Alternative Approaches to Economic Theory: Complexity, Post Keynesian and Ecological Economics

ISBN-13: 9780367076016 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 234 str.

Victor A. Beker

Opis

The 2007/08 financial crisis exposed the shortcomings of mainstream economic theory with economists unprepared to deal with it. In the face of this, a major rethinking of economics seems necessary and in presenting alternative approaches to economic theory this book contributes to the rebuilding of the discipline.

Spis treści

Foreword.  Introduction.  1. Complexity and Economics.  2. From Complexity Science to Complexity Economics.  3. Categorical Economic Theory.  4. Microeconomics: Is There a Post Keynesian Alternative?.  5. Microeconomics in a complex social world.  6. Teaching macroeconomics after the crisis.  7. Asymmetric price adjustment and other issues in Keynesian macroeconomics.  8. Understanding Financialization: Standing on the Shoulders of Minsky.  9. Ecological Economics: Redefining economics for democracy and sustainability.  Conclusions.  Index

O autorze

Victor A. Beker is Professor of Economics at the University of Belgrano and the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been Director of the Economics Department at the University of Belgrano and of the Economics Programme at the University of Buenos Aires and has received several prizes for his work in economics.