Sandra J Peart: 3 books
The Street Porter and the Philosopher
Conversations on Analytical Egalitarianism
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Adam Smith, asserting the common humanity of the street porter and the philosopher, articulated the classical economists' model of social interactions as exchanges among equals. This model had largely fallen out of favor until, recently, a number of scholars in the avant-garde of economic thought...
The "Vanity of the Philosopher"
From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
The "Vanity of the Philosopher" continues the themes introduced in Levy's acclaimed book How the Dismal Science Got Its Name.
Here, Peart and Levy tackle the issues of racism, eugenics, hierarchy, and egalitarianism in classical economics and take a broad view of classical economics'...
Escape from Democracy
The Role of Experts and the Public in Economic Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2016
The orthodox view of economic policy holds that public deliberation sets the goals or ends, and then experts select the means to implement these goals. This assumes that experts are no more than trustworthy servants of the public interest. David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart examine the historical record...