Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays

Schelling, Thomas C.

ISBN 10: 0674019296 / ISBN 13: 9780674019294

Published by Harvard University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Strategies of Commitment and Other Essays

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: new

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Synopsis:

All of the essays in this new collection by Thomas Schelling convey his unique perspective on individuals and society, whether discussing smoking and other addictions, global warming, segregation, or nuclear war. Schelling - a 2005 Nobel Prize winner - has been one of the four or five most important social scientists of the past fifty years, and this collection shows why.

About the Author:

Thomas C. Schelling is Distinguished University Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy, University of Maryland and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard University. He is co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics.