Uneconomic Economics and the Crisis of the Model World

by Matthew Watson

Matthew Watson analyses the political response to imploding markets through the lens of the history of thought, asking 'what has gone wrong with economics?' against the backdrop of the global financial crisis. The most important historical trend, he suggests, is the development of an 'uneconomic economics' whereby attention is placed on explaining relationships in perfectly efficient blackboard markets rather than the much more chaotic institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137385480
• ISBN13: 9781137385482
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"