Why Aren't Economists as Important as Garbagemen?: Essays on the State of Economics

ISBN-13: 9780873327763 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 190 str.

David Colander

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

David C. Colander