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  • Capitalism as Megamachine

    A New Historical, Legal and Political Approach

    by Jacques Richard ...
    Series series Economics and Humanities
    The concept of a “megamachine” – a closed system operating to a pre-established utilitarian purpose which results in the machinisation of humanity – has existed in various forms since at least the late 19th century.This book builds on previous attempts to define and analyse the machine and argues that modern industrial capitalism is at the heart of it. The first part of the book takes stock of ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Radical Ecological Economics and Accounting to Save the Planet

    The Failure of Mainstream Economists

    by Jacques Richard ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
    The solutions and tools generally offered to policymakers on environmental issues – such as carbon pricing and environmental taxation – most often emanate from neoclassical economists. This book shows that the tools of these economists are ineffective for the job and must be replaced by methods from the sphere of ecological accounting.The work has four main themes: First, the book provides a ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Humanitarian Ecological Economics and Accounting

    Capitalism, Ecology and Democracy

    by Jacques Richard, Alexandre Rambaud ...
    Series series Economics and Humanities
    The strict conversation of financial capital allows accountants to preserve capitalism in its current form. Thus, building a more humane economy will require a new accounting model.Humanitarian Ecological Economics and Accounting: Capitalism, Ecology and Democracy argues for the adoption of a CARE model: comprehensive accounting in respect of ecology. This new model will take the traditional ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Capital in the History of Accounting and Economic Thought

    Capitalism, Ecology and Democracy

    by Jacques Richard, Alexandre Rambaud ...
    Series series Economics and Humanities
    Starting with the first "scientific" economists such as Cantillon (1755) and Quesnay (1758) and ending with Piketty (2019), this book explores the treatment of the concept of capital in the history of accounting and economic thought.The work provides a rare juxtaposition of the reasoning, discourse and writings of accountants and economists. With regard to ‘capital’, this approach highlights the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Economics, Accounting and the True Nature of Capitalism

    Capitalism, Ecology and Democracy

    by Jacques Richard, Alexandre Rambaud ...
    Series series Economics and Humanities
    Almost all economists, whether classical, neoclassical or Marxist, have failed in their analyses of capitalism to consider the underpinning systems of accounting. This book draws attention to this lacuna, focusing specifically on the concept of capital: a major concept that dominates all teaching and practice in both economics and management.It is argued that while for the practitioners of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • On the Difficulty of Living Together

    Memory, Politics, and History

    by Manuel Cruz ...
    Translated by Richard Jacques ...
    Series Book 21 - New Directions in Critical Theory
    In On the Difficulty of Living Together, Manuel Cruz launches a nuanced study of memory and forgetting, defining their forms and uses, political meanings, and social and historical implications. Memory is not an intrinsically positive phenomenon, he argues, but an impressionable and malleable one, used to advance a variety of agendas.Cruz focuses on five memory models: that which is inherently ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Book Review: Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty

    Understand inequality in the modern world

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    It can be hard for busy professionals to find the time to read the latest books. Stay up to date in a fraction of the time with this concise guide.Thomas Piketty’s 2013 book Capital in the Twenty-First Century was an immediately bestseller in the UK and US, and has been widely praised by both economists and the general public. Piketty provides a richly detailed account of the development of ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of Economic Thought

    by Alessandro Roncaglia ...
    The evolution of economic thought can be traced back from its beginnings in classical antiquity up to the present day. In this book, Professor Alessandro Roncaglia offers a clear, concise and updated version of his award-winning The Wealth of Ideas, studying the development of economic thought through perspectives and debates on the economy and society over time. With chapters on prominent ... Read more

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  • An Outline of the History of Economic Thought

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  • In the Long Run We Are All Dead

    Keynesianism, Political Economy, and Revolution

    by Geoff Mann ...
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  • Economic Thought

    A Brief History

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    by Heinz Kurz ...
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