ISBN:
9780739194539
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (193 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version A Tempered and Humane Economy : Markets, Families, and Behavioral Economics
DDC:
306.85
Keywords:
Families
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Families
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈span〉〈span〉This book challenges economists to bring the insights of behavioral economics into their reflections on the macroeconomy as well as on individual decision-making and it challenges everyone, economist and layperson alike, to bring the wisdom they learn from their families out into the larger economic world. 〈/span〉〈/span〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; I: Each Person, Each Family; 1 The Wisdom of Families; 2 Elana's Family Network; 3 It's Complicated, Investing in Yourself; 4 "It's Not Fair"; 5 Talk the Walk; 6 What's Luck Got To Do With It?; 7 The Wisdom of Families-Supporting Each Other's Decisions; II: The Big Picture: Investment Decisions in Context; 8 The Wisdom of Families-Democracy Is Learned at Home; 9 Investing in Strangers; 10 The Wisdom of Families-The Most Important Investment; 11 Education-It's a Social Contract; 12 Mother Jones Would Be Pretty Happy; 13 The Best Nets Are More Holes Than Rope
Description / Table of Contents:
III: Thinking Harder: Does "Help" Really Help?14 The Wisdom of Families-Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences; 15 Tough Love for the Poor; 16 Tough Love for the Rich; 17 The Wisdom of Families-Avoiding Double Standards; IV: Prosperity is an Enormous Achievement; 18 Warts and All, We Are a Big Rich Country; 19 Inclusive vs. Extractive Institutions-Thinking Globally; 20 When Markets Produce; 21 Markets and Meaningful Work; V: Tempering Markets and Government Policy; 22 The Government We Make; 23 When the Challenge Is Healthcare; VI: Looking to the Future
Description / Table of Contents:
24 The Wisdom of Families-Challenge and Aspiration25 Tempered Optimism, Humane Prosperity; Appendix 1: When You Have Enough to Share, Share Wisely; Appendix 2: Concrete Suggestions for Sharing; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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