Free Riding

Author : Richard TUCK
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674033892
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Riding written by Richard TUCK and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A proposition of contemporary economics and political science is that it would be an exercise of reason, not a failure of it, not to contribute to a collective project if the contribution is negligible, but to benefit from it nonetheless.Tuck makes careful distinctions between the prisone's dilemma problem, threshold phenomena such as voting, and free riding. He analyzes the notion of negligibility, and shows some of the logical difficulties in the idea - and how the ancient paradox of the sorites illustrates the difficulties.

Author : Richard Tuck
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674267842
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Riding written by Richard Tuck and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One individual’s contribution to a large collective project—such as voting in a national election or contributing to a public television fund-raising campaign—often seems negligible. A striking proposition of contemporary economics and political science is that it would be an exercise of reason, not a failure of it, not to contribute to a collective project if the contribution is negligible, but to benefit from it nonetheless. But Richard Tuck wonders whether this phenomenon of free riding is a timeless aspect of human nature or a recent, historically contingent one. He argues for the latter, showing that the notion would have seemed strange to people in the nineteenth century and earlier and that the concept only became accepted when the idea of perfect competition took hold in economics in the early twentieth century. Tuck makes careful distinctions between the prisoner’s dilemma problem, threshold phenomena such as voting, and free riding. He analyzes the notion of negligibility, and shows some of the logical difficulties in the idea—and how the ancient paradox of the sorites illustrates the difficulties. Tuck presents a bold challenge to the skeptical account of social cooperation so widely held today. If accepted, his argument may over time encourage more public-spirited behavior.

Author : Richard Tuck
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674028340
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free Riding written by Richard Tuck and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Olson's problem -- Philosophy -- The prisoners' dilemma -- Voting and other thresholds -- Negligibility -- Conclusion to part I -- History -- Rule and act utilitarianism -- Perfect competition, oligopoly and monopoly -- Conclusion to part II.

Author : Orly Lobel
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300166273
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talent Wants to Be Free written by Orly Lobel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a set of positive changes in corporate strategies, industry norms, regional policies, and national laws that will incentivize talent flow, creativity, and growth.

Author : Suzanne Selfors
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316557862
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit Riding Free: The Adventure Begins written by Suzanne Selfors and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling world of DreamWorks Animation's Spirit Riding Free is brought to life in award-winning author Suzanne Selfors's original novel! Twelve-year-old Lucky Prescott craves adventure, but as a young lady of society she's only been allowed to experience adventure through books. That is, until one fateful day when Lucky, her father, and her aunt leave their neat-and-tidy city life and travel to their new home out west-the Wild West. At first Lucky is excited, but during the long train ride to her new hometown of Miradero, she begins to worry. What if she doesn't make any new friends? Everyone in the West rides horses, but she's never been allowed to even sit on one. How can she possibly fit in? Anxious about the future, Lucky looks out the train window and sees a majestic wild stallion. When their eyes meet, she senses a connection. But when the stallion is caught by wranglers, Lucky's heart breaks. And when she next sees the stallion, he's tied to a post, refusing to be "broken in." Spirit Riding Free: The Adventure Begins is the story of a girl and a wild horse, equally out of place in a strange, new world, but equally fierce and brave. With each other to lean on, will these two free spirits be able to find a home together? DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free © 2017 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780230537217
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management written by and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management has been written by an international team of leading academics, practitioners and rising stars and contains almost 550 individually commissioned entries. It is the first resource of its kind to pull together such a comprehensive overview of the field and covers both the theoretical and more empirically/practitioner oriented side of the discipline.

Author : Richard Zambeck
Publisher : Breakthrough Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780914327493
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resistance-free Riding written by Richard Zambeck and published by Breakthrough Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Shrake, one of America's most popular clinicians, uses his step-by-step program relying on word pictures to help riders form a winning partnership with their horse. Using Resistance Free Riding techniques a good rider will help and improve even a mediocre horse. Whether you own a top horse or wish you did, his teaching will be a great help.

Author : Anthony De Jasay
Publisher : Collected Papers of Anthony de
ISBN 13 : 9780865977013
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Contract, Free Ride written by Anthony De Jasay and published by Collected Papers of Anthony de. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a novel account of the public goods dilemma. The author shows how the social contract, in its quest for fairness, actually helps to breed the parasitic 'free riding' it is meant to suppress. He also shows how, in the absence of taxation, many public goods would be provided by spontaneous group co-operation. This would, however, imply some degree of free riding. Unwilling to tolerate such unfairness, co-operating groups would eventually drift from voluntary to compulsory solutions, heedless of the fact that this must bring back free riding with a vengeance. The author argues that the perverse incentives created by the attempt to render public provision assured and fair are a principal cause of the poor functioning of organised society.

Author : Laura Daley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615671581
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Riding Fear Free written by Laura Daley and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a fearful rider? Have you been searching for help in overcoming your fear so that you can finally achieve your horseback riding dreams? Or are you a riding instructor who struggles to convince your students that they can ride with confidence? If so, Riding Fear Free can help. Riding Fear Free goes beyond the traditional equitation and horse training advice and goes straight to the heart of the matter by addressing the true problem: fear. Learn how the scientific principles of fear extinction and memory replacement can be applied at the barn and under saddle so that you will never have another fearful ride. You will learn to: * Rate your fear level * See the reality of your situation * Deal with emotions * Replace fear memories This book features full color images and illustrations to inspire readers as they take the journey to Riding Fear Free. Please Note: Riding Fear Free is available in two paperback editions to suit any budget. This is the full-color edition.

Author : Sally Swift
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312127343
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Centered Riding written by Sally Swift and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985-01-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely known for her innovative teaching philosophy stressing body awareness, the value of "soft eyes," proper breathing, centering, and balance, Sally Swift has been a pioneering riding instructor for half a century. In book form for the first time, her methods enable horse and rider to achieve harmony, working together naturally, without pain. Unlike traditional teachers, Sally Swift does not believe in forced training techniques that cause stiff bodies and tense riding. Instead, through the use of vivid, unusual, and highly creative images that transcend mechanics ("Pretend you're a spruce tree; the roots grow down from your center as the trunk grows up"), plus a thorough knowledge of human and equine anatomy, this wise and inspiring teacher enables the conscientious equestrian to reassess habitual responses, in order to ride in natural positions, break through frustrating plateaus, and achieve ever-rising goals with comfort, vitality, and precision. Precise illustrations and photographs never before used in riding books explain anatomy and image work to give mind and body new and relaxed approaches to the inner process of riding. Centered Riding is for those with little experience all the way up to world class.