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The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences
Steve Keen
ISBN: 9781856499910
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Zed Books Ltd
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Debunking Economics exposes what many non-economists may have suspected and a minority of economists have long known: that economic theory is not only unpalatable, but also plain wrong…
A critique of the assumptions, theories and methodologies of mainstream economics, exposing the flaws in economic theory. Examining many of the most cherished notions of conventional economics the author finds them based on reasoning which is eternally inconsistent. An explanation of the reasons why economists think as they do is offered and the flaws in their thinking, most of which were established by dissident academic economists decades ago. The irrationality of the discipline which labours the word "rational"is conveyed.
| ISBN | 185649991X | | Pages | 352 | | ISBN13 | 9781856499910
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 001 | | Publisher | Zed Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 615 | | Imprint | Zed Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 236 | | Publication date | 01 Sep 2001 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | HB75.K32 2 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY | 330.157 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| 1 | | No More Mr Nice Guy: Why the public needs to know that economics is intellectually unsound | | | | 2 | | The Calculus of Hedonism: Why the pursuit of individual self-interest does not maximise social welfare | | | | 3 | | The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing: Why most products cost less to produce as output rises | | | | 4 | | Size Does Matter: Why the economic argument against monopolies is invalid | | | | 5 | | To Each According to His Contribution: Why productivity doesn't determine wages | | | | 6 | | The Holy War over Capital: Why the productivity of capital doesn't determine profits | | | | 7 | | There is Madness in their Method: Why assumptions do matter | | | | 8 | | Let's Do the Time Warp Again: Why economics must finally treat time seriously | | | | 9 | | The Sum of the Parts: Why Keynes's criticisms of conventional economics are still relevant today | | | | 10 | | The Price is Not Right : Why finance markets can get the price of assets so badly wrong | | | | 11 | | Finance and Economic Breakdown: Why stock markets crash | | | | 12 | | Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano: Why mathematics is not the problem | | | | 13 | | Nothing to lose but their minds: Why Marxists are irrelevant, but Marx is not | | | | 14 | | There Are Alternatives : Why there is still hope for a better economics | | |
"'Debunking Economics... will transform the way economics is taught and thought.' - Jan Otto Andersson, Professor of Economics, Abo Akademi University, Finland"  Be the first to write a customer review
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