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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459553503321

Autore

Ekstedt Hasse

Titolo

Economic theory and social change : problems and revisions / / Hasse Ekstedt and Angelo Fusari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-94881-3

1-136-94882-1

1-282-65621-X

9786612656217

0-203-84850-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy  Economic theory and social change

Altri autori (Persone)

FusariAngelo

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics

Social change

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The method of social theory: Suggestions for a shared basic view; 2 Homo Ĺ’conomicus versus Homo Politicus; 3 The axiological-normative question in economics and social sciences: Objective and subjective values; 4 On time and ethics; 5 Innovation, uncertainty, entrepreneurship: Modelling the dynamic process of the economy - discussion and formalization; 6 From invisible hand to perpetuum mobile: The problem of economic growth; 7 Uncertainty, money and labour demand

8 Towards a non-capitalist market system: Spontaneous order and organizationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Subject index; Name index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a discourse on modelling Man in a social context. Its focus is on economic main-stream theory in its capacity to handle basic problems such as uncertainty, social dynamics and ethics. The point of departure is a systematic critique of the specific methodology of economics and its axiomatic structure. The ultimate aim is to develop



an economic theory for a socially sustainable society. Economic Theory and Social Change analyses the foundation of economic market theory in relation to its social implications. On rejecting the axiomatic structure of the marke