The Spread of economic ideas
This book, first published in 1989, contains a spirited debate between eminent economists, journalists, and publishers about the spread of economic ideas. Using many of the same ideas as do the rhetorical and sociological philosophical schools, the contributors to this book discuss the spread of eco...
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Cambridge University Press
1989
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Table of Contents:
- An introduction to the spread of economic ideas / A.W. Coats and David C. Colander
- The state of economics: hopeless but not serious? / Robert W. Clower
- The invisible hand of truth / David C. Colander
- Faith, hope, and clarity / Robert M. Solow
- How ideas spread among economists: examples from international economics / Charles P. Kindleberger
- Journals, university presses, and the spread of ideas / Colin Day
- How economic ideas turn to mush / Robert M. Solow
- The development of the ideas: stratigic trade policy and competitiveness / David Warsh
- Economics and the common reader / Donald S. Lamm
- Economic ideas and economists in government: accomplishments and frustrations / A.W. Coats
- The spread of economics ideas between academia and government: a two-way street / William J. Barber
- The exchange of favors in the market for commitments / James K. Galbraith
- How tax reform came about / Joseph J. Minarik
- Doing good and spreading the gospel (economic) / Craufurd D. Goodwin
- Think tanks and the politics of ideas / James A. Smith
- The role of the NSF in the spread of economic ideas / Daniel H. Newlon
- Money and the spread of ideas / David C. Colander
- Changing incentives to make economics more relevant / Gordon Tullock