient and satisfying. But today Australians have fewer close friends and local connections than in the ...Show more
The Shortest History of Economics by Andrew Leigh
$27.99 AUD
Category: Business
'The secret of economics is that the most powerful insights come from a handful of big ideas that anyone can follow.' This small book tells a big story. From ancient times to the modern world, The Shortest History of Economics unearths the hidden economic forces behind war, innovation and social transf ...Show more
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