Wayne Leighton (34 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 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.

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.

MMPB 4.25"x6.75". Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 185 pgs. 11th Printing. Spine slightly slanted, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped, & 2 ink notations. Faint creases to covers, shelf and edge wear. Secure ship w/track #. Victory or death! General George Armstrong Custer was determined to find one or the other in the valley of Little Big Horn--and so he led two hundred and twenty-five of the 7th Cavalry into one of the bloodiest massacres in American history.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. (First Edition). 154p. 1st printing. Cover edges lightly worn, front cover lightly creased on bottom corner and near spine, no creases on spine. Cover art by Carl Hantman.

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

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.

Condition: New.

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.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. pp. 224.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Schulz, Robert (illustrator). First Edition. Paperback edition - Ballantine published a hard cover edition at the same time. Ballantine No. 51. Light surface and edge wear to the covers. The spine has a small chip at the top and a little edge rubbing. Browning to the edges of the pages and the text block has a little unevenness at the edges. Large 'Property of.' stamp on the inside of the front cover but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing. Cover illustration by Robert Schulz. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Condition: New. pp. 224.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 209 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers: The Economic Engine of Political Change (0), Vol. 0 by Edward J. López; Wayne A. Leighton. Stanford Economics and Finance, 2012. 224pp. Language: English.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo in grey cloth, spine title in yellow. Four spots of damage to the cloth from tape removal, very little shelf wear to the binding. The dustjacket is price-clipped, several spots of cello tape repairs.

Condition: New. This book introduces readers to the economics of politics-particularly political change-showing how incentives matter as much in politics as they do in the rest of our lives, and illustrating how ideas ultimately determine our motivations and the outcomes t.

Cloth. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Near VG. First Edition. Minor wear and fading to edges of boards; binding a little loose; still, a nice, clean copy. DJ has wear to edges with small chips, tears, and creases; 1/2" x 1 1/2" chip to bottom of spine which extends lightly into both panels; price-clipped. Ballantine hardcover H-51.

Hardback. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 180 pages. Winner of the first Spur Award. Book has a splash mark to the top page edges, otherwise tight and clean. The jacket is complete and bright with a small stain to the rear panel and a little spotting to the inner flap folds. Presents very nicely with bright yellow front and spine panels.

Hardback. 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 9.00x1.00x6.00 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Condition: New. This book introduces readers to the economics of politics-particularly political change-showing how incentives matter as much in politics as they do in the rest of our lives, and illustrating how ideas ultimately determine our motivations and the outcomes t.