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A prescient examination of the serious faults and pitfalls of neoclassical economics.
| ISBN | 1843311488 | | Pages | 332 | | ISBN13 | 9781843311485
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Anthem Press | | Weight (grammes) | 467 | | Imprint | Anthem Press | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Anthem Studies in Development and Globalization | | Publication date | 12 Oct 2004 | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Library of Congress | 2005434231 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | DEWEY | 330 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General, Tertiary education |
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| | | Introduction : broadband versus narrowband economics by Edward Fullbrook | | 1 | | 1 | | The quarrlesome boundaries of economics by Hugh Stretton | | 9 | | 2 | | Modern economics : the problem and a solution by Tony Lawson | | 21 | | 3 | | The pitfalls of mainstream economic reasoning (and teaching) by Michael A. Bernstein | | 33 | | 4 | | Neoclassical economic theory : a special and not a general case by Paul Ormerod | | 41 | | 5 | | Where do economics come from? : the missing story by Anne Mayhew | | 47 | | 6 | | Can economics start from the individual alone? by Geoffrey M. Hodgson | | 57 | | 7 | | Are you rational? by Edward Fullbrook | | 71 | | 8 | | Five pieces of advice for students studying microeconomics by Emmanuelle Benicourt | | 84 | | 9 | | How mainstream economists model choice, versus how we behave, and why it matters by Peter E. Earl | | 95 | | 10 | | Managerial economics : economics of management or economics for managers? by Sashi Sivramkrishna | | 106 | | 11 | | Why do we have separate courses in 'micro' and 'macro' economics? by Ozgur Gun | | 115 | | 12 | | The 'natural' rate of unemployment by James G. Devine | | 126 | | 13 | | How to look at economics critically : some suggestions by Renato Di Ruzza and Joseph Halevi | | 133 | | 14 | | Teaching economics as if ethics mattered by Charles K. Wilber | | 147 | | 15 | | Economics as ideology and the need for pluralism by Peter Soderbaum | | 158 | | 16 | | The 'efficiency' illusion by Richard Wolff | | 169 | | 17 | | 'There are none so blind ...' by Susan F. Feiner | | 176 | | 18 | | Can mathematics be used successfully in economics? by Donald Gillies | | 187 | | 19 | | Can we expect anything from game theory? by Bernard Guerrien | | 198 | | | More... | | |
This book critically examines the shortcomings of neoclassical economics and considers a number of alternative formulations characterized by a broader conception of human behaviour, the recognition of culture, the consideration of history, a new theory of knowledge, and interdisciplinary dialogue.' "Dr. Lucia Reisch, The Journal of Consumer Policy"  Be the first to write a customer review
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