The economist's oath : on the need for and content of professional economic ethics /

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Author / Creator:DeMartino, George.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Description:xiii, 257 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8297303
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ISBN:9780199730568 (cloth : alk. paper)
0199730563 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Part I. The Case for Professional Economic Ethics
  • 1. ôI Do Solemnly Swearö
  • 2. Economic Practice: What Do Economists Do?
  • 3. Ethical Challenges Confronting the Applied Economist
  • 4. Historical Perspective: ôDon't Predict the Interest Rate!ö
  • 5. Interpreting the Silence: The Economic Case Against Professional Economic Ethics
  • 6. Breaking the Silence: A Rebuttal of the Economic Case Against Professional Economic Ethics
  • 7. The Positive Case for Professional Economic Ethics
  • Part II. The Content of Professional Economic Ethics
  • 8. Learning from Others: Ethical Thought Across the Professions
  • 9. Economists as Social Engineers: Ethical Evaluation of Market Liberalization in the South and Transition Economies
  • 10. Global Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Economics
  • 11. On Sleeping Too Well: In Search of Professional Economic Ethics
  • 12. Training the ôEthical Economistö
  • 13. The Economist's Oath
  • References
  • Index