Economics for the Common Good by Tirole, Jean -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Whatever Happened to the Common Good?

Itinerary The Relationship between Society and Economics The Economist’s Profession Institutions A Window on Our World The Common Thread

Part I: Economics and Society

One: Do You Like Economics?

What Prevents Our Understanding Economics The Market and Other Ways of Managing Scarcity How to Make Economics Better Understood

Two: The Moral Limits of the Market

The Moral Limits of the Market or Market Failure? The Noncommercial and the Sacred The Market, a Threat to Social Cohesion? Inequality

Part II: The Economist’s Profession

Three: The Economist in Civil Society

The Economist as Public Intellectual The Pitfalls of Involvement in Society A Few Safeguards for an Essential Relationship From Theory to Economic Policy

Four: The Everyday Life of a Researcher

The Interplay between Theory and Empirical Evidence The Microcosm of Academic Economics Economists: Foxes or Hedgehogs? The Role of Mathematics Game Theory and Information Theory An Economist at Work: Methodological Contributions

Five: Economics on the Move

An Agent Who Is Not Always Rational: Homo psychologicus Homo socialis Homo incitatus: The Counterproductive Effects of Rewards Homo juridicus: Law and Social Norms More Unexpected Lines of Inquiry

Part III: An Institutional Framework for the Economy

Six: Toward a Modern State

Seven: The Governance and Social Responsibility of Business

Part IV: The Great Macroeconomic Challenges

Eight: The Climate Challenge

What Is at Stake in Climate Change? Reasons for the Standstill Negotiations That Fall Short of the Stakes Involved Making Everyone Accountable for GHG Emissions Inequality and the Pricing of Carbon The Credibility of an International Agreement In Conclusion: Putting Negotiations Back on Track

Nine: Labor Market Challenges

The Labor Market in France An Economic Analysis of Labor Contracts Perverse Institutional Incentives What Can Reform Achieve and How Can It Be Implemented Successfully? The Other Great Debates about Employment The Urgency

Ten: Europe at the Crossroads

The European Project: From Hope to Doubt The Origins of the Euro Crisis Greece: Much Bitterness on Both Sides What Options Do the EU and the Eurozone Have Today?

Eleven: What Use Is Finance?

What Use Is Finance? How to Transform Useful Products into Toxic Products Are Markets Efficient? Why Regulate in Fact?

Twelve: The Financial Crisis of 2008

The Financial Crisis The New Postcrisis Environment Who Is to Blame? Economists and the Prevention of Crises

Part V: The Industrial Challenge

Thirteen: Competition Policy and Industrial Policy

What Is the Purpose of Competition? Where Does Industrial Policy Fit In?

Fourteen: How Digitization Is Changing Everything

Platforms: Guardians of the Digital Economy Two-Sided Markets A Different Business Model: Platforms as Regulators The Challenges Two-Sided Markets Pose for Competition Policy

Fifteen: Digital Economies: The Challenges for Society

Trust Who Owns Data? Health Care and Risk The New Forms of Employment in the Twenty-First Century The Digital Economy and Employment The Tax System

Sixteen: Innovation and Intellectual Property

The Imperative of Innovation Intellectual Property Managing Royalty Stacking The Institutions of Innovation Cooperative Development and Open Source Software And Many Other Debates …

Seventeen: Sector Regulation

What’s at Stake A Fourfold Reform and Its Rationale Incentive Regulation Prices of Regulated Companies Regulation of Access to the Network Competition and Universal Service

Epilogue Notes Index