Introducing a New Economics

304 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h48min.
Introducing a New Economics is a groundbreaking textbook that heralds a revolution in the teaching of economics. Students and lecturers alike are rejecting the narrow curricula and lack of intellectual diversity that characterise the mainstream. They demand that the real world should be brought back into the classroom, insisting that this is the only way to confront the current crisis. With a firm commitment to theoretical, methodological and disciplinary pluralism, the renowned authors of this book challenge the current hegemony head-on. This unique textbook reflects a new ethos of economics education, highlighting sustainability and justice in its discussion of work, employment, power, capital, markets, money and debt. This volume is a work of progressive, heterodox economics that will set the standard for years to come.List 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