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Reflections on two centuries of economic history from a Nobel Prize winner in the field: “An accessible collection by a renowned economist.”—Library Journal How do economists decide what questions to address and how to choose their theories? How do they tackle the problems of the economic system and give advice on public policy? With these broad questions, Nobel laureate R. H. Coase, widely recognized for his seminal work on transaction costs, reflects on some of the most fundamental concerns of economists over the past two centuries. In fifteen essays, Coase evaluates the contributions of a number of outstanding figures, including Adam Smith, Alfred Marshall, Arnold Plant, Duncan Black, and George Stigler, as well as economists at the London School of Economics in the 1930s. “Are you looking for a book by an economist who can really write and has insight after insight on free markets vs. government regulation? Would you like it even better if you could get some good laughs from his clever way of putting things? Then Ronald H. Coase’s Essays on Economics and Economists is the book for you.”—Reason
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Cosa differenzia il mercato dei beni da quello delle idee? Quanto è ancora attuale la “Ricchezza delle nazioni” di Adam Smith? Cosa vuol dire "struttura istituzionale della produzione"? In questi saggi sull’economia e gli economisti vengono chiaramente alla luce i riferimenti intellettuali e tutti i principali temi oggetto delle ricerche di Ronald Coase. Nei quindici contributi del volume emergono la complessità e la profondità di un pensatore che ha esercitato un’enorme influenza sulle scienze sociali, gettando anche le basi per la nascita dell’analisi economica del diritto. Il libro si apre con la conferenza di accettazione del Premio Nobel, in cui Coase affronta lo stato dell...