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Reintroducing Macroeconomics : a Critical Approach.
This lively introduction to heterodox economics provides a balanced critique of the standard introductory macroeconomic curriculum. In clear and accessible prose, it explains many of the key principles that underlie a variety of alternative theoretical perspectives (including institutionalist econom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note to Instructors; 1. Philosophical Debates in Economics; A Riddle; Paradigms in Economic Theory (or Why Economists Disagree); Definitions; Blank Slate Theory of Knowledge; Paradigmatic Theory of Knowledge; Normal Science and Scientific Revolutions; Some Study Questions; Simple Review Questions (Making Sure You Got the Basic Ideas); More Thought-Provoking Discussion Questions; Learning New Paradigms.
- Conclusion: Some Implications of a Paradigmatic Theory of Knowledge for Social Science and EconomicsCentrality of Paradigms to Research Results; Distinguishing Between Inter- and Intra-Paradigm Debates; Indeterminacy of Paradigm Debates; Pedagogical Implications; Final Questions for Discussion; Notes; 2. Thinking Differently: Neoclassical Versus Heterodox Economics; Texts, Subtexts and Basic Orientations; Introduction and Chapter Overview; Well-Being; Implied Readers; Methodological Individualism (MI) Versus Holism (H); Introduction; Methodological Individualism (MI).
- Holism (H) (or Holist Structuralism [HS])Texts and Subtexts in Economics; Illustrative Neoclassical Subtexts; Illustrative Heterodox Subtexts; Study Questions; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; Notes; 3. Competing Assumptions, Methods, and Metaphors; Introduction; Methodological Critiques; Heterodox Objections to Excessive Abstraction: The Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness; Heterodox Critiques of Homo Economicus ("Rational Economic Man" or REM); Heterodox Objections to Neoclassical Theory's Treatment of Work and the Labor Process; Heterodox Perspectives on How Markets Work; Threads.
- Distributional IssuesGender Issues; Environmental Issues; Telling Other Stories: Heterodox Critiques of Neoclassical Metaphors and Stories; Robinson Crusoe and Friday; Final Image; Study Questions; Review Questions; Discussion Questions; Notes; 4. New Beginnings: Heterodox Critiques of the Introductory Chapters in Neoclassical Principles Texts; Introduction; Is Neoclassical Economic Theory a Science?; The Positive/Normative Distinction; What Is Economics?; The Limits of Scarcity and Efficiency Discourse; Marginalism; The Ceteris Paribus (All Things Equal) Assumption.
- The Circular Flow: DirectionsSome Loud Silences; Textbook Images and Metaphors; Consumer Sovereignty; Free Markets and Voluntary Exchange; The Invisible Hand; Some Alternative Heterodox Images; People as Citizens and Family Members as well as Consumers; The Prisoner's Dilemma; Meta-Externalities; Rethinking Incentives; Summary: "If You Have a Hammer . . ."; Threads; Gender Thread; Environmental Thread; Distributional Thread; Study Questions; Discussion Questions; Review Questions; Notes; 5. Reintroducing Supply and Demand: A Heterodox Micro Foundation for Macroeconomics; Introduction.