Microeconomics For The Critical Mind

Author : Fabio Petri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1395 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Economic history
ISBN : 9783030620707

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Microeconomics for the Critical Mind by Fabio Petri Pdf

This textbook explains comprehensively and in rigorous detail not only mainstream microeconomics, but also why many economists are dissatisfied with major aspects of it, and the alternative that they are exploring in response: the Classical-Keynesian-Kaleckian approach. This advanced yet user-friendly book allows readers to grasp the standard theory of consumers, firms, imperfect competition, general equilibrium, uncertainty, games and asymmetric information. Furthermore, it examines the classical approaches to value and income distribution advocated by Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Karl Marx, as well as Post-Keynesian pricing theory, and the microeconomics of variable capacity utilization. Using simple models, it highlights the analytical roots of the important differences between the marginal/neoclassical approach and the classical-Keynesian, critically examining the plausibility and reciprocal consistency of their assumptions. The book also addresses various microeconomic issues not generally included in advanced microeconomics textbooks, including differential land rent, joint-production long-period pricing, capital theory from Walras to the Cambridge debates, the foundations of aggregate production functions, the microeconomics of labor markets, and the long-period theory of wages. Lastly, it presents a unique re-evaluation of welfare economics. Intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate microeconomics courses, this textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the various approaches and different schools of thought currently competing in the context of economic theory. It can also be used in courses on value and distribution, heterodox economics, and the history of economic analysis. In the present situation, characterized by scientific uncertainty and the co-existence of competing approaches, it will stimulate students to form their own opinion as to which approach appears more promising from a scientific standpoint.

Author : David F. Spigelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1452849749

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Microeconomics: Principles and Practices by David F. Spigelman Pdf

"Microeconomics: Principles and Practices" is an introductory microeconomics textbook aimed at the beginning college student level. It uses a problem solving approach to teach economic logic and reasoning.

Author : David F. Spigelman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1451529600

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Intermediate Microeconomics: Principles and Practices by David F. Spigelman Pdf

"Intermediate Microeconomics: Principles and Practices is a text/study guide aimed at the intermediate college student level. It emphasizes a problem solving approach intended to develop critical thinking and economic reasoning skills. The text takes a graphical and mathematical approach to understanding economic theory and applications of the theory. A mathematical appendix is included to help students review the needed mathematical tools of analysis. The author earned MA and PhD degrees in economics from Stanford University. He has had a varied career including stints as an economist at the Federal Reserve, as an investment banker and trader of derivatives, bonds and foreign exchange, as an investment strategist and as a lecturer in economics and finance at the University of Miami. He is married with three children and lives in the greater Miami area.

Author : Rod Hill,Tony Myatt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781848135482

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The Economics Anti-Textbook by Rod Hill,Tony Myatt Pdf

Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science free from value judgements; that settles disputes by testing hypotheses; that applies a pre-determined body of principles; and contains policy prescriptions supported by a consensus of professional opinion. The Economics Anti-Textbook argues that this is a myth - one which is not only dangerously misleading but also bland and boring. It challenges the mainstream textbooks' assumptions, arguments, models and evidence. It puts the controversy and excitement back into economics to reveal a fascinating and a vibrant field of study - one which is more an 'art of persuasion' than it is a science. The Economics Anti-Textbook's chapters parallel the major topics in the typical text, beginning with a boiled-down account of them before presenting an analysis and critique. Drawing on the work of leading economists, the Anti-Textbook lays bare the blind spots in the texts and their sins of omission and commission. It shows where hidden value judgements are made and when contrary evidence is ignored. It shows the claims made without any evidence and the alternative theories that aren't mentioned. It shows the importance of power, social context and legal framework. The Economics Anti-Textbook is the students' guide to decoding the textbooks and shows how real economics is much more interesting than most economists are willing to let on.

Author : Rod Hill,Tony Myatt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783607310

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The Microeconomics Anti-Textbook by Rod Hill,Tony Myatt Pdf

Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science, free from value judgements. The Microeconomics Anti-Textbook demonstrates this to be a myth – one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland, but also dangerously misleading in their justification of the status quo and neglect of alternatives. In this fully updated and expanded edition of their celebrated book, Professors Rod Hill and Tony Myatt lay out the essentials of each topic in the standard texts in a clear and concise way, before presenting an 'anti-text' analysis and critique. Challenging the assumptions, arguments, and models, Hill and Myatt provide the essential guide to decoding the textbooks, and show that real economics is far more interesting - and subversive - than the simplistic version presented to students.

Author : Tony Myatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Critical thinking
ISBN : 1350237582

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Microeconomics Anti-textbook by Tony Myatt Pdf

"Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science, free from value judgements. The Microeconomics Anti-Textbook demonstrates this to be a myth ? one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland, but also dangerously misleading in their justification of the status quo and neglect of alternatives. In this fully updated and expanded edition of their celebrated book, Professors Rod Hill and Tony Myatt lay out the essentials of each topic in the standard texts in a clear and concise way, before presenting an 'anti-text' analysis and critique. Challenging the assumptions, arguments, and models, Hill and Myatt provide the essential guide to decoding the textbooks, and show that real economics is far more interesting - and subversive - than the simplistic version presented to students."--

Author : Lawrence A. Boland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Microeconomics
ISBN : 1138776335

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Methodology for a New Microeconomics by Lawrence A. Boland Pdf

Author : Ariel Rubinstein
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691154138

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Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory by Ariel Rubinstein Pdf

Ariel Rubinstein's well-known lecture notes on microeconomics—now fully revised and expanded This book presents Ariel Rubinstein's lecture notes for the first part of his well-known graduate course in microeconomics. Developed during the fifteen years that Rubinstein taught the course at Tel Aviv University, Princeton University, and New York University, these notes provide a critical assessment of models of rational economic agents, and are an invaluable supplement to any primary textbook in microeconomic theory. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Rubinstein retains the striking originality and deep simplicity that characterize his famously engaging style of teaching. He presents these lecture notes with a precision that gets to the core of the material, and he places special emphasis on the interpretation of key concepts. Rubinstein brings this concise book thoroughly up to date, covering topics like modern choice theory and including dozens of original new problems. Written by one of the world's most respected and provocative economic theorists, this second edition of Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory is essential reading for students, teachers, and research economists. Fully revised, expanded, and updated Retains the engaging style and method of Rubinstein's well-known lectures Covers topics like modern choice theory Features numerous original new problems—including 21 new review problems Solutions manual (available only to teachers) can be found at: http://gametheory.tau.ac.il/microTheory/.

Author : Roderick Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1552663604

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The Economics Anti-textbook by Roderick Hill Pdf

Author : Christine Godt,Matthias Lamping
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783662659748

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A Critical Mind by Christine Godt,Matthias Lamping Pdf

This book traces the academic footprint of Hanns Ullrich. Thirty contributions revolve around five central topics of his oeuvre: the European legal order, competition law, intellectual property, the regulation of new technologies, and the global market order. Acknowledging him as a trailblazer, the book aims to capture how deeply Hanns Ullrich has influenced contemporaries and subsequent generations of scholars. The contributors re-iterate the path-breaking patterns of his teachings, such as his contemplation of intellectual property as embedded in competition, the necessity of balancing private and public interests in intellectual property law, the policies of market integration, and the peculiar relationship of technological advancement and protectionism.

Author : Ariel Rubinstein
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781906924775

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Economic Fables by Ariel Rubinstein Pdf

"I had the good fortune to grow up in a wonderful area of Jerusalem, surrounded by a diverse range of people: Rabbi Meizel, the communist Sala Marcel, my widowed Aunt Hannah, and the intellectual Yaacovson. As far as I'm concerned, the opinion of such people is just as authoritative for making social and economic decisions as the opinion of an expert using a model." Part memoir, part crash-course in economic theory, this deeply engaging book by one of the world's foremost economists looks at economic ideas through a personal lens. Together with an introduction to some of the central concepts in modern economic thought, Ariel Rubinstein offers some powerful and entertaining reflections on his childhood, family and career. In doing so, he challenges many of the central tenets of game theory, and sheds light on the role economics can play in society at large. Economic Fables is as thought-provoking for seasoned economists as it is enlightening for newcomers to the field.

Author : Tony Aspromourgos
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781003805311

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Nature and Economic Society by Tony Aspromourgos Pdf

This book focuses on the interrelationship between nature and the human economy. Building upon his decades of research into classical and Keynesian economics, Tony Aspromourgos here turns his attention to the interrelationship between nature and the human economy. The result is a tightly argued, concise but comprehensive interpretation of that vital issue, undertaken in the framework of a Classical-Keynesian synthesis. The classical dimension is utilization of a surplus approach to production and distribution, and the Keynesian dimension, incorporation of demand-side determination of economic activity levels and growth. In this conception the human economy is understood as a circular flow but an incompletely circular system: crucially dependent upon nature both as a source of finite non-renewable and exhaustible resources for human production and consumption and as the destination or ‘sink’, also finite, for the waste and pollution from that production and consumption. This is an introductory account of the subject, providing maximum accessibility by presupposing only basic knowledge of economic analysis and only elementary algebra, but including a wide-ranging guide to further and more advanced relevant literature. Part I provides a comprehensive overview of the Classical-Keynesian approach, in the usual manner of economic analysis, without systematic incorporation of nature. Part II then incorporates the various dimensions of the natureeconomy interrelationship. This book will be of great interest to readers of economic theory, economics and the environment, and heterodox economics.

Author : Lavoie, Marc
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781839109621

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Post-Keynesian Economics by Lavoie, Marc Pdf

This visionary Research Handbook presents the state of the art in research on policy design. By conceiving policy design both as a theoretical and a methodological framework, it provides scholars and practitioners with guidance on understanding policy problems and devising accurate solutions.

Author : Toru Maruyama
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789819943425

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Marginal Revolution in Economics by Toru Maruyama Pdf

This volume is devoted to a reappraisal of the Marginal Revolution on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. The year 1871 should be remembered as one of the most important turning points in the history of economics. W. S. Jevons, C. Menger, and L. Walras published epochal works at the very beginning of the 1870s. Although these works were written independently, they shared a common mathematical structure based on classical analysis. For this reason, the emergence of the trio is called the Marginal Revolution. Indeed, 1871 is the starting point of modern economics in the proper sense. In 1971, several academic conferences were held on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Revolution, which exerted the stimulating influence upon the historical researches into the Revolution. Now more than fifty years have passed since then. Economic theory has experienced further substantial changes in researchers’ central interest, the way of reasonings and the styles of description during this period. In view of the new achievements acquired in recent fifty years, it seems an indispensable task for us to review and reevaluate the Marginal Revolution based upon the present status of economics. We also keep in mind that some concepts and doctrines once discarded could reappear in a later stage of history in a more or less transfigured form. The introductory chapter will be a guide for readers not only from the economics community but also from the mathematics community.

Author : J. Gans,Steven J. Kemp,Robert B. Harris,S. King,Gregory Mankiw
Publisher : Nelson Australia
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Microeconomics
ISBN : 0170108457

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Principles of Microeconomics by J. Gans,Steven J. Kemp,Robert B. Harris,S. King,Gregory Mankiw Pdf