Erwin Dekker

Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This biography presents the interaction between his socialist ideals, scientific aspirations and work as an economic expert.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108857048
• Artikelnr.: 66181363

Autorenporträt

Erwin Dekker is Assistant Professor of Cultural Economics at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. He is the author of The Viennese Students of Civilization (Cambridge, 2016), which won the award for Best Book in Austrian Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the rise of economic expertise
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Becoming an Economic Expert: 1. The construction of peace
2. A progressive education
3. The bourgeois socialist
4. From Ehrenfest to the econometric society
5. Hendrick de Man and Jan Tinbergen
6. Macro-dynamics and the problem of unemployment
7. The rise of the Volkspartei (People's Party) and the economics of the general interest
Part II. The Years of High Expertise: 8. From The Hague to Geneva: the world order of the League of Nations
9. Fascism at home
10. Tinbergen's theory of economic policymaking
11. The expert in the model, the economist outside the model
Part III. Global Expertise: 12. Opening up Vista's: India and the world
13. Development economics on paper
14. Development planning on the ground: Tinbergen in Turkey
15. Sometime the twain shall meet: the optimal order
16. Expertise far from home
Part IV. The Limits of Expertise: 17. Measuring the unmeasurable: welfare and justice
18. Governing the ungovernable: can we govern the planet
19. Making peace, finding peace.