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Record Nr.

UNINA9910468238603321

Autore

Cesaratto Sergio

Titolo

Heterodox challenges in economics : theoretical issues and the crisis of the Eurozone / / Sergio Cesaratto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-54448-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 277 p. 17 illus., 7 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

332.494

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Economics – a political and mathematical discipline -- The surplus approach -- Marginal economics -- The incomplete revolution -- Money and the external constraint -- Dying of Europe? -- Count Draghila.

Sommario/riassunto

This book discloses the economic foundations of European fiscal and monetary policies by introducing readers to an array of alternative approaches in economics. It presents various heterodox theories put forward by classical economists, Marx, Sraffa and Keynes, as a coherent challenge to neo-classical theory. The book underscores and critically assesses the analytical inconsistencies of European economic policy and the conservative nature of the current European governance. In this light, it examines the political obstacles to proposals to reform the European monetary union, as well as those originating in the neo-mercantilist German model. Given its scope and format, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers and members of the general public alike.