Living Economics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow - Peter J. Boettke

A great supplemental text for the teaching of economics, this book offers a clear perspective and a passion for a deeper understanding of the subject. Economics is not merely a game to be played by clever professionals, but a discipline that touches upon the most pressing practical issues at any historical juncture. The wealth and poverty of nations is at stake; the length and quality of life turns on the economic conditions individuals find themselves living within. Touching upon a variety of subjects—including market socialism, political economy, and economics education—this reference contains the wisdom of an expert in the field.

Table of Contents
Preface

Economics for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
PART I: ON TEACHING ECONOMICS

On the Tasks of Economics Education
On Teaching Graduate Students in Austrian Economics
Teaching Economics, Appreciating Spontaneous Order, and Economics as a Public Science
PART II: ON TEACHERS OF ECONOMICS

Relevance as a Virtue: Hans Sennholz
The Forgotten Contribution: Murray Rothbard on Socialism in Theory and Practice
Mr. Boulding and the Austrians
Putting the “Political” Back into Political Economy: Warren Samuels
Maximizing Behavior and Market Forces: Gordon Tullock
Methodological Individualism, Spontaneous Order, and the Research Program of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis: Vincent and Elinor Ostrom
Is the Only Form of "Reasonable Regulation" Self-Regulation? Elinor Ostrom
The Matter of Methodology: Don Lavoie
Invitation to Political Economy: Peter Berger and the Comedic Drama of Political, Economic, and Social Life
Was Mises Right?
The Genius of Mises and the Brilliance of Kirzner
Hayek and Market Socialism: Science, Ideology, and Public Policy
James M. Buchanan and the Rebirth of Political Economy
PART III: ON THE PRACTICE OF ECONOMICS

Where Did Economics Go Wrong? Modern Economics as a Flight from Reality
Man as Machine
The Limits of Economic Expertise
High Priests and Lowly Philosophers part 1v: conclusion
A Few Critical Paragraphs That Should Shape What We Teach, Economics: Smith, Mises and Hayek
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
Year of publication: 2012
ISBN: 9781598130751