Seduced And Abandoned: Obfuscation In Economics eBook

Though transparency and clarity are essential for the advance of any discipline, economics is often bogged down both on the side of the reader and writer. Like clots in the bloodstream, communication blockages can act to stall and divert economic understanding. Consequently, economists who fail to effectively communicate with one another will be unlikely to speak clearly to the general public. This volume examines four methods that tend to block (or obfuscate) vital flows of communication.

Contents:

• Failure to Communicate: The Not So Gentle Art of Talking Past One Another
• Theorem or MacGuffin: Finding a Way Through the Coasian Muddle
• The Dalek Perplex: Reading with an Intent to Destroy
• Friedman's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose — Poison Apples and Trojan Horses
• Saint Milton of the Blessed Markets — A Hero's Journey

Readership: Academics, economics undergraduates and graduates, as well as general public who are interested in Economics.