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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Confirmation biases heavily shape our understanding of how the economy truly works.
Chapter 3: Economists work to improve the world by offering insights that guide public policymakers today.
Chapter 4: Economics has much to learn from the social sciences and the humanities.
Chapter 5: Neither the market nor the state is perfect, and both need each other to function properly together.
Chapter 6: Climate change seems intractable, yet economists have already devised some potential solutions worth considering.
Chapter 7: Southern European nations face troubles in the labor market, competitiveness, and debt.
Chapter 8: Financial speculation has its benefits, but it can be dangerous too.
Chapter 9: The state lies at the heart of economic life, but it is markets that drive innovation.
Chapter 10: Digitalization offers fresh opportunities and introduces fresh problems.
Chapter 11: Intellectual property rights are a necessary evil in the quest for greater innovation.
Description
Jean Tirole’s Economics for the Common Good (2017) is a wide-ranging look at the contemporary economy, packed with plenty of insights into the theory and practice of modern-day economics. Deconstructing the supposed opposition of state and market, Tirole explores their many interconnections in fields ranging from climate change to property rights and the new digital economy.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in the how, what and why of economics
- Proponents of free markets and advocates of state regulation
- Anyone who’s ever wondered why climate change is so hard to tackle