What is Economics and Why Does it Matter?

Author:   Marcin Gorazda ,  Tomasz Kwarciński
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   190
Publication Date:   22 August 2025
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Author:   Marcin Gorazda ,  Tomasz Kwarciński
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781032744766


ISBN 10:   1032744766
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   22 August 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
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Introduction Part I: Philosophy and Economics 1. How did economics get to this point? 2. What is economics about? 3. Why can’t economists predict future crises? Part II: Ethics and Economics 4. Is economics a moral science? 5. What is more important – the size of the pie or the way it is divided? 6. Why do we pay taxes, and who should pay more? 7. Does wealth make us happier? 8. Should we open borders for economic immigrants? 9. Is a state entitled to ""nudge"" citizens? Part III: Methodology and Economics 10. How do economists reason? 11. What models do economists use? 12. Why are handsome men not smart? 13. Why do we rely on GDP in modern economics? 14. Is economics an experimental science? 15. Who should clean the house? 16. Do protestants earn more? 17. Do humans think rationally?

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Marcin Gorazda is an interdisciplinary scholar in the philosophy of economics, legal philosophy, and tax and commercial law of the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow and a practising lawyer with a habilitation diploma in philosophy of law. Tomasz Kwarciński is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Krakow University of Economics, renowned for his interdisciplinary research and scholarly contributions in economics, ethics, social philosophy, and the philosophy of economics.

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