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The real economy : history and theory /

"A provocative new theory of "the economy," its history, and its politics that better unites history and economics. What is the economy, really? Is it a "market sector," a "general equilibrium," the "gross domestic product"? Economics today has become so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levy, Jonathan, 1978- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Economics > History.
Économie politique > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Real Economy
  • Part I. Critique
  • Radical Uncertainty
  • Accounting for Profit
  • Capital as Process
  • Egoism and Altruism
  • The Fiscal Triangle
  • Primal Capital
  • Part II. Construction
  • The Economy of Stocks and Flows
  • The General Theory of the Economy
  • Thorstein Veblen, Economist.