Essays In Contemporary Economics

Author : Tony Lawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317530886

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Essays on: The Nature and State of Modern Economics by Tony Lawson Pdf

What do modern academic economists do? What currently is mainstream economics? What is neoclassical economics? And how about heterodox economics? How do the central concerns of modern economists, whatever their associations or allegiances, relate to those traditionally taken up in the discipline? And how did economics arrive at its current state? These and various cognate questions and concerns are systematically pursued in this new book by Tony Lawson. The result is a collection of previously published and new papers distinguished in providing the only comprehensive and coherent account of these issues currently available. The financial crisis has not only revealed weaknesses of the capitalist economy but also highlighted just how limited and impoverished is modern academic economics. Despite the failings of the latter being more widely acknowledged now than ever, there is still an enormous amount of confusion about their source and true nature. In this collection, Tony Lawson also identifies the causes of the discipline’s failings and outlines a transformative solution to its deficiencies. Amongst other things, Lawson advocates for the adoption of a more historical and philosophical orientation to the study of economics, one that deemphasizes the current focus on mathematical modelling while maintaining a high level of analytical rigour. In so doing Lawson argues for a return to long term systematic and sustained projects, in the manner pursued by the likes of Marx, Veblen, Hayek and Keynes, concerned first and foremost with advancing our understanding of social reality. Overall, this forceful and persuasive collection represents a major intervention in the on-going debates about the nature, state and future direction of economics.

Author : George C. Bitros,Nicholas C. Kyriazis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319100432

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Essays in Contemporary Economics by George C. Bitros,Nicholas C. Kyriazis Pdf

This book is a collection of original essays grouped into four parts under the headings “Greece and European integration,” “Issues in the Methodology of Economics,” “Institutions and the Free Market Economy,” and “Insights for Today from Ancient Greece.” The essays appeal to both researchers in the corresponding fields of knowledge and also to policy makers who are looking for ideas and approaches to confront present day challenges. In particular, given the present state of turmoil in the European Union, the international economy, and democracies in general, most of the essays offer new insights for economic and social policies.

Author : Samuel A. Chambers
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781947447899

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There's No Such Thing as "The Economy" by Samuel A. Chambers Pdf

Every Economics textbook today teaches that questions of values and morality lie outside of, are in fact excluded from, the field of Economics and its proper domain of study, "the economy." Yet the dominant cultural and media narrative in response to major economic crisis is almost always one of moral outrage. How do we reconcile this tension or explain this paradox by which Economics seems to have both everything and nothing to do with values? The discipline of modern economics hypostatizes and continually reifies a domain it calls "the economy"; only this epistemic practice makes it possible to falsely separate the question of value from the broader inquiry into the economic. And only if we have first eliminated value from the domain of economics can we then transform stories of financial crisis or massive corporate corruption into simple tales of ethics. But if economic forces establish, transform, and maintain relations of value then it proves impossible to separate economics from questions of value, because value relations only come to be in the world by way of economic logics. This means that the "positive economics" spoken of so fondly in the textbooks is nothing more than a contradiction in terms, and as this book demonstrates, there's no such thing as "the economy." To grasp the basic logic of capital is to bring into view the unbreakable link between economics and value.

Author : S. Subramanian
Publisher : Routledge Chapman & Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367505517

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Present Values by S. Subramanian Pdf

This volume is about economists, economics, and issues of concern to Indian society. Some essays are expository, and some satirical. Together, they offer a commentary on the state of the discipline of economics today and on aspects of contemporary India's society and polity. The volume affords insights into, among other things, - the pervasive influence of economists such as Kenneth Arrow and Anthony Atkinson, and thinkers such as Tom Paine, Jonathan Swift, and Dadabhai Naoroji; - the place of markets and game theory (and even crime fiction!) in present-day economics; - the affectations and convoluted mathematisation of a good deal of 'mainstream' economics; and - India's recent political climate, and the conduct of various arms of the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary in the country. Engaging and lucidly written, this volume should be of interest to scholars of economics, political science, development studies, South Asian studies, and, above all, the general reader.

Author : Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0262012057

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Economics for an Imperfect World by Joseph E. Stiglitz Pdf

The focus of Joseph Stiglitz's work in economics throughout his long and distinguished career has been on the real world, with all of its imperfections.

Author : William Fellner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Economics
ISBN : OCLC:991593762

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Essays in Contemporary Economic Problems by William Fellner Pdf

Author : William Fellner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Economics
ISBN : OCLC:959350972

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Essays in Contemporary Economic Problems (majalah). by William Fellner Pdf

Author : Tony Lawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317530879

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Essays on: The Nature and State of Modern Economics by Tony Lawson Pdf

What do modern academic economists do? What currently is mainstream economics? What is neoclassical economics? And how about heterodox economics? How do the central concerns of modern economists, whatever their associations or allegiances, relate to those traditionally taken up in the discipline? And how did economics arrive at its current state? These and various cognate questions and concerns are systematically pursued in this new book by Tony Lawson. The result is a collection of previously published and new papers distinguished in providing the only comprehensive and coherent account of these issues currently available. The financial crisis has not only revealed weaknesses of the capitalist economy but also highlighted just how limited and impoverished is modern academic economics. Despite the failings of the latter being more widely acknowledged now than ever, there is still an enormous amount of confusion about their source and true nature. In this collection, Tony Lawson also identifies the causes of the discipline’s failings and outlines a transformative solution to its deficiencies. Amongst other things, Lawson advocates for the adoption of a more historical and philosophical orientation to the study of economics, one that deemphasizes the current focus on mathematical modelling while maintaining a high level of analytical rigour. In so doing Lawson argues for a return to long term systematic and sustained projects, in the manner pursued by the likes of Marx, Veblen, Hayek and Keynes, concerned first and foremost with advancing our understanding of social reality. Overall, this forceful and persuasive collection represents a major intervention in the on-going debates about the nature, state and future direction of economics.

Author : William Henderson,Kirk D. Johnson,Marianne F. Johnson,Warren J. Samuels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135997106

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Essays in the History of Economics by William Henderson,Kirk D. Johnson,Marianne F. Johnson,Warren J. Samuels Pdf

Under the impressive editorship of Warren Samuels et al, this book addresses the state of the history of economic thought today. A relevant and important contribution to economics that will develop an unsurprising number of fans.

Author : George Horwich,James P. Quirk
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0911198598

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Essays in Contemporary Fields of Economics by George Horwich,James P. Quirk Pdf

This volume honors Emanuel T. Weiler, the founder and first dean of Purdue University's School of Management and of the Krannert Graduate School of Management. Beginning in the mid-1950s, Weiler created a unique academic environment within which innovative and lasting contributions were made to both the teaching and content of economics and management. Members of the original economics faculty recruited by Weiler as well as several of their students wrote this collection of essays. All but one of the papers were prepared expressly for the volume and have not been published previously. The essays cover diverse areas which evolved from Weiler's leadership. The work has four major topical divisions (Economic Theory, Applied Economics, Macroeconomics, and Economics Education) plus a section of four memoirs.

Author : Barrington Moore
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501726422

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Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays by Barrington Moore Pdf

Barrington Moore, Jr., one of the most distinguished thinkers in critical theory and historical sociology, was long concerned with the prospects for freedom and decency in industrial society. The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume analyzes fluctuating moral beliefs and behavior in political and economic affairs at different points in history, from the early Middle Ages in England to the prospects for liberalism under twentieth-century Soviet socialism. The social sources of antisocial behavior; principles of social inequality; and the origins, enemies, and possibilities of rational discussion in public affairs—these are among the topics Moore considers as he seeks to uncover the historical causes of some accepted forms of morality and to assess their social consequences. The keynote essay examines how moral codes grew out of commercial practices in England from medieval times through the industrial revolution. Moore pays special attention to conceptions of honesty and the temptation to evade that inform the volume as a whole. In the other essays, he considers particular political issues, viewing "political" in its broadest sense as an unequal distribution of power and authority that carries a strong moral charge. Free of preaching and advocacy, his work offers a rare reasonable assessment of the morality of major social institutions over time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : UOM:39015011338152

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Essays in Contemporary Economic Problems by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Ronald Stanfield
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349237128

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Economics, Power and Culture by James Ronald Stanfield Pdf

This book depicts the need for an economics that addresses social provisioning in the context of power and culture. Such an approach is necessary to the development of an analysis that treats human wants and technology as endogenous variables, thereby avoiding the atavism inherent in conventional economics epistemology. Only in this way can the requisite re-viewing of the place of economy in society be brought to bear in an economic analysis capable of addressing the seemingly intractable problems of the democratic capitalist societies.

Author : Harry G. Johnson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226401634

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On Economics and Society by Harry G. Johnson Pdf

These essays, which make the science of economics intelligible to a general audience, are grouped into six areas: the relevance of economics; the "Keynesian revolution"; economics and the university; economics and contemporary problems; world inflation, money, trade, growth, and investment; and economics and the environment.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Demand (Economic theory)
ISBN : 0844713643

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Essays in Contemporary Economic Problems by Anonim Pdf