Essays on Economics and Economists
R. H. Coase
- Reflections
- on
- two
- centuries
- of
- economic
- history
- from
- a
- Nobel
- Prize
- winner
- in
- the
- field:
- “An
- accessible
- collection
- by
- a
- renowned
- economist.”—Library
- JournalHow
- do
- economists
- decide
- what
- questions
- to
- address
- and
- how
- to
- choose
- their
- theories?
- How
- do
- they
- tackle
- the
- problems
- of
- the
- economic
- system
- and
- give
- advice
- on
- public
- policy?
- With
- these
- broad
- questions,
- Nobel
- laureate
- R.
- H.
- Coase,
- widely
- recognized
- for
- his
- seminal
- work
- on
- transaction
- costs,
- reflects
- on
- some
- of
- the
- most
- fundamental
- concerns
- of
- economists
- over
- the
- past
- two
- centuries.In
- fifteen
- essays,
- Coase
- evaluates
- the
- contributions
- of
- a
- number
- of
- outstanding
- figures,
- including
- Adam
- Smith,
- Alfred
- Marshall,
- Arnold
- Plant,
- Duncan
- Black,
- and
- George
- Stigler,
- as
- well
- as
- economists
- at
- the
- London
- School
- of
- Economics
- in
- the
- 1930s.“Are
- you
- looking
- for
- a
- book
- by
- an
- economist
- who
- can
- really
- write
- and
- has
- insight
- after
- insight
- on
- free
- markets
- vs.
- government
- regulation?
- Would
- you
- like
- it
- even
- better
- if
- you
- could
- get
- some
- good
- laughs
- from
- his
- clever
- way
- of
- putting
- things?
- Then
- Ronald
- H.
- Coase’s
- Essays
- on
- Economics
- and
- Economists
- is
- the
- book
- for you.”—Reason
