Price of Everything A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity

Name: Price of Everything A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity
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ISBN: 9780691135090

ISBN-10: 0691135096

ISBN-13: 9780691135090

Edition: 2008

Authors: Russell Roberts, Russell D. Roberts

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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 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 spotlight by events beyond the Stanford campus, he learns there's more to price hikes than meets…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.836



Author's Note



Thinking Outside the Box



Out of Control



Birds of a Feather



Inconceivable



Leaning on the Gardener



Mea Culpa



The Goose That Lays the Golden Eggs



A Night in the Cemetery



The Price of Everything



No Host No Problem



The Weaver of Dreams



A Wild and Precious Life



How's It Going to End?


Sources and Further Reading


Acknowledgments