A Perilous Progress : Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America

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The economics profession in twentieth-century America began as a humble quest to understand the ""wealth of nations."" It grew into a profession of immense public prestige--and now suffers a strangely withered public purpose. Michael Bernstein portrays a profession that has ended...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bernstein, Michael A.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.)
Council of Economic Advisers (U.S.) > History.
Economists.
Economics.
Economic policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Économie politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Économistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Economics > United States > History > 20th century.
Economists > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique economique > 20e siecle.
United States > Economic policy > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
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Résumé:The economics profession in twentieth-century America began as a humble quest to understand the ""wealth of nations."" It grew into a profession of immense public prestige--and now suffers a strangely withered public purpose. Michael Bernstein portrays a profession that has ended up repudiating the state that nurtured it, ignoring distributive justice, and disproportionately privileging private desires in the study of economic life. Intellectual introversion has robbed it, he contends, of the very public influence it coveted and cultivated for so long. With wit and irony he examines how a c
Description matérielle:1 online resource (376 pages).
ISBN:9781400865086

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