J a Leighton (78 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Oversized.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Stanford Economics & Finance, c.2013, 1st., 8vo., cloth, 209pp., NF/NF $.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1933 Edition.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 55, No 1, pp. 53-90, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

Paperback. Condition: New. Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers presents a simple, economic framework for understanding the systematic causes of political change. Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López take up three interrelated questions: Why do democracies generate policies that impose net costs on society? Why do such policies persist over long periods of time, even if they are known to be socially wasteful and better alternatives exist? And, why do certain wasteful policies eventually get repealed, while others endure? The authors examine these questions through familiar policies in contemporary American politics, but also draw on examples from around the world and throughout history. Assuming that incentives drive people's decisions, the book matches up three key ingredients-ideas, rules, and incentives-with the characters who make political waves: madmen in authority (such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Margaret Thatcher), intellectuals (like Jon Stewart and George Will), and academic scribblers (in the vein of Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes). Political change happens when these characters notice holes in the structure of ideas, institutions, and incentives, and then act as entrepreneurs to shake up the status quo.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcovers; comb-bound; ex-corporate library; in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This is a nice old nonfiction Minnesota agriculture history book about feeding practices for herds called Feeding the Dairy Herd, copyright 1941, soft cover, written by J. D. Fitch, H. R. Searles, E. A. Hanson and R. D. Leighton. The book has slight edge wear on spine cover and previous owners name on title page, otherwise in good plus condition with tight binding and 86 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 45 Pages.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. First Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good - Browning. Revised.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 20 pages. L J Beeston "Bound To The Steel rails" / Robert Leighton "Monitor AT Megson's" / S Walkey "Under Nelson's Flag" / Fred Whishaw "Through A Venturesome Ordeal" / Henry Frith "For Queen And King" (BT#29).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS, Three (3) USGS Water Supply papers bound together, HARDCOVER; ex-library; in very good condition. Book.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: NEW.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Condition: new.

Condition: New. 2025. paperback. . . . . .

Condition: NEW.

Condition: Good. NY 1895 first edition. Cornell University. Gill . original pale green printed octavo wraps. Leighton article pp. 143-153. Other articles in issue as well. Good plus, some cover wear; no owner marks.

Paperback. Condition: New.