What do economists contribute?

What do economists contribute?

by Klein, Daniel B.

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The title of this book raises a provocative question that should make all economists think. What is our raison d'etre? Only a few economists have specifically addressed the issue. Several of the more challenging efforts are included here. Do economists have much influence on government policy, particularly over, say, five or ten years? Is that because they don't try hard enough or is it because politicians care more about the next election than about the opinion of economists? In this splendid …

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  • Full title :What do economists contribute? / edited by Daniel B. Klein.

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The title of this book raises a provocative question that should make all economists think. What is our raison d'etre? Only a few economists have specifically addressed the issue. Several of the more challenging efforts are included here. Do economists have much influence on government policy, particularly over, say, five or ten years? Is that because they don't try hard enough or is it because politicians care more about the next election than about the opinion of economists? In this splendid collection, some published as long ago as the 1930s, nine great economists consider these questions.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2001.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2001.

Notes

Originally published: 1999.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (156 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780230535718, 0230535712, 0333777603, 9780333777602
  • oclc:ocm86074360
  • LC Classification:HB171.5
  • Dewey Decimal:330

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: What Do Economists Contribute?; 2 On the Role of Values in the Work of Economists; 3 Economists and Public Policy; 4 On the Decline of Authority of Economists; 5 'Realism' in Policy Espousal; 6 How To Do Well While Doing Good!; 7 The Common Weal and Economic Stories; 8 What Do Economists Know?; 9 Economists and the Correction of Error; 10 On Being an Economist; Recommended Works on the Economics Profession and on Being an Economist; Index of Names; About the Cato Institute.

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Subjects

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference Economics Economics -- Political aspects Economics -- Sociological aspects Économie politique Économie politique et politique Économistes Economists

Writers

Klein, Daniel B.

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