"There is much talk these days of government programs that do not achieve their objectives. The economist, however, sees a bittersweet quality in even those programs that do achieve their objectives. The crowd at the groundbreaking for the new community recreation center finds i…
"An entertaining and accessible introduction to great economic thinkers throughout history, now in its fourth edition, with updates and commentary on the 2020 "great cessation," Trump and Obama economic policies, the dominance of Amazon, and many other timely topics."
Plight of the economist -- Second coming of Adam Smith -- Malthus : prophet of doom and population boom -- David Ricardo and the cry for free trade -- Stormy mind of John Stuart Mill -- Angry oracle called Karl Marx -- Alfred Marshall and the marginalist mind -- Old and new inst…
Ökonomik: Eine Einführung
by Homann, Karl, Suchanek, Andreas
fromNeue ökonomische Grundrisse
Aus Rezensionen: "Das Buch kann allen an Ökonomik interessierten Lesern wärmstens zur Lektüre empfohlen werden: Studierenden der Ökonomie im Grundstudium als ein Hintergrundwissen vermittelndes komplementäres Lehrbuch, allen sonstigen ökonomisch interessierten Lesern als umfasse…
Ökonomik: Eine Einführung
by Homann, Karl, Suchanek, Andreas
fromNeue ökonomische Grundrisse
Aus Rezensionen: "Das Buch kann allen an Ökonomik interessierten Lesern wärmstens zur Lektüre empfohlen werden: Studierenden der Ökonomie im Grundstudium als ein Hintergrundwissen vermittelndes komplementäres Lehrbuch, allen sonstigen ökonomisch interessierten Lesern als umfasse…
Ökonomik: Eine Einführung
by Homann, Karl, Suchanek, Andreas
fromNeue ökonomische Grundrisse
Aus Rezensionen: »Das Buch kann allen an Ökonomik interessierten Lesern wärmstens zur Lektüre empfohlen werden: Studierenden der Ökonomie im Grundstudium als ein Hintergrundwissen vermittelndes komplementäres Lehrbuch, allen sonstigen ökonomisch interessierten Lesern als umfasse…
History of the future of economic growth: historical roots of current debates on sustainabl…
by Schmelzer, Matthias, Borowy, Iris, International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity <Veranstaltung> <2014, Leipzig>, International degrowth conference for ecological sustainability and social equity ; 4. (Leipzig) : 2014.09
fromRoutledge studies in ecological economics
The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always been linked, and to illustrate the key areas of overlap. The Companion is divided into distinct parts, each of which highlights a leading area of scholarly conce…
Vilfredo Pareto's Manual of Political Economy is a "classic" study in the history of economic thought for many reasons, the most noteworthy of which include the setting of general equilibrium economics within a choice theoretic framework based on the opposition between tastes an…
Introduction: the genealogy of the economic -- The invention of economic necessity and the political mob -- Life at the limits: scarcity and the economic -- The right to live and the politics of affect -- The return of the political and the cultural critique of economy -- Money …
Economic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world--the "market turn." This is what Avner Offer and Gabriel Soderberg call the rise of market liberalism, a movement that…