Modern Political Economics

Author : Yanis Varoufakis,Joseph Halevi,Nicholas Theocarakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136814747

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Once in a while the world astonishes itself. Anxious incredulity replaces intellectual torpor and a puzzled public strains its antennae in every possible direction, desperately seeking explanations for the causes and nature of what just hit it. 2008 was such a moment. Not only did the financial system collapse, and send the real economy into a tailspin, but it also revealed the great gulf separating economics from a very real capitalism. Modern Political Economics has a single aim: To help readers make sense of how 2008 came about and what the post-2008 world has in store. The book is divided into two parts. The first part delves into every major economic theory, from Aristotle to the present, with a determination to discover clues of what went wrong in 2008. The main finding is that all economic theory is inherently flawed. Any system of ideas whose purpose is to describe capitalism in mathematical or engineering terms leads to inevitable logical inconsistency; an inherent error that stands between us and a decent grasp of capitalist reality. The only scientific truth about capitalism is its radical indeterminacy, a condition which makes it impossible to use science's tools (e.g. calculus and statistics) to second-guess it. The second part casts an attentive eye on the post-war era; on the breeding ground of the Crash of 2008. It distinguishes between two major post-war phases: The Global Plan (1947-1971) and the Global Minotaur (1971-2008). This dynamic new book delves into every major economic theory and maps out meticulously the trajectory that global capitalism followed from post-war almost centrally planned stability, to designed disintegration in the 1970s, to an intentional magnification of unsustainable imbalances in the 1980s and, finally, to the most spectacular privatisation of money in the 1990s and beyond. Modern Political Economics is essential reading for Economics students and anyone seeking a better understanding of the 2008 economic crash.

Author : Richard B. McKenzie,Gordon Tullock
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000027588444

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Modern Political Economy by Richard B. McKenzie,Gordon Tullock Pdf

Author : Jeffrey S. Banks,Eric Alan Hanushek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521478103

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Modern Political Economy by Jeffrey S. Banks,Eric Alan Hanushek Pdf

Political economy has been an essential realm of inquiry and has attracted myriad intellectual adherents for much of the period of modern scholarship. The discipline's formal split into the distinct studies of political science and economics in the nineteenth-century, while advantageous for certain scientific developments, has biased the way economists and political scientists think about many issues, and has placed artificial constraints on the study of many important social issues. This volume calls for a reaffirmation of the importance of the unified study of political economy, and explores the frontiers of the interaction between politics and markets. This volume brings together intellectual leaders of various areas, drawing upon state-of-the-art theoretical and empirical analysis from each of the underlying disciplines. Each chapter, while beginning with a survey of existing work, focuses on profitable lines of inquiry for future developments. Particular attention is devoted to fields of active current development.

Author : Lefteris Tsoulfidis,Persefoni Tsaliki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030179670

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Classical Political Economics and Modern Capitalism by Lefteris Tsoulfidis,Persefoni Tsaliki Pdf

This book promotes an in-depth understanding of the key mechanisms that govern the functioning of capitalist economies, pursuing a Classical Political Economics approach to do so. It explores central theoretical issues addressed by the classical economists Smith and Ricardo, as well as Marx, while also operationalizing more recent theoretical developments inspired by the works of Sraffa and other modern classical economists, using actual data from major economies. On the basis of this approach, the book subsequently provides alternative explanations for various microeconomic issues such as the determination of equilibrium prices and their movement induced by changes in income distribution; the dynamics of competition of firms within and between industries; the law of tendential equalization of interindustry profit rates; and international exchanges and transfers of value; as well as macroeconomic issues concerning capital accumulation and cyclical economic growth. Given its scope, the book will benefit all researchers, students, and policymakers seeking new explanations for observed phenomena and interested in the mechanisms that give rise to surface economic categories, such as prices, profits, the unemployment rate, interest rates, and long economic cycles.

Author : Yanis Varoufakis,Joseph Halevi,Nicholas Theocarakis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 745 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136814730

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Modern Political Economics by Yanis Varoufakis,Joseph Halevi,Nicholas Theocarakis Pdf

Once in a while the world astonishes itself. Anxious incredulity replaces intellectual torpor and a puzzled public strains its antennae in every possible direction, desperately seeking explanations for the causes and nature of what just hit it. 2008 was such a moment. Not only did the financial system collapse, and send the real economy into a tailspin, but it also revealed the great gulf separating economics from a very real capitalism. Modern Political Economics has a single aim: To help readers make sense of how 2008 came about and what the post-2008 world has in store. The book is divided into two parts. The first part delves into every major economic theory, from Aristotle to the present, with a determination to discover clues of what went wrong in 2008. The main finding is that all economic theory is inherently flawed. Any system of ideas whose purpose is to describe capitalism in mathematical or engineering terms leads to inevitable logical inconsistency; an inherent error that stands between us and a decent grasp of capitalist reality. The only scientific truth about capitalism is its radical indeterminacy, a condition which makes it impossible to use science's tools (e.g. calculus and statistics) to second-guess it. The second part casts an attentive eye on the post-war era; on the breeding ground of the Crash of 2008. It distinguishes between two major post-war phases: The Global Plan (1947-1971) and the Global Minotaur (1971-2008). This dynamic new book delves into every major economic theory and maps out meticulously the trajectory that global capitalism followed from post-war almost centrally planned stability, to designed disintegration in the 1970s, to an intentional magnification of unsustainable imbalances in the 1980s and, finally, to the most spectacular privatisation of money in the 1990s and beyond. Modern Political Economics is essential reading for Economics students and anyone seeking a better understanding of the 2008 economic crash.

Author : Norman Frohlich,Joe A. Oppenheimer
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015001868432

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Modern Political Economy by Norman Frohlich,Joe A. Oppenheimer Pdf

Author : Bruno S. Frey
Publisher : New York : Wiley
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4379568

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Modern Political Economy by Bruno S. Frey Pdf

Author : James H. Weaver
Publisher : Boston : Allyn and Bacon
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015005740363

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Modern Political Economy by James H. Weaver Pdf

Author : Barry R. Weingast,Donald Wittman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1112 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199548477

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The Oxford Handbook of Political Economy by Barry R. Weingast,Donald Wittman Pdf

Over its lifetime, 'political economy' has had different meanings. This handbook views political economy as a synthesis of the various strands of social science, treating it as the methodology of economics applied to the analysis of political behaviour and institutions.

Author : John Dunn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1992-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521421519

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The Economic Limits to Modern Politics by John Dunn Pdf

Studies the impact of the economic dimension on political issues and decision making.

Author : Jeffry A Frieden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429967443

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Modern Political Economy And Latin America by Jeffry A Frieden Pdf

This is a reader that applies the newest debates in political economy to the analysis of Latin America in a way that is thematically and theoretically cohesive.. Modern Political Economy and Latin America consists of carefully selected, edited readings in Latin American political economy. The editors, Jeffry Frieden and Manuel Pastor, Jr., include an introductory chapter, and a concluding article as well as brief introductions to all sections. These inclusions will make explicit the theoretical underpinnings of each article, and will highlight their respective contributions to the ongoing debates in Latin America. } Modern Political Economy and Latin America consists of carefully selected, edited readings in Latin American political economy. The editors, Jeffry Frieden and Manuel Pastor, Jr., include an introductory chapter, and a concluding article as well as brief introductions to all sections. These inclusions will make explicit the theoretical underpinnings of each article, and will highlight their respective contributions to the ongoing debates in Latin America.Latin American economies are undergoing profound transformations. And, in the wake of a decade-long debt crisis, the statist models of the past are giving way to a reliance on the market even as authoritarian rule seems to have ebbed in favor of new or reborn democratic institutions. As a result, the policy framework guiding economic and political development is likely to be fundamentally different. The analysis of Latin America needs a strong dose of modern political economy--one that can bring the area studies field up to date with the recent developments on the theoretical end of the economics and political science professions. This book helps fill that need. }

Author : Colin Crouch,Wolfgang Streeck
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857026255

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Political Economy of Modern Capitalism by Colin Crouch,Wolfgang Streeck Pdf

Neoliberalism and deregulation have come to dominate national and international political economy. This major book addresses this convergence and analyzes the implications for the future of capitalist diversity. It considers important questions such as: Is the preference for free markets a well-founded response to intensified global competition? Does this mean that all advanced societies must all converge on an imitation of the United States? What are the implications for the institutional diversity of the advanced economies? Political Economy of Modern Capitalism provides a practical and informed analysis of the public policy choices facing governments and business around the world.

Author : Geoffrey Colin Harcourt
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0415313716

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On Political Economists and Modern Political Economy by Geoffrey Colin Harcourt Pdf

This book reflects Geoff Harcourt's contribution to economic debate over more than three decades. It also includes intellectual biographies of some of the most prominent and leading unorthodox economists.

Author : William K. Tabb
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134621637

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Reconstructing Political Economy by William K. Tabb Pdf

This volume offers an original perspective on the questions the great economists have asked and looks at their significance for todays world. Written in a provocative and accessible style, it examines how the diverse traditions of political economy have conceptualised economic issues, events and theory. Going beyond the orthodoxies of mainstream economics it shows the relevance of political economy to the debates on the economic meaning of our times. Reconstructing Political Economy is a timely and thought-provoking contribution to a political economy for our time. In this light it offers fresh insights into such issues as modern theories of growth, the historic relations between state and market and the significance of globalisation for modern societies.

Author : John Neville Keynes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Economics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081876187

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The Scope and Method of Political Economy by John Neville Keynes Pdf