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From Booklist The editors, distinguished economists and presidential advisors, offer their own essays and those of other famous economists who are Nobel Prize winners, academics, and participants in government across the political spectrum. The contemporary issues they consider are global warming, the international economy, the economics of the Iraq War, fiscal policy, Social Security, tax reform, social policy, the death penalty, and real estate. The essays include Stiglitz’s perspective on the costly Iraq War; Edward Glaeser asks if the government should rebuild New Orleans or just give residents checks; Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse offer their view on the economics of a college education and its payoff; Gary Becker and Richard Posner evaluate the economics of capital punishment; Michael Boskin weighs in on the tax reform debate; and Barbara Bergmann looks at Social Security and wonders if it could become bankrupt. The essays are relatively short and provide insight into issues of critical importance in twenty-first-century America. A valuable resource for library patrons. --Mary Whaley Review This book demonstrates in a very accessible manner the application of economics to a variety of key public-policy issues. The essays are written by outstanding economists who are highly esteemed in the profession, and the choice of subjects is relevant and timely. (Diane Coyle, author of The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters)
A who's who of prominent economists assess today's big issues in this fascinating and readable book. Nobody who reads the op-ed page can afford to do without this. (William Easterly, professor of economics, New York University, and author of The White Man's
Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good)
A unique collection of exceptionally insightful yet altogether accessible essays on key public policy topics. (Lawrence H. Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics, Stanford University)
Provide[s] insight into issues of critical importance in twenty-first-century America. A valuable resource. (Booklist)
A genuinely useful contribution to knowledge and one that has life-changing implications for future generations. (Irish Times)
A useful and often stimulating introduction to the thinking of professional economists on the salient policy issues of recent times. (Richard N. Cooper Foreign Affairs)
The book is full of excellent cut and thrust. (Robert Skidelsky Times Literary Supplement) Review What's really going on with social security and the price of real estate? How much does it really cost to go to war, and how much would it cost to reduce global warming? This book answers those questions and more, from the world's most respected economists. (Steven D. Levitt, Alvin Baum Professor of Economics, the University of Chicago, and author of the bestselling Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything)
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In this valuable resource, more than thirty of the world's top economists offer innovative policy ideas and insightful commentary on our most pressing economic issues, such as global warming, the global economy, government spending, Social Security, tax reform, real estate, and political and social policy, including an extensive look at the economics of capital punishment, welfare reform, and the recent presidential elections. Contributors are Nobel Prize winners, former presidential advisers, well-respected columnists, academics, and practitioners from across the political spectrum. Joseph E. Stiglitz takes a hard look at the high cost of the Iraq War; Nobel Laureates Kenneth Arrow, Thomas Schelling, and Stiglitz provide insight and advice on global warming; Paul Krugman demystifies Social Security; Bradford DeLong presents divergent views on the coming dollar crisis; Diana Farrell reconsiders the impact of U.S. offshoring; Michael J. Boskin distinguishes what is "sense" and what is "nonsense" in discussions of federal deficits and debt; and Ronald I. McKinnon points out the consequences of the deindustrialization of America. Additional essays question whether welfare reform was successful and explore the economic consequences of global warming and the rebuilding of New Orleans. They describe how a simple switch in auto insurance policy could benefit the environment; unravel the dangers of an unchecked housing bubble; and investigate the mishandling of the lending institutions Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Balancing empirical data with economic theory, The Economists' Voice proves that the unique perspective of the economist is a vital one for understanding today's world. To learn more about the electronic journals published by The Berkeley Electronic Press, please visit http://www.bepress.com/ev.
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Sales Rank: #2887315 in Books Published on: 2008-01-07 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 9.08" h x 1.08" w x 6.36" l, 1.28 pounds Binding: Hardcover 328 pages
From Booklist The editors, distinguished economists and presidential advisors, offer their own essays and those of other famous economists who are Nobel Prize winners, academics, and participants in government across the political spectrum. The contemporary issues they consider are global warming, the international economy, the economics of the Iraq War, fiscal policy, Social Security,
tax reform, social policy, the death penalty, and real estate. The essays include Stiglitz’s perspective on the costly Iraq War; Edward Glaeser asks if the government should rebuild New Orleans or just give residents checks; Lisa Barrow and Cecilia Elena Rouse offer their view on the economics of a college education and its payoff; Gary Becker and Richard Posner evaluate the economics of capital punishment; Michael Boskin weighs in on the tax reform debate; and Barbara Bergmann looks at Social Security and wonders if it could become bankrupt. The essays are relatively short and provide insight into issues of critical importance in twenty-first-century America. A valuable resource for library patrons. --Mary Whaley Review This book demonstrates in a very accessible manner the application of economics to a variety of key public-policy issues. The essays are written by outstanding economists who are highly esteemed in the profession, and the choice of subjects is relevant and timely. (Diane Coyle, author of The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters)
A who's who of prominent economists assess today's big issues in this fascinating and readable book. Nobody who reads the op-ed page can afford to do without this. (William Easterly, professor of economics, New York University, and author of The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good)
A unique collection of exceptionally insightful yet altogether accessible essays on key public policy topics. (Lawrence H. Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics, Stanford University)
Provide[s] insight into issues of critical importance in twenty-first-century America. A valuable resource. (Booklist)
A genuinely useful contribution to knowledge and one that has life-changing implications for future generations. (Irish Times)
A useful and often stimulating introduction to the thinking of professional economists on the salient policy issues of recent times. (Richard N. Cooper Foreign Affairs)
The book is full of excellent cut and thrust.
(Robert Skidelsky Times Literary Supplement) Review What's really going on with social security and the price of real estate? How much does it really cost to go to war, and how much would it cost to reduce global warming? This book answers those questions and more, from the world's most respected economists. (Steven D. Levitt, Alvin Baum Professor of Economics, the University of Chicago, and author of the bestselling Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything) Most helpful customer reviews 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. This should be the first of many informative policy volumes By Herbert Gintis The authors of The Economists' Voice are all fine economists with extensive policy experience in economic policy and a dedication to bringing serious economic analysis to the public. Stiglitz, who holds a Nobel prize in Economics, was the driving force behind the Journal of Economic Perspectives, which specializes in informing economists of the current state of research in the many highly specialized areas of economics of which the typical economists knows only one or two in any depth. The authors collaborate in editing the Berkeley Electronic Press policy-oriented journal, The Economists Voice, which also tends to outreach rather than in-depth, highly technical analyses. This book is a real tour-de-force, bringing serious and compelling economic analysis to those not trained in economic theory, but who recognize the centrality of economic analysis to many social policy problems. In my ideal world, a new edition of this book would appear every few months, and it would be widely read by the interested public, as well as policy-makers in the public sector. The volume, published early in 2008, has thirty-five chapters, varying from about seven to twelve pages in length. Some contributions, like the four chapters on global warming and the six chapters on the death penalty, the six chapters on the American welfare system, and the four chapters on social security reform, are of perennial interest and are highly informative without being in any sense definitive. Other contributions, including discussions of fiscal policy, the international economy, the cost of the war in Iraq, and tax reform, are highly enlightening, although somewhat out of date in light of the dramatic fluctuation of oil prices and the stock market in recent months. Perhaps the most eye-catching topic in the book is the housing price bubble and its implications. I continually read in the newspaper that economists are to blame for not having predicted the collapse of the housing bubble and failing to comprehend the extent of the subprime housing stock in the United States. This is simply not true. Economists, including Robert J. Shiller and Dean Baker, who are included in this volume, have been issuing warnings since at least the year 2002, and Edward Gramlich published a full analysis of the problem shortly before his death, in a volume entitled Subprime Mortgages: America's Latest Boom and Bust (Urban Institute Press, 2007). Here are the words of Dean Baker (p. 288), written at least a year before the bubble burst in October, 2008: "An unprecedented run-up in house prices is propelling the current recovery. Like the stock bubble, the housing bubble with eventually burst. Eventually, it must. When it does, the economy will be thrown into a severe recession, and tens of millions of homeowners, who never
imagined house prices could fall, likely will face serious hardships." Edward L. Glaeser and Dwight M. Jaffe address the future of Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac (F&F), which have since collapsed and have been taken over by the government. They note (p. 296) that the Office of Federal House Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) in May 2006 published a paper warning of grave problems with F&F. "During the period covered by this report--1998 to middle 2004," they report, "--Fannie Mae reported extremely smooth profit growth and hit announced targets for earnings per share precisely each quarter. Those achievements were illusions deliberately and systematically created by the Enterprise's senior management with the aid of inappropriate accounting and improper earnings management." Of course, these warnings were not heeded by many investors and financial sector decisionmakers, but this is no fault of the economists involved. I don't know of a single knowledgeable economist who did not have deep reservations about the housing market and incentive structure of the finance sector. Many level-headed firms and individual investors did quite well by abandoning the housing sector after the year 2005. The situation leading to the collapse of the subprime housing bubble was one of (a) excessively short-term incentives for top management in the financial sector, (b) poorly constructed financial regulatory mechanisms, such as the implicit government guarantee extended to F&F investors; and (c) the web of special interest influence which was exercised by F&F, as well as other financial firms, who blocked all financial regulation reform over the period 2002-2008. Behind all of this was the general hubris concerning the operation of free markets promoted by conservative Republicans over the past two decades. The truth is that markets (including financial markets) work well when properly regulated, but not otherwise. Even so astute an analyst of financial markets as Alan Greenspan was taken in by free market bromides. In Congressional testimony he recently confessed "Those of us who have looked to the self-interest of lending institutions to protect shareholders' equity, myself included, are in a state of shocked disbelief." In fact, I am in no less shocked disbelief at his confession. Nowhere in economic theory does it say that self-interest is sufficient to achieve Pareto-optimality, except under the most arid and unrealistic of conditions. The bottom line is that this book is a very fine instrument for disseminating economic information, and I hope it is only the first of many. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Economists' voice on economic and social issues By Gderf This consists of 35 short articles by well known economists deliberating and sometimes disputing economic aspects of Global Warming, International Economy, Iraq War, Fiscal Policy, Social Security, Tax Reform, Social Policy, Death Penalty and Housing Market. Written before 2006, it has not stood the test of time. I. Global Warming Kenneth Arrow and Joseph Stiglitz seem to subscribe to man made global warming theory, not generally decided by economics. They analyze the Stern Report that spells out prospective costs of global warming, highly dependent on a vaguely defined discount rate. There is no reference to the prominent work of William Nordhous. They promotes the idea that we must do something, right
or wrong. There's nothing about the market for ethanol, the most interesting economic aspect of global warming. Another article suggests that we should stick to Kyoto agreement, even suggesting a lawsuit for the Kyoto signers against the USA. We note that currently the USA leads in CO2 reduction because of replacement coal with oil and NG. That's in spite of the Kyoto agreements. II.International Economy The USA current account deficit is due to poor economic policy that promotes off shoring. There will be a forthcoming fall in value of the dollar. A study of capital mobility shows the desirability of limits and controls since money is currently flowing from poor to rich countries. The section on fighting disease shows that vaccination is cost effective. III.Iraq War This puts cost of Iraq War at 2 trillion, while suggesting suggesting better ways of spending the money. There is nothing to compare it with the much larger figures on social spending IV.Fiscal Policy Deficits and debt necessary and desirable in recession, are now still going strong 6 years into a recovery. Goes into how much debt is held by the Fed, the share of domestic citizens and the increasing 40% share of foreigners. Current account and manufacturing trade balance is related to debt and deficits. V. Social Security Paul Krugman promotes SS with nothing on what the SS Trust Fund has been spent on or how it will be replaced. He goes to great lengths to explain how bankrupt isn't really bankrupt. There is the privatization debate. I can't help wondering how much better off retirees would be now if Congress had accepted the Bush privatization proposal in 2005. Another writer says that the 1982 reform raised taxes on workers VI.Tax Reform OECD activity has shown that high tax is bad for growth. The US has shown how progressive taxation deters investment. Economic harm increases proportionally to the square of the tax rate. Who pays taxes top 1% pays 34%, top 5% 54% There is a very well written proposal of a VAT to replace both income and sales taxes. I'm afraid it would prove to be be an add on instead of a replacement. There is Orwellian logic indicating that inequality is linked to our low savings rate. VII.Social Policy This section examines the effect of the Clinton welfare reform, largely replacing ADFC with TANF and effectiveness of poverty reduction programs. We have been spending up to $200,000 per worker. One article asks does college pay? It's still advisable although the gap is not as wide as previously. There is nothing on the more current debate about student loans. How to deal with terrorism is based on wishful thinking VIII. Death Penalty Posner and Becker take the pro side, Rubin con. The premise is that deterrence ultimately saves lives and incidence of innocent convictions is exaggerated. Strangely, econometric models are used on this issue which is decided on considerations of ethical behavior more than economics
IX. Housing Market There is statistics from Shiller data based on rent/price ratio and real interest rates showing that housing prices were not on a long term growth path except for 1942-7 and 1995-2006. They predict that the bubble will burst, which we now know to be accurate. The FED needs to act. FNMA is corrupt. The book cites the value of hedging as insurance and proposes a Pigouvian tax on securitization harm to taxpayers. There is nothing on the involvement of Clinton, Greenspan and Dodd in promoting government bubble finance in the name of the American dream of home ownership. 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Some interesting topics much very out of date By A. Menon I recently purchased this edition as the paperback edition was published in 2012. The Economists' voice is a collection of essays on various topics by a variety of economists. Broad topics analyzed include Global Warming, The International Economy, The Iraq War, Fiscal Policy, Social Security, Tax Reform, Social Policy, The Death Penalty and the Housing Market. The number of essays numbers 35 each of which is only a few pages. Obviously the variety of topics is broad and there are numerous interesting parts. However, there is much that is frustrating, boring and out of date. Given the time scale of the writing, unfortunately much of what was written was shown to be horribly innaccurate as well. The various economists, lawyers, practitioners and advisors who added to this all used their expertise to describe a situation and discuss their perspective and the cost benefit analysis they thought most important to make decisions. When topics discussed cover incentive problems, externalities, adverse selection and general economic market failures the articles are quite insightful. Unfortunately that is only part of the focus, other parts of the book focus on the authors explicit calculation of the future, whether it be from a cost of the war perspective, or social security accounting, or wage inequality: in almost no case are the authors comments close to what happened. This is not unexpected, economists, nor anyone for that matter, can predict the future(obviously). But what should have been focused on was always just analysing the dynamics of the issues tackled with the authors using the expertise whether at the micro or the macro level to discuss the mistakes we are potentially making. This book is a mixed forum of insight and poor prediction. Each of the subjects discussed is of major interest; each person will have their own reading priorities of them of course. Unfortunately, there was not a single major topic that i thought was covered in an excellent fashion. There is information in the book and one can come away with some new ideas, but it is neither academic nor popular reading. See all 4 customer reviews...
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A who's who of prominent economists assess today's big issues in this fascinating and readable book. Nobody who reads the op-ed page can afford to do without this. (William Easterly, professor of economics, New York University, and author of The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good)
A unique collection of exceptionally insightful yet altogether accessible essays on key public policy topics. (Lawrence H. Goulder, Shuzo Nishihara Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics, Stanford University)
Provide[s] insight into issues of critical importance in twenty-first-century America. A valuable resource. (Booklist)
A genuinely useful contribution to knowledge and one that has life-changing implications for future generations. (Irish Times)
A useful and often stimulating introduction to the thinking of professional economists on the salient policy issues of recent times. (Richard N. Cooper Foreign Affairs)
The book is full of excellent cut and thrust. (Robert Skidelsky Times Literary Supplement) Review What's really going on with social security and the price of real estate? How much does it really cost to go to war, and how much would it cost to reduce global warming? This book answers those questions and more, from the world's most respected economists. (Steven D. Levitt, Alvin Baum Professor of Economics, the University of Chicago, and author of the bestselling Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything) Well, when else will certainly you find this possibility to get this book The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems From Columbia University Press soft documents? This is your great possibility to be here as well as get this excellent book The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems From Columbia University Press Never ever leave this publication before downloading this soft data of The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems From Columbia University Press in web link that we offer. The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems From Columbia University Press will really make a lot to be your friend in your lonely. It will certainly be the most effective companion to enhance your operation and leisure activity.
