A guide to what's wrong with economics /
Publisher description: During a time of accelerating momentum for radical change in the study of economics, A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics comprehensively re-examines the shortcomings of neoclassical economics and considers a number of alternative formulations. In it, a distinguished li...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Anthem,
2004.
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| Series: | Anthem studies in political economy and globalization.
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| Summary: | Publisher description: During a time of accelerating momentum for radical change in the study of economics, A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics comprehensively re-examines the shortcomings of neoclassical economics and considers a number of alternative formulations. In it, a distinguished list of non-neoclassical economists provide a study of some of the many worldly and logical gaps in neoclassical economics, its hidden ideological agendas, disregard for the environment, habitual misuse of mathematics and statistics, inability to address the major issues of economic globalization, its ethical cynicism concerning poverty, racism and sexism and its misrepresentation of economic history. In clear and engaging prose, A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics shows how interesting, relevant and exciting economics can be when it is pursued not as a defence of an antiquated and close-minded system of belief, but as a no-holds-barred inquiry looking for real-world truths. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-320) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1843311488 9781843311485 |