The lost art of economics : economics and the economics profession /
David Colander.
- x, 203 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How the Art of Economics was Lost -- The Lost Art of Economics -- Is Milton Friedman an Artist or a Scientist? -- Methodology of the Art of Economics -- The Art of Economics by the Numbers -- The Art of Monetary Policy -- Textbooks and the Art of Economics -- Telling Better Stories in Introductory Macro -- Teaching Keynes in the 21st Century -- Doing Art in the Current Institutional Setting -- Confessions of an Economic Gadfly -- Surviving as a Slightly Out of Sync Economist -- Implications of the Lost Art of Economics for the Profession -- Vision, Judgment, and Disagreement among Economics -- The Sounds of Silence: The Profession's Response to the COGEE Report -- The Future of the Economics Profession -- The Death of NeoClassical Economics -- New Millennium Economics in 2050: How Did It Get This Way, and What Way Is It? -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. I. 1. 2. Pt. II. 3. 4. Pt. III. 5. 6. Pt. IV. 7. 8. Pt. V. 9. 10. Pt. VI. 11. 12.
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Economics--History--Study and teaching Economists Economics--Vocational guidance Economics--History--Study and teaching.