Learning Lessons: Medicine, Economics, and Public Policy

ISBN-13: 9781138511613 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 204 str.

Rashi Fein

Opis

This is a book about the policy process

Spis treści

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Time to Change the Rules is Before the Game Begins
2. The Meaning and Infl uence of Words
Words, Attitudes, and Behavior
The Impact of Unexpected Language
Same Words, but Different Meanings
Context Matters
Physicians and Social Scientists: A Contrast
There's Rationing and There's Rationing
3. Defining the Policy Options and Issues
Should Politics Affect Policy?
Asking the Correct Question
Some Changes Take Time
Is Everything Connected?
4. Knowing the "Other"
Learning from the "Non-Expert"
Experience Counts
We All Play Many Roles
Comments that Increase Our Understanding
5. Four Lessons
The Known Drives Out the Abstract
Not Everyone Thinks Like an Economist
Politics Trumps Rational Economics
Keep It Simple
Epilogue
One Person Can Make a Difference
Notes
Index

O autorze

Rashi Fein