The Soulful Science

What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised Edition

Diane Coyle (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2009 | Revised Edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-14316-3 (ISBN)

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Describes the remarkable creative renaissance in economics, how economic thinking is being applied to the paradoxes of everyday life. This title incorporates the developments in the field, including the rise of behavioral finance, the failure of carbon trading, and the growing trend of government bailouts.

For many, Thomas Carlyle's put-down of economics as "the dismal science" rings true--especially in the aftermath of the crash of 2008. But Diane Coyle argues that economics today is more soulful than dismal, a more practical and human science than ever before. The Soulful Science describes the remarkable creative renaissance in economics, how economic thinking is being applied to the paradoxes of everyday life. This revised edition incorporates the latest developments in the field, including the rise of behavioral finance, the failure of carbon trading, and the growing trend of government bailouts. She also discusses such major debates as the relationship between economic statistics and presidential elections, the boundary between private choice and public action, and who is to blame for today's banking crisis.

Diane Coyle is a writer and Harvard economics PhD. A member of the BBC Trust and the UK Competition Commission, and a visiting professor at the University of Manchester, she also runs an economic consulting firm, Enlightenment Economics.

Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 Prologue to Part1 9 Part 1. The Mysteries of Wealth and Poverty 11 Chapter One: The History Detectives 13 Chapter Two: What Makes Economies Grow? 39 Chapter Three: How to Make Poverty History 68 Prologue to Part 2 103 Part 2. Are Individuals Free to Choose? 105 Chapter Four: What's It All About? 107 Chapter Five: Economics for Humans 128 Chapter Six: Information and Markets 156 Prologue to Part 3 185 Part 3. Nature, Markets, and Society 187 Chapter Seven: Murderous Apes and Entrepreneurs 189 Chapter Eight: Economy versus Society 213 Chapter Nine: Why Economics Has Soul 242 References 273 Index 289

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.12.2009
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 235 mm
Gewicht	425 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	0-691-14316-1 / 0691143161
ISBN-13	978-0-691-14316-3 / 9780691143163
Zustand	Neuware