{"product_id":"economic-philosophy-9780367540876","title":"Economic Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan Robinson (1903-1983) was one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century and a fearless critic of free-market capitalism. A major figure in the controversial âCambridge Schoolâ of economics in the post-war period, she made fundamental contributions to the economics of international trade and development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEconomic Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e Robinson looks behind the curtain of economics to reveal a constant battle between economics as a science and economics as ideology, which she argued was integral to economics. In her customary vivid and pellucid style, she criticizes early economists Adam Smith and David Ricardo, and neo-classical economists Alfred Marshall, Stanley Jevons and Leon Walras, over the question of value. She shows that what they respectively considered to be the generators of value - labour-time, marginal utility or preferences - are not scientific but âmetaphysicalâ, and that it is frequently in ideology, not science, that we find the reason for the re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Not just a great woman economist, Joan Robinson was a brilliant public intellectual – something rarely produced by contemporary British economics.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - The Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the greatest economic theorists of our time—and probably the greatest woman economist ever.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - The New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword to the \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Classics\u003c\/em\u003e Edition \u003cem\u003eSheila Dow \u003c\/em\u003e1. Metaphysics, Morals and Science 2. The Classics: Value 3. The Neo-Classics: Utility 4. The Keynesian Revolution 5. Development and Under-Development 6. What are the Rules of the Game? \u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017947939159,"sku":"9780367540876","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367540876.jpg?v=1750775170","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economic-philosophy-9780367540876","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}