Donald A. R. George
Wiley,
2008
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292 pages
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9781405179614 |
Blurb
Through contributions from leading authors,
Issues in Heterodox Economics provides a critical analysis of the methodology of mainstream economics.
- Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues
- A series of cutting-edge articles provides a critical analysis of the dependence of mainstream economics on mathematical modelling and other methodologies
- Topics discussed include sustainable development, worker control of firms, evolutionary growth theory, and more
- Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues