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The Reluctant Economist :Perspective...

Easterlin, Richard A.

The Reluctant Economist :Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Reluctant Economist :
Reminder of title:	Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography.
Author:	Easterlin, Richard A.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2004.
Description:	307 p.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511616730 (electronic bk.)

The Reluctant Economist :Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography.
Easterlin, Richard A.

The Reluctant Economist :Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2004. - 307 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; tables; figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Reluctant Economist; 2 Economics and the Use of Subjective Testimony; 3 Is Economic Growth Creating a New Postmaterialistic Society?; 4 Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?; 5 Kuznets Cycles and Modern Economic Growth; 6 Industrial Revolution and Mortality Revolution: Two of a Kind?; 7 How Beneficent Is the Market?; 8 An Economic Framework for Fertility Analysis; 9 New Perspectives on the Demographic Transition

These new and revised essays analyze the revolution in the human condition that is sweeping the world. He asks if free markets are the key to human improvement, as today's policy-makers often assert. His responses employ a rich social science approach, blending economic theory, history, sociology, and psychology.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511616730 (electronic bk.)Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HC26. / E17 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 330

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505 8 $a 10 Does Human Fertility Adjust to the Environment? Population Change and Farm Settlement in the Northern United States11 America’s Baby Boom and Bust, 1940–1980: Causes and Consequences; 12 Preferences and Prices in Choice of Career: The Switch to Business; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index
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