Capitalism : should you buy it? : an invitation to political economy
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Capitalism : should you buy it? : an invitation to political economy
Paradigm, c2014
- : pbk
- : hardcover
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Description
Before there was economics, there was political economy, an interdisciplinary adventure boldly and critically seeking to understand capitalism. Over time, the social sciences evolved into specific disciplines - economics, sociology, political science - that less often questioned capitalist perspectives and the state. Contrasting three traditions - neoclassicism, Keynesianism, and neo-Marxism - Capitalism: Should You Buy It? traces the historical development of each and evaluates whether they view capitalism as the root cause of or the solution to the pressing problems now facing humanity. This accessible and hopeful book is a call to everyone - citizen, student, public intellectual - to revive the critical edge towards capitalism.
Table of Contents
- Part I Why Political Economy?
- introI Introduction to Part I
- Chapter 1 Economics Lost
- Chapter 2 Social Sciences Found?
- Part II The Three Paradigms
- introII Introduction to Part II
- Chapter 3 The Neoclassical Paradigm
- Chapter 4 The Keynesian Paradigm
- Chapter 5 The Neo-Marxist Paradigm
- Part III Political Economy and Contemporary Issues
- introIII Introduction to Part III
- Chapter 6 Inequality
- Chapter 7 Democracy
- Chapter 8 Individualism versus Community
- Chapter 9 Globalization
- Chapter 10 Environment and Climate Change
- Chapter 11 Education
- Chapter 12 Race
- Chapter 13 Gender and Family
- Part IV Conclusion
- Chapter 14 The Sociological Imagination, the New Economics, and Saving the World
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