Background
Friedman, Lee Steven was born on August 10, 1946 in New York City. Son of Oliver and Beverly Norma (Wachtel) Friedman.
( This book shows, from start to finish, how microeconomi...)
This book shows, from start to finish, how microeconomics can and should be used in the analysis of public policy problems. It is an exciting new way to learn microeconomics, motivated by its application to important, real-world issues. Lee Friedman's modern replacement for his influential 1984 work not only brings the issues addressed into the present but develops all intermediate microeconomic theory to make this book accessible to a much wider audience. Friedman offers the microeconomic tools necessary to understand policy analysis of a wide range of matters of public concern--including the recent California electricity crisis, welfare reform, public school finance, global warming, health insurance, day care, tax policies, college loans, and mass transit pricing. These issues are scrutinized through microeconomic models that identify policy strengths, weaknesses, and ideas for improvements. Each chapter begins with explanations of several fundamental microeconomic principles and then develops models that use and probe them in analyzing specific public policies. The book has two primary and complementary goals. One is to develop skills of economic policy analysis: to design, predict the effects of, and evaluate public policies. The other is to develop a deep understanding of microeconomics as an analytic tool for application--its strengths and extensions into such advanced techniques as general equilibrium models and pricing methods for natural monopolies and its weaknesses, such as behavioral inconsistencies with utility-maximization models and its limits in comparing institutional alternatives. The result is an invaluable professional and academic reference, one whose clear explanation of principles and analytic techniques, and wealth of constructive applications, will ensure it a prominent place not only on the bookshelves but also on the desks of students and professionals alike.
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Friedman, Lee Steven was born on August 10, 1946 in New York City. Son of Oliver and Beverly Norma (Wachtel) Friedman.
AB cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1968; Master of Philosophy in Economics, Yale University, 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Yale University, 1973.
Professor public policy, University of California, Berkeley, since 1974. Acting dean Graduate School Public Policy, University of California, 1993, associate dean, since 1993. Instructor Executive Institute Public Management, 1989-1990.
Training instructor California Public Utilities Commission, since 1988. Member external advising committee California Environmental Protection Agency, 1993-1994. Member California energy task force University of California, 1986-1991.
Member review panel payequity project National Academy Sciences, 1986. Consultant National Economics Development and Law Center. Member of advisory panel National Science Foundation, 1981.
( This book shows, from start to finish, how microeconomi...)
(This title shows how microeconomics should be used in the...)
Married Janet Angela Flammang, December 11, 1982. Children: Alexander Flammang, Jacob Flammang.