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How Economics Professors Can Stop Failing Us
The Discipline at a Crossroads|
47,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Lexington Books |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 18.08.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780739198346 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 372 |
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Beschreibungen
<span><span>This book provides an eye-opening exposé on economics professors that will surely shock anyone who is not familiar with the topic, and even some of those who </span><span>are</span><span> familiar with it. It is critical of the </span><span>behavior </span><span>of economics professors, but is </span><span>not</span><span> critical of the field of economics itself. In fact, the book argues that it is essential for economics professors to improve in the work they perform, precisely because of the vital importance of their field.<br></span></span>
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<span><span>Other books that criticize economics professors typically present complex arguments that interest only the most advanced scholars. However, this book is completely different. It is written to be understandable to </span><span>anyone </span><span>who has with an interest in economics, regardless of their background. At the same time, the book does include the most relevant scholarly arguments—it just presents them in a manner that allows anyone to understand them.<br></span></span>
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<span><span>Also unlike other books on economics, </span><span>How Economics Professors Can Stop Failing Us</span><span> is written in the context of a genuine exposé. As such, it</span><span> </span><span>ventures “backstage” behind the “show business” that has dominated the profession, revealing the profession’s deep, dark, (and at times rather ugly) secrets. The book is able to do this by having an author who has experienced first- hand, studied, and written on this topic area for over three decades, who has organized training seminars on it, and who has served for over a decade as the Executive Director of the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics.<br></span></span>
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<span><span>While exposing the profession’s shameful problems, the book also offers great hope in providing realistic solutions to them. One of the main solutions it proposes is for economics professors who are now </span><span>failing us</span><span> to follow, and learn from, those other professors who are </span><span>not failing us</span><span>—who have, instead, admirably upheld the principles of professional ethics and scientific integrity. In this sense, </span><span>How Economics Professors Can Stop Failing Us</span><span> offers the most hope, and perhaps the </span><span>only hope</span><span>, for economics professors to improve, and to play the responsible role that their students, their employers, and society overall, expects of them.</span></span>
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<span><span>Other books that criticize economics professors typically present complex arguments that interest only the most advanced scholars. However, this book is completely different. It is written to be understandable to </span><span>anyone </span><span>who has with an interest in economics, regardless of their background. At the same time, the book does include the most relevant scholarly arguments—it just presents them in a manner that allows anyone to understand them.<br></span></span>
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<span><span>Also unlike other books on economics, </span><span>How Economics Professors Can Stop Failing Us</span><span> is written in the context of a genuine exposé. As such, it</span><span> </span><span>ventures “backstage” behind the “show business” that has dominated the profession, revealing the profession’s deep, dark, (and at times rather ugly) secrets. The book is able to do this by having an author who has experienced first- hand, studied, and written on this topic area for over three decades, who has organized training seminars on it, and who has served for over a decade as the Executive Director of the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics.<br></span></span>
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<span><span>While exposing the profession’s shameful problems, the book also offers great hope in providing realistic solutions to them. One of the main solutions it proposes is for economics professors who are now </span><span>failing us</span><span> to follow, and learn from, those other professors who are </span><span>not failing us</span><span>—who have, instead, admirably upheld the principles of professional ethics and scientific integrity. In this sense, </span><span>How Economics Professors Can Stop Failing Us</span><span> offers the most hope, and perhaps the </span><span>only hope</span><span>, for economics professors to improve, and to play the responsible role that their students, their employers, and society overall, expects of them.</span></span>
<span><span>This book provides an eye-opening exposé that reveals the behavior of economics professors based on the highly questionable incentive system they face. It is particularly critical of the theoretical literature they produce as if they were contestants in a superficial publication game—a game where scientific integrity is often ignored.</span></span>
<span><span>Preface</span></span>
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<span><span>Acknowledgments</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 1: No, This Is Not a Joke</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 2: Why Does Theoretical Economic Literature Exist?</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 3: What Allows “Literature-Only” Theoretical Discourse to Exist?</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 4: How the Game is Played</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 5: The Quest for Honest Truth in Economic Science</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 6: The Effects of Electronic Files, Citation Counts, and Bibliometric Databases</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 7: Scholarship, Though Beautiful, Cannot Save the Academic Economics Profession</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 8: Academic Economics at Its Dumbest and Ugliest</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 9: Violations of Professional Ethics, Whether by Ignorance or Intent</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 10: Product Evolution and a Personal Story</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 11: Conclusion: What Must Be Done in Academic Economics</span></span>
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<span><span>Bibliography</span></span>
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<span><span>About the Author</span></span>
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<span><span>Acknowledgments</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 1: No, This Is Not a Joke</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 2: Why Does Theoretical Economic Literature Exist?</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 3: What Allows “Literature-Only” Theoretical Discourse to Exist?</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 4: How the Game is Played</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 5: The Quest for Honest Truth in Economic Science</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 6: The Effects of Electronic Files, Citation Counts, and Bibliometric Databases</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 7: Scholarship, Though Beautiful, Cannot Save the Academic Economics Profession</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 8: Academic Economics at Its Dumbest and Ugliest</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 9: Violations of Professional Ethics, Whether by Ignorance or Intent</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 10: Product Evolution and a Personal Story</span></span>
<br>
<span><span>Chapter 11: Conclusion: What Must Be Done in Academic Economics</span></span>
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<span><span>Bibliography</span></span>
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<span><span>About the Author</span></span>
<span><span>Steven Payson</span><span> has been a consultant at ICF Incorporated and the Inter-American Development Bank; a senior economist at the National Science Foundation and the Departments of Agriculture and Interior; and a branch chief at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. He received his doctorate in economics from Columbia University. He has taught at Columbia University, American University, Georgetown, and Virginia Tech. Since 2006, Dr. Payson has been executive director of the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics, and in 2009–2010 he was president of Society of Government Economists. He is author of four other economics books.</span></span>
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