Reconstructing political economy : the great divide in economic thought
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Reconstructing political economy : the great divide in economic thought
(Contemporary political economy series)
Routledge, 1999
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415207621
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The two cultures in economics
- Chapter 2 Of dialogic debates and the uncertain embrace
- Chapter 3 Contestation and canonicity: the Adam Smith problem
- Chapter 4 The legacies of classical political economy
- Chapter 5 Marx and the long run
- Chapter 6 The neoclassical (counter) revolution
- Chapter 7 Heterodoxy and holism
- Chapter 8 Keynes and the world turned upside down
- Chapter 9 The last half-century in the mainstream
- Chapter 10 Theorizing economic growth
- Chapter 11 From equilibrium into history
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: pbk ISBN 9780415207638
Description
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.
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