Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment

by Franklin Obeng-Odoom

Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities and regions in built-environment economics.

In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom draws on institutional, Georgist and Marxist economics to clearly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783606592
• ISBN13: 9781783606597
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"