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From the Nobel Prize–winning economist and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism, candid reflections on the economist’s craft When economist Angus Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America’s strengths and shocked by the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. Economics in America explains in clear terms how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system—and narrates Deaton’s account of his experiences as a naturalized US citizen and ...
Reproduces from earlier publication 33 articles on maritime economics, transport law, and policy that were deemed critical for a lay reader to gain a broad appreciation of the field. They cover management and operations; competition policy and pricing; vessel finance, the fiscal treatment of shipping and other factors important in choosing a flag of registry; law and policy other than incentives; markets and market structures; and ports. The specific topics include the optimal ship size, shipping costs and the controversy over open registry, hierarchical logic in shipping policy and decision-making, and environmental port management. There is no subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR