Introduction: What Do Economists Contribute?

Daniel B. Klein

Chapter 1 in What do Economists Contribute?, 1999, pp 1-26 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The essays gathered here speak of the choices economists make. Which subjects to write on, which premises to follow, which authorities to appeal to, which methods to use, which tones to assume, which audiences to address, which challenges to respond to, which social purposes to serve: all these choices are made each time an economist acts as an economist. Are economists today, in making their individual choices, led to promote ends of human betterment? Most of the present authors suspect that much choosing by economists is not for the better.

Keywords: Political Economy; Public Discourse; Public Affair; Human Betterment; Academic Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14913-1_1

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