Economic Sense And Nonsense

Author : Anthony De Jasay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0865978794

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Economic Sense and Nonsense by Anthony De Jasay Pdf

Economic Sense and Nonsense comprises a collection of sixty essays written by Anthony de Jasay for his monthly column "Reflections from Europe," on Liberty Fund's Library of Economics and Liberty website [ http://www.econlib.org/] (Viewed 29 March 2015) "The Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) is a free online library of economics books and articles of interest to libertarian views. It is sponsored by the private Liberty Fund."]. The articles span the years 2008 to 2012 and focus on economic issues of topical concern in Europe. In this collection Jasay continues his explorations of a number of themes that he developed in his earlier articles, such as the importance of property rights, the role of contracts in economic activity, the proper limitations of the state, and the attitude of intellectuals concerning the regulation of the free market. With the outbreak of the economic crisis of mid-2008, Jasay spends considerable\ time discussing its origins, the reactions of governments in both Europe and the United States, and the ensuing euro crisis, thus adding another dimension to his analysis of the economic woes of the industrialized world. Jasay's analysis demonstrates that the post-World War II experiment in building welfare states in Europe has reached a crisis point that will require deep and radical changes in thinking both by intellectuals about the nature of free markets and by policy makers about the intended and unintended impact of the regulations they adopt. Anthony de Jasay is an independent theorist living in France. Publisher's note.

Author : Paul R. Krugman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0393312925

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Peddling Prosperity by Paul R. Krugman Pdf

The past twenty years have been an era of economic disappointment in the U.S. They have also been a time of intense economic debate, as rival ideologies contend for policy influence. But strange things have happened to economic ideas on their way to power--they've been hijacked by policy entrepreneurs who offer easy answers to hard problems.

Author : Paul Krugman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780393312928

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Peddling Prosperity by Paul Krugman Pdf

Newsweek hailed Paul Krugman as "a superstar among economists" and went on to praise Peddling Prosperity as "the best primer around on recent U.S. economic history." Others joined the chorus. This wonderfully received book finds him in top form, observing the years he's dubbed "the age of diminished expectations." The past twenty years have been an era of economic disappointment in the United States. They have also been a time of intense economic debate, as rival ideologies contend for policy influence. But strange things have happened to economic ideas on their way to power: they've been hijacked by policy entrepreneurs—economic snake-oil salesmen, right or left, who offer easy answers to hard problems. Supply-siders rose to power with Ronald Reagan and not only cured nothing but left behind a $3 trillion debt. Krugman finds an unhappy parallel in those who shape policy within the Clinton administration.

Author : Anthony De Jasay
Publisher : Collected Papers of Anthony de
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0865978786

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Economic Sense and Nonsense by Anthony De Jasay Pdf

Economic Sense and Nonsense comprises a collection of sixty essays written by Anthony de Jasay for his monthly column "Reflections from Europe," on Liberty Fund's Library of Economics and Liberty website [ http://www.econlib.org/] (Viewed 29 March 2015) "The Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) is a free online library of economics books and articles of interest to libertarian views. It is sponsored by the private Liberty Fund."]. The articles span the years 2008 to 2012 and focus on economic issues of topical concern in Europe. In this collection Jasay continues his explorations of a number of themes that he developed in his earlier articles, such as the importance of property rights, the role of contracts in economic activity, the proper limitations of the state, and the attitude of intellectuals concerning the regulation of the free market. With the outbreak of the economic crisis of mid-2008, Jasay spends considerable\ time discussing its origins, the reactions of governments in both Europe and the United States, and the ensuing euro crisis, thus adding another dimension to his analysis of the economic woes of the industrialized world. Jasay's analysis demonstrates that the post-World War II experiment in building welfare states in Europe has reached a crisis point that will require deep and radical changes in thinking both by intellectuals about the nature of free markets and by policy makers about the intended and unintended impact of the regulations they adopt. Anthony de Jasay is an independent theorist living in France. Publisher's note.

Author : Jules Goddard,Tony Eccles
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847658210

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Uncommon Sense, Common Nonsense by Jules Goddard,Tony Eccles Pdf

This is a book for managers who know that their organisations are stuck in a mindset that thrives on fashionable business theories that are no more than folk wisdom, and whose so-called strategies that are little more than banal wish lists. It puts forward the notion that the application of uncommon sense - thinking or acting differently from other organisations in a way that makes unusual sense - is the secret to competitive success. For those who want to succeed and stand out from the herd this book is a beacon of uncommon sense and a timely antidote to managerial humbug.

Author : Richard Denniss
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781925203806

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Econobabble by Richard Denniss Pdf

Economics is like a tyre lever: it can be used to solve a problem, or to beat someone over the head. What is econobabble? We hear it every day, when politicians and commentators use incomprehensible economic jargon to dress up their self-interest as the national interest, to make the absurd seem inevitable or the inequitable seem fair. This book exposes the stupid arguments, bizarre contradictions and complete lack of evidence upon which much ‘common sense’ about the economy rests in Australia. Econobabble is for those who, deep down, have never believed that it makes sense, economic or otherwise, to help poor people by slashing public spending on the services they need. It’s for those who have a sneaking suspicion that it would be cheaper to avoid the effects of climate change than to let them happen and then ‘adapt’. And it’s for those who think pitting public health and aged care against the economy is a false dilemma, one that’s short-sighted, callous and potentially dangerous. In this new edition, Richard Denniss demolishes the tired and misleading arguments of right-wing economic ‘experts’ with humour and precision, empowering you to cut through the babble and reach the truth. ‘The best guide you’ll find to the literal non-sense that usually passes for economic debate in this country.’ —Ross Gittins

Author : Jean Bricmont
Publisher : Springer
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319652719

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Quantum Sense and Nonsense by Jean Bricmont Pdf

Permeated by the author's delightful humor, this little book explains, with nearly no mathematics, the main conceptual issues associated with quantum mechanics: The issue of determinism. Does quantum mechanics signify the end of a deterministic word-view? The role of the human subject or of the "observer" in science. Since Copernicus, science has increasingly tended to dethrone Man from his formerly held special position in the Universe. But quantum mechanics, with its emphasis on the notion of observation, may once more have given a central role to the human subject. The issue of locality. Does quantum mechanics imply that instantaneous actions at a distance exist in Nature? In these pages the author offers a variety of views and answers - bad as well as good - to these questions. The reader will be both entertained and enlightened by Jean Bricmont's clear and incisive arguments.

Author : Louis Lowenstein
Publisher : Perseus Books
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Corporations
ISBN : 0201523582

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Sense and Nonsense in Corporate Finance by Louis Lowenstein Pdf

The man who predicted the economic disasters of the go-go '80s now tells corporate managers how to survive in the difficult '90s. In a concise, no-nonsense style, Lowenstein takes the mystery out of corporate finance and replaces it with a large dose of good sense.

Author : Tomas Sedlacek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199831904

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Economics of Good and Evil by Tomas Sedlacek Pdf

Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the "Young Guns" and one of the "five hot minds in economics" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science, a value-free mathematical inquiry, he writes, but it's actually a cultural phenomenon, a product of our civilization. It began within philosophy--Adam Smith himself not only wrote The Wealth of Nations, but also The Theory of Moral Sentiments--and economics, as Sedlacek shows, is woven out of history, myth, religion, and ethics. "Even the most sophisticated mathematical model," Sedlacek writes, "is, de facto, a story, a parable, our effort to (rationally) grasp the world around us." Economics not only describes the world, but establishes normative standards, identifying ideal conditions. Science, he claims, is a system of beliefs to which we are committed. To grasp the beliefs underlying economics, he breaks out of the field's confines with a tour de force exploration of economic thinking, broadly defined, over the millennia. He ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity, from Descartes and Adam Smith to the consumerism in Fight Club. Throughout, he asks searching meta-economic questions: What is the meaning and the point of economics? Can we do ethically all that we can do technically? Does it pay to be good? Placing the wisdom of philosophers and poets over strict mathematical models of human behavior, Sedlacek's groundbreaking work promises to change the way we calculate economic value.

Author : Kevin N. Laland,Gillian R. Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199586967

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Sense and Nonsense by Kevin N. Laland,Gillian R. Brown Pdf

This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world.

Author : Anat Shenker-Osorio
Publisher : Public Affairs
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781610391771

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Don't Buy it by Anat Shenker-Osorio Pdf

Argues that the economic debate is often won with faulty messages and personification of the economy, leading to uncertainty as to what the economy actually is.

Author : Paul Krugman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781324005025

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Arguing with Zombies: Economics, Politics, and the Fight for a Better Future by Paul Krugman Pdf

New York Times Bestseller An accessible, compelling introduction to today’s major policy issues from the New York Times columnist, best-selling author, and Nobel prize–winning economist Paul Krugman, now with a new preface. There is no better guide than Paul Krugman to basic economics, the ideas that animate much of our public policy. Likewise, there is no stronger foe of zombie economics, the misunderstandings that just won’t die. In Arguing with Zombies, Krugman tackles many of these misunderstandings, taking stock of where the United States has come from and where it’s headed in a series of concise, digestible chapters. Drawn mainly from his popular New York Times column, they cover a wide range of issues, organized thematically and framed in the context of a wider debate. Explaining the complexities of health care, housing bubbles, tax reform, Social Security, and so much more with unrivaled clarity and precision, Arguing with Zombies is Krugman at the height of his powers. It is an indispensable guide to two decades’ worth of political and economic discourse in the United States and around the globe, and now includes a preface on "Zombies in the Age of COVID-19." With quick, vivid sketches, Krugman turns his readers into intelligent consumers of the daily news and hands them the keys to unlock the concepts behind the greatest economic policy issues of our time. In doing so, he delivers an instant classic that can serve as a reference point for this and future generations.

Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9781610164016

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Making Economic Sense by Murray Newton Rothbard Pdf

Author : Marc Chandler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470885383

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Making Sense of the Dollar by Marc Chandler Pdf

Has the greenback really lost its preeminent place in the world? Not according to currency expert Marc Chandler, who explains why so many are—wrongly—pessimistic about both the dollar and the U.S. economy. Making Sense of the Dollar explores the many factors—trade deficits, the dollar’s role in the world, globalization, capitalism, and more—that affect the dollar and the U.S. economy and lead to the inescapable conclusion that both are much stronger than many people suppose. Marc Chandler has been covering the global capital markets for twenty years as a foreign exchange strategist for several Wall Street firms. He is one of the most widely respected and quoted currency experts today.

Author : Paul R. Krugman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 026261135X

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Development, Geography, and Economic Theory by Paul R. Krugman Pdf

Krugman examines the course of economic geography and development theory to shed light on the nature of economic inquiry.