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Economists direct their research mainly to the technical frontiers of the discipline. But the actual decisions of political economy are made not by experts but by ordinary public officials and voters -- the "Everyman." The "Everyman" is innocent of basic economics, and needs edification in the basics. The task of educating the Everyman is neglected, sometimes even denigrated, by academic economists. Academic rewards go to those at the frontier, even though their refinements are often of minor relevance to public issues. Daniel B. Klein has here gathered essays of nine great economists of this century: Friedrich Hayek, Ronald Coase, Thomas Schelling, Gordon Tullock, Israel Kirzner, Frank Graham, William Hutt, Clarence Philbrook, and D. McCloskey addressing the existential issue for economists: "How do we contribute to human betterment?" The authors express their esteem for economic research firmly rooted in public issues and the contributes to public discourse. Some suggest that the academic focus on technical refinement not only diverts economists from efforts at public edification, but might even mislead economists in their own understanding of economic affairs. - Back cover.

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Table of Contents

Introduction : What do economists contribute? / Daniel B. Klein
On the role of values in the work of economists / Frank D. Graham
Economists and public policy / Ronald H. Coase
On the decline of authority of economists / William H. Hutt
'Realism' in policy espousal / Clarence Philbrook
How to do well while doing good! / Gordon Tullock
The common weal and economic stories / D.N. McCloskey
What do economists know? / Thomas C. Schelling
Economists and the correction of error / Israel M. Kirzner
On being an economist / Friedrich A. Hayek
Recommended works on the Economics profession and on being an economist
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Cato Institute book."

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Washington Square, NY
Copyright Date
1999

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Dewey Decimal Class
330
Library of Congress
HB71 .W467 1999, HB71.W467 1998, HB71.W467 1999

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xiv, 156 p.
Number of pages
156
Dimensions
23 x x centimeters

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Open Library
OL354115M
Internet Archive
trent_0116404691366
ISBN 10
0814747221, 081474723X
ISBN 13
9780814747223, 9780814747230
LCCN
98013820
OCLC/WorldCat
38542688
Library Thing
2306098
Goodreads
2853391
3750954

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