The Future of Economics
Published on 20. February 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
155 pages
978-0-631-18487-4 (ISBN)
Description
Commissioned to celebrate the centenary of the Royal Economic Society and "The Economic Journal", this book comprises a collection of 22 essays from leading economists on the way the study of economics is likely to develop over the next 100 years. Topics covered include the nature of economists' beliefs and assumptions, the status of theoretical and applied work, the way econometrics and forecasting can affect economies, changes in the economics industry, and the requirements of the next generation of students. There are also chapters on a number of important disciplines that could have an increasing important part to play in economic analysis over the next 100 years. These include decision theory, game theory and equilibrium theory.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 2 mm
Weight
297 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-18487-4 (9780631184874)
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Content
Toward a newer economics - the future lies ahead, William J. Baumol; economics beyond the horizon, Jagdish Bhagwati; economics in the post-socialist century, James M. Buchanan; nutrition, non-convexities and redistributive policies, Partha Dasgupta; decision theory - the next 100 years?, Peter Fishburn; old wine in new bottles, Milton Friedman; economics in the cenuiry ahead, John K. Galbraith; the next hundred years, Frank Hahn; econometrics - retrospect and prospect, Jack Johnston; economics and business, John A. Kay; the next fifty years, E. Malinvaud; general equilibrium theory in the 21st century, Michio Morishima; progress and microeconomic data, Andrew J. Oswald; prospects for economics, John Pencavel; economics in 2090 - the views of an experimentalist, Charles R. Plott; the economics of the next century, Austin Robinson; game theory as part of empirical economics, Alvin E. Roth; continuity and change in the economics industry, Richard Schmalensee; the determinants of growth, Nicholas Stern; another century of economic science, Joseph E. Stiglitz; the next hundred years, Stephen J. Turnovsky; the black box, Jack Wiseman.