Bücher von Angus Deaton

Der "American Dream" ist im Niedergang begriffen. Für die weiße Arbeiterklasse ist das heutige Amerika zu einem Land der zerrütteten Familien und der mangelnden Perspektiven geworden. Während College-Absolventen immer gesünder und wohlhabender werden, sterben Erwachsene ohne Abschluss immer häufiger an Alkohol, Drogen und Suizid - ein Tod aus Verzweiflung. Die wachsende Macht der Konzerne und ein skrupelloser Gesundheitssektor sind nur zwei der Gründe. Der Kapitalismus, der in zwei Jahrhunderten unzählige Menschen aus der Armut befreite, zerstört nun das Leben der amerikanischen Arbeiter. Die renommierten Ökonomen Anne Case und Angus Deaton legen diese Misere in ihrem Buch schonungslos offen. Drohen auch uns amerikanische Verhältnisse? Die Autoren geben brandaktuelle Antworten.

Edited by Angus Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, this volume features early work on the theory and measurement of consumer behaviour. Featuring contributions from leading economists such as Anthony Atkinson, Nicholas Stern, John Muellbauer and Deaton himself, the book offers papers on a wide range of topics. Topics covered range from theory to econometrics, from Engel curves to labour supply and fertility, and from consumer demand in England to consumer behaviour in the USSR. These papers were written and collected for this volume to honour Sir Richard Stone on the occasion of his retirement from his chair at the University of Cambridge.

This classic text has introduced generations of students to the economic theory of consumer behaviour. Written by 2015 Nobel Laureate Angus Deaton and John Muellbauer, the book begins with a self-contained presentation of the basic theory and its use in applied econometrics. These early chapters also include elementary extensions of the theory to labour supply, durable goods, the consumption function, and rationing. The rest of the book is divided into three parts. In the first of these the authors discuss restrictions on choice and aggregation problems. The next part consists of chapters on consumer index numbers; household characteristics, demand, and household welfare comparisons; and social welfare and inequality. The last part extends the coverage of consumer behaviour to include the quality of goods and household production theory, labour supply and human capital theory, the consumption function and intertemporal choice, the demand for durable goods, and choice under uncertainty.

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