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Against the Grain : Insights from an Economic Contrarian.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ormerod, Paul
Otros Autores: May, Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : London Publishing Partnership, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Intro; _Hlk489962505; _Hlk505371102; _Hlk505347516; The author; Foreword; 1 Introduction; This book; Microeconomics and macroeconomics; Sources; References; 2 Market structures and incentives; Meat and potato pies and the Nobel Prize in economics; Incentives, scarce resources and the refugee crisis; The market for speeding points; Bacon sandwich with sugar, anyone?; Don't send bankers to jail. Just don't give them knighthoods; Would harsher punishments deter the likes of Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes?; Why can't students learn? University is not worthwhile for most. 
505 8 |a Can Nanny make you stop drinking?Paying for performance can be bad. It's (almost) official; Why teachers are just like bankers; CEO compensation and Jamaican demands for reparations: two sides of the same coin; Corporation tax: fostering the illusions of the electorate that someone else will pay; Our Friends in the North are trapped in a monetary union; Can game theory help the Greeks?; With hurricanes raging, why can't politicians confront climate change?; Ticket prices, fairness and behavioural economics; Are the markets telling the truth? 
505 8 |a The value of experiments, both controlled and naturalRude Yorkshiremen, Milton Friedman and economic theory; Banks and steel: thorny problems in economic theory; Expert opinions are often built on sand; References; 3 Uncertainty and the limits to knowledge; The World Chess Championship tells us how we really make decisions; The 'gentleman in Whitehall' does not know best; How expert are experts? Time to end the independence of the Bank; Beer, evolution and failure; Ninja Turtles, Nick Clegg and market failure; Black Friday, games and the Stock Market; Can England win the World Cup? 
504 |a References4 Innovation; Whatever happened to all those miners? Shocks and economic resilience; Economics isn't always the dismal science; Could Ernie replace Andy? The Bank's take on automation; Neo-Luddites won't like it, but the UK must keep on (driverless) truckin'; Always look on the bright side; All we are saying: give capitalism a chance; Artificial Intelligence and the future; Biotech contradicts accusation of City short-termism; Stranded assets and innovation; Britain's New Industrial Policy: can we learn from the mistakes of the past?; Why cricket is like spam; References; 5 Networks. 
505 8 |a Thomas Schelling, polymath of geniusA stitch in time. We need smarter government, but less of it; Echo chamber of garbage; Alas, poor Cecil! Economic theory and the death of a lion; If it can happen to Google, who can feel safe?; Um Bongo: a spotlight on modern social and economic behaviour; Popular culture is the driving force of inequality; What the Emily Thornberry saga tells us about macroeconomic policy; References; 6 Macroeconomics; Want an economic forecast guv? Pick one, any one will do; What a good job Keynes didn't believe in forecasting; Inflation and the limits to knowledge. 
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