{"product_id":"speaking-of-economics-arjo-klamer-9780415395106","title":"Speaking of Economics: How to Get in the Conversation","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaking sense of economists and their world in a persuasive and entertaining style, Arjo Klamer, the author of a number of influential books including \u003cem\u003eConversation with Economists\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Consequences of Economic Rhetoric\u003c\/em\u003e, shows that economics is as much about how people interact as it is about the models, the mathematics, the econometrics, the theories and the ideas that come from the enormous aggregate of economics literature. Knowing and understanding economics requires both bookwork and mingling with other economists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViewing the subject as a collection of conversations, Klamer examines fundamental disagreements over the nature and purpose of the discipline, addressing how it is that a discipline that so permeates daily life is at once 'soft' and scientific, powerful and ignored, noble and disdained and in a reader-friendly style - without eschewing academic methodology demonstrates economics to be a living, breathing discipline rooted in the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a student, academician, journalist, practising economist or interested outsider, \u003cem\u003eSpeaking of Economics\u003c\/em\u003e will get you interested in a conversation about economics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arjo Klamer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415395100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415395106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Arjo Klamer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064911442175,"sku":"9780415395106","price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca2b4122-6119-4001-a2fd-32b0ccfecf94.jpg?v=1768671865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speaking-of-economics-arjo-klamer-9780415395106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}