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The Economist as Public Intellectual: A Case for Selling Pareto Improvements
Frank, Robert - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 221-225
Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …
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Stiglerite vs. Friedmanite Science
McCloskey, Deirdre N. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 209-210
Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …
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A Comment on Daniel Klein's "A Plea to Economists Who Favor Liberty."
Tullock, Gordon - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 203-207
Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …
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Introduction to Symposium on Assist the Everyman
Klein, Daniel - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 183-184
This is an introduction to the 6 paper symposium on "Assist the Everyman" that appears in this issue. The primary article by Daniel B. Klein is followed by comments by Gordon Tullock, Deirdre McCloskey, Israel M. Kirzner, C.A.E. Goodhart, Robert H. Frank and James K. Galbraith and a rejoinder by...
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A Plea to Economists?
Goodhart, C. A. E. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 215-220
Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …
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Plea to Economists Who Favor Liberty: Assist the Everyman
Klein, Daniel - In: Eastern Economic Journal 27 (2001) 2, pp. 185-202
Economists can to some extent enlighten policymakers and the public and influence public policy. That enlightenment is … is a trade-off between relevance/importance and rigor/precision. Because many economists concentrate on rigor and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005641669
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Where Is the Next Rose Director?
Blundell, John - In: Econ Journal Watch 10 (2013) 2, pp. 162-166
Rose Friedman (née Director), the Chicago-trained economist, was a very important contributor to Milton Friedman’s scholarly output, popular writings, and television series. His remarkable role in society was to a significant extent a joint role from which she cannot be separated.
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The happiness of economists: Estimating the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well-being
Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE), … - 2014
This is the first paper that studies the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well being. Based on a survey among 918 students of economics and other social sciences, we estimate the effects of studying in the different fields on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal...
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Economist Petitions: Ideology Revealed
Hedengren, David; Klein, Daniel B.; Milton, Carrie - In: Econ Journal Watch 7 (2010) 3, pp. 288-319
all active petition signers lean heavily toward either liberalism or interventionism. The economists most active in …, Michael Reich, David Terkla, Christopher Tilly, and Thomas E. Weisskopf. We present information on many notable economists …
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Do Economists Reach a Conclusion on Organ Liberalization?
Diesel, Jon - In: Econ Journal Watch 7 (2010) 3, pp. 320-336
By banning payments to donors, government has limited organ supply to barter and charity. Economists have generated a … judgments of economists to see whether they preponderantly support liberalization. I classify 72 economists and find that most … of those economists who publish a judgment favor liberalization to one extent or another. This consensus among the …
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