In the great tradition of moral argument about the nature of the economic market, Rebecca Blank and William McGurn join to debate the fundamental questions—equality and efficiency, productivity and social justice, individual achievement and personal rights in the workplace, and the costs and...

Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and...

Chapter 1 Introduction: A Portrait of Jacques Rueff -- Chapter 2 The Economic Consequences of World War I: Keynes and Rueff -- Chapter 3 “Permanent Unemployment” and the Unemployment Insurance System in the United Kingdom -- Chapter 4 The German Transfer Controversy -- Chapter 5 The...

Cover -- THE WORLD IN THE MODEL -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures, Tables, and Boxes -- Preface -- 1 Modelling as a Method of Enquiry -- PART I: CHANGING THE PRACTICE OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -- 1. From Laws to Models, From Words to Objects -- 2. The Naturalization of...

Few would dispute that the well-being of individuals is one of the most desirable aims of human actions. However, approaches on how to define, measure, evaluate, and promote well-being differ widely. The conventional economic approach takes income (or the power to acquire market goods) as the...