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Real World Economics: A Post-Autistic Economics Reader
Contributor(s): Fullbrook, Edward (Editor)
ISBN: 1843312360     ISBN-13: 9781843312369
Publisher: Anthem Press
OUR PRICE:   $28.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2007
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Annotation: An engaging, important text calling for the reform of economics and pushing for the discipline to become an honest and effective tool for democracy.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics - Theory
Dewey: 338.9
Series: Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization
Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.34" W x 9.13" (1.67 lbs) 512 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Economics is extremely sick. It is so locked in its past that nearly all of its introductory textbooks are modelled on one that appeared in 1948. The discipline cannot continue in its autistic state much longer. This book takes you to the heart of a fiery and many-faceted debate. It is comprised of 66 articles that have been selected based on their importance to the reform movement and for their accessibility to the general reader. "Real economic problems" concern real people, so their analysis must be made intelligible to an educated general public if real democracy is to function. All economists must learn to live without the belief that there is only one right way of describing and explaining reality. This requires economists to begin the development of an ethos of honesty regarding the limitations of their chosen approaches. In engaging and thought-provoking prose, this book brings these and other conflicts out into the open and places them in the context of the major issues of the 21st century. This book will be of key interest to students of political economy and economic history.