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  Human Action, Part Four, Chapter XXII. The Nonhuman Original Factors of Production

  In the frame of Ricardian economics the idea of rent was an attempt at a treatment of those problems which modern economics approaches by means of marginal-utility analysis. Ricardo's theory appears rather unsatisfactory when judged from the point of view of present-day insight; there is no doubt that the method of the subjective-value theory is ... In the frame of Ricardian economics the idea of rent was an attempt at a treatment of those problems which modern economics approaches by means of marginal-utility analysis. Ricardo's theory appears rather unsatisfactory when judged from the point of view of present-day insight; there is no doubt that the method of the subjective-value theory is far superior. Yet the renown of the rent theory is well deserved; the care bestowed upon its initiation and perfection brought forth fine fruits. There is no reason for the history of economic thought to feel ashamed of the rent theory.

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  After War: the Political Economy of Exporting Democracy. By Christopher J. Coyne. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008

  Can liberal democracy be exported at gunpoint? Are military occupation and reconstruction effective methods for establishing permanent liberal democracies? While many international relations scholars have utilized the tools of economics (such as game theory) to help answer these questions, few economists have systematically attempted to provide an ... Can liberal democracy be exported at gunpoint? Are military occupation and reconstruction effective methods for establishing permanent liberal democracies? While many international relations scholars have utilized the tools of economics (such as game theory) to help answer these questions, few economists have systematically attempted to provide an answer this question using both economic theory and history. Christopher Coyne’s After War fills in this gap and provides valuable insight into the problems the United States faces when trying to establish law and order by force in weak and failed states.

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  The Bulgarian Higher Education and the Economic Determinants of XXI Century

  The present treatment goes into some of the main changes which occur in economy in the conditions of globalization and their influence over the system of higher education. The higher education is taken in as a complex which has the leading role for increasing the quality of human capital. Investigated problem is interpreted on two levels. In the ... The present treatment goes into some of the main changes which occur in economy in the conditions of globalization and their influence over the system of higher education. The higher education is taken in as a complex which has the leading role for increasing the quality of human capital. Investigated problem is interpreted on two levels. In the first place, object of analysis is the determinant function of the global changes in economy with regard to system of higher education. On the second place it studies the changes inside the system of higher education in the context of globalization.