Perspectives on an Economic Future
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-26288-3 (ISBN)
The collection begins with an introduction that reviews basic concepts of economic systems, including goals, the role of government, and efficiency and equity. The three essays that comprise Part I discuss basic issues in economic systems, and address the question of efficiency and equity in a free market from various ideological perspectives. Part II provides three proposals for reforming economic systems, including discussions of planning in a decentralized society and a highly interventionist economic and social system. The work concludes with three essays that draw historical and international comparisons between economic systems, and contrast the economic policies and performances of several Western countries and Japan. Although the contributors are professional economists, and include a Nobel Prize winner and the former president of the American Economic Association, their essays are written in a nontechnical language that will allow readers without an economic background to follow their arguments. This unique collection of essays will be a valuable supplement to courses in current economic problems, comparative economic systems, and development economics, as well as a useful resource for both public and academic libraries.
SHRIPAD GOPAL PENDSE is Professor and Chairperson of Management at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has written numerous articles for a variety of journals, including Category Perception Language and Brain Hemispheres in Behavioral Science, Profit Sharing in Small Business in the American Journal of Small Business and Information Costs, Transactions and Organization Boundaries in American Business Review.
Preface Introduction Economic Systems: A Review of Some Basic Concepts by Shripad Gopal Pendse Basic Issues in Economic Systems Economics and Public Policy by Carl F. Christ Reconciling Efficiency, Freedom and Equality by Walter Block Power and Betterment in the Economy by Kenneth E. Boulding Reforming Economic Systems: Three Proposals An Alternative Design for the Twenty-first Century by Alain Lipietz Designing an Economic Bill of Rights within Cybernetic Constraints by Shripad Gopal Pendse Planning in a Decentralized Society by Richard M. Cyert Evolution and Evaluation in Economic Systems: Historical and International Comparisons The Growth of Government Revisited by Allan H. Meltzer Fiscal Equalization and Efficiency by Russell Mathews Comparing the American, Western European, and Japanese Social Orders by Jan Tinbergen Bibliographic Essay Indexes
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.1991 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-313-26288-8 / 0313262888 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-313-26288-3 / 9780313262883 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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