Trade-Offs An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues, Second Edition

Name: Trade-Offs An Introduction to Economic Reasoning and Social Issues, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780226924496

ISBN-10: 0226924491

ISBN-13: 9780226924496

Edition: 2nd 2013

Authors: Harold Winter

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When economists wrestle with issues such as unemployment, inflation, or budget deficits, they do so by incorporating an impersonal, detached mode of reasoning. But economists also analyze issues that, to others, typically do not fall within the realm of economic reasoning, such as organ transplants, cigarette addiction, overeating, and product safety.Trade-Offsis an introduction to the economic approach to analyzing these controversial public policy issues. Harold Winter provides readers with the analytical tools needed to identify and understand the trade-offs associated with these topics. By considering both the costs and benefits of potential policy solutions, Winter stresses that…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/25/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.85" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Harold Winter is professor of economics at Ohio University.



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition: Welcome to My World


Acknowledgments



Approaching Social Issues



A Valuable Life (to Some Extent)



Do You Want to Trade?



What's Yours Is Mine



Eat, Drink, Smoke, and Be Unhappy



Stop Bothering Me



Behave Yourself



There Are No Solutions


Index