Economics in America: An immigrant economist explores the land of inequality (Record no. 1715503)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691247625 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Terms of availability | Textual |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | RTL |
| Transcribing agency | RTL |
| 084 ## - COLON CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Assigning agency | RTL |
| Classification number | X.73 R3 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Deaton, Angus |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1132172 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Economics in America: An immigrant economist explores the land of inequality |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Jersey |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 271 p. : ill. |
| Other physical details | Includes bibliographic references & Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 academic economist.<br/><br/>Deaton is witty and pulls no punches. In this incisive, candid, and funny book, he describes the everyday lives of working economists, recounting the triumphs as well as the disasters, and tells the inside story of the Nobel Prize in economics and the journey that led him to Stockholm to receive one. He discusses the ongoing tensions between economics and politics—and the extent to which economics has any content beyond the political prejudices of economists—and reflects on whether economists bear at least some responsibility for the growing despair and rising populism in America.<br/><br/>Blending rare personal insights with illuminating perspectives on the social challenges that confront us today, Deaton offers a disarmingly frank critique of his own profession while shining a light on his adopted country’s policy accomplishments and failures. |
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| Source of heading or term | Economics in America |
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| Source of heading or term | Immigrant Economist |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Social Science |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Colon Classification (CC) |
| Suppress in OPAC | Yes |
| Koha item type | Textbook |
| Classification part | X.73 R3 |
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| Colon Classification (CC) | Ratan Tata Library | Ratan Tata Library | 2026-03-16 | X.73 R3 | RT1528742 | 2026-03-16 | 2026-03-16 | Textbook |