The Price of Everything : A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity /

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Stanford University student and Cuban American tennis prodigy Ramon Fernandez is outraged when a nearby mega-store hikes its prices the night of an earthquake. He crosses paths with provost and economics professor Ruth Lieber when he plans a campus protest against the price-gouging retailer--which i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Roberts, Russell D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Marktmechanismus
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Pricing.
Economics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Economics.
Cuban Americans.
College students.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Économie politique > Aspect moral > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Économie politique > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Prix > Fixation > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Étudiants > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Americains d'origine cubaine > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Economics > Moral and ethical aspects > Fiction.
Economics > Fiction.
Pricing > Fiction.
College students > Fiction.
Cuban Americans > Fiction.
Belletristische Darstellung.
Didactic fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Stanford University student and Cuban American tennis prodigy Ramon Fernandez is outraged when a nearby mega-store hikes its prices the night of an earthquake. He crosses paths with provost and economics professor Ruth Lieber when he plans a campus protest against the price-gouging retailer--which is also a major donor to the university. Ruth begins a dialogue with Ramon about prices, prosperity, and innovation and their role in our daily lives. Is Ruth trying to limit the damage from Ramon's protest? Or does she have something altogether different in mind? As Ramon is thrust into the national.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781400820283

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