Economics for the Curious [electronic resource] : Inside the Minds of 12 Nobel Laureates /
Solow, Robert M.editor.
Murray, Janice.editor.
12 Nobel Laureates take readers on a tour of some of the everyday issues that can be explored using basic economic principles. Topics include how economic tools can be used to rebuild nations in the aftermath of a war; financing retirement as longevity increases and what governments should really be doing to boost the economy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Depressions are Different; 2 Rethinking Economics: A Classical Perspective; 3 Employment and Unemployment; 4 Unemployment During and After the Great Recession; 5 Long-Term Trends and Structural Changes in the Global Economy; 6 On Policy Consistency; 7 Natural Resources and Sustainability; 8 Research Studies Approaching Cooperative Games with New Methods; 9 Interdisciplinary Social Science: The Transaction Cost Economics Project; 10 Financing Retirement; 11 How Should We Elect Our Leaders?; 12 Standards for State-Building Interventions
Appendix A: List of Nobel LaureatesAppendix B: The Lindau Meetings
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
12 Nobel Laureates take readers on a tour of some of the everyday issues that can be explored using basic economic principles. Topics include how economic tools can be used to rebuild nations in the aftermath of a war; financing retirement as longevity increases and what governments should really be doing to boost the economy.
Behavioral economics.
Microeconomics.
Macroeconomics.
Environmental economics.
Economic growth.
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.
Microeconomics.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Environmental Economics.
Economic Growth.