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Charles Wheelan

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Connection to Illinois: Charles lived in Chicago with his wife and family, for nearly 20 years. They now reside in New Hampshire.

Biography: Charles Wheelan is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. He joined the Dartmouth faculty fulltime in June of 2012. Prior to that, from 2004 to 2012, Wheelan was a senior lecturer in public policy at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Email: charleswheelan@gmail.com
Website: http://www.nakedeconomics.com
Charles Wheelan on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=charles++wheelan+


Selected Titles

10 1/2 things no commencement speaker has ever said /
ISBN: 0393074315 OCLC: 759908726

Norton, New York : ©2012.

Based on the author's 2011 Class Day Speech at Dartmouth College, provides humorous and unconventional advice for graduates of all ages on attaining happiness and success in life.

Introduction to public policy
ISBN: 9780393926651 OCLC: 317920196

Public policy is the process by which groups act collectively--everything from declaring war to installing stoplights. We study public policy in the hopes that we can do better. It is an audacious task. What activities are best handled by the market? How can we act in the face of scientific uncertainty? How can we make sense of the opinions of hundreds of millions of people? how can we evaluate trade-offs--economic growth versus environmental protection, for example? How can we even measure our success. This book is a toolkit for understanding the public-policy process and for making better public-policy decisions. [p.4] of cover.

Naked economics :
ISBN: 0393356493 OCLC: 1051776826

At last! A new edition of the economics book that won’t put you to sleep. In fact, you won’t be able to put this bestseller down. In our challenging economic climate, this perennial favorite of students and general readers is more than a good read, it’s a necessary investment—with a blessedly sure rate of return. This revised and updated edition includes commentary on hot topics such as automation, trade, income inequality, and America’s rising debt. Ten years after the financial crisis, Naked Economics examines how policymakers managed the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.--Publisher's description.

Naked economics :
ISBN: 0393049825 OCLC: 49351809

Norton, New York : ©2002.

Seeks to provide an engaging and comprehensive primer to economics that explains key concepts without technical jargon and using common-sense examples.

Naked statistics :
ISBN: 9780393347777 OCLC: 783162698

The field of statistics is rapidly transforming into a discipline that Hal Varian at Google has called sexy. And with good reason; from batting averages and political polls to game shows and medical research, the real-world application of statistics is growing by leaps and bounds. In this book the author demystifies the study of statistics by stripping away the arcane and technical details to get at the underlying intuition that is key to understanding the power of statistical concepts. Tackling a wide-ranging set of problems, he demonstrates how statistics can be used to look at questions that are important and relevant to us today.

 

 

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