Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning - Softcover

Winter, Harold

 
9780226828886: Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0226828883 ISBN 13: 9780226828886
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2023

Synopsis

The highly engaging introduction to thinking like an economist, updated for a new generation of readers.

When economists wrestle with any social issue—be it unemployment, inflation, healthcare, or crime and punishment—they do so impersonally. The big question for them is: what are the costs and benefits, or trade-offs, of the solutions to such matters? These trade-offs constitute the core of how economists see the world—and make the policies that govern it.

Trade-Offs is an introduction to the economic approach of analyzing controversial policy issues. A useful introduction to the various factors that inform public opinion and policymaking, Trade-Offs is composed of case studies on topics drawn from across contemporary law and society.

Intellectually stimulating yet accessible and entertaining, Trade-Offs will be appreciated by students of economics, public policy, health administration, political science, and law, as well as by anyone following current social policy debates.

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About the Author

Harold Winter is professor of economics at Ohio University.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0226828883
ISBN 13 
9780226828886
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
3
Number of pages
205