George F Demartino

Economist's Oath

On the Need for and Content of Professional Economic Ethics

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Produktbeschreibung

Economics is today among the most influential of all professions. Economists alter the course of economic affairs and deeply affect the lives of current and future generations. Yet, virtually alone among the major professions, economics lacks a body of professional ethics to guide its practitioners. Over the past century the profession consistently has refused to adopt or even explore professional economic ethics. As a consequence, economists are largely unprepared for the ethical challenges they face in their work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780199730568
• ISBN-10: 0199730563
• Artikelnr.: 32025990

Autorenporträt

George F. DeMartino is Professor of International Economics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: "I Do Solemnly Swear"
* 2: Economics in Practice: What do Economists Do?
* 3: Ethical Challenges Confronting the Applied Economist
* 4: Historical Perspective: "Don't Predict the Interest Rate!"
* 5: Interpreting the Silence: The Economic Case against Professional
Economic Ethics
* 6: The Economic Case against Professional Economic Ethics: A Rebuttal
* 7: The Positive Case for Professional Economic Ethics
* 8: Learning from Others: Ethical Thought Across the Professions
* 9: Economists as Social Engineers: An Ethical Evaluation of Market
Liberalization in the South and Transition Economies
* 10: Global Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Economics
* 11: On Sleeping Too Well: In Search of Professional Economic Ethics
* 12: Training the 'Ethical Economist'
* 13: The Economist's Oath