The Soulful Science
What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised Edition
1st Edition
Published on 7. December 2009
304 pages
978-1-4008-3368-9 (ISBN)
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Princeton University Press
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Diane Coyle is a writer and Harvard economics PhD. A member of the BBC Trust and the UK Competition Commission, and a visiting professor at the University of Manchester, she also runs an economic consulting firm, Enlightenment Economics.
Content
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Prologue to Part1 9
Part 1. The Mysteries of Wealth and Poverty 11
Chapter One: The History Detectives 13
Chapter Two: What Makes Economies Grow? 39
Chapter Three: How to Make Poverty History 68
Prologue to Part 2 103
Part 2. Are Individuals Free to Choose? 105
Chapter Four: What's It All About? 107
Chapter Five: Economics for Humans 128
Chapter Six: Information and Markets 156
Prologue to Part 3 185
Part 3. Nature, Markets, and Society 187
Chapter Seven: Murderous Apes and Entrepreneurs 189
Chapter Eight: Economy versus Society 213
Chapter Nine: Why Economics Has Soul 242
References 273
Index 289
Introduction 1
Prologue to Part1 9
Part 1. The Mysteries of Wealth and Poverty 11
Chapter One: The History Detectives 13
Chapter Two: What Makes Economies Grow? 39
Chapter Three: How to Make Poverty History 68
Prologue to Part 2 103
Part 2. Are Individuals Free to Choose? 105
Chapter Four: What's It All About? 107
Chapter Five: Economics for Humans 128
Chapter Six: Information and Markets 156
Prologue to Part 3 185
Part 3. Nature, Markets, and Society 187
Chapter Seven: Murderous Apes and Entrepreneurs 189
Chapter Eight: Economy versus Society 213
Chapter Nine: Why Economics Has Soul 242
References 273
Index 289
