This new text book by Urs Birchler and Monika Butler is an introduction to the study of how information affects economic relations. The authors provide a narrative treatment of the more formal concepts of Information Economics, using easy to understand and lively illustrations from film and literature and nutshell examples. The book first covers the economics …

Macht oder ökonomisches Gesetz? [Epic Audio Collection] is an live audio recording of performers reading the book in it’s original text. This edition is part of the Epic Audio Collection of talking books.

Much educational research today is focused on assessing reforms that are intended to create equal opportunity for all students. Many current policies aim at concentrating extra resources on the disadvantaged. The state-of-the-art research in Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem suggests, however, that even sizeable differential spending on the disadvantaged will not yield an equality …

Very sophisticated pressure casting equipment, such as High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) machines with hydraulics hot control,Vertical Squeeze Casting machines and various Semisolid Casting machines are used in modern found ries today. Nevertheless, the increasing geometrical complexity and technical requirements of light metal pressurecastings have rendered process stability and castability a permanent issue for foundry …