On the Third Hand: Humor in the Dismal Science, an AnthologyIf ever you suspected that economic humor is an oxymoron, read on. This anthology, offering over a hundred selections of economic humor in the form of essays, fables, cartoons, verses, parodies, and epigrams drawn from works ancient and modern, will disabuse you of that notion by way of laughter. The contributors, about evenly divided between economists and noneconomists, share a common urge to poke fun at economics and its practitioners. Their styles and methods, however, range from kind and gentle to mordant and misanthropic; this is not surprising given the diversity of their professions: diplomat, playwright, printer's devil, publisher, columnist, physician, inventor, minister, corporate president, radio star, New York Stock Exchange member, and philosopher, to name but a few. Bringing economic humor into the light of day, Caroline Clotfelter gathers her collection of materials into recognizable categories: economists as others see them, the language and methods of economics, Econ 101, micro- and macroeconomics, and basic economic models and ideas. Aiding and abetting her include such luminaries as John Stuart Mill, George Bernard Shaw, "Mad Magazine, " Stephen Leacock, Emily Dickinson, Rube Goldberg, Pogo, and John Kenneth Galbraith. As no other, this book will challenge economists to enjoy jokes at their own expense; noneconomists may have even less difficulty finding something funny in this most dismal of sciences. Caroline Postelle Clotfelter, former Professor of Economics, Mercer University, is now retired. |
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Energy Program : A plan under which low - cost energy will be taxed and high - cost energy will be subsidized , thus discouraging production of low cost energy and encouraging production of high - cost energy , and assuring that energy ...
Energy Program : A plan under which low - cost energy will be taxed and high - cost energy will be subsidized , thus discouraging production of low cost energy and encouraging production of high - cost energy , and assuring that energy ...
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At point B the economy hums along with unfettered high production , but because tax rates are low the government gets the same small amount it would get if taxes were at A. Now look at point E at the extreme right of the curve .
At point B the economy hums along with unfettered high production , but because tax rates are low the government gets the same small amount it would get if taxes were at A. Now look at point E at the extreme right of the curve .
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Thus , in time of war , when people and business are persuaded that a sacrificial effort is essential , they are willing to accept a high tax rate while they keep production booming . In peacetime they are less altruistic .
Thus , in time of war , when people and business are persuaded that a sacrificial effort is essential , they are willing to accept a high tax rate while they keep production booming . In peacetime they are less altruistic .
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| Tiêu đề | On the Third Hand: Humor in the Dismal Science, an Anthology |
| Người biên tập | Caroline Postelle Clotfelter |
| Ấn bản | có minh hoạ |
| Nhà xuất bản | University of Michigan Press, 1996 |
| Nguyên bản từ | Đại học Michigan |
| Đă được số hóa | 21 Tháng Năm 2008 |
| ISBN | 0472095293, 9780472095292 |
| Độ dài | 324 trang |
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