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Economy, Society, and Public Policy (Paperback)
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Economy, Society, and Public Policy (Paperback)
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In order to be well-governed, a democracy needs voters who are
fluent in the language of economics and who can do some
quantitative analysis of social and economic policy. We also need a
well-trained cadre of researchers and journalists who have more
advanced skills in these fields. Many students in other disciplines
are drawn to economics so that they can engage with policy debates
on environmental sustainability, inequality, the future of work,
financial instability, and innovation. But, when they begin the
study of economics, they find that courses appear to have little to
do with these pressing policy matters, and are designed primarily
for students who want to study the subject as their major, or even
for those destined to go on to post-graduate study in the field.
The result: policy-oriented students often find they have to choose
between a quantitative and analytical course of studyeconomicsthat
is only minimally policy oriented in content and that downplays the
insights of other disciplines, or a policy and problem-oriented
course of study that gives them little training in modelling or
quantitative scientific methods. Economy, Society, and Public
Policy changes this. ills in It has been created specifically for
students from social science, public policy, business studies,
engineering, biology, and other disciplines who are not economics
majors. If you are one of these students, we want to engage,
challenge, and empower you with an understanding of economics. We
hope you will acquire the tools to articulate reasoned views on
pressing policy problems. You may even decide to take more courses
in economics as a result. The book is also being used successfully
in courses for economics, business, and public policy majors, as
well as in economics modules for masters courses in Public Policy
and in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). This textbook -
the print complement to CORE's open-access online eBook - is the
result of a worldwide collaboration among researchers, educators,
and students who are committed to bringing the socially relevant
insights of economics to a broader audience.
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