In 100 years : leading economists predict the future / edited by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta.
In 100 years : leading economists predict the future / edited by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press, [2013]
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G 2014/1949
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English
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xiv, 195 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Acknowledgments -- The world our grandchildren will inherit / Daron Acemoglu -- Through the darkness to a brighter future / Angus Deaton -- The cone of uncertainty of the 21st century's economic hurricane / Avinash K. Dixit -- Wealth and the self-protection society / Edward L. Glaeser -- Keynes, his...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press, [2013]
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Massachusetts
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[2013]
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Summary
This pithy and engaging volume shows that economists may be better equipped to predict the future than science fiction writers. Economists' ideas, based on both theory and practice, reflect their knowledge of the laws of human interactions as well as years of experimentation and reflection. Although perhaps not as screenplay-ready as a work of fict...
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In 100 years : leading economists predict the future / edited by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/1949
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74VKvRrj7wab
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0262026910 (hardback)
9780262026918 (hardback)
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330.900112
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991021519499702626