Hard Heads, Soft Hearts Tough-minded Economics For A Just Society
by Blinder, Alan S.Edition: Reprint
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Pub. Date: 1988-01-22
Publisher(s): Basic Books
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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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