by Harold Winter
read by Auto-narrator
University of Chicago Press, 2023
eISBN: 978-0-226-83545-7

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

This is an auto-narrated audiobook edition of this book.


The highly engaging introduction to thinking like an economist, updated for a new generation of readers.


When economists wrestle with any social issue—be it unemployment, inflation, healthcare, or crime and punishment—they do so impersonally. The big question for them is: what are the costs and benefits, or trade-offs, of the solutions to such matters? These trade-offs constitute the core of how economists see the world—and make the policies that govern it.


Trade-Offs is an introduction to the economic approach of analyzing controversial policy issues. A useful introduction to the various factors that inform public opinion and policymaking, Trade-Offs is composed of case studies on topics drawn from across contemporary law and society.


Intellectually stimulating yet accessible and entertaining, Trade-Offs will be appreciated by students of economics, public policy, health administration, political science, and law, as well as by anyone following current social policy debates.