Bibliograph

Economics rules, the rights and wrongs of the dismal science, Dani Rodrik

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Economics rules, the rights and wrongs of the dismal science, Dani Rodrik

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Economics rules

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

902661265

Responsibility statement

Dani Rodrik

Sub title

the rights and wrongs of the dismal science

Summary

Takes a close look at economics to examine when it falls short and when it works, to give a surprisingly upbeat account of the discipline. Drawing on the history of the field and his deep experience as a practitioner, Rodrik argues that economics can be a powerful tool that improves the world--but only when economists abandon universal theories and focus on getting the context right. Economics Rules argues that the discipline's much-derided mathematical models are its true strength. Models are the tools that make economics a science. Too often, however, economists mistake a model for the model that applies everywhere and at all times

Table Of Contents

The use and misuse of economic ideas -- What models do -- The science of economics modeling -- Navigating among models -- Models and theories -- When economists go wrong -- Economics and its critics -- The twenty commandments

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