Doctoring the Afflicted and Demythifying Public Policy

Doctoring the Afflicted and Demythifying Public Policy

“The ultimate test of a set of economic ideas… is whether it illuminates the anxieties of the time. Does it explain problems that people find urgent? Does it bear on the current criticism of economic performance? … Does it bear upon the issues of political debate? For these, though many have always...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of agricultural and applied economics 2009-08, Vol.41 (2), p.339-345
1. Verfasser: Sanders, Larry D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Agricultural economics
agricultural economists
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Economists
Education
Landwirtschaft
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Objectivity
Public policy
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USA
Wirtschaftshochschule
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Zusammenfassung:“The ultimate test of a set of economic ideas… is whether it illuminates the anxieties of the time. Does it explain problems that people find urgent? Does it bear on the current criticism of economic performance? … Does it bear upon the issues of political debate? For these, though many have always preferred to believe otherwise, do not ignite spontaneously or emerge maliciously from the mouths of agitators to afflict the comfortable.“—John Kenneth Galbraith, Economics & the Public Purpose, 1973
ISSN:1074-0708
2056-7405
1074-0708
DOI:10.1017/S1074070800002807