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Since its establishment in 1965, Business Economics has been an essential resource for those who use economics in the workplace. Its consistent intent has been to distinguish itself from academic journals by focusing on what is useful to practitioners of economics in their everyday work, and it has risen to become the leading forum for debating solutions to critical business problems, analyzing key business and economic issues, and sharing of best-practice models, tools, and hands-on techniques.

In celebration of the journal's anniversary, The Best of 'Business Economics' brings together forty of the best articles from half a century of publication: those that pushed boundaries, challenged conventional wisdom, and redefined the way practitioners and academics approached their work. Much of the insight afforded in this collection on the uses and limitations of economics are as fresh and useful today as when they were published. Featuring award-winning articles and the world's premier economists, this collection is an essential addition to any economics library.

Introduction; Robert Thomas&nbsp;Crow <br>PART I: 1965-1974<br>1. A New Look At Monetary and Fiscal Policy (1967); Paul A. Volcker <br>2. The Role of Money in Economic Activity: Complicated or Simple? (1969); Edward M. Gramlich<br>3. Econometric Model Building for Growth Projections (1969); Lawrence R. Klein<br>4. President's Message (1970); Alan Greenspan<br>5. The Social Significance of Environmental Pollution (1970); Barry Commoner<br>6. The Productivity Slow-Down (1971); John W. Kendrick<br>7. Why Productivity is Important (1973); Geoffrey H. Moore<br>PART II: 1975-1984<br>8. Presidential Address: NABE and the Business Forecaster (1975); Robert G. Dederick<br>9. Thoughts on Inflation: The Basic Forces (1975); Gottfried Haberler<br>10. The Practical Use of Economic Analysis in Investment Management (1975); Edmund A. Mennis<br>11. On Human Welfare (1979); Albert G. Matamoros<br>12. Company Total Factor Productivity: Refinements, Production Functions, and Certain Effects of Regulation (1981); Douglas L. Cocks<br>13. Conservatives, Economists, and Neckties (1983); Herbert Stein <br>14. Economics From Three Perspectives (1982); Marina v.N. Whitman<br>15. Was Adam Smith a Monetarist or a Keynesian? (1984); Charles P. Kindleberger<br>PART III: 1985-1994<br>16. The Effect of Government on Economic Efficiency (1987); George J. Stigler<br>17. On the Structure of an Economy (1988); James M. Buchanan<br>18. Rethinking International Trade (1988); Paul Krugman<br>19. The Suicidal Impulse of the Business Community (1989); Milton Friedman<br>20. A Guide to What is Known About Business Cycles (1990); Victor Zarnowitz<br>21. Some Financial Perspectives on Comparative Costs of Capital (1991); J. Fred Weston<br>22. Health Insurance Derivatives: The Newest Application of Modern Financial Risk Management (1993); James A. Hayes, Joseph B. Cole and David I. Meiselman<br>PART IV: 1995-2014<br>23. An Ambitious Agenda for Economic Growth (1996); Murray Weidenbaum&lt;24. Capitalism and its Discontents (1998); Michael J. Boskin<br>25. Protecting Against the Next Financial Crisis: The Need to Reform Global Financial Oversight, the IMF, and Monetary Policy Goals (1999); Henry Kaufman<br>26. How the Economy Came to Resemble the Model (1999); Alan S. Blinder<br>27. What Would Adam Smith Say Now? (2000); Henry Kaufman<br>28. Information Technology and the U.S. Productivity Revival: A Review of the Evidence (2001); Kevin J. Stiroh<br>29. Understanding Inflation: Lessons From My Central Banking Career (2002); Harvey Rosenblum<br>30. Managing Exchange Rates: Achievement of Global Re-Balancing or Evidence of Global Co-Dependency? (2004); Catherine L. Mann<br>PART V: 2005-2015<br>31. The Explanatory Power of Monetary Policy Rules (2007); John B. Taylor<br>32. Adam Smith and the Political Economy of a Modern Financial Crisis (2008); Michael Mussa<br>33. Underwriting, Mortgage Lending, and House Prices: 1996-2008 (2009); James A. Wilcox<br>34. The Impact of the Housing Market Boom and Bust on Consumption Spending (2010); Jeremy A. Leonard<br>35. Macroprudential Supervision and Monetary Policy in the Post-Crisis World (2010); Janet L. Yellen<br>36. Nightmare on Kaiserstrasse (2011); Kenneth Rogoff<br>37. Financial Services and the Trust Deficit: Why the Industry Should Make Better Governance a Top Priority (2013); Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. <br>38. U.S. Economic Prospects: Secular Stagnation, Hysteresis, and the Zero Lower Bound (2014); Lawrence H. Summers<br>PART VI: FEATURE ARTICLES<br>39. Focus on Industries and Markets: Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Equipment (2011); David A. Petina, Michael Murphy, Andrew C. Gross<br>40. Focus on Statistics: Initial Results of the 2012 Economic Census (2014); Robert P. Parker<br>41. Economics at Work: Economics at the American Chemistry Council (2014); Thomas Kevin Swift<br>

The National Association for Business Economics is the premier professional association for business economists and others who use economics in the workplace. Since 1959, NABE has attracted the most prominent figures in economics, business, and academia to its membership with highly-regarded conferences, educational and career development offerings, and industry surveys.<p><br>Robert Thomas Crow has served as editor of <i>Business Economics</i> since 1999. Prior to that, he was Chief Economist of the Bechtel Group. He has also been a member of the Bank of the Orient's Board of Directors and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University's Program on Energy and Sustainable Development in the Institute for International Studies.</p>

<p>Since its establishment in 1965, Business Economics has been an essential resource for those who use economics in the workplace. Its consistent intent has been to distinguish itself from academic journals by focusing on what is useful to practitioners of economics in their everyday work, and it has risen to become the leading forum for debating solutions to critical business problems, analyzing key business and economic issues, and sharing of best-practice models, tools, and hands-on techniques.</p><p></p><p>In celebration of the journal's anniversary, The Best of "Business Economics" brings together forty of the best articles from half a century of publication: those that pushed boundaries, challenged conventional wisdom, and redefined the way practitioners and academics approached their work. Much of the insight afforded in this collection on the uses and limitations of economics are as fresh and useful today as when they were published. Featuring award-winning articles and the world's premier economists, this collection is an essential addition to any economics library.</p>

<p>Feature articles written by top economists such as Alan S. Blinder, Paul Krugman, and Lawrence H. Summers</p><p>Articles were selected by a panel of veteran Business Economics editorial board members for their lasting contributions to the field</p><p>Business Economics celebrates its 50th year</p><p>Business Economics is included in the ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide</p>