Economics and the Real World / / Andrew M. Kamarck.
Drawing on a lifetime of distinguished work in economic research and policymaking, Andrew Kamarck details how his profession can more usefully analyze and solve economic problems by changing its basic approach to research.Kamarck contends that most economists today strive for a mathematical precisio...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1983 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anniversary Collection
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (180 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Problems of Measurement in General
- 3. Special Sources of Inaccuracy in Economic Data
- 4. Loose Concepts and Economics
- 5. National Income and Product Accounts
- 6. Balance of Payments
- 7. Macroeconomic Models
- 8. Microeconomics
- 9. Welfare Economics and Cost - Benefit Analysis
- 10. 'Capital' and 'Investment' in Less Developed Countries
- 11. Operational Conclusions
- Technical Appendix Significant Digits
- Bibliography
- Index