The Economist's View of the World - And the Quest for Well-Being

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. Useful Concepts: 1. Opportunity Cost; 2. Marginalism; 3. Economic Incentives; Part II. Government and Markets, Efficiency and Equity: 4. Government and the Economy; 5. Economists and Equity; 6. Externalities and the Government Agenda; Part III. The Limits of Economics: 7. The Economist's Consumer and Individual Well-Being; 8. Representatives, Deliberation, and Political Leadership; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Steven E. Rhoads is professor emeritus in politics at the University of Virginia. He received his AB in history from Princeton University in 1961. Steve then spent time in the US Navy, and at the US Bureau of the Budget as the Secretary of the Director's Review. At Cornell University he studied economics, American politics and the history of political philosophy, receiving the PhD in government in 1973. Steve and his wife Peggy live just outside Charlottesville, Virginia.

Summary

This tour of the economist's mind explains the utility of crucial economic concepts. Rhoads uses relevant political examples to state his case, discusses controversies surrounding redistribution of wealth, and offers a critique of economists' unbalanced emphasis on narrow self-interest as both controlling motive and route to happiness.

Product details

• Authors: Steven E. Rhoads, Rhoads Steven E.
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781108994071
• ISBN: 978-1-108-99407-1
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 550 g
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, macroeconomics, Political science & theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Political science and theory, Economic theory and philosophy