The Soulful Science : : What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised Edition / / Diane Coyle.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Coyle, Diane,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: Revised
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Prologue to Part 1 -- PART 1. The Mysteries of Wealth and Poverty -- Chapter One. The History Detectives -- Chapter Two. What Makes Economies Grow? -- Chapter Three. How to Make Poverty History -- Prologue to Part 2 -- PART 2. Are Individuals Free to Choose? -- Chapter Four. What's It All About? -- Chapter Five. Economics for Humans -- Chapter Six. Information and Markets -- Prologue to Part 3 -- PART 3. Nature, Markets, and Society -- Chapter Seven. Murderous Apes and Entrepreneurs -- Chapter Eight. Economy versus Society -- Chapter Nine. Why Economics Has Soul -- References -- Index