Hard Heads, Soft Hearts Tough-minded Economics For A Just Society

by Blinder, Alan S.

• ISBN13: 9780201145199
• ISBN10: 0201145197
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-01-22
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

A hard-headed liberal economist, Alan Blinder clearly shows how economic policy is made in America and how good policies often make bad politics. He discusses liberal-conservative divisiveness and shows how it often prevents sound economic advice from being heeded. Blinder offers his own nonpartisan vision for the future of our economic society and challenges law-makers-Democrats and Republicans-to do better. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Alan S. Blinder is the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics at Princeton University and a regular columnist for Business Week.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Murphy's Law of Economic Policy	p. 1
Needed: Hard Heads and Soft Hearts	p. 12
Striking a Balance Between Unemployment and Inflation	p. 32
Do We Know How to Manage the National Economy?	p. 67
Who Will Protect Us From Protectionism?	p. 109
Cleaning up the environment: Sometimes Cheaper is Better	p. 138
It Can Happen Here: The Improbable Sage of Tax Reform	p. 160
On Breaking Murphy's Law	p. 191
Notes	p. 216
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