Description
Book SynopsisA textbook that will set the standard for the new movement for pluralist economics
Trade Review'The only economics text that can help students make sense of today's world of ongoing economic and ecological crises' -- Steve Keen, author of Debunking Economics
'There will be an increasing demand for books like this' -- Richard Wilkinson, co-author of The Spirit Level
This is excellent: a clear, comprehensive and alternative introduction to Economics. -- Carlos Oya, Reader in the Political Economy of Development, SOAS, University of London
Table of ContentsList of Boxes, Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introducing Economics with a Judicious Mix of Pluralism, Sustainability and Justice
2. Knowledge and the Construction of Economic Models
3. Sustainability, Resources and the Environment
4. Power and the Distribution of Resources
5. Inequality, Poverty and Disempowerment
6. Livelihoods and Work
7. Unemployment and Employment
8. Money
9. Economic Value
10. Firms, Industries and Markets
11. Economic Democracy
12. Economic Governance
13. Consumption, Investment and Savings
14. Recessions and Financial Crises
15. Justice, Political Economy, Global Development and Governance
16. Trade, Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments
17. Contemporary Global Economic and Financial Trends
18. Which Way Forward?
Bibliography
Subject Index
Author Index
