Applied EconomicsApplied Economics
Thinking Beyond Stage One
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Book, 2004
Current format, Book, 2004, , No Longer Available.Sowell (Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, Stanford U.), writing for a general audience, expounds upon how his brand of free market orthodoxy explains his conservative take on social issues and social welfare. He draws a distinction between economic and political decision-making, with only economics able to see beyond stage one and know the consequences of policy. His accounts of economic theory are applied to questions of medical insurance, low cost housing, international inequality, government regulation of business, and other issues, uniformly demonstrating the wrong-headedness of almost any governmental attempt to address social inequality. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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.
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.
A companion volume to Basic Economics discusses the application of economics to such world problems as medical care, discrimination, and the development of nations, examining economic policies in terms of their immediate and longer-term repercussions.
Discusses the application of economics to such world problems as medical care, discrimination, and the development of nations, examining economic policies in terms of their immediate and long-term repercussions.
The ideal companion volume to the acclaimed Basic Economics--a guide to how our economic decisions turn out in practical terms
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.
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.
A companion volume to Basic Economics discusses the application of economics to such world problems as medical care, discrimination, and the development of nations, examining economic policies in terms of their immediate and longer-term repercussions.
Discusses the application of economics to such world problems as medical care, discrimination, and the development of nations, examining economic policies in terms of their immediate and long-term repercussions.
The ideal companion volume to the acclaimed Basic Economics--a guide to how our economic decisions turn out in practical terms
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