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      • Edited by John Dunn, University of Cambridge
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      01 June 2011
      23 February 1990
      ISBN:
      9780511559174
      9780521421515
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511559174
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      Weight & Pages:
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.27kg, 240 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Finance and Accountancy
      Series:
      Murphy Institute Studies in Political Economy
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    Subjects:
    Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Finance and Accountancy
    Series:
    Murphy Institute Studies in Political Economy
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    The central problem of modern government and political action is how to choose and implement effective economic policies. For this reason, the economic considerations of public policy have assumed a more prominent place in contemporary political thought. Despite efforts among political scientists, economists, and sociologists to fathom the complexities of this added dimension, none of these solid sciences offers a satisfying approach to the problem. This volume attempts to display the historical novelty and intellectual importance of this dilemma, to uncover its origins, and to procure a remedy through a clearer and steadier focus. The book's contributors range from historians of ideas to economic theorists, who bring the approach of their own intellectual discipline to bear upon the issue.

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    ‘For anyone interested in how the role of the state has changed over time, in the interdependencies between economic structure and what can and can’t be achieved through government … this is fascinating reading.’

    Richard Nelson Source: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

    ‘This varied collection of essays on history, philosophy and economics deals at an extremely high level of subtlety and scholarship with both … the political limit on economics and the economic limit on politics.’

    Ian Gilmour Source: London Review of Books

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