Economists do more than merely describe an external economic world. They shape it in the image of their theories and models. This idea, following the philosophy
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The economy is commonly described either as the apolitical realm of calculation or as the fully political one of domination. This book scrutinizes the ways in w
Around the globe, economists affect markets by saying what markets are doing, what they should do, and what they will do. Increasingly, experimental economists