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Thirteen persistent economic fallacies /
Those who believe the fallacies Mishan exposes to the light of reason in this book are, neither ignorant nor careless. The fallacies are all plausible, and intelligent people can be forgiven for believing them. Mishan simply wants readers to see these thirteeen popular, persistent fallacies for what...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Those who believe the fallacies Mishan exposes to the light of reason in this book are, neither ignorant nor careless. The fallacies are all plausible, and intelligent people can be forgiven for believing them. Mishan simply wants readers to see these thirteeen popular, persistent fallacies for what they are: Humbug. Mishan's scintillating text is apolitical. His goal is to test the assumptions behind the dearly held positions of both the left and the right or to expose what he calls the "breathtaking fatuity" that counts as wisdom these days. Mishan wants to interject common sense and logic into today's debates over the economy and especially, the political arguments that translate into legislation that has a negative impact on people. Mishan breathes new life into old debates. As he notes, the fallacies in this volume travel in the "highest circles", from debates in Congress to the pages of the Wall Street Journal,Time, and the Economist. Most are things 'everybody already knows'. With this book, he hopes to make readers think about these long-held suppositions, to "expose" the concerned citizen to the shock-treatment of discovering that much of what passes for economic wisdom is, in fact, fallacious. (From Publisher Description). |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 102 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313366062 0313366063 |