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Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life, Partha Dasgupta describes the lives of two children who live very different lives in different parts of the world: in the Mid-West USA and in Ethiopia. He compares the obstacles facing them, and the processes that shape their lives, their families, and their futures. He shows how economics uncovers these processes, finds explanations for them, and how it forms policies and solutions. Along the way, Dasgupta provides an intelligent and accessible introduction to key economic factors and concepts such as individual choices, national policies, efficiency, equity, development, sustainability, dynamic equilibrium, property rights, markets, and public goods.
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  5. Publication date
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  6. Part of series
    Very Short Introductions
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    16.64 x 1.19 x 11.3 cm
  9. Print length
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Partha Dasgupta is Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College. His book, An Inquiry into Well-Being and Destitution (OUP, 1993) was praised as 'a tour de force... a model of good economics' (Joseph Stiglitz) and 'philosophically sophisticated, empirically well-informed, ambitious and lively' (James Griffin).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ Feb. 15 2007
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192853457
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0192853455
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 kg
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.64 x 1.19 x 11.3 cm
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Very Short Introductions
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    Il libro in realt¨¤ si propone di illustrare e spiegare le ineguaglianze nella distribuzione del reddito e della ricchezza nel mondo (da Paese a Paese, non all'interno di ogni Paese). Vi ¨¨ anche un forte richiamo ai temi dello sviluppo sostenibile e si propongono suggerimenti di politica economica, caratterizzati da una marcata vena keynesiana.

    In sintesi, chi desidera capire i meccanismi dell'economia non trover¨¤ questo volume particolarmente interessante. Lo stesso dicasi per chi ¨¨ gi¨¤ padrone dei rudimenti dell'economia: in questo volume Dasgupta non si propone certo di offrire spunti originali. Raccomanderei per¨° la lettura a chi ¨¨ interessato a rinfrescarsi la memoria sui problemi dei paesi sottosviluppati e a comprendere perch¨¦ le politiche tradizionali di aiuto hanno fallito (e continuano a fallire).
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