The Real Economy: History and Theory

by Jonathan Levy

A provocative new theory of "the economy," its history, and its politics that better unites history and economics

What is the economy, really? Is it a "market sector," a "general equilibrium," the "gross domestic product"? Economics today has become so preoccupied with methods that economists risk losing sight of the economy itself. Meanwhile, other disciplines, although often intent on criticizing the methods of economics, have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691252556
• ISBN13: 9780691252551
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages