Applying the Dismal Science: When Economists Give Advice to Governments

by IainMcLean (Editor), Colin Jennings (Editor)

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In this exciting collection, Iain McLean and Colin Jennings bring together some of the most eminent social scientists to have advised British governments since 1964. Successive chapters show what went wrong in UK economic policy making in the 1960s and 1970s, what goes better now, and what still goes wrong. The editors explain how recent developments in economic theory have improved economic policy making. Contributors include two former Chief Economic Advisers at HM Treasury, and the co-designer of the successful '3G spectrum auction'.

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In this exciting collection, Iain McLean and Colin Jennings bring together some of the most eminent social scientists to have advised British governments since 1964. Successive chapters show what went wrong in UK economic policy making in the 1960s and 1970s, what goes better now, and what still goes wrong. The editors explain how recent developments in economic theory have improved economic policy making. Contributors include two former Chief Economic Advisers at HM Treasury, and the co-designer of the successful '3G spectrum auction'.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 264
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 16 Dec 2005
ISBN 10: 1403994595
ISBN 13: 9781403994592
Book Overview: IAIN MCLEAN is Professor of Politics and Director of the Public Policy Unit, Oxford University, UK, and a Fellow of Nuffield College, UK. He has previously worked in Newcastle and Warwick, UK, and Stanford and Yale, USA. His previous publications include Rational Choice and British Politics, Aberfan: Government and Disasters and The Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom. COLIN JENNINGS is Lecturer in Economics at Queen's College, Oxford University, UK. He obtained his PhD in Economics at Southampton University, UK. He has published articles in the Scottish Journal

Media Reviews

'That is the great strength of this book: it forces us to ask why we do economics, not from a purely abstract set of values, but rather from the perspective of those who have had to wrestle with these issues on a day-to-day basis.' - Roger Vickerman, Public Administration

Author Bio

CHRISTOPHER ALLSOPP Fellow of New College, and Reader in Economic Policy, Oxford University, UK ED BALLS MP for Normanton, UK since 2005 and formerly Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury, 1997-2004 SIR ALLAN BUDD Formerly Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury, 1991-1997 SIR CHRISTOPHER FOSTER Professor of Economics, and a Special Advisor on Transport and Local Government Finance PETER JAY Formerly Chief Economics Correspondent, The Times, UK Ambassador to the USA and Economics Editor, BBC, UK PAUL KLEMPERER Edgeworth Professor of Economics, Oxford University, UK MARK H. ROBSON Formerly Economic Adviser to the Board of Inland Revenue, 1985-90, Principal Administrator in the Fiscal Affairs Division of the OECD 1993-5, and Senior Manager at the Bank of England, UK, 1995-2003 MARTIN WOLF Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times