What's wrong with economics : a primer for the perplexed / Robert Skidelsky.
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TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]Description: xvii, 223 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type: - text
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- unmediated
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- 9780300257496
- What is wrong with economics?
- 330 SKI 23
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 330 SKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100649376 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time
This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on an orthodoxy that is unhealthy for the field, not to mention the societies which base policy decisions on the advice of flawed economic models. Noted economic thinker Robert Skidelsky explains the circumstances that have brought about this constriction and proposes an approach to economics which includes philosophy, history, sociology, and politics.
Skidelsky's clearly written and compelling critique takes aim at the way that economics is taught in today's universities, where a focus on modelling leaves students ill-equipped to grapple with what is important and true about human life. He argues for a return to the ideal set out by John Maynard Keynes that the economist must be a "mathematician, historian, statesman, [and] philosopher" in equal measure.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-213) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Figures (p. viii)
- Preface (p. ix)
- Chapter 1 Why Methodology? (p. 1)
- Chapter 2 The Basics: Wants and Means (p. 15)
- Chapter 3 Economic Growth (p. 30)
- Chapter 4 Equilibrium (p. 49)
- Chapter 5 Models and Laws (p. 60)
- Chapter 6 Economic Psychology (p. 79)
- Chapter 7 Sociology and Economics (p. 92)
- Chapter 8 Institutional Economics (p. 110)
- Chapter 9 Economics and Power (p. 119)
- Chapter 10 Why Study the History of Economic Thought? (p. 137)
- Chapter 11 Economic History (p. 149)
- Chapter 12 Ethics and Economics (p. 161)
- Chapter 13 Retreat from Omniscience (p. 181)
- Chapter 14 The Future of Economics (p. 191)
- Notes (p. 195)
- Bibliography (p. 202)
- Index (p. 214)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Robert Skidelsky, a professor of political economy at Warwick University, is also the author of Politicians and the Slump and Oswald Mosley.(Bowker Author Biography)