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The assumptions economists make /

Economists make confident assertions in op-ed columns and on cable news--so why are their explanations at odds with equally confident assertions from other economists? And why are all economic predictions so rarely borne out? Harnessing his frustration with this contradiction, Schlefer set out to in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schlefer, Jonathan, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The metaphor of the invisible hand
  • What do economists do?
  • In search of a model
  • Economics when society matters
  • Chasing a chimera
  • Utopia
  • This imperfect world
  • Entering the realm of production
  • What caused income inequality?
  • Understanding an uncertain world
  • In the long run
  • In the short run
  • The golden age of capitalism
  • Economies in crisis
  • Thinking about economies.