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Title
Rediscovering Social Economics : Beyond the Neoclassical Paradigm / by Roger D. Johnson.
ISBN
9783319512655
331951265X
3319512641
9783319512648
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 191 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-51265-5 doi
Call Number
HB846-HB846.8
Dewey Decimal Classification
302.1
Summary
This book argues that economists need to reengage with societal issues, such as justice and fairness in distribution, that inevitably arise when discussing the basic economic problem of unlimited human wants and finite resources. Approaching the problem through a history of economic thought, Johnson reexamines Adam Smith's contributions to show how they reach beyond neoclassical models that are too simplistic to reflect the growing interdependencies of market economies. He breaks down supposedly value-free neoclassical postulates to expose normative assumptions about economics and justice, demonstrating, for example, that the concept of market equilibrium is problematic because need-based behavior can produce involuntary unemployment even when a competitive labor market achieves equilibrium.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Series
Perspectives from social economics.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319512648
1. The Foundations of Economics
2. The Political and Moral Dimension of Economics
3. The Moral and Social Problem of Scarcity
4. Social Welfare, Markets and Efficiency
5. Understanding Human Choice
6. Challenges to Homo Economicus
8. The Supply of Labor
10. Labor Market Equilibrium?
11. The Mondragón Alternative
12. Financial Markets and the Growth of Plutonomies
13. The Evolving Dialogue.
