The Nobel Laureates: How the World's Greatest Economic Minds by Mariulu Hurt McCarty

By Mariulu Hurt McCarty

Paul Samuelson. Milton Friedman. William Sharpe. those are only the various elite workforce of Nobel Laureates who signify cutting edge fiscal inspiration. within the Nobel Laureates, Marilu harm McCarty interlaces the intense contributions of those world-class economists with the old conditions that encouraged them, supplying attention-grabbing perception into smooth monetary thought.More than a chronological caricature of monetary advancements within the final 1/2 the twentieth century, readers will discover a thorough exam and clarification of: Limits to rationality, marketplace failure, and the function of government.Financing growth-promoting investments.Reducing probability in a zero-sum video game.

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Title : The Nobel Laureates : How the World's Greatest Economic Minds Shaped Modern Thought author : McCarty, Marilu Hurt. publisher : McGraw-Hill Professional isbn10 | asin : print isbn13 : 9780071356145 ebook isbn13 : 9780071399081 language : English subject Economics--History--20th century, Economists, Nobel Prizes--History. M337 2001eb ddc : 330 subject : Economics--History--20th century, Economists, Nobel Prizes--History. Page iii The Nobel Laureates How the World's Greatest Economic Minds Shaped Modern Thought Marilu Hurt McCarty Page iv Disclaimer: Information has been obtained by The McGraw-Hill Companies from sources believed to be reliable.

When the benefits we enjoy from socializing with friends exact the cost of a flaming toothache, the choice is easy to make. We describe the first group of Nobel economists as rationalists because they look to the rationality of ordinary men and women to effect the decisions that promote maximum social welfare. When all people behave rationally, they say, the result is a perfectly efficient society, one with the highest possible levels of living, on the average, and the greatest individual freedom.

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