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Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

Bürgenmeier

Socio-Economics: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Ethics, Institutions, and Markets
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-94-010-5317-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Ethics, Institutions, and Markets

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 324 g

ISBN: 978-94-010-5317-4
Verlag: Springer Netherlands


This book is intended as a warning against the kind of hard-core liberalism which blames state intervention for the disappointing results achieved in matters of macroeconomic, competition and social welfare policy. In calling attention to the social dimension of economics, the book stresses the need for an ethical yardstick which can only be pro­ vided by an interdisciplinary approach to the economy. One current school of thought claims to have bridged the gap by por­ traying economics as both positive and normative. However, this inter­ pretation is inadequate. The positive aspect of economics, reflecting an approach common in the natural sciences, is based on observable facts. It highlights causal relationships and seeks to analyse economic mechanisms on the basis of available information. This has led to an emphasis on purely deductive methods, which form the basis for many of the conclusions in main­ stream economics. This current of thought is typified by the neoclassical school, which takes as its main premise the much-disputed hypothesis of economic rationality. Human behaviour is deemed to be rational when consumers maximize their satisfaction and producers their profits, sub­ ject to the constraints of income and production costs respectively. Opt­ imal strategies for both consumers and producers can best be determined by the mechanism of market forces.

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I Economic theory — Going round in circles.- 1: The links between economic theory and practice.- 2: The fragmentation of economics.- 3: The instrumentalization of economics.- II Economic policy in crisis.- 4: The role of the state in economic theory.- 5: The all-pervading state.- 6: The threat of institutional paralysis.- III A new approach.- 7: Economics and the social sciences.- 8: The meaning of productivity.- 9: The environmental debate.- Conclusion.



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