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Debunking Economics

The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences

By Steve Keen

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| Paperback | 9781856499927

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What is the score card for economics at the start of the new millennium? While there are many different schools of economic thought, it is the neo-classical school, with its alleged understanding and simplistic advocacy of the market, that has become equated in the public mind with economics. This bContinue

What is the score card for economics at the start of the new millennium? While there are many different schools of economic thought, it is the neo-classical school, with its alleged understanding and simplistic advocacy of the market, that has become equated in the public mind with economics. This book shows that virtually every aspect of conventional neo-classical economics' thinking is intellectually unsound. Steve Keen draws on an impressive array of advanced critical thinking. He constitutes a profound critique of the principle concepts, theories, and methodologies of the mainstream discipline. Keen raises grave doubts about economics' pretensions to established scientific status and its reliability as a guide to understanding the real world of economic life and its policy-making.

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  • Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor of the Social Sciences

    Debunking Economics is effectively a layman's course in economics, but one in which every exposition of standard theory is followed by a demolition. It is livelier and more accessible than most economics texts and could be read by those without a bac ... (read full critics)

    dannyreviews published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 352 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1856499928
  • ISBN-13: 9781856499927
  • Publisher: Zed Books
  • Pub date: Mar 01, 2002
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
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