The Economist's View of the World: And the Quest for Well-Being

ISBN-13: 9781108845946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 334 str.

Steven E. (University of Virginia) Rhoads

Opis

A thought-provoking tour of the economist's mind using non-technical language and relevant political examples throughout.

Recenzje

'… one of the top 10 big picture economics books of the last 50 years.' David R. Henderson, Regulation

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Useful Concepts: 1. Opportunity Cost; 2. Marginalism; 3. Economic Incentives; Part II. Government and Markets, Efficiency and Equity: 4. Government and the Economy; 5. Economists and Equity; 6. Externalities and the Government Agenda; Part III. The Limits of Economics: 7. The Economist's Consumer and Individual Well-Being; 8. Representatives, Deliberation, and Political Leadership; 9. Conclusion.

O autorze

Rhoads, Steven E.Steven E. Rhoads is professor emeritus in politics at the University of Virginia. He received his AB in history from Princeton University in 1961. Steve then spent time in the US Navy, and at the US Bureau of the Budget as the Secretary of the Director's Review. At Cornell University he studied economics, American politics and the history of political philosophy, receiving the PhD in government in 1973. Steve and his wife Peggy live just outside Charlottesville, Virginia.