Author: Colander, David
Title: Why Aren't Economists as Important as Garbagemen? Essays on the State of Economics
Description: Armonk / London, M.E. Sharpe, (1991). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, x,177 pp. Minor rubbing, VG. ¶ Contents: Economists & Policy: Why Aren't Economists As Important As Garbagemen? The Best as the Enemy of the Good; Economics, Institutions, & Methodology: The Making of an Economist; Workmanship, Incentives, & Cynicism; The Invisible Hand of Truth; Applications to Macroeconomics: The Evolution of Keynesian Economics: From Keynesian to New Classical to New Keynesian; Economic Methodology, Macroeconomics, & Externalities; Critics of Economics: Galbraith & the Theory of Price Control; Tearing Down Economists' Worlds; Form & Content in Appraising Recent Economic Developments; In Defense of Mainstream Economics.

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