Economists make confident assertions in op-ed columns and on cable news - so why are their explanations often at odds with equally confident assertions from other economists? And why are all economic predictions so rarely borne out? Harnessing his frustration with these contradictions, Jonathan Schlefer set out to investigate how economists arrive at their opinions. While econo...(展开全部)

Randall G. Holcombe 是美国经济学家，弗罗里达州立大学经济学教授，The Independent Institute 研究员，The James Madison Institute 高级研究员，The Public Choice Society 前主席。2000年至2006年曾担任弗罗里达州州长杰布·布什经济委员会顾问。

Randall G. Holcombe 是美国经济学家，弗罗里达州立大学经济学教授，The Independent Institute 研究员，The James Madison Institute 高级研究员，The Public Choice Society 前主席。2000年至2006年曾担任弗罗里达州州长杰布·布什经济委员会顾问。

By focusing on the human side as well as the intellectual dimensions of how economists work and think, this collection of interviews with top economists of the 20th century becomes a startling and lively introduction to the modern world of macroeconomics. A fun read! For more information, frequent updates, and to comment on the forthcoming book, visit William A. Barnett's weblo...(展开全部)

[美]迪尔德丽·N. 麦克洛斯基（Deirdre N. McCloskey），著名经济学家、经济史学家，美国伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校经济学、历史学、英语、传播学荣誉教授，曾在芝加哥学派最辉煌的年代执教于芝加哥大学经济学系。除经济学领域，迪尔德丽也涉足女性主义、伦理学、哲学等，她称自己为一名“文学的、量化的、后现代的女性”。著有《经济学的修辞》《经济学的叙事》《芝加哥大学写作课》《跨性别者回忆录》等。

This miscellany of popular writings deals with the world of academe, politics, and policy, especially the world of economics. The volume begins with the two 'closing' columns that the author wrote before joining the Indian government's Ministry of Finance as an adviser. They describe his excitement and trepidation on moving from academics to the world of policy and politics. Th...(展开全部)

An abundance of applications to current economic analysis, illustrative diagrams, thought-provoking exercises, careful proofs, and a flexible organization-these are the advantages that Mathematics for Economists brings to today s classroom.

Mathematics for Economists, a new text for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in economics, is a thoroughly modern treatment of the mathematics that underlies economic theory. An abundance of applications to current economic analysis, illustrative diagrams, thought-provoking exercises, careful proofs, and a flexible organisation-these are the advantages that...(展开全部)

Mathematics for Economists, a new text for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in economics, is a thoroughly modern treatment of the mathematics that underlies economic theory. An abundance of applications to current economic analysis, illustrative diagrams, thought-provoking exercises, careful proofs, and a flexible organization-these are the advantages that...(展开全部)

An abundance of applications to current economic analysis, illustrative diagrams, thought-provoking exercises, careful proofs, and a flexible organization-these are the advantages that Mathematics for Economists brings to today s classroom.