The Economists' Voice: Top Economists Take On Today's Problems

Edited by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Aaron S. Edlin, and J. Bradford DeLong

January, 2008
Cloth, 328 pages, 14 illus., 3 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14364-6
$24.95 / £14.95

"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

"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

"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

"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

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• Economics & Finance

About the Author

Joseph E. Stiglitz is a University Professor at Columbia University and former chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank. Among his books are Escaping the Resource Curse and Globalization and Its Discontents, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. Aaron S. Edlin is the Richard Jennings Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds professorships in both economics and law. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Formerly, he was the senior economist covering regulation, antitrust, and industrial organization on the President's Council of Economic Advisors. Bradford DeLong is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley and a former deputy assistant secretary for economic policy in the United States Treasury. A popular economist blogger, he specializes in macroeconomic policy and economic history.

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