A guide to what's wrong with economics / Edward Fullbrook

Public ISBD Titre : A guide to what's wrong with economics Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Edward Fullbrook, Auteur Editeur : London : Anthem Press Année de publication : 2005 Importance : 323 p Note générale : 00.FUL Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Économie Tags : Sciences économiques Index. décimale : 00 ECONOMIE : ouvrages de références Résumé : A revolutionary reassessment of the serious faults and pitfalls of neoclassical economics. 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. A guide to what's wrong with economics [texte imprimé] / Edward Fullbrook, Auteur . - London : Anthem Press, 2005 . - 323 p. 00.FUL Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Économie Tags : Sciences économiques Index. décimale : 00 ECONOMIE : ouvrages de références Résumé : A revolutionary reassessment of the serious faults and pitfalls of neoclassical economics. 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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