Anxious to do Good
Learning to be an Economist the Hard Way
1st Edition
Published on 23. September 2013
214 pages
978-1-84540-466-6 (ISBN)
Description
After nearly three and a half -- rather too exciting -- years as a young war-time sailor, Alan Peacock expected to return to a life of quiet contemplation. Instead he became an activist economist frequently engaged in controversies about the conduct of economic policy lasting all his professional life. His earlier experiences at trying to 'do good' will resonate with all those who have attempted to influence political action, but the account is also designed to inform and entertain those who are curious to know whether economists are actually human.The author has lived long enough to have become a Fellow of both the British Academy and Royal Society of Edinburgh and was knighted for public service in 1987.
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Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Front Matter
- Title Page
- Publisher Information
- Dedication
- Anxious to do Good
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 - Anxious to do Good
- 2 - The Market for Economic Advice
- 3 - Chance and Circumstance
- 4 - Fast Tracking to Policy
- Annex 4.1
- 5 - Joining the Firing Line
- Annex 5.1
- 6 - The Fire is Returned
- 7 - The Unservile State
- Annex 7.1
- Annex 7.2
- Annex 7.3
- 8 - Illusions of Influence
- 9 - The Illusion Persists
- Annex 9.1
- 10 - Liberal Political Philosophy and Public Action
- 11 - Entanglement in the Education Debate
- Annex 11.1
- 12 - The End is Nigh
- Annex 12
- 13 - Taking Stock
- Back Matter
- Also Available
