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“david colander”

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  • Where Economics Went Wrong

    Chicago's Abandonment of Classical Liberalism

    by David Colander, Craig Freedman ...
    How modern economics abandoned classical liberalism and lost its wayMilton Friedman once predicted that advances in scientific economics would resolve debates about whether raising the minimum wage is good policy. Decades later, Friedman’s prediction has not come true. In Where Economics Went Wrong, David Colander and Craig Freedman argue that it never will. Why? Because economic policy, when done ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • Social Science

    An Introduction to the Study of Society

    by David Colander, Elgin Hunt ...
    Now in its eigthteenth edition, Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society approaches its study from a common sense perspective, rather than a formalistic perspective more common in social science texts. Readers will see how seemingly diverse disciplines intermingle and connect to one another—anthropology and economics, for example. The goal of the book is to teach students critical ... Read more

    $200.00 USD

  • The Making of an Economist, Redux

    by David Colander ...
    Economists seem to be everywhere in the media these days. But what exactly do today's economists do? What and how are they taught? Updating David Colander and Arjo Klamer's classic The Making of an Economist, this book shows what is happening in elite U.S. economics Ph.D. programs. By examining these programs, Colander gives a view of cutting-edge economics--and a glimpse at its likely future. And ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Making Of An Economist

    by Arjo Klamer, David Colander ...
    This book focuses on the graduate education of a small group of economists—those at elite schools. It is intended for three audiences: aspiring economists, economists, and the lay public. The book reports conversations with MIT, Harvard, Chicago, and Columbia students. ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Pluralist Economics

    by Peter Earl, Jeroen van Bouwel, Yanis Varoufakis, J. E. King, Mohamed Aslam Haneef, Thomas Mayer, David Colander, Harry Landreth, Geoffrey Hodgson, Robert F. Garnett, Alan Freeman, Christian Arnsperger, Peter Soderbaum, Kyle Siler, Andrew Kliman ...
    This book is an authoritative and accessible guide to the pluralist movement threatening to revolutionise mainstream economics. Leading figures in the field explain why pluralism is a required virtue in economics, how it came to be blocked and what it means for the way we think about, research and teach economics.The first part of the book looks at how neoclassical economics gained its ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Complexity and the History of Economic Thought

    Edited by David Colander ...
    A new approach to science has recently developed. It is called the complexity approach. A number of researchers, such as Brian Arthur and Buz Brock, have used this approach to consider issues in economics. This volume considers the complexity approach to economics from a history of thought and methodological perspectives. It finds that the ideas un ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Changing Face of Economics

    Conversations with Cutting Edge Economists

    by David Colander, Richard P. F. Holt, J. Barkley Rosser Jr. ...
    The Changing Face of Economics gives the reader a sense of the modern economics profession and how it is changing. The volume does so with a set of nine interviews with cutting edge economists, followed by interviews with two Nobel Prize winners, Paul Samuelson and Kenneth Arrow, reflecting on the changes that are occurring. What results is a clear picture of today's economics--and it is no longer ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Complexity and the Art of Public Policy

    Solving Society's Problems from the Bottom Up

    by David Colander, Roland Kupers ...
    How ideas in complexity can be used to develop more effective public policyComplexity science—made possible by modern analytical and computational advances—is changing the way we think about social systems and social theory. Unfortunately, economists' policy models have not kept up and are stuck in either a market fundamentalist or government control narrative. While these standard narratives are ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Race, Liberalism, and Economics

    Edited by David Colander, Robert E. Prasch, Falguni A. Sheth ...
    Noneconomists often think that economists' approach to race is almost exclusively one of laissez-faire. Racism, Liberalism, and Economics argues that economists' ideas are more complicated. The book considers economists' support of markets in relation to the challenge of race and race relations and argues that their support of laissez-faire has traditionally been based upon a broader philosophical ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Ecological Economics

    Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development

    by Peter Soderbaum ...
    Ecological economics seeks to socially construct a political economics which will deal successfully with environmental problems and make the individual more visible in economic analysis. The author describes the principles, strategies and instruments of social change for key players - governmental agencies, business corporations, environmental and religious organizations and universities - and ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy

    by Daniel Hausman, Michael McPherson, Debra Satz ...
    This book shows through argument and numerous policy-related examples how understanding moral philosophy can improve economic analysis, how moral philosophy can benefit from economists' analytical tools, and how economic analysis and moral philosophy together can inform public policy. Part I explores the idea of rationality and its connections to ethics, arguing that when they defend their formal ... Read more

    $52.49 USD

  • Re-Thinking Science

    Knowledge and the Public in an Age of Uncertainty

    by Helga Nowotny, Michael T. Gibbons, Peter B. Scott ...
    Re-Thinking Science presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. Despite the mounting evidence of a much closer, interactive relationship between society and science, current debate still seems to turn on the need to maintain a 'line' to demarcate them. The view persists that there is a one-way communication flow from science to society - with scant attention given ... Read more

    $29.00 USD