Description
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.
Author: Harold Winter
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 09/29/2023
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9780226828886
ISBN10: 0226828883
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics | General
- Political Science | Public Policy | Economic Policy
About the Author
Harold Winter is professor of economics at Ohio University.