Economy, Society, and Public Policy

In order to be well-governed, a democracy needs voters who are fluent in the language of economics and who can do some quantitative analysis of social and economic policy. We also need a well-trained cadre of researchers and journalists who have more advanced skills in these fields. Many students in other disciplines are drawn to economics so that they can engage with policy debates on environmental sustainability, inequality, the future of work, financial instability, and innovation. But, when they begin the study of economics, they find that courses appear to have little to do with these pressing policy matters, and are designed primarily for students who want to study the subject as their major, or even for those destined to go on to post-graduate study in the field. The result: policy-oriented students often find they have to choose between a quantitative and analytical course of studyeconomicsthat is only minimally policy oriented in content and that downplays the insights of other disciplines, or a policy and problem-oriented course of study that gives them little training in modelling or quantitative scientific methods. Economy, Society, and Public Policy changes this. ills in It has been created specifically for students from social science, public policy, business studies, engineering, biology, and other disciplines who are not economics majors. If you are one of these students, we want to engage, challenge, and empower you with an understanding of economics. We hope you will acquire the tools to articulate reasoned views on pressing policy problems. You may even decide to take more courses in economics as a result. The book is also being used successfully in courses for economics, business, and public policy majors, as well as in economics modules for masters courses in Public Policy and in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE). This textbook - the print complement to CORE's open-access online eBook - is the result of a worldwide collaboration among researchers, educators, and students who are committed to bringing the socially relevant insights of economics to a broader audience.

Contributors:Gani Aldashev Universite libre de BruxellesPeter Backus University of ManchesterLucy Barnes University College LondonRalf Becker University of ManchesterAlvin Birdi University of BristolClemens Blab University College LondonSue Bloomfield Texas A&M UniversityAntonio Cabrales University College LondonWing Chan University College London Institute of EducationCarlos Cortinhas University of ExeterManuela dal Borgo University of CambridgeMarion Dumas London School of EconomicsStefano Falcone Universite libre de BruxellesFlorencia Gabriele Emmanuel College BostonStefan Gitman University College LondonArthur Grimes Victoria University of WellingtonMarco Gundermann Northampton UniversityDavid Hope King's College LondonGirol Karacaoglu Victoria University of WellingtonDunli Li University College LondonDeborah Mabbett Birkbeck University of LondonDavide Melcangi University College LondonGordon Menzies University of Technology Sydney, UTSHelen Miller Institute for Fiscal StudiesJennifer Miller University of Southern CaliforniaMichael Muthukrishna London School of EconomicsAdam Nadzri University College LondonAntonio Neto University of PortoGyorgy Ruzicska University College LondonPaul Segal King's College LondonMargaret Stevens University of OxfordGuglielmo Volpe Queen Mary University of LondonSteven Wright Birkbeck University of LondonOliver Yimeng Zhang University College London