AGAINST ECONOMICS : rethinking political economy
Published in 1997, this book takes on the sacred cows of economics, both mainstream and radical, pointing out the many elisions inherent in economic analysis, from class blinkers to gender and culture blinkers, to methodological failings, philosophical errors and political and paradigmatic biases.
Print Book, English, 2020
ROUTLEDGE, [Place of publication not identified], 2020
1 volume.
9781138609761, 1138609765
1124338302
1. Critical Realism: The Nouvelle Critique. 2. Against Eurocentrism: Prolegomena to Liberation. 3. Theory and Policy in ‘Development’ Studies: An Overview of the Mythology of ‘Progress. 4. Economic Theory and Arms Expenditures: A Resume of Issues. 5. Sraffa, and All That: A Retrospective on Some Foibles of the Cambridge School. 6. Why England Led the Way: Clues to a Critique of Eurocentrism. 7. The Ricardian Rigmarole: From Policy to Paradigm. 8. The Parson and the Plutocrat: Toward Restitution. 9. The Eclipse of Ricardian Ideas: A Primer on Paradigm Shift in Economics. 10. The Falling Rate of Profit: Clarifying a Conjecture. 11. The ‘Asiatic’ Mode of Production: Eclipse of a Nation. 12. The ‘Transition’ to Socialism: In Dubious Debate. 13. Beyond Marx: Contra Theses on Feuerbach. 14. Feminist Horizons: Toward Cultural Revolution.