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Thinking Like an Economist
How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy
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Beth Popp Berman's "Thinking Like an Economist" explores the pervasive influence of economic reasoning on American public policy from the 1960s to the present.
The book traces how concepts like efficiency, incentives, and trade-offs became dominant in policy debates, often overshadowing considerations of equality and social justice.
Berman argues that this shift had significant consequences, particularly for the Democratic Party, limiting its policy options and constraining its ability to address social inequalities.
The book offers a critical analysis of the limitations of an exclusively economic approach to policymaking, highlighting the need for a broader perspective that incorporates social values and ethical considerations.
Ultimately, it encourages a re-evaluation of how we frame and approach policy challenges.
The book traces how concepts like efficiency, incentives, and trade-offs became dominant in policy debates, often overshadowing considerations of equality and social justice.
Berman argues that this shift had significant consequences, particularly for the Democratic Party, limiting its policy options and constraining its ability to address social inequalities.
The book offers a critical analysis of the limitations of an exclusively economic approach to policymaking, highlighting the need for a broader perspective that incorporates social values and ethical considerations.
Ultimately, it encourages a re-evaluation of how we frame and approach policy challenges.
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Mentioned as the book Dr. Elizabeth Papp Berman published with Princeton University Press.
Elizabeth Popp Berman, "Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy" (Princeton UP, 2022)
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Sverker Sörlin as a sociologist who studied how economists gained influence in US politics during the interwar period.
Sverker Sörlin as a sociologist who studied how economists gained influence in US politics during the interwar period.
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