The Puzzle of Modern Economics: Science or Ideology?

by Roger E. Backhouse

Book Overview

Does economics hold the key to everything or does the recent financial crisis show that it has failed? This book provides an assessment of modern economics that cuts through the confusion and controversy on this question. Case studies of the creation of new markets, the Russian transition to capitalism, globalization, and money and finance establish that economics has been very successful where problems have been well defined and where the world can...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521532612
• ISBN13: 9780521532617
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"