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MACMILLAN Applying the Dismal Science: When Economists Give Advice to Governments

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Economic Policy & Development

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This collection shows what went wrong in UK economic policy-making in the 1960s and 1970s, what goes better now, and what still goes wrong. The editors explain how recent developments in economic theory have improved economic policy making. Review 'That is the great strength of this book: it forces us to ask why we do economics, not from a purely abstract set of values, but rather from the perspective of those who have had to wrestle with these issues on a day-to-day basis.' - Roger Vickerman, Public Administration About the Author IAIN MCLEAN is Professor of Politics and Director of the Public Policy Unit, Oxford University, UK, and a Fellow of Nuffield College, UK. He has previously worked in Newcastle and Warwick, UK, and Stanford and Yale, USA. His previous publications include Rational Choice and British Politics, Aberfan: Government and Disasters and The Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom. COLIN JENNINGS is Lecturer in Economics at Queen's College, Oxford University, UK. He obtained his PhD in Economics at Southampton University, UK. He has published articles in the Scottish Journal of Political Economy and Public Choice.

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Brand: MACMILLAN
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1403994587
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Economics > Economic Policy & Development
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 16 December 2005
Listed Since: 13 December 2006

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