Communication And The Transformation Of Economics: Essays In Information, Public Policy, And Political Economy / Edition 1

by Robert E Babe

Overview

This book proposes that infusing mainline economics with more expansive and realistic conceptions of information/communication transforms static neoclassicism into evolutionary political economy. It results in modes of analysis that, when applied through policy, can lead to a sustainable future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813326719
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/24/1995
Series:	Critical Studies in Communication and in the Cultural Industries Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

About the Author

Robert E. Babe is professor of communication at the University of Ottawa.

Table of Contents

Critical Studies in Communication and in the Cultural Industries — Introduction — Part One: Information and Communication in Mainstream Economics — Information Industries and Economic Analysis: Policy-Makers Beware — Commodities as Signs — The Place of Information in Economics — Part Two: Interrelations Between Economics and Communication Studies — Communication: Blindspot of Western Economics — On Political Economy — Information, Economics, and Ecosystem — Part Three: Information and Communication in Institutional and Evolutionary Economics — T. R. Malthus and the Origins of Communication in Economics — The Communication Theory of Thorstein Veblen — The Communication Theory of Kenneth E. Boulding — Part Four: Policy Applications — Emergence and Development of Canadian Communications: Dispelling the Myths — Telecommunications Policy: Real World of the Canadian Information Highway — “Life is Information”: Canadian Communication and the Legacy of Graham Spry — Conclusion — About the Book and Author