What are Economists Good For?
Well, we know we can't screw in a lightbulb but that can be outsourced. Auction theorists know that they have made a difference in the real world. Want proof? Click here . Preston McAfee serves up a very interesting recent intellectual history.
What else are we good for?
On improving the design of health care policy, here is an example from MIT's jon gruber.
On designing well functioning carbon mitigation legislation, I can point you to Dr. Stavins' input .
We are trying to be as socially useful as dentists. But the patient takes the advice that the dentist offers. There is no strategic game played between the patient and the dentist. The dentist leads (she looks in your mouth) and you do what she tells you to do. I am going to dental school.
What else are we good for?
On improving the design of health care policy, here is an example from MIT's jon gruber.
On designing well functioning carbon mitigation legislation, I can point you to Dr. Stavins' input .
We are trying to be as socially useful as dentists. But the patient takes the advice that the dentist offers. There is no strategic game played between the patient and the dentist. The dentist leads (she looks in your mouth) and you do what she tells you to do. I am going to dental school.
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