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Lindy Edwards, How to Argue with an Economist Cambridge University Press, 2002
Frank Stilwell, The Contest of Economic Ideas Oxford University Press, 2002
There is more to Lindy Edwards' book than the appealing title and striking cover, even though these alone have made it a minor best seller. Essentially, Edwards wants to conduct a dialogue with conventional economists aimed at expanding their worldly view of matters. It's a pity, then, that many orthodox economists are deaf to such overtures, all the more if they come from dissenters from the faith. Edwards' slim volume is in the genre of anti-economic-rationalist books and it reopens the debate on contemporary economic policy.
Her book is presented in the form of a DIY guide to modern economics. This is always a dangerous activity--even Keynes warned of the dangers of thinking alone in economics. Edwards, however, does a rare job in escorting the novice through the thickets of modern economics. Her mission...
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