Economic Theory and Economic Policy

After a digression upon welfare theory, a branch of economics concerned with efficiency, the most important contemporary economic theories and their impact upon economic policy are dealt with. Finally, we describe the main causes of disagreement among economists.

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van Meerhaeghe, M.A.G. (1986). Economic Theory and Economic Policy. In: Economic Theory. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1365-8_10

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