Lament for Economics

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-415-60800-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 164 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Does economics actually help us to understand and solve real world problems? Examining and analysing the role of economics and economic theory in the social and political life of the early twentieth century, many of the arguments contained in this book are as relevant and controversial today as when they were first published.

Chapters include:

1. The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual Economic World
2. The Nature and Insignificance of the Economic Science
3. Economics as Apologetics?
4. Economic Individualism

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wooton, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 The Indictment; Chapter 2 The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual Economic World; Chapter 3 The Nature and Insignificance of Economic Science; Chapter 4 Economics as Apologetics?; Chapter 5 Economic Individualism, Old and New Style; Chapter 6 Towards A New Foundation;

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Wootton