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! Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues ☆ PDF Read by * Harold Winter eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues Richard Crowder said "There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs". Winter offers a straightforward discussion of how economists think about social issues--attempting to rein in their personal preferences and emotions in order to get at the real mechanics of policy choices. Thoughtful and illuminating.. "Infinitely Better than Freakonomics" according to Scruffy Pete. I love the popular writings of Steven Landsburg, Gary Becker and Walter Williams. This book is in the same vein, bringing ja
Title | : | Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues |
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.74 (729 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0226902250 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-04-24 |
Language | : | English |
Kip Viscusi, Harvard Law School" . Where other disciplines see absolutes, economics sees trade-offs. And, as Winter shows, the guidance economics provides as to what these trade-offs are and what balance we should strike is often surprising. Trade-Offs illustrates the broad range of economic reasoning with a wealth of case studies that runs the gamut from auto safety to organ transplants. "Harold Winter's engaging volume is a great starting point for introducing students to the economic approach to policy issues. This book will get students excited about learning economics." - W
Richard Crowder said "There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs". Winter offers a straightforward discussion of how economists think about social issues--attempting to rein in their personal preferences and emotions in order to get at the real mechanics of policy choices. Thoughtful and illuminating.. "Infinitely Better than Freakonomics" according to Scruffy Pete. I love the popular writings of Steven Landsburg, Gary Becker and Walter Williams. This book is in the same vein, bringing jargon-laden economics down to a level of prose that everyone can understand and enjoy. (Most of the jargon and formal modeling in AER articles and econ textbooks is entirely useless.) On top of this, Winter has wit. How many econ professors actually have wit? I've done a study -- it's 5 and Harold Winter can happily put himself in that class now.And this book vastly outshines "Freakonomics," which is nothing more than a book on measurement (not ec. "Simple, but great read" according to Avid Reader. This book was very simple, but very interesting. It does not require any economics experience/knowledge. It forces the reader to think about what he/she believes in and why using an economist's perspective.
By considering both the costs and benefits of potential policy solutions, Winter stresses that real-world policy decision making is best served by an explicit recognition of as many trade-offs as possible.Intellectually stimulating yet accessible and entertaining, Trade-Offs will be appreciated by students of economics, public policy, health administration, political science, and law, as well as by anyone who follows current social policy debates.. But economists also analyze issues that, to others, do not typically fall within the realm of economic reasoning, such as organ transplants, cigarette addiction, smoking in public, and product safety. Trade-Offs is an introduction to the economic approach to analyzing these controversial public policy issues.Harold Winter provides readers with the analytical tools needed to identify and understand the trade-of
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