The Delusions Of Economics
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The Delusions Of Economics
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Author : Gilbert Rist
language : en
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Release Date : 2011-11-24
The Delusions Of Economics written by Gilbert Rist and has been published by Zed Books Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-24 with Political Science categories.
In The Delusions of Economics, Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics from a social and historical perspective. Rather than enter into existing debates between different orthodoxies, Rist instead explores the circumstances that prevailed when economics was 'invented', and the resultant biases that helped forge the construction of economics as a 'science'. In doing so, Rist demonstrates how these various presuppositions are either obsolete or just plain wrong, and that traditional economics is largely based on irrational convictions that are difficult to debunk due to their 'religious' nature. As a result, we are prevented from properly understanding the world around us and dealing with the financial, environmental, and climatic crises that lie ahead. Provocative and original, this essential book provides incontrovertible proof that the construction of a new economic paradigm - pluralistic, ecologically compatible, grounded in reality - has now become a necessity.
Delusions Of Economics And The Way Forward
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Author : Gerald A. Cory
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Delusions Of Economics And The Way Forward written by Gerald A. Cory and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Cognitive neuroscience categories.
False Dawn
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Author : John Gray
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2015-07-02
False Dawn written by John Gray and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-02 with Business & Economics categories.
In the midst of the current financial crisis, John Gray revisits his brilliant polemic against the forces of global capitalism and deregulation. Written over ten years ago, False Dawn is a remarkably prescient book, sharply criticizing the greed and unsustainable economic practices which have proved to be the seeds of a worldwide recession. In a substantial new chapter, Gray considers how the economic landscape has shifted in a decade, and asks the crucial question: where do we go from here?
The Growth Delusion
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Author : David Pilling
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-25
The Growth Delusion written by David Pilling and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with Business & Economics categories.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2019 'A near miracle' Ha-Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism According to the economy, we have never been wealthier or happier. So why doesn't it feel that way? The Growth Delusion explores how we prioritise growth maximisation without stopping to think about the costs. So much of what is important to our well-being, from safe streets to sound minds, lies outside the purview of statistics. In a book that is both thought-provoking and entertaining, David Pilling argues that our steadfast loyalty to growth is informing misguided policies, and proposes different criteria for measuring our success.
The Microfoundations Delusion
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Author : John Edward King
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01-01
The Microfoundations Delusion written by John Edward King and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
ïThis excellent book documents the creation of what has become the first commandment of orthodox macroeconomics: that microeconomic theory provides its foundation because this is the most secure form of economic knowledge. By contrast, John King shows conclusively that microeconomics cannot play such a role when assessed by the criteria of logic, or of science, or of economics itself. Indeed, he goes further and demonstrates that the microfoundations dogma detracts from knowledge about how economies actually operate, and instead generates patently false conclusions. Moreover, the dogma is shown to have blinded orthodox economists from even seeing the possibility of typical macroeconomic crises, and has disarmed them in formulating policies that would eliminate actual crises. The book therefore deals with a topic at the very heart of the present debacle in the world economy.Í _ Michael Howard, University of Waterloo, Canada ïA generation ago Dudley Dillard wrote a famous article on the ñbarter illusion in classical and neoclassical economicsî. Now John King has gone a step further and written about the microfoundations delusion. The illusion has been with us for a very long time, the delusion is of more recent vintage. Together they have blocked a basic understanding of macroeconomic and monetary phenomena at a time when they are most urgently needed. This is a book that had to be written, and we are fortunate that it is John King who has written it. Essential reading for our times.Í _ John Smithin, York University, Canada In this challenging book, John King makes a sustained and comprehensive attack on the dogma that macroeconomic theory must have ïrigorous microfoundationsÍ. He draws on both the philosophy of science and the history of economic thought to demonstrate the dangers of foundational metaphors and the defects of micro-reduction as a methodological principle. Strong criticism of the microfoundations dogma is documented in great detail, from some mainstream and many heterodox economists and also from economic methodologists, social theorists and evolutionary biologists. The author argues for the relative autonomy of macroeconomics as a distinct ïspecial scienceÍ, cooperating with but most definitely not reducible to microeconomics. The Microfoundations Delusion will prove a stimulating and thought-provoking read for scholars, students and researchers in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and history of economic thought.
The History Of Development
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Author : Gilbert Rist
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-07-10
The History Of Development written by Gilbert Rist and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-10 with Business & Economics categories.
In this classic text, now in its fourth edition, Gilbert Rist provides a complete and powerful overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of US hegemony, and the supposed triumph of third-worldism, through to new concerns about the environment and globalization. In a new chapter on post-development models and ecological dimensions, written against a background of world crisis and ideological disarray, Rist considers possible ways forward and brings the book completely up to date. Throughout, he argues persuasively that development has been no more than a collective delusion, which in reality has resulted only in widening market relations, whatever the intentions of its advocates.
The Great Delusion
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Author : Steven Stoll
language : en
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Release Date : 2009-09-01
The Great Delusion written by Steven Stoll and has been published by Hill and Wang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Endless economic growth rests on a belief in the limitless abundance of the natural world. But when did people begin to believe that societies should—even that they must—expand in wealth indefinitely? In The Great Delusion, the historian and storyteller Steven Stoll weaves past and present together through the life of a strange and brooding nineteenth-century German engineer and technological utopian named John Adolphus Etzler, who pursued universal wealth from the inexhaustible forces of nature: wind, water, and sunlight. The Great Delusion neatly demonstrates that Etzler's fantasy has become our reality and that we continue to live by some of the same economic assumptions that he embraced. Like Etzler, we assume that the transfer of matter from environments into the economy is not bounded by any condition of those environments and that energy for powering our cars and iPods will always exist. Like Etzler, we think of growth as progress, a turn in the meaning of that word that dates to the moment when a soaring productive capacity fused with older ideas about human destiny. The result is economic growth as we know it, not as measured by the gross domestic product but as the expectation that our society depends on continued physical expansion in order to survive.
Economic And Industrial Delusions
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Author : Henry Farquhar
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-19
Economic And Industrial Delusions written by Henry Farquhar and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-19 with Business & Economics categories.
Excerpt from Economic and Industrial Delusions: A Discussion of the Case for Protection Notwithstanding the important part my brother has had in the preparation of this work, it is addressed to the reader in my name alone. The notes out of which it grew were so addressed and we have thought best to retain the same form for the completed volume. No one need hesi tate to allow every page, every line it contains, whatever weight my business knowledge, experience, and standing can give it, or to throw on me an undivided responsibility for the whole, because of the aid of which I have been fortunate enough to avail myself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Debt And Delusion
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Author : Peter Warburton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Debt And Delusion written by Peter Warburton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
Delusions Of Power
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Author : Robert Higgs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Delusions Of Power written by Robert Higgs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Political Science categories.
In Delusions of Power, economic historian Robert Higgs calls into question our ingrained notions concerning the nature of the state and democracy. Higgs uproots the foundation stone upon which the state's powers have rested and grown unchecked by the public. Beginning with the Founding Fathers and moving forward, Higgs reassesses the world wars, the Great Depression and the New Deal, and the financial debacle that began in 2008 with the view of demonstrating Americans' loss of liberties. He brings together the crisis in policymaking; key political actors and events; and the impact of war on the economy and civil liberties. For Higgs, war, and the cost of it, has had a major impact of war on the economy and civil liberties. For Higgs, war, and the cost of it, has had a major impact on American life and freedom. Through reading Higg's work, one will gain a new understanding of the state's power, democracy, and the issues threatening the pursuit of liberty. Book jacket.