Economyths: 11 Ways Economics Gets It Wrong

by David Orrell

Book Overview

When Economyths was first published in 2010, David Orrell showed how mainstream economics is based on key myths such as fair competition, rational behaviour, stability and eternal growth - and how these myths lead paradoxically to their opposites: inequality, an irrational economy, financial instability and a collision with nature's limits.

Since then, we've had Occupy, political upheaval, flash crashes in financial markets, the warmest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785782290
• ISBN13: 9781785782299
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 7.7"