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  • The History of Economic Thought: A Concise Treatise for Business, Law, and Public Policy Volume II

    After Keynes, Through the Great Recession and Beyond

    This two-volume concise treatise on the history of economic thought is accessibly written for readers interested in business, law, and public policy ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The History of Economic Thought: A Concise Treatise for Business, Law, and Public Policy Volume I

    From the Ancients Through Keynes

    This two-volume concise treatise on the history of economic thought is accessibly written for readers interested in business, law, and public policy ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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    The Rights and Wrongs of the Dismal Science

    by Dani Rodrik ...
    “A hugely valuable contribution. . . . In setting out a defence of the best in economics, Rodrik has also provided a goal for the discipline as a whole.” —Martin Sandbu, Financial TimesIn the wake of the financial crisis and the Great Recession, economics seems anything but a science. In this sharp, masterfully argued book, Dani Rodrik, a leading critic from within, takes a close look at economics ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Debunking Economics

    The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

    Debunking Economics exposes what many non-economists may have suspected and a minority of economists have long known: that economic theory is not only unpalatable, but also plain wrong. When the original Debunking was published back in 2001, the market economy seemed invincible, and conventional 'neoclassical' economic theory basked in the limelight. Steve Keen argued that economists deserved none ... Read more

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  • Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us

    by John Quiggin ...
    In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land. The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism--the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view ... Read more

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  • Creating a Learning Society

    A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress

    Series series Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series
    It has long been recognized that an improved standard of living results from advances in technology, not from the accumulation of capital. It has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less-developed countries is not just a gap in resources or output but a gap in knowledge. In fact, the pace at which developing countries grow is largely a function of the pace at which they ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Economics Without Illusions

    Debunking the Myths of Modern Capitalism

    by Joseph Heath ...
    "Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man." -- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946)Every day economic claims are used by the media or in conversation to support social and political positions. Those on the left tend to distrust economists, seeing them as friends of the right. There is something to this, since professional economists are almost all keen ... Read more

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  • The Soulful Science

    What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised Edition

    by Diane Coyle ...
    For many, Thomas Carlyle's put-down of economics as "the dismal science" rings true--especially in the aftermath of the crash of 2008. But Diane Coyle argues that economics today is more soulful than dismal, a more practical and human science than ever before. The Soulful Science describes the remarkable creative renaissance in economics, how economic thinking is being applied to the paradoxes of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Economics After the Crisis

    Objectives and Means

    by Adair Turner ...
    Series series Lionel Robbins Lectures
    A noted economist challenges the fundamental economic assumptions that cast economic growth as the objective and markets as the universally applicable means of achieving it.The global economic crisis of 2008–2009 seemed a crisis not just of economic performance but also of the system's underlying political ideology and economic theory. But a second Great Depression was averted, and the radical ... Read more

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  • Economics: The Key Concepts

    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    An A-Z of contemporary economics in all its forms, Economics: the Key Concepts is an affordable, accessible reference for students, lecturers and economists at every level. The key topics explored include:competition and monopolydevelopment economicsgame theoryproperty rightstaxation.Fully cross-referenced with extensive guides to further reading, this is the essential comprehensive pocket ... Read more

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  • Economics

    Series series The Britannica Guide to the Social Sciences
    The effects of economic decision making are far-reaching. Economics is more than just business—the course of government, society, and more has been determined, to a large degree, by economic players. This comprehensive volume takes a three-pronged approach to introduce readers to the essentials of economics: after providing an overview of basic economic concepts, it chronicles the development of ... Read more

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  • The Economics Anti-Textbook

    A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics

    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. ... Read more

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