Real World Economics: A Post-Autistic Economics Reader

by Edward Fullbrook

Overview

Economics is extremely sick. It is so locked in its past that nearly all of its introductory textbooks are modelled on one that appeared in 1948. The discipline cannot continue in its autistic state much longer. This book takes you to the heart of a fiery and many-faceted debate.  It is comprised of 66 articles that have been selected based on their importance to the reform movement and for their accessibility to the general reader. ‘Real economic problems’ concern real people, so their analysis must be made intelligible to an educated general public if real democracy is to function. All economists must learn to live without the belief that there is only one right way of describing and explaining reality. This requires economists to begin the development of an ethos of honesty regarding the limitations of their chosen approaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843312369
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Series:	Anthem Frontiers of Global Political Economy and Development , #1
Edition description:	First Edition, 1
Pages:	512
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Edward Fullbrook is a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Economics, University of West England.

Table of Contents

Contributors include: Frank Ackerman, Ana Maria Bianchi, Jorge Buzaglo, Bruce J. Caldwell, Ha-Joon Chang, Robert Costanza, Herman E. Daly, James G. Devine, Peter Dorman, Edward Fullbrook, James K. Galbraith, Daniel Gay, Yves Gingras, Bernard Guerrien, Shaun Hargreaves Heap, Robert Heilbroner, Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Goutam U. Jois, Steve Keen, Reiner Kummel, Dietmar Lindenberger, Robert Locke, Anne Mayhew, Matthew McCartney, Deirdre McCloskey, Julie A. Nelson, Gilles Raveaud, Jacques Sapir, Mehrdad Vahabi, Richard Wolff and more.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'This book is an effort to bring economics back to reality. Given the influence that economists often have on public policy, this is an important task.' —Dean Baker, Co-Director, Centre for Economic and Policy Research, Washington

'This book should be required reading for students taking economic classes and for heterodox economists who want to create a better economics.' —David F. Ruccio, Professor of Economics & Policy Studies, University of Notre Dame

'Promises to reshape contemporary economic discourse to the benefit of students, professors, activists, and citizens of the world.' —Frederic S. Lee, University of Missouri-Kansas City, author of ‘Post Keynesian Price Theory’ and editor of the ‘Heterodox Economics Newsletter’

Editorial Reviews

'Recommended. Heterodox economics collections supporting all levels of undergraduate and graduate students.' —R.B. Emmett, ‘Choice’

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