Does economics hold the key to everything or does the recent financial
crisis show that it has failed? This book provides an assessment of
modern economics that cuts through the confusion and controversy on
this question. Case studies of the creation of new markets, the
Russian transition to capitalism, globalization, and money and finance
establish that economics has been very successful where problems have
been well defined and where the world can be changed to fit the
theory, but that it has been less successful in tackling bigger
problems. The book then offers a historical perspective on how
economists have, since the Second World War, tried to make their
subject scientific. It explores the evolving relationship between
science and ideology and investigates the place of heterodoxy and
dissent within the discipline.
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ISBN
9780511848612
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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