Anxious to do good : learning to be an economist the hard way / Alan Peacock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peacock, Alan T., 1922-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peacock, Alan T., 1922-2014.

Peacock, Alan T.

Economists--Great Britain--Biography.

Economists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Exeter ; Charlottesville, Virginia : Andrews UK Limited, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After nearly three and a half -- rather too exciting -- years as a young war-time sailor, Alan Peacock expected to return to a life of quiet contemplation. Instead he became an activist economist frequently engaged in controversies about the conduct of economic policy lasting all his professional life. His earlier experiences at trying to 'do good' will resonate with all those who have attempted to influence political action, but the account is also designed to inform and entertain those who...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; Anxious to do Good; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - Anxious to do Good; 2 - The Market for Economic Advice; 3 - Chance and Circumstance; 4 - Fast Tracking to Policy; Annex 4.1; 5 - Joining the Firing Line; Annex 5.1; 6 - The Fire is Returned; 7 - The Unservile State; Annex 7.1; Annex 7.2; Annex 7.3; 8 - Illusions of Influence; 9 - The Illusion Persists; Annex 9.1; 10 - Liberal Political Philosophy and Public Action; 11 - Entanglement in the Education Debate; Annex 11.1; 12 - The End is Nigh; Annex 12

13 - Taking StockBack Matter; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 15, 2013).

ISBN:

9781845404659

1845404653

9781845404666

1845404661

OCLC:

862050140