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Basic Books Applied Economics Thinking Beyond Stage One
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Publication Date: November 11, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0465081436 | ISBN-13: 978-0465081431 | Edition: 2nd
The application of economics to major contemporary real world problems--housing, medical care, discrimination, the economic development of nations--is the theme of this new book that tackles these and other issues head on in plain language, as distinguished from the usual jargon of economists. It examines economic policies not simply in terms of their immediate effects but also in terms of their later repercussions, which are often very different and longer lasting. The interplay of politics with economics is another theme of Applied Economics, whose examples are drawn from experiences around the world, showing how similar incentives and constraints tend to produce similar outcomes among very disparate peoples and cultures.
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Cambridge University Press - The Wealth of Ideas - A History of Economic Thought
ALESSANDRO RONCAGLIA, The Wealth of Ideas: a History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005; pp. xiv+582.
Alessandro Roncaglia's new book on the history of economics is a very welcome contribution to our understanding of the science, and the several courses it has taken over the last 350 years, from its beginnings as a crucial element of modernity and Enlightenment, to its arrival at its current, problematic juncture. (Actually, the book is a revised English version of an earlier Italian text, with new material.) The work exhibits a deep grasp of economic ideas and their grounding in the wider intellectual culture of the Western traditions, a feature not often found in Anglo-American history of economics texts. It is also a great and probably unique strength of the book that it pays close attention to the conceptualizations that frame schools and strands of economic thought, thereby providing a powerful antidote against Whig history. This is also intellectual history that consciously and clearly speaks to the present. The only comparably good general text in the history of economics is the Outline of the …
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The Oxford Handbook Of Economic Geography
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Paperback: 772 pages
Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed edition (10 July 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0199250839
ISBN-13: 978-0199250837