Ebook: Economic concepts for the social sciences

Economics without apology -- Back to the future : political economy -- In another's shoes : games, strategies, and economics -- It takes two or more : public economics and collective action -- Government for the politician? Public and social choice -- Institutions matter: the new institutional economics -- Knowledge is power : the new institutional economics -- Everything ties together : general equilibrium -- Laboratory economics : of rats and men -- Before yesterday and beyond tomorrow : intergenerational economics -- Fish, space, and spaceship earth : bioeconomics and interdisciplinary economics -- Crystal ball economics : rational expectations -- How do we get there from here? : transitional economies and policy reforms -- Economic growth : endogeneity, institutions and other concepts -- Economic visions for future horizons.;The primary purpose of this work is to present some of the key economic concepts that guided economic thinking in the 20th century and to identify which of these concepts will continue to direct economic thought in the coming decades.