Beschreibung:
Economics is unavoidably central to any attempt to improve our quality of life, but most people do not know why, or how to question its underlying assumptions. The Skeptical Economist rejects the story told by other popular economics books.
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Ethical Economics? 2. The Sovereign Consumer 3. Two Myths about Economic Growth 4. The Politics of Pay 5. Happiness 6. Pricing Life and Nature 7. New Worlds of Money: Public Services and Beyond 8. Conclusion