Better Living Through Economics

by John J. Siegfried

Book Overview

Better Living Through Economics consists of twelve case studies that demonstrate how economic research has improved economic and social conditions over the past half century by influencing public policy decisions.

Economists were obviously instrumental in revising the consumer price index and in devising auctions for allocating spectrum rights to cell phone providers in the 1990s. But perhaps more surprisingly, economists built the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674064127
• ISBN13: 9780674064126
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"