The Soulful Science (ebook)

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Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "The simple aim of The Soulful Science is to describe what economists do, how the field has changed in the past 10 years or so, and why you should care. It succeeds admirably."--Financial Times

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "This is an astonishing book: beautifully written."--Andrew Hilton, Financial World

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "Coyle's style is very accessible, and this book is an excellent survey of the frontiers of economics for the general reader. . . . The Soulful Science can be recommended highly."--Paul Ormerod, Times Higher Education Supplement

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "Fluently written with the balance of a good novel, the result is a tour de force."--Donald Anderson, Business Economist

Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "The Soulful Science is . . . a grand whirlwind tour of modern economics, with fascinating vignettes of individual economists. It's a trip worth taking."--David Colander, American Scientist

"Coyle is a talented writer and her book shows that good communication skills, to and with readers, assure wide appeal to almost the entire spectrum of economic thinkers."--Liviu Drugus, European Legacy0Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
Prologue to Part1 9

Part 1. The Mysteries of Wealth and Poverty 11

Chapter One: The History Detectives 13
Chapter Two: What Makes Economies Grow? 39
Chapter Three: How to Make Poverty History 68
Prologue to Part 2 103

Part 2. Are Individuals Free to Choose? 105

Chapter Four: What's It All About? 107
Chapter Five: Economics for Humans 128
Chapter Six: Information and Markets 156
Prologue to Part 3 185

Part 3. Nature, Markets, and Society 187

Chapter Seven: Murderous Apes and Entrepreneurs 189
Chapter Eight: Economy versus Society 213
Chapter Nine: Why Economics Has Soul 242

References 273
Index 289