Evolving approaches to the economics of public policy : views of award-winning economists

Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Jean Kimmel -- Microfinance : points of promise / Erica Field, Abraham Holland, and Rohini Pande -- The once (but no longer) golden age of human capital / Nancy Folbre -- Society and state in determining economic outcomes / Avner Greif -- Motivating consummate effort / David M. Kreps -- Efficient and effective economic regulation in a confusing technological environment / Michael J. Piore -- Authors -- Index -- About the institute