David C. Colander

Why aren't Economists as Important as Garbagemen?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume, which evolved from a number of conversations with economists includes a collection of essays that have two themes: a positive one and a negative one.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 284g
• ISBN-13: 9780873327770
• ISBN-10: 0873327772
• Artikelnr.: 21739576

Autorenporträt

David C. Colander

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Economists and Policy 1. Why Aren't Economists as Important as
Garbagemen? 2. The Best as the Enemy of the Good Part 2: Economics,
Institutions, and Methodology 3. The Making of an Economist 4. Workmanship,
Incentives, and Cynicism 5. The Invisible Hand of Truth Part 3:
Applications to Macroeconomics, 6. The Evolution of Keynesian
Economics: From Keynesian to New Classical to New Keynesian 7. Economic
Methodology, Macroeconomics, and Externalities, Part 4: Critics of
Economics 8. Galbraith and the Theory of Price Control 9. Tearing Down
Economists ' Worlds 10. Form and Content in Appraising Recent Economic
Developments 11. In Defense of Mainstream Economics