{"product_id":"the-economists-view-of-the-world-9781108994071","title":"The Economists View of the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis tour of the economist's mind explains the utility of crucial economic concepts. Rhoads uses relevant political examples to state his case, discusses controversies surrounding redistribution of wealth, and offers a critique of economists' unbalanced emphasis on narrow self-interest as both controlling motive and route to happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is a 35th anniversary version of a classic. Rhoads, an emeritus professor of politics at the University of Virginia, has built upon the best explanation I know of how orthodox economists think about choice, markets, externalities and other concepts. The new edition will be valuable to non-economists and economists alike: the former will learn how economists think; and the latter will learn some of the limits to how they think.' Martin Wolf, A Financial Times Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e'Rhoads puts the discipline's core concepts in wonderfully accessible form.' Barton Swaim, A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e'… one of the top 10 big picture economics books of the last 50 years.' David R. Henderson, Regulation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Part I. Useful Concepts: 1. Opportunity Cost; 2. Marginalism; 3. Economic Incentives; Part II. Government and Markets, Efficiency and Equity: 4. Government and the Economy; 5. Economists and Equity; 6. Externalities and the Government Agenda; Part III. The Limits of Economics: 7. The Economist's Consumer and Individual Well-Being; 8. Representatives, Deliberation, and Political Leadership; 9. Conclusion.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084556661079,"sku":"9781108994071","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108994071.jpg?v=1762206792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-economists-view-of-the-world-9781108994071","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}