The social effects of economic thinking / William Van Lear.

The theories and hypotheses driving economic modeling and policy have real-world, tangible effects on the lives of those implicated. As such, ideologies play a particularly challenging role in economic policymaking, as the decisions made by governing bodies have the potential to alter the lives of m...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Van Lear, William (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Ideas versus Vested Interests
  • 2. A Political-Economic History of the U.S.
  • 3. Economic Growth and its Constraints
  • 4. Stagnation, Employment, and Income Distribution
  • 5. Public Policy in the 21st Century
  • 6. The Social Consequences of Economic Thinking.