Dangerous Guesswork In Economic Policy

Max Steuer has been a member of the Economics Department at the London School of Economics (LSE), UK, since 1959, and is a Reader Emeritus in the Economics Department, LSE. He was a Co-Director of the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE; and a Programme Associate, at Cities Programme, LSE. Steuer still is a part-time lecturer at the Department of Economics, Logic and Scientific Method, LSE, teaching economics and philosophy. He had extended leaves of absence at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Ghana. Book publications include Mathematical Sociology with Janet Holland, The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on the United Kingdom, Steuer et. al. and The Scientific Study of Society.

• Chapter 1. Greed and Ignorance.- Chapter 2. What is an Economist?.- Chapter 3. The Economy and the Many Economies.- Chapter 4. Kinds of Advisers.- Chapter 5. The Scope and Methods of Economics.- Chapter 6. Excessive Inequality.- Chapter 7. Choosing an Economic Adviser.- Chapter 8. Prevailing Problems.- Chapter 9. Individual virtues, Social Benefits.- Chapter 10. The Adviser and the Government.

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