The Evolution of Economic Ideas and Systems

Geoffrey, Schneider

Taylor&Francis

Few economics programs today offer students the opportunity to study the history of economic thought or the philosophical foundations of diverse schools of economics. Introduction to Political Economy reintroduces these ideas into the curriculum by presenting the work of four of the most influential, but now overlooked, economic thinkers of modern times -- Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, Jaohn Maynard Keynes, and John Kenneth Galbraith. The revised and expanded fourth edition also provides a fresh look at Adam Smith. The authors present these thinkers' central ideas, including their writings on social class, the role of government in taming capitalist economies, and the misleading assumptions about human behavior in mainstream models. They conclude by presenting classic critiques of monopoly capitalism, and examining the Swedish "middle way" between capitalism and socialism. Introduction to Political Economy is published by Dollars &amp; Sense, the award-winning magazine of popular economics. Dollars &amp; Sense also publishes Real World Macro, Real World Micro, Current Economic Issues, The Wealth Inequality Reader, Real World Globalization, Real World Banking, The Environment in Crisis, and Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination.

Introduction to Political Economy, 4th Edition

Business & Money

Charles Sackrey

Janet Knoedler

Economics

Dollars & Sense/Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc.

Few economics programs today offer students the opportunity to study the history of economic thought or the philosophical foundations of diverse schools of economics. Introduction to Political Economy reintroduces these ideas into the curriculum by presenting the work of the most influential economists of modern times--Marx, Veblen, Keynes, Galbraith, and Adam Smith. Introduction to Political Economy covers these thinkers' central ideas, including their writings on social class, the role of government in taming capitalist economies, and misleading assumptions about human behavior in mainstream models. It concludes by presenting classic critiques of monopoly capitalism, examining the Swedish "middle way" between capitalism and socialism, and, in a new chapter, discusses the history and importance of the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation in Spain's Basque Country--the world's largest cooperative enterprise.

Introduction to Political Economy 5th edition

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Dollars&Sense

Few economics programs today offer students the opportunity to study the history of economic thought or the philosophical foundations of diverse schools of economics. Introduction to Political Economy reintroduces these ideas into the curriculum by presenting the work of the most influential economists of modern times Marx, Veblen, Keynes, Galbraith, and Adam Smith. Introduction to Political Economy covers these thinkers central ideas, including their writings on social class, the role of government in taming capitalist economies, and the misleading assumptions about human behavior in mainstream models. It concludes by presenting classic critiques of monopoly capitalism and examining the Swedish middle way between capitalism and socialism and, in a new chapter, discusses the history and importance of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation in Spain s Basque country the world s largest cooperative enterprise. In the thoroughly updated 6th edition, the authors demonstrate the continuing relevance of these theories to the global financial crisis and other current events.

Introduction to Political Economy, 6th edition

Introduction to Political Economy presents the history of economic thought through the work of the most influential economists of modern times, including Smith, Marx, Veblen, Keynes, Galbraith, and others. The new edition is thoroughly revised and updated with real-world examples of how these theories are related to current economic issues.

Introduction to Political Economy, 7th edition

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