Economics for the curious : inside the minds of 12 nobel laureates
Title By: Solow, Robert M [Edited by] | Murray, Janice [Edited by]
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BookPublisher: Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c2014.Description: ix, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781137383587Other title: Economics for the curious : inside the minds of twelve nobel laureates.Subject(s): Economics | Social sciencesDDC classification: 330 EC ON Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 330 EC ON (Browse shelf) | Available | T0053238 |
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| 330 DU PO Populism and economics / | 330 EC ON Economics : | 330 EC ON Economics / | 330 EC ON Economics for the curious : | 330 EC ON Economic development and entrepreneurship in transition economies : | 330 EC ON Economic challenges for the contemporary world : | 330 EL ST Strategic engineering aset management / |
Depressions are different / Paul R. Krugman -- Rethinking economics: a classical perspective / Vernon L. Smith -- Employment and unemployment / Peter A. Diamond -- Unemployment during and after the Great Recession / Dale T. Mortensen -- Long-term trends and structural changes in the global economy / A. Michael Spence -- On policy consistency / Finn E. Kydland -- Natural resources and sustainability / Robert M. Solow -- Research studies approaching cooperative games with new methods / John F. Nash -- Interdisciplinary social science: the transaction cost economics project / Oliver E. Williamson -- Financing retirement / William F. Sharpe -- How should we elect our leaders? / Eric S. Maskin -- Standards for state-building interventions / Roger B. Myerson.
12 Nobel Laureates take readers on a tour of some of the everyday issues that can be explored using basic economic principles. Topics include how economic tools can be used to rebuild nations in the aftermath of a war; financing retirement as longevity increases and what governments should really be doing to boost the economy.