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  • 1
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782542810
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 202 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Maes, Ivo, 1956 - Economic thought and the making of European Monetary Union
    DDC: 332.4/94
    Keywords: Economic and Monetary Union ; Monetary unions ; Economics ; Europe Economic integration
    Abstract: This valuable book examines the interaction between economic ideas and the policy-making process in Europe, centred around the creation of European Monetary Union. The essays cover three broad areas: early debates on European monetary integration, economic thought at the European Community institutions, and the establishment of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. Core elements of the book are analyses of Europe's quest for exchange rate stability and of the debates on the nature of EMU and the path towards it. With the aid of crucial case studies, Ivo Maes goes on to chart the growing awareness among policymakers of the increasing interdependence between Europe's economies and the rise of a new medium-term, stability-oriented policy conception - both vital and necessary factors in the genesis of EMU. Drawing on the extensive experience of the author, both as an academic and a senior official involved in European economic policy-making, this book undoubtedly contributes towards a better understanding of the role of economic ideas in the process of European monetary integration. It will be an important addition to the literature on EMU and will be required reading for scholars and policymakers in the fields of economics, European studies and the history of economic thought
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword by g. Quaden -- Foreword by a.w. Coats -- Introduction -- Part I: Early debates on European monetary integration -- 1. State and market post-war integration theory -- 2. Optimum currency area theory and European monetary integration -- 3. Monetary integration debates in the 1970s -- Part II: Economic thought at the European community institutions -- 4. The development of economic thought at the European community institutions -- 5. Macroeconomic thought at the European commission in the 1970s: The first decade of the annual economic reports -- 6. Macroeconomic thought at the European commission in the first half of the 1980s -- Part III: The making of European monetary union -- 7. Emu from a historical perspective -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781782543602
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (a xviii, 293 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Essays in economic theory, growth and labour markets
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics ; Labor market
    Abstract: The distinguished contributors in this volume provide a variety of essays, which are written in honor of Emmanuel Drandakis. These essays fall into four uniform areas of economics: economic growth, general equilibrium, labor economics and game theory and applications. The editors focus on a select set of issues that stand high on the agenda of academic research. They provide fresh insights and approaches to the analysis of these issues, and thus open up wider avenues for our understanding of the dilemmas posed for theory and policy. Readers are offered new empirical evidence on such thorny social problems as, for example, unemployment, the intergenerational transmission of human capital and the response of wages to price and endowment changes. These contributions, in conjunction with the realisation that the papers are written by some of the most distinguished economists in the respective areas, make the volume an attractive addition for all who are interested in the contemporary research and teaching of economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: Economic growth -- 1. Some early conferences on growth theory -- 2. Discounting and the growth of net national product -- Part II: General equilibrium -- 3. Equilibrium selections -- 4. Extensive form implementation of weak fine core allocations through penalties -- 5. Nonlinear neighbourhood interactions and intergenerational transmission of human capital -- 6. Beliefs and the neutrality of money -- 7. Towards a general theory of real capital -- Part III: Labor economics -- 8. Endowment changes, price response, and the behavior of wages -- 9. The pace of work and pay -- 10. The incidence of increased unemployment in the group of seven, 1970-94 -- 11. Labor incentives and manumission in ancient greek slavery -- Part IV: Game theory and applications -- 12. Agency games -- 13. The role of beliefs, knowledge, and rationality in non-cooperative games -- 14. The economics of research joint ventures -- Index.
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  • 3
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781843765325
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 306 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von The economics of demand-led growth
    DDC: 338.973
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    Keywords: Wachstumstheorie ; Gesamtwirtschaftliche Nachfrage ; Theorie ; Demand (Economic theory) ; Economics ; Economic policy ; Supply-side economics ; Economic development ; Electronic books ; United States Economic conditions 1945- ; United States Economic policy ; Nachfragetheorie ; Wachstumstheorie ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Wirtschaftswachstum ; Nachfragetheorie ; Angebotsorientierte Wirtschaftspolitik
    Abstract: The Economics of Demand-Led Growth is a collection of specially written essays that develop and apply the theory of demand-led growth. Long-run growth is usually portrayed as a supply-determined process. The contributions to this volume, however, are rooted in the theory of demand-led growth. In addition to general discussions of the role of demand in the long-run, the volume contains essays in the Kaldorian and Kaleckian traditions, and a section on the relationship between demand-led growth and structural change. The conclusion reached is that current neglect of the role of demand in analyses of long-run growth is unwarranted
    Abstract: pt. 1. Fundamental issues in the theory of demand-led growth -- pt. 2. Kaldorian models of demand-led growth -- pt. 3. Kaleckian models of demand-led growth -- pt. 3. Traverse analysis and demand-led growth -- pt. 5. Structural change and demand-led growth
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9781781952863
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 361 p) , ill
    Series Statement: New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics series
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Conventions and structures in economic organization
    DDC: 330
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    Keywords: Wirtschaftssoziologie ; Institutioneller Wandel ; Organisationssoziologie ; Institutional economics ; Economics Sociological aspects ; Economics ; Evolutionary economics ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Institutionenökonomie ; Evolutorische Wirtschaft ; Wirtschaftstheorie ; Betriebssoziologie
    Abstract: This book contributes to the current rapprochement between economics and sociology. It examines the fact that individuals use rules and interdependencies to forward their own interests, while living in social environments where everyone does the same. The authors argue that to construct durable organizations and viable markets, they need to be able to handle both. However, thus far, economists and sociologists have not been able to reconcile the relationship between these two types of constraints on economic activity
    Abstract: 1. No man is an island : the research program of a social capital theory / Henk Flap -- 2. Conventionalist approaches to enterprise / François Eymard-Duvernay -- 3. Institutional embeddedness of economic exchange : convergence between new institutional economics and the economics of conventions / Christian Bessy -- 4. Transaction cost economics and governance structures : applications, developments and perspectives / Didier Chabaud and Stéphane Saussier -- 5. Organizational ecology / David N. Barron -- 6. Interdependent entrepreneurs and the social discipline of their cooperation : a research programme for structural economic sociology in a society of organizations / Emmanuel Lazega and Lise Mounier -- 7. Employer/employee relationship regulation and the lessons of school/work transition in France / Alain Degenne -- 8. Where do markets come from? : from (quality) conventions! / Olivier Favereau, Olivier Biencourt and François Eymard-Duvernay -- 9. Market profiles : a tool suited to quality orders? : an empirical analysis of road haulage and the theatre / Olivier Biencourt and Daniel Urrutiaguer -- 10. Solidarity, its microfoundations and macrodependence : a framing approach / Siegwart Lindenberg
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9781782542377
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 367 pages)
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    DDC: 330.1
    Keywords: Social sciences ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Economics
    Abstract: Knowledge, Social Institutions and the Division of Labour gives rise to a new and richer institutional analysis of the economy centred around the analysis of language, the division of labour and social knowledge. It is in this perspective that the economic analysis of institutions comes to be associated with the study of civil society, or with the broad framework of communication and coordination behind the interaction of individuals in economic and non-economic spheres. This fascinating book is divided into three parts beginning with the issue of the development of science as an aspect of the division of labour, starting from methodological problems on the communication of scientific knowledge. The volume goes on to explore issues on the moral bases of social interaction and, more particularly, of commercial society before ending with in depth analyses of questions on the division of labour, social institutions and the diffusion of knowledge in society
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Coordination, connecting principles and social knowledge: An introductory essay -- Part I: Rationality, communication and connecting principles -- Part II: Social interaction and moral sentiments -- Part III: Division of labour, patterns of interdependence and social institutions -- Index.
    Note: A collection of 16 papers first presented at a conference sponsored by the European Society of the History of Economic Thought in February-March 1998, and subsequently revised , Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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  • 6
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303595
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 262 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Payson, Steven, 1957 - Economics, science and technology
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics ; Science and industry ; Technological innovations
    Abstract: Economists need to understand some fundamental aspects of science in order to measure and analyse the process of technological change. This book explores the interrelationships between economics, science and technology in order to find ways of improving economists' approaches to technical change. Dr Payson begins by offering a scientific critique of economic discourse and presents a unique, unconstrained and critical view of the behavioral differences between economists and scientists. The economic literature on technological change is analysed in order to assess economists' approach to science. The author then offers concrete solutions for the useful economic study of technological change including alternative methods of classifying data based on scientific principles, a characteristics approach to measuring physical capital, and a futuristic exploration into how artificial intelligence may improve economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Part I: A scientific critique of economic discourse -- 1. Economics of science versus science of economics -- 2. The difference in behavior between economists and scientists -- 3. Measurement in economics must be taken more seriously -- Part II: Economic literature on scientific advancement, technological change and related topics -- 4. Science as a public good -- 5. Subfields on the economic effects of scientific research -- 6. Economic literature on technological change -- Part III: New attitudes, philosophies, frameworks and models -- 7. Product evolution and the case for function-based classification -- 8. Business interests in scientific discoveries -- 9. Capital input - it need not be metaphysical -- 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-252) and index
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  • 7
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782541851
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 703 pages) , illustrations
    Uniform Title: Essays Selections
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Dosi, Giovanni, 1953 - Innovation, organization and economic dynamics
    DDC: 338/.064
    Keywords: Technological innovations Economic aspects ; Economics
    Abstract: Giovanni Dosi is recognized as one of the world's leading scholars in industrial economics and corporate change. This volume contains a selection of his most important work and provides an excellent overview of the contribution he has made to the economics of innovation and technical change. Key topics include: * technological paradigms and innovation diffusion * economic behaviour and learning * organizational structures and behaviour in a changing environment * corporate finance and innovation * industrial dynamics * evolutionary theories in economics * institutions, technical change and economic growth. The book will be welcomed by scholars and students of innovation, industrial organization, business and institutional and evolutionary economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Innovation, organization and economic dynamics: An autobiographical Introduction -- Part I: Opportunities of innovation, search procedures and diffusion -- Part II: Economic behaviours, organizations and innovation in changing environments -- Part III: Evolutionary interpretations of economic change -- Part IV: Learning and market selection: Evolutionary models of economic change -- Part V: Institutions and economic dynamics.
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  • 8
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    Cheltenham, U.K : Edward Elgar
    ISBN: 9781843767015
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 317 p) , ill
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Casson, Mark, 1945 - Economics of international business
    DDC: 338.8/8
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    Keywords: Multinationales Unternehmen ; Industrieökonomik ; International ; Theorie ; Economics ; Industrial policy ; International trade Research ; Methodology ; International business enterprises Research ; Methodology ; Competition, International ; Industrial organization (Economic theory) ; Electronic books ; Multinationales Unternehmen
    Abstract: This book offers a broader perspective and important practical insights into economic institutions, focusing on dynamic issues such as entrepreneurship and ethical leadership, which are crucial to institutional growth. Extending the work of his previous books, The Entrepreneur and The Economics of Business Culture, Mark Casson analyses economic institutions from an integrated social science perspective
    Abstract: 1. Models of multinational enterprise : a new research agenda -- 2. Foreign market entry : a formal extension of internalization theory -- 3. The boundaries of firms : a global systems perspective -- 4. Bounded rationality, meta-rationality and the theory of international business -- 5. The organization of the multinational enterprise : an information cost approach -- 6. International joint ventures -- 7. Real options in international business -- 8. Entrepreneurship and the international business system : developing the perspective of Schumpeter and the Austrian School -- 9. Networks in international business -- 10. Conclusion : methodological issues in international business
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 9
    ISBN: 9781781959817
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 417 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Bioeconomics and sustainability
    DDC: 333.7
    Keywords: Environmental economics ; Sustainable development ; Economics ; Human ecology ; Entropy
    Abstract: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was described by Paul Samuelson as 'an economist's economist'. This book honors him by discussing his theories on a wide range of issues but particularly on environmental and energy economics. It is a dynamic tribute which extends his work to address the problems the human race will face in the 21st century. The book shows how Georgescu-Roegen constructed nothing less than an almost complete theoretical alternative to neoclassical economics. Although best-known for his later work as an environmentalist and his work on energy and material transformation, Georgescu-Roegen also made seminal contributions to the economic theory of utility and production and is considered to be one of the founders of modern mathematical economics. In this book an internationally acclaimed group of contributors including Joan Martinez-Alier, William H. Miernyk, Herman Daly and Cutler Cleveland present discussions on environmental and energy economics as well as mathematical economics, economic development and peasant economies, and bioeconomics. This book serves as an excellent all-inclusive introduction to the work of one of the great economists of the 20th century. This celebration of the contributions made by Georgescu-Roegen will be of interest to environmental and natural resource economists, as well as social and economic theorists. With a dedication by Wassily Leontief and a foreword by Paul Samuelson
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword by Paul Samuelson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How long can neoclassical economists ignore the contributions of Georgescu-Roegen? -- 3. From political economy to political ecology -- 4. Georgescu-Roegen's evolutionary economics -- 5. Economic growth theory and the georgescu-roegen paradigm -- 6. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's approach to economic value -- 7. Georgescu-Roegen on consumer theory -- 8. Biophysical economics -- 9. From agrarianism to entropy -- 10. Embodied energy analysis, Sraffa's analysis, Georgescu-Roegen's flow-fund model and viability of solar technology -- 11. Production and time -- 12. A theory of resilient flow-fund linkages -- 13. The passage from entropy to thermodynamic indeterminacy -- 14. Biophysical roots of 'enjoyment of life' according to Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomic paradigm -- 15. The role of entropy and energy in natural resource economics -- 16. Five conditions for sustainable living systems -- Bibliography -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 10
    ISBN: 9781035304042
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 443 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economics, welfare policy and the history of economic thought
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Heertje, Arnold ; Economics ; Economics History ; Welfare economics ; Technological innovations Economic aspects
    Abstract: In this book, internationally renowned scholars, including two Nobel Laureates, have been drawn together to celebrate Arnold Heertje's rich contribution to the field of economics. Their essays reflect his influence in the areas of economic theory and policy. In particular, they follow in the tradition of his work on oligopoly and price theory, welfare theory and policy, growth theory, environmental economics, technical change and the history of economic thought and methodology. The contributors offer penetrating insights into the structure and functioning of different types of market structures and the character of technical change. In addition, they address current topics such as the recent problems in East Asian economies, the money supply in the European Monetary Union and economic development. Finally, they pay tribute to Arnold Heertje's work on the history of economic thought, discussing the writings of David Ricardo, the German historical school, Herbert Robinson, Alfred Marshall and Herbert Foxwell. This book will attract economic theorists, and scholars and students who are interested in the history of economic thought or in empirical subjects such as the policy implications of studies of labour markets, property rights and European Monetary Union
    Description / Table of Contents: Full Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Economic theory -- 1. A cooperative theory of duopoly -- 2. A commodity flow model of flexible exchange rates with overshooting in response to inflation -- 3. The market for oranges -- 4. Complications in the model of a perfectly competitive firm and industry -- 5. Models of the market -- 6. Revisiting the schumpeter-hypotheses: Firm size, market structure and technological regime -- 7. Technical change and economic growth: The case of "catch-up" -- 8. Coordination, technical progress and economic growth -- 9. Reswitching: Simplifying a famous example -- Part II: Economic policy and applied economics -- 10. Labour market 'flexibility' and welfare -- 11. On substitutability among domestic money and cross-border deposits -- 12. The role of international financial institutions in the current global economy -- 13. The coase theorem and the cooperative nash bargaining game -- 14. On property rights and their modification -- 15. Economic development in Europe, 1960-1996 -- 16. Different data sources for studying behaviour -- 17. Economy and morality: A conceptual framework -- Part III: History of economic thought -- 18. -- Ricardo's misunderstood value theory and the readability of the principles -- 19. Sherlock holmes and the swarthy German: The case of inanely 'transforming' mehrwert to prices -- 20. Alfred marshall and herbert somerton foxwell: A tale of two libraries -- 21. The after-glow of the German historical school, 1945-1960 -- 22. An economist turned entrepreneur -- 23. Authority systems and schools of economic thought -- Index.
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  • 11
    ISBN: 9781035303250
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 289 pages)
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Economics and its discontents
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics ; Economists
    Abstract: Dissenters have a common dissatisfaction with economics as it is currently practised, and they recognise that twentieth century economics has failed to explain real world economic phenomena. This major book focuses on the work and lives of seventeen of the most influential dissenting economists who have shaped twentieth century economics and who continue to make economics more relevant. In Economics and its Discontents each chapter explains what it means to be a dissenting economist and examines how and why the work of the featured economist constitutes dissent. It demonstrates that dissent in the profession extends beyond ideology and that dissenters can come from radical, liberal or conservative backgrounds. Dissent is considered in many respects, including how economics is taught, the methodology of economic analysis, the lack of attention economists pay to the real world behaviour of individuals, the narrow and limited assumptions made by economists, the inappropriate attempt of economics to dominate all social sciences, and the policy conclusions reached by standard economic analysis. The dissenters featured in this book suggest that there is a better way to do economics, and a better way to be an economist, and each has helped keep economics honest by constantly questioning traditional thinking. This book salutes and celebrates these dissenters who exemplify the very best of the discipline. If economics is again to be a respected field and a highly regarded profession, we must look to these dissenters to point the way forward. This book will be welcomed by professional economists, researchers and postgraduate students, especially those interested in the history of economic thought, and economic methodology and philosophy
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction: Dissent in twentieth century economics / (R.P.F. Holt and S. Pressman) -- 1. The seditious dissent of barbara r. Bergmann / (E.A. Paulin) -- 2. James m. Buchanan and the rebirth of political economy / (P.J. Boettke) -- 3. John r. Commons and the compatibility of neoclassical and institutionalist economics / (J.E. Biddle and W.J. Samuels) -- 4. The tenacious dissent of milton friedman / (D. Colander) -- 5. Friedrich a. Hayek: Super-dissenter / (L.S. Moss) -- 6. John a. Hobson: Dissenting labour economist / (J.E. King) -- 7. The policy dissent of nicholas kaldor / (S. Pressman) -- 8. The positive dissent of michal kalecki / (M. Sawyer) -- 9. Dissent and continuity: John maynard keynes / (V. Chick) -- 10. Frank knight's dissent from progressive social science / (R.B.Emmett) -- 11. Oskar lange's dissent from market capitalism and state socialism / (C. Rider) -- 12. Imagining the possibilities: The dissent of adolph lowe / (M. Forstater) -- 13. Gardiner means and the dissent of administered prices / (F. Lee) -- 14. The theoretical, methodological and pedagogical dissent of joan robinson / (Z. Emami) -- 15. Thomas schelling's dissent from the narrow scope of economics / (D. Latzko) -- 16. Piero sraffa and mainstream theory / (H.D. Kurz and N. Salvadori) -- 17. Thorstein bunde veblen: The quintessential dissenter / (C.M.A. Clark) -- Index.
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  • 12
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781800886483
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 215 pages) , illustrations
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    Parallel Title: Elektronische Reproduktion von Skousen, Mark, 1947 - Puzzles and paradoxes in economics
    DDC: 330
    Keywords: Economics ; Microeconomics ; Macroeconomics ; Finance ; Marketing ; Paradox ; Puzzles
    Abstract: Economics is full of puzzles and paradoxes that often frustrate and challenge everyone, including economists. This engaging book includes fifty puzzles and focuses on three types of paradox. First, everyday observations that appear to belie common sense (such as, why do some supermarket items sell for more per ounce in larger sizes?). Secondly, those paradoxes which have perplexed economists in the past but have since been fairly resolved (such as, the diamond-water paradox). Finally, empirical or conceptual anomalies that remain unresolved and present a challenge to today's economists (such as the voting paradox). Fifty puzzles and paradoxes are analysed in a clear framework. Examples include: the fairness of market wages, the alleged gold absurdity, Giffin goods and the Irish potato famine, the paradox of thrift, the supposed perversity of Wall Street, the leisure paradox, why the best Washington apples are shipped out of state (the Alchian-Allen theorem), the question of whether teachers are underpaid, whether studying economics makes people immoral and whether war is good for the economy. This original and unusual book will have a wide appeal, ranging from the lay person with an interest in everyday economic puzzles, to the student and teacher wishing to develop their understanding of some of the paradoxes that have existed and continue to exist in economics. It will serve as an ideal source for teachers who want to challenge their students with unusual economic problems
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Cases and concepts -- 1. The adam smith paradox -- 2. The diamond-water paradox -- 3. The water problem -- 4. The case of the fourth egg -- 5.profiting from pants -- 6. The price of quality -- 7. The rationality and risk puzzle -- 8. Gold's backward wupply curve -- 9. The positive sloping demand curve? -- 10. The leisure paradox -- 11. The price discrimination dilemma -- 12. A hot vacation spot -- 13. The rare case of a giffen good? -- 14. The case of the costly catsup -- 15. The mail order question -- 16. The businessman's query -- 17. Are teachers underpaid? -- 18. The pollution puzzle -- 19. Are market wages fair? -- 20. The highly valued occupation nobody wants -- 21. The stock market puzzler -- 22. Apples and the alchian-allen theorem -- 23. The perfect-market puzzle -- 24. The starvation of buridan's ass -- 25. Does studying economics make one immoral? -- 26. The savers' dilemma -- 27. Keynes's banana plantation -- 28. Producing cars that don't sell -- 29. The feckless forecast and policy purveyor puzzle -- 30. The growing but declining gap puzzle -- 31. The perpetual poverty puzzle -- 32. The paradox of thrift -- 33. The gold absurdity -- 34. The wager over wages -- 35. The voting behaviour puzzle -- 36. The voting paradox -- 37. A taxing debate -- 38.the blessings of destruction -- 39. The interest rate dilemma -- 40. The population puzzler -- 41. The efficiency versus equality puzzle -- 42. The national debt: Asset or liability? -- 43. The leontief paradox -- 44. The perversity of wall street -- Index.
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