Partha Dasgupta Boeken

Why are some lives--and some countries--so wealthy, and others so deprived? This apparently simple question is the starting point of Partha Dasgupta's contemporary, intelligible introduction to economics and how it shapes our lives. Combining examples from everyday life with a global approach that considers not just the economics of the West but that of the world's 2.4 billion poor, Dasgupta reveals how economics can give us deep insight into some of our most intractable problems--and provide solutions to them, too.

In recent years economists have found the theory of games to be an attractive route for exploring imperfectly competitive markets. This collection of articles explores both the potential and the limitations of this theoretical framework.

A collection of articles examining equilibrium outcomes in social and economic environments which possess cooperative infrastructures.