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Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics (Routledge Revivals)

By: E. J. Mishan

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Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics (Routledge Revivals)

By: E. J. Mishan

First published in 1986, Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics is a polemical study in which the author focuses on the popular myths and misconceptions that colour our understanding of economic issues. Professor Mishan, the internationally recognised economist and expert in the field of resource allocation and cost benefit analysis, undermines the idea that economics is a science. But such are popular myths, he argues, that governments employ battalions of economists in their ongoing attempts to promote economic growth, efficiency and employment. The author challenges the validity and measurement of such concepts as economic efficiency and GNP, and questions the assumption that free competitive markets can operate effectively in a rapidly changing, high-technology society. Professor Mishan foresees in his study further expansion as an unavoidable consequence of continued innovation, while revealing the interconnecting processes by which innovative activity, designed to raise living standards, has begun to erode the moral and psychological foundations of a viable and libertarian society.

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1136586377

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: Euston Quah,E.J. Mishan

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: Euston Quah,E.J. Mishan

Should Malaysia build a new steel mill, or New York City an urban motorway? Should higher education expand, or water supplies be improved? These are typical questions to which cost-benefit analysis, the key economic tool for analyzing problems of social choice can contribute to, as well as providing a useful vehicle for understanding the practical value of welfare economics. This invaluable text covers the main problems that arise in a typical cost-benefit exercise. Cost-benefit analysis is used everywhere, but its techniques are particularly prominent in fields where there is some kind of ethical dimension. For this edition, E.J. Mishan has been joined by Euston Quah, to explore new themes, including the impact of uncertainty on cost-benefit analysis and to introduce a host of new and up-to-date case studies.

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1134268149

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: E.J. Mishan,Euston Quah

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Cost-Benefit Analysis

By: E.J. Mishan,Euston Quah

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the systematic and analytical process of comparing benefits and costs in evaluating the desirability of a project or programme – often of a social nature. It attempts to answer such questions as whether a proposed project is worthwhile, the optimal scale of a proposed project and the relevant constraints. CBA is fundamental to government decision making and is established as a formal technique for making informed decisions on the use of society’s scarce resources. This timely sixth edition of the classic Cost-Benefit Analysis text continues to build on the successful approach of previous editions, with lucid explanation of key ideas, simple but effective expository short chapters and an appendix on various useful statistical and mathematical concepts and derivatives. The book examines important developments in the discipline, with relevant examples and illustrations as well as new and expanded chapters which build upon standard materials on CBA. Highlights include: updated historical background of CBA extended non-market goods valuation methods the impact of uncertainty evaluation of programmes and services behavioural economics decision rules and heuristics CBA and regulatory reforms CBA in developed and developing countries value of household production other topics frequently encountered in CBA, such as costs of diseases and air pollution, and value of statistical life. This book is a valuable source and guide to international funding agencies, governments, interested professional economists and senior undergraduate and graduate students. The text is fully supported by a companion website, which includes discussion questions and PowerPoint slides for each chapter.

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405

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1351029770

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9781351029773

Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare

By: E. J. Mishan

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Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare

By: E. J. Mishan

First published in 1981, Professor Mishan’s Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare: Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare is a collection of 22 pioneering essays written while the author was teaching at the London School of Economics and chosen to indicate landmarks in the development of his own thought. Professor Mishan, who also enjoys an international reputation as a popular writer on the impact of modern economic growth on social welfare, is among the foremost authorities in the field of resource allocation, and his influence in his subject area has been profound. Mishan’s essays, while generally accessible to the layman due to the author’s lucidity, his economy in the use of mathematical notation and his concern with perspective, are invaluable reading for the economics undergraduate. The essays are particularly relevant to upper level students of project appraisal, welfare economics and cost benefit analysis requiring a coherent survey of their field of study.

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684

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1136629548

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Cost-benefit Analysis

By: Edward J. Mishan,Euston Quah

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Cost-benefit Analysis

By: Edward J. Mishan,Euston Quah

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Psychology Press

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0415350379

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Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics (Routledge Revivals)

By: E. J. Mishan

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Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis (Routledge Revivals)

By: E. J. Mishan

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Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis (Routledge Revivals)

By: E. J. Mishan

This book, which was first published in 1972, is not a collection of case-studies in cost-benefit analysis, of which there had been already several in use employing techniques of varying degrees of sophistication. Nor is it a manual of instruction with particular orientation for less developed counties, such as those produced under the auspices of the U.N. and the O.E.C.D. What this volume does attempt is to introduce the student of economics to the logic and the concepts used in cost-benefit analysis.

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1317528034

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What Political Economy is All About

An Exposition and Critique

By: Ezra Mishan

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What Political Economy is All About

An Exposition and Critique

By: Ezra Mishan

This work is a penetrating analysis of two interrelated aspects general to welfare economics: resource allocation the amounts of various goods that should be produced with the resources available to us & distribution the sharing of the products of industry.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521250722

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9780521250726

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Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics (Routledge Revivals)

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Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

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Cost-benefit Analysis

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Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics (Routledge Revivals)

Economic Myths and the Mythology of Economics (Routledge Revivals)

Elements of Cost-Benefit Analysis (Routledge Revivals)

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What Political Economy is All About

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