The past twenty years have been an era of economic disappointment in the United States. They have also been a time of intense economic debate, as rival ideologies contend for policy influence. Above all, they have been the age of the policy entrepreneur - the economic snake-oil …
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Describes how the economic growth today is benefiting only a small proportion of the global population. Distinguishes between the symptom as and the causes of the economic malaise, and analyses the flawed bases for many deeply-held orthodoxies.
Monograph analysing the economic theory of Marxism as it applies to the transition of capitalism to collective economy - examines the political aspects, economic implications and historical process of decline in affluent society and the welfare State. Bibliography pp. 421 to 431…
Examines the nature of the links between the globalization process and productivity growth, such as how exporting and productivity interact, the relevance of ownership, and potential spillovers from multinational firms to indigenous firms.
Monograph on the economics of underdevelopment - analyses the historical role of capitalist countries, of trade monopolys, industrial capital and colonialism, of production, consumption and profit functions, etc. In context with socialist economic theory of the law of value. Ref…
Agricultural economics treatise on the subjective equilibrium economic theory of the family farm household - defines the utility function of the farm household and its decision making behaviour; examines the subjective equilibrium of farm households under a wide range of assumpt…
"The aim of the book is to argue for the restoration of theoretical and practical reason to economics. It presents Nancy Cartwright and Amartya Sens ideas as cases of this restoration and sees Aristotle as an influence on their thought. It looks at how we can use these ideas to …
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography, or perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. In this book the …
"Economists make confident assertions in op-ed columns and on cable news--so why are their explanations often at odds with equally confident assertions from other economists? And why are all economic predictions so rarely borne out? Harnessing his frustration with these contradi…
Monograph tracing the historical evolution of Western political theory and philosophy - covers the city-state, the political ideology of plato and aristotle, the development of roman jurisprudence, the role of religion and the Church, nationalism, civil rights, economic theory, …
"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…
