The Soulful Science : : What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised Edition / / Diane Coyle.
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 desc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Revised |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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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