Author | : Dani Rodrik |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198736894 |
A leading economist trains a lens on his own discipline to uncover when it fails and when it works.
Author | : Dani Rodrik |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0198736894 |
A leading economist trains a lens on his own discipline to uncover when it fails and when it works.
Author | : Dani Rodrik |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2015-10-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0393246426 |
“A hugely valuable contribution. . . . In setting out a defence of the best in economics, Rodrik has also provided a goal for the discipline as a whole.” —Martin Sandbu, Financial Times In the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a science. In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short and when it works, to give a surprisingly upbeat account of the discipline. Drawing on the history of the field and his deep experience as a practitioner, Rodrik argues that economics can be a powerful tool that improves the world—but only when economists abandon universal theories and focus on getting the context right. Economics Rules argues that the discipline's much-derided mathematical models are its true strength. Models are the tools that make economics a science. Too often, however, economists mistake a model for the model that applies everywhere and at all times. In six chapters that trace his discipline from Adam Smith to present-day work on globalization, Rodrik shows how diverse situations call for different models. Each model tells a partial story about how the world works. These stories offer wide-ranging, and sometimes contradictory, lessons—just as children’s fables offer diverse morals. Whether the question concerns the rise of global inequality, the consequences of free trade, or the value of deficit spending, Rodrik explains how using the right models can deliver valuable new insights about social reality and public policy. Beyond the science, economics requires the craft to apply suitable models to the context. The 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers challenged many economists' deepest assumptions about free markets. Rodrik reveals that economists' model toolkit is much richer than these free-market models. With pragmatic model selection, economists can develop successful antipoverty programs in Mexico, growth strategies in Africa, and intelligent remedies for domestic inequality. At once a forceful critique and defense of the discipline, Economics Rules charts a path toward a more humble but more effective science.
Author | : Carl Shapiro |
Publisher | : Harvard Business Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780875848631 |
As one of the first books to distill the economics of information and networks into practical business strategies, this is a guide to the winning moves that can help business leaders--from writers, lawyers and finance professional to executives in the entertainment, publishing and hardware and software industries-- navigate successfully through the information economy.
Author | : Lanny Ebenstein |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1466891122 |
Chicagonomics explores the history and development of classical liberalism as taught and explored at the University of Chicago. Ebenstein's tenth book in the history of economic and political thought, it deals specifically in the area of classical liberalism, examining the ideas of Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, and is the first comprehensive history of economics at the University of Chicago from the founding of the University in 1892 until the present. The reader will learn why Chicago had such influence, to what extent different schools of thought in economics existed at Chicago, the Chicago tradition, vision, and what Chicago economic perspectives have to say about current economic and social circumstances. Ebenstein enlightens the personal and intellectual relationships among leading figures in economics at the University of Chicago, including Jacob Viner, Frank Knight, Henry Simons, Milton Friedman, George Stigler, Aaron Director, and Friedrich Hayek. He recasts classical liberal thought from Adam Smith to the present.
Author | : William A. Fischel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 9781558442887 |
"Zoning has for a century enabled cities to chart their own course. It is a useful and popular institution, enabling homeowners to protect their main investment and provide safe neighborhoods. As home values have soared in recent years, however, this protection has accelerated to the degree that new housing development has become unreasonably difficult and costly. The widespread Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome is driven by voters’ excessive concern about their home values and creates barriers to growth that reach beyond individual communities. The barriers contribute to suburban sprawl, entrench income and racial segregation, retard regional immigration to the most productive cities, add to national wealth inequality, and slow the growth of the American economy. Some state, federal, and judicial interventions to control local zoning have done more harm than good. More effective approaches would moderate voters’ demand for local-land use regulation—by, for example, curtailing federal tax subsidies to owner-occupied housing"--Publisher's description.
Author | : Lynne Marie Kohm |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2019-12-19 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1793604959 |
Law and Economics in Jane Austen traces principles of law and economics in sex, marriage and romance as set out in the novels of Jane Austen, unveiling how those meticulous principles still control today’s modern romance. You will learn fascinating new insights into law and economics by seeing these disciplines through Jane Austen’s eyes. Readers who find themselves wishing Jane Austen had written just one more novel, or that she had somewhere offered more examination and analysis of her characters’ predicaments, or who desire to go deeper with her investigation of love, money and culture will praise this book. Discovering the legal and economic principles that drove her stories, Jane Austen’s Law & Economics reveals that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Love and money are constants in social connection. While culture may have changed over 300 years, principles of law and economics remain staples of modern romance – which is why Jane Austen continues to fascinate the modern mind. So sit back, enjoy, and be pleasantly taught and surprised at what you will learn from the methodical mind of Jane.
Author | : Andrea Flynn |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2017-09-08 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 110841754X |
This book explores the racial rules that are often hidden but perpetuate vast racial inequities in the United States.
Author | : John B. Taylor |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2007-12-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0226791262 |
This timely volume presents the latest thinking on the monetary policy rules and seeks to determine just what types of rules and policy guidelines function best. A unique cooperative research effort that allowed contributors to evaluate different policy rules using their own specific approaches, this collection presents their striking findings on the potential response of interest rates to an array of variables, including alterations in the rates of inflation, unemployment, and exchange. Monetary Policy Rules illustrates that simple policy rules are more robust and more efficient than complex rules with multiple variables. A state-of-the-art appraisal of the fundamental issues facing the Federal Reserve Board and other central banks, Monetary Policy Rules is essential reading for economic analysts and policymakers alike.
Author | : Anna Cretì |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2019-05-30 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1107185653 |
Explains the economics of electricity at each step of the supply chain: production, transportation and distribution, and retail.